Pain, Opioids, and Addiction: An Urgent Problem for Doctors and Patients, March 5-6, 2007, Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Monday, March 5, 2007
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Meeting Overview

Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Director
National Institute on Drug Abuse

Patricia A. Grady, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Director
National Institute of Nursing Research
Co-Chair
NIH Pain Consortium

Rebecca J. Patchin, M.D.
Secretary
Board of Trustees
American Medical Association
9:00 – 10:10 a.m. Panel I: Neurobiology of Opioids

Chair
Joseph Frascella, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse


Opioid Receptors: The Basis of Pain Relief and Addiction
Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.
Rockefeller University


Opiate Analgesics: Pathways to Addiction
Christopher J. Evans, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles

10:10 – 10:25 a.m.Break
10:25 – 11:20 a.m.Panel I: Neurobiology of Opioids (Continued)

Pain and Addiction: Can We Actually See the Relationships?
Jon-Kar Zubieta, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan


Discussant
Walter F. Stewart, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Geisinger Center for Health Research

11:20 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel II: Epidemiology of Opioid Addiction and Pain

Chair
Wilson M. Compton, M.D., M.P.E.
National Institute on Drug Abuse


Opioid Addiction in the United States: From Opium to the Internet
David F. Musto, M.D., M.A.
Yale University


Epidemiology of Chronic Noncancer Pain and Opioid Treatment
Mark Sullivan, M.D.
University of Washington

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.Panel II: Epidemiology of Opioid Addiction and Pain (Continued)

History of Malignant Pain Treatment With Opioids
Kathleen M. Foley, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center


Epidemiology of Prescription Opioid Abuse in Young Women: Relationship to Pain
Carol J. Boyd, Ph.D., M.S.N., R.N.
University of Michigan


Discussant
David A. Fiellin, M.D.
Yale University

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 – 4:45 p.m. Panel III: Genetic Intersections of Pain and Addiction

Chair
David A. Thomas, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse


Genetic Factors in the Transition From Acute Injury to Chronic Impairment
Ze’ev Seltzer, D.M.D.
University of Toronto


Genetic Vulnerability to Pain and Addiction
Kári Stefánsson, M.D., Dr.Med.
deCODE Genetics, Inc.


Discussant
Ming T. Tsuang, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
University of California, San Diego

4:45 p.m. Adjourn for the Day
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome Address
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
Director
National Institutes of Health
8:45 – 10:15 a.m. Panel IV: Balancing Pain Relief and Risk for Addiction

Chair
Betty Tai, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse


Aberrant Drug-Taking Behaviors During Pain Management—What Do We Know?
Steven D. Passik, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center


Safe and Effective Opioid Prescribing in the Internet Age
Nathaniel P. Katz, M.D., M.S.
Tufts University


Discussant
Norm Wetterau, M.D.
Tri-County Family Medicine

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. Panel V: Treatment Development: Hope on the Horizon

Chair
Linda L. Porter, Ph.D.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke


New Opioid Formulations: Hope on the Horizon
Pamela P. Palmer, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco


Bivalent δ-µ Opioid Ligands: Potential for Pain Control Without Tolerance or Dependence
David J. Daniels, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School


Real-Time fMRI: A New Method for Controlling Targeted Brain Activation Through Training, With Application to Pain Control and Addiction
R. Christopher deCharms, Ph.D.
Omneuron, Inc.


Discussant
David Borsook, M.D. Ph.D.
Harvard University

12:35 – 1:05 p.m. Concluding Remarks

Introduction
Richard A. Denisco, M.D., M.P.H.
National Institute on Drug Abuse


Integrating Neuroscience and Clinical Practice To Better Address the Complex Needs of Pain Patients at Risk for Addiction
Howard L. Fields, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
1:05 p.m. Adjournment

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