Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop 27-28 May 2027 (Lectures, Live Surgery & Cadaver Workshop - X-ray & USG)

THE NEXT Aberdeen Interventional Pain Workshop on Low Back Pain will take place on 27-28 May 2027 at the Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom An expert faculty will teach on the two day intensive course with lectures, live surgery demonstrations, hands-on cadaver training (X-ray & Ultrasound guided procedures) and question and answer sessions. The scientific committee are delighted to include once again on the programme procedures such as Lumbar Facet Joint/Sacroiliac Joint Diagnostic Blocks, Lumbar Facet Joint /SI Joint Radiofrequency Denervation,  Cryoablation/cryonalgesia procedures and basivertebral nerve ablation.

WORKSHOP FACULTY INCLUDE

Dr Saravana Kanakarajan Course Director, Aberdeen Workshop Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Aberdeen Scotland, UK

Dr Ravi Nagaraja Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead  Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Aberdeen Scotland, UK  

Dr Naomi Scott Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine

Regional Advisor of Pain Management (North of Scotland)

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Aberdeen Scotland, UK

Dr Andrzej Krol

Committee Chair, ESRA European Diploma of Pain Medicine

ESRA USG Pain Cadaver Courses (London & Europe)

Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anaesthesia St George's University Hospital London, UK

Dr Neal Evans Special Interest: X-Guided RF Ablation Procedures Consultant in Pain Medicine & Clinical Lead Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Stoke Mandeville Hospital Aylesbury, Bucks, UK

Dr Manojit Sinha

Consultant in Pain Medicine

& Clinical Lead

King's College Hospital

London, UK

Dr Hirachand Mutagi

Consultant Pain Physician & Anaesthetist

University Hospital of Birmingham

Birmingham, UK

Dr Marius Ambrock

Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery  Klinikum Wolfsburg Wolfsburg. Germany

Overview of Day One (27.05.27): Lectures, Anatomy & Live Surgery Anatomy and nerve supply for facet and SI joints Lumbar facet joint denervation (Live Surgery—Video link) Sacroiliac Joint RF (Live Surgery—Video link) Evidence and Complications of RF procedures Basivertebral Nerve Ablation Cryoanalgesia/Cryoablation Ultrasound guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (lecture and demo)

Overview  of Day Two (28.05.27): Hands-on Stations (X-ray & Ultrasound) Station 1: X-ray guided Diagnostic Blocks Station 2: X-ray guided Lumbar RF Denervation (cadaver) Station 3: X-ray guided Sacroiliac Joint Denervation(cadaver)

Station 4: X-ray guided Basivertebral Nerve Ablation (cadaver) Station 5: X-ray guided Cryoabalation/Cryoanalgesia (cadaver)

Station 6: Ultrasound guided Interventions for Low Back Pain (live model) Freestyle Stations- Ask the Experts

WORKSHOP TIMETABLE Venue: Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill House, Ashgrove Road West, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, Scotland, United Kingdom Day One (27.05.27): 09.00- 17.00hrs Day Two (28.05.27): 09.00 - 17.00hrs

TRAVEL   Aberdeen has excellent travel links. By air, Aberdeen is well connected by British Airways, Eastern airways, Flybe, BMI, KLM and Air France to majority of the airports in UK and mainland Europe. The venue is 6 miles from the airport. There are 6 major roads to Aberdeen. A90 serves as the main arterial route connecting Dundee, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen is on the main UK rail network and has frequent direct services to major cities such as Edinburgh Glasgow and London including Caledonian sleeper services.