2009 ASIPP IPM Guidelines Now Open for Comments

The final draft of the 2009 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines for Interventional Techniques in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain is now available open for comments.

The draft guidelines can be accessed on the ASIPP Web site at: http://www.asipp.org/documents/2009guidelines.pdf

This comment period is open only to commentaries and opinions; please do not send proofs or edits. All comments will be considered prior to publication. Select submissions may be printed with the Guidelines in the July/August issue of Pain Physician journal. Any comments received after the deadline will be considered for post publication.

Comments are open to ASIPP members as well as other societies and organizations. Submissions should follow Pain Physician author guidelines for letters to the editor:

The letter must be objective, constructive, and educational, and should clearly state its purpose. Letters to the editor should not exceed 1,000 words and may include references, tables, and figures.

Send coments to editor@painphysicianjournal.com

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The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians is Committed to Promoting Awareness and Understanding of Interventional Pain Management Through a Multitude of Media Events and Public Relations Efforts

The Following is a Sample of Communications:

• Dr. Kloth was featured on Health Radio’s Spine Universe. Click here to listen.
• Dr. Kloth interviews with Health Team Channel 8 on drug monitoring programs. Click here for an online video of the interview and a printed article of the same interview.

• Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti’s interview with Dailyfinance.com
• Dr. Kloth’s two videos on the Doctors Channel regarding NASPER
• Dr. Manchikanti’s interview with American Medical News

• Dr. David Kloth, a full-time practicing interventional pain physician and spokesperson for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, interviews with Dr. DeSilva on Health Radio. Download the interview and listen to the discussion about the number of electronic devices in use continuing to climb and the increase of a new ailment called Cubital Tunnel Syndrome or “Cell Phone” Elbow.

• Dr. David Kloth, ASIPP Board Director at Large, was on SIRIUS Doctor radio Monday, June 8th, 8:30am to 9am EST.
• Dr. David Kloth also will be on a talk radio show called “Ask Doctor DeSilva” which will air live Monday, June 8th at 12:45pm EST.  The interview will stream LIVE online at www.HealthRadio.net and will be available shortly after via Podcast.

• Listen to Dr. Manchikanti’s radio interview with Dr. Mary Zennett of Health Matters about NASPER. Dr. Mary Zennett thought the interview was a great success and wants to use it for a health online newsletter which she is getting ready to launch.

• View a Tabloid Insert in the Chicago Tribune on Back Pain and IPM.

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ASIPP GUIDELINES 

Click on the headline for our articles on evidence-based practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic pain. Or go to National Guidelines Clearinghouse for ASIPP's 2007 Interventional Techniques: Evidence-based Practice Guidelines in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain.

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