1/13 LIVE EVENT: Optimizing Safe Opioid Prescribing: A REMS-Compliant Approach to Pain Management
Event Date
January 13, 2026
Event Time
Dinner 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM/CME summit 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Event Location
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
1633 North Bayshore Drive,
Miami, Florida, 33132
Estimated Time to Complete Activity
90 minutes
Specialty
Neurology, Pain Management
Topic(s)
Pain
Credit Available
- Physicians — 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- Nurses — 1.5 Nursing Contact Hours
All other healthcare professionals completing this course will be issued a statement of participation.
Program Overview
This REMS-compliant program is designed to enhance clinician confidence and competence in the safe and effective management of pain. Through evidence-based instruction and expert-led discussion, participants will gain practical strategies for conducting comprehensive pain assessments, developing guideline-driven treatment plans, and integrating nonpharmacologic and non-opioid pharmacologic therapies into patient care. The curriculum also addresses best practices in opioid prescribing and patient counseling, appropriate specialist referrals, and current protocols for recognizing and managing opioid use disorder.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Articulate the foundational elements of pain management, distinguishing between definitions, classifications, and mechanisms of pain.
- Conduct comprehensive pain assessments that evaluate pain severity and identify patient-specific risk factors for nonmedical opioid use and opioid use disorder.
- Apply effective strategies for managing acute and chronic pain that prioritize the use of nonpharmacologic and non-opioid pharmacologic modalities.
- Develop guideline-driven strategies for initiating, titrating, and discontinuing opioid analgesics, while emphasizing individualized treatment plans, secure storage protocols, and counseling approaches for patients and caregivers concerning naloxone use during opioid overdose.
- Recognize clinical indicators for specialist referral and facilitate timely consultations with pain management and addiction medicine.
- Outline the core principles of addiction medicine and apply evidence-based strategies for recognizing and managing opioid use disorder.
Faculty
Program Chair
Sudheer Potru, DO, FASAM
Anesthesiologist/Pain Management Specialist/Addictionologist
Atlanta VA Medical Center
Greater Atlanta Area
FACULTY PRESENTERS
Michael D. Cheshire, DO, FACOI, FACP, FNLA
Program Director, WVU School of Medicine Camden Clark Internal Medicine Program
Medical Director, Camden Clark Internal Medicine Clinic
Clinical Associate Professor, WVU School of Medicine
Parkersburg, West Virgina
James Q. Zhou, MD
Attending Physician, Hospital Medicine Unit
Attending Physician, Addiction Consult Team
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts