We would like to welcome Hance Clarke as President-Elect. Hance has been the treasurer of the Canadian Pain Society for a number of years. We are delighted to welcome him in the position of President-Elect. He will work alongside John Xavier Pereira as the president. Congratulations Hance!

Congratulations to Dr Michael Sklar - PINNACLE Group investigator & anesthesiologist Unity Health Toronto Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Toronto Western Hospital Critical Care – for being awarded the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Dr Earl Wynands Research Award for “Airway Closure during Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: The AiCLOSE study”!

Did prescribing laws disproportionately affect opioid dispensing to Black patients? PDMP check mandates but not pain management clinic laws appeared to reduce opioid dispensing more in Black patients than White patients. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… Amy Bohnert Pooja Lagisetty

- NSAID use during the acute pain stage may lead to development of chronic pain ‘active biological processes protect from transitioning to chronic pain after an acute pain episode’ science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Important population data on postoperative opioid prescribing from Naheed Jivraj Karim Ladha. Ontario has made a good start but lots of work left to do.

Woohoo!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Can’t wait to welcome the global Neuromodulation community to our beautiful city and showcase this incredible speciality! #INS2022 #INS2024 @CNS_Original NANS Official NANS-RFS & Young Neuromodulators

Our work on nerve cooling is out in Science! We developed dissolvable devices that cool and numb peripheral nerves as an approach to manage pain without opioids. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A 2020 study showed repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treatment resistant depression patients with comorbid cognitive dysfunction improved verbal memory & depression scores at 3 months post-procedure doi.org/10.1016/j.neur… Danika Paulo Elizabeth Gregory #TMS #depression

Gabapentin Increasingly Implicated in Overdose Deaths I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: GABA-WHY? #TwitterRx ⁦MedSafer⁩ #deprescribing ⁦CADeN⁩ ⁦Todd C. Lee⁩ jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

In a large observational cohort, the use of NSAIDs in the early postoperative period after major gastrointestinal #surgery was not associated with a greater risk of either acute kidney injury or anastomotic leak. Learn more: ow.ly/64kG50LelWS

jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Interesting findings regarding Burst Stimulation. No difference in disability outcomes when compared to placebo stimulation!

Recent Anesthesiology paper led by Naheed Jivraj & Hannah Wunsch that evaluate trends in postop #analgesia prescriptions in older adults. Multinational team with Andrea Hill, Duminda Wijeysundera, Brian Bateman Karim Ladha Akash Goel & Mark Neuman. pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology…

Paper Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine led by Calvin Diep – PINNACLE Group trainee, resident Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine & MSc student IHPME – with Karim Ladha Akash Goel Hance Clarke & Duminda Wijeysundera. It evaluates whether #prescriptionopioid use influences rates of recent self-reported #Cannabis use.

The #SMILEstudy has enrolled 20 participants, reaching the half-way mark for our pilot RCT ✅ We are looking forward to completing this study investigating inhaled nitrous oxide as a potential therapeutic for treatment-resistant #depression Unity Health Toronto

SCS: Burst vs. Placebo. It is disappointing that important questions do not get addressed by the authors pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36917055/ Samer Narouze,MD,PhD,MMM Jon Hagedorn, MD ASRA Pain Medicine Canadian Pain Society David Provenzano, MD International Neuromodulation Society Akash Goel

Congratulations to Dr. David Mazer who has received the prestigious Cara Phelan Chair in Critical Care Medicine! Read more: bit.ly/40fwvN6

jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… The placebo response is a key factor in the effectiveness of our treatments. For those who suffer, relief is paramount, regardless of the 'why.' But by studying the power of placebo, we can harness it fully to enhance healing. Let's unlock its potential.

#TemertyMed/Unity Health Toronto Dr. Akash Goel is launching a global trial to test the impact of MDMA on chronic nerve pain. bit.ly/4erJwtQ

An update on the latest Canadian guidelines for the management of opioid use disorders as covered by Medscape - overall, buprenorphine and methadone have been brought to a level playing field. See my comments in this Medscape article!

🤔 Chronic pain is multifaceted, varying widely among patients. @akashgoelmd explores how #Neuroplasticity, #CBT & advanced tools like #fMRI shed light on this puzzle. Is multidisciplinary care the key to progress? Tune in: episodes.fm/1730562799 #PainScience #FutureOfMedicine