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Monday September 26, 2005

12:15 pm
Chairman’s Welcome & Opening Remarks
Ronald S. Leopold, MD, MBA, MPH
National Medical Director & Vice President
MetLife
12:30 pm
State of Pain Treatment in the U.S., Cost and Impact on Lost Productivity
  • Examine lost productive time and cost due to pain in the workforce across the United States
  • How can employers address pain effectively in the work place?
  • What initiatives on pain are coming from the government?
  • What programs exist to keep pain patients working?
Moderator/Panelist
Walter “Buzz” Stewart, MD, MPH
Director
Center for Health Research & Rural Advocacy Geisinger Health System
Panelists
Lee S. Glass, MD
Associate Medical Director
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Editor, Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelies
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Immediate Past Chair, Guidelines Committee
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Robert D. Kerns, Ph.D.
Chief, Psychology Service
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
National Director for Pain Management
VA Central Office
John H. Klippel, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Arthritis Foundation
Mark B. McClellan , MD, PhD
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institutes of Health

Co-Chair,
NIH Pain Consortium
1:30 pm
Addressing Back Pain: Multidisciplinary Pain Program vs. Surgery
  • Examine how a multi-disciplinary pain program addresses back pain treatment
  • Discuss how surgical approaches confront back pain
  • Compare and contrast outcomes, cost, quality of life
Jacob Rosenberg, MD
Medical Director
Integrated Pain Management, Inc.
3:00 pm
Demonstrate the Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Pain Disability Prevention Model
  • Describe future challenges in work and pain medical disability
  • Outline the relationship between the medical absence patterns and the health care utilization patterns of a working population
  • Assess how a short term disability carrier can help an employer optimize health and productivity of a population with chronic pain
Ronald S. Leopold, MD, MBA, MPH
National Medical Director & Vice President
MetLife
4:00 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL: Manage Pain Absence, Disability and Return-to-Work
  • Discuss reasons why employees are absent due to pain
  • What are the obstacles employers and employees face in returning to work?
  • What is the effectiveness of return to work?
Moderator/Panelist
Jennifer Christian, MD, MPH
President &
Chief Medical Officer
Webility
Panelists
Salvatore Galante, M.D., M.P.H.
Global Corporate Medical Director
Delphi Corporation
Thomas J. Pace, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Edwin W. Quick, MA, MBA, CRC, CCM, CDMS
Health Services
GE Energy
5:00 pm
Close of Day One
5:00 pm -
6:00 pm
Gala Cocktail Reception
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