Speakers

Hemant Kalia, MD MPH FIPP Program Director, Interventional Spine & Pain Fellowship

Dr. Kalia specializes in interventional spine and cancer pain management with special expertise in advanced neuromodulation procedures.He earned his medical degree from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore; India and Master’s degree in Public Health from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. His first residency was in Preventive Medicine & Public Health followed by Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at University of Rochester. He subsequently completed an ACGME approved Pain Medicine fellowship at University of Rochester and additional FIPP (Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice) certification from World Institute of Pain.Dr. Kalia is a member of numerous national/international professional societies and sits on various sub-committees.He is part of the Board of Directors at ASPN (American Society of Pain & Neuroscience) and Monroe County Medical Society. He is the Fellowship director of Interventional Spine & Pain fellowship at Rochester Regional Health and is involved in teaching medical students, residents and fellows from other programs. He also is part of the faculty at national and international hands on cadaveric workshops for interventional spine and pain procedures.Dr. Kalia has presented his work on cancer pain and advanced neuromodulation at multiple national and international conferences including publications in peer-reviewed journals in the field of Pain Medicine. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Clinical Medical Research & Health Care Delivery open access Journal.

Robert S. Kaplan, PhD Professor

Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he served as Dean from 1977 to 1983. Kaplan has co-developed both activity-based costing (ABC) and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), widely recognized as seminal contributions to management theory and practice. His current research applies these innovations to important problems at the intersection of business and society, including collaborative work with Michael Porter on value-based health care, with Karthik Ramanna on accounting for corporate GHG emissions and societal impact, and with Palladium on extending the Balanced Scorecard strategy execution system to inclusive growth strategies that deliver triple bottom line performance.Kaplan has authored or co-authored 14 books and 250 papers, including three dozen in Harvard Business Review. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from M.I.T., a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University, and honorary doctorates from four international universities. He received the Outstanding Accounting Educator Award in 1988 from the American Accounting Association and inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 2006.

Leonardo Kapural, MD PhD Partner

Dr. Leonardo Kapural is a Pain Physician at the Carolinas Pain Institute and Center for Clinical Research. Following his Fellowship in Pain Management at the Cleveland Clinic, he stayed in Cleveland Clinic’s Pain Management Department for 10 years, serving also as Director of Clinical Research and Professor of Anesthesiology at CCLMC of the Case Western University followed by 10 years of Full Professorship at the Anesthesia Department of Wake Forest School of Medicine. Dr. Kapural is an invited speaker to many national and international meetings. He served as Director-At-Large of American Academy of Pain Medicine, North American and International Neuromodulation Society. Dr. Kapural’s experience is broad and encompasses teaching and clinical education, extensive research, and innovations in the area of pain treatments which brought him two Innovator Awards. His noteworthy research findings have been published in more than 200 journal articles, more than 250 abstracts, two books, and 40 book chapters. He is listed by his peers in the 'Best Doctors in America.'

Andrew Ko, MDAssistant Professor

Dr. Ko is a UW Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center. He joined the UW faculty after completing a fellowship in Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery at the Oregon Health & Sciences University. He completed his neurosurgery residency at the UW, and earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois. He specializes in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and other surgical treatments for Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, and Pain. His research interests include cortical electrophysiology and Brain-Computer interfaces; the development of patient-responsive DBS; and the use of novel imaging techniques to improve targeting accuracy and develop new targets for DBS.

Niranjan Khadka, PhD Senior Biomedical Engineer

Dr. Niranjan Khadka is currently an employee of Synchron Inc. He is a result-oriented Biomedical Engineer with strong R&D skills, including computational modeling, in vitro device characterization, and translational medical devices development in SCS, DBS, and tES space for neuromodulation. During his Post-doc at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Khadka investigated heating-based mechanism of action of high-density SCS, multifocal transcranial electrical stimulations modality, and neurovascular-modulation. Dr. Khadka has 10+ years of experience in neuromodulation with proven track record of publications. Currently, Dr. Khadka is continuing his research in establishing novel mechanism of SCS and validating principles of neurovascular-modulation.

Narayan R. Kissoon, MD Assistant Professor

Narayan R. Kissoon, MD is an assistant professor with a dual appointment in Neurology and Anesthesia that is board certified in Neurology, Pain Medicine, and Headache. His clinical practice primarily involves interventional pain management, but with a focus in interventional management of craniofacial pain and neuromodulation. He has a special interest in the evaluation and management of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (e.g. cluster headache, SUNCT syndrome, hemicrania continua). He studies the mechanisms of action and clinical outcomes in treatments for headache and chronic pain. This research includes clinical trials investigating the efficacy of medications and minimally invasive percutaneous interventions as well as the impact of pain treatments on nervous system function. Dr. Kissoon also investigates the abnormal function and structural causes of pain disorders. As part of his research, he reviews the clinical features that predict successful treatment outcomes.

Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD PhD Clinical Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Education

Dr. Nebojsa Nick Knezevic is the Vice Chairman for Research and Education at the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and also a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery at the College of Medicine, the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the current President of the Illinois Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Director-at-Large of the North American Neuromodulation Society Board of Directors, and member of Editorial Boards of many prestigious medical journals. Dr. Knezevic has extensive expertise in basic and clinical research and has published almost 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles, that were cited more than 4300 times; including the most recent publication in the Lancet journal with an impact factor of 202.731.Throughout his prestigious academic career, Dr. Knezevic has developed many research and educational programs for medical students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians. Dr. Knezevic manages multiple U.S. and global clinical trials (phases I-IV) for the testing of different pain medications and medical devices for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. He is also a recognized lecturer at many national and international conferences. Dr. Knezevic received multiple recognitions and excellence awards for patient care, teaching, outstanding research, and academic achievements, including the Manchikanti Excellence Award for 2021.

Lynn Kohan, MD Division Chief, Program Director

Dr. Kohan graduated medical school and complete her residency in anesthesia at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed her pain medicine fellowship at the University of Virginia and has practiced at UVA ever sine. She currently serves as the pain fellowship program director as well as the division chief. Furthermore, she is involved in leadership positions in several pain societies and serves on editorial boards for pain medicine journals.

Peter Konrad, MD PhD Chair - Department of Neurosurgery

Professor of Neurosurgery and Bioengineering. Performing neuromodulation implants for 20+ years. Now Chair of Department of Neurosurgery at Rockefeller Neuroscience Center, West Virginia University.

Wendell B. Lake, MD Assistant Professor

Wendell B. Lake, MD is an assistant professor of neurological surgery and director of adult functional and stereotactic neurological surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He completed a fellowship in functional neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. His neurosurgical residency was at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Lake specializes in functional neurosurgery, epilepsy and movement disorders including deep brain stimulation (DBS) and Parkinson’s disease.

Tim J. Lamer, MD Professor of Anesthesiology

30 years of neurostimulation and pump implant and management experience in an academic medical center. Experience includes clinical practice, research, and teaching residents and pain medicine fellows. Neurostimulation experience includes SCS, DRG stimulation, PNS, & PfNS. IDDS implant and management experience includes noncancer pain, cancer pain, and spasticity (baclofen) management. Member of the INS Therapy Consensus Committee (NACC and PACC), past NANS Scientific Program Committee, Past-President-American Academy of Pain Medicine, Neuromodulation and M.I.S. Section Co-Editor for Pain Medicine, the journal.

Igor A. Lavrov, MD, PhD Assistant Professor

More than 20 years of expertise in areas of motor control, spinal cord injury, neurorehabilitation, neurology, neurophysiology, and electrophysiology. Training at the leading institutions: University of Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Louisville, USA; University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Scott F. Lempka, PhD Assistant Professor

My name is Scott F. Lempka, PhD, and I am a biomedical engineer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. My expertise is in the theoretical and experimental evaluation of neural stimulation and recording technologies. As a biomedical engineer, I have a particular interest in multidisciplinary translational research and direct clinical studies. I have more than a decade of experience in the experimental characterization of the interface between implanted neural stimulation and recording electrodes and the surrounding biological tissue. From this experimental knowledge, I have developed sophisticated computer models of neural stimulation and recording technologies to understand the origin of recorded biopotentials and investigate potential therapeutic mechanisms of neurostimulation therapies. My main research focus is the development of novel neuromodulation technologies for chronic pain management.

Robert M. Levy, MD PhD Editor in Chief, Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural

Robert M. Levy, M.D., Ph.D., is an internationally recognized neurosurgeon, and currently holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface. He is the immediate Past-President of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS). He earned his medical degree and Ph.D. in neurosciences from Stanford University and the Stanford University Medical School. He performed post-doctoral fellowships at Stanford University and University of California, San Francisco. During his academic career, he has been a tenured full Professor of Neurosurgery, Physiology and Radiation Oncology at the Feinberg School Medicine at Northwestern University. He has served as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and Co-Director of the University of Florida Health Sciences in Jacksonville, Florida. He most recently served as the Founding Director of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute and Director of the Harvey Sandler Center for Neurosurgery in Boca Raton, Florida. He has been the recipient of many national and international honors and awards and has been listed in the Best Doctors in America. He has authored several textbooks and published over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles. His current research involves novel applications of neurostimulation and targeted drug delivery to the brain. In addition, he has assisted with the design and implementation of multiple neuromodulation technologies and devices.

Sheng Li, MD PhD Professor

Sheng Li, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Dr. Li is board-certified in PM&R and Brain Injury Medicine. He has been practicing at #2 Rehabilitation Hospital --- TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital for 10 years, with a clinical focus on spasticity management and neurorehabilitation after neurological impairments, mainly stroke and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Li is the Director of Neurorehabilitation Research Laboratory at TIRR Memorial Hermann Research Center. His main research focus is sensory and motor recovery after neurological impairments, including pathophysiology and management of spasticity, motor control and motor recovery after stroke, and neuropathic pain. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles on these topics from his funded research projects.

Kip A. Ludwig, PhD Associate Professor

Dr. Ludwig is the Co-Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Translational Neuroengineering (WITNe) and leads the Ludwig Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin within the WITNe structure. The primary focus of his lab is developing next-generation neuromodulation therapies that use minimally invasive strategies to hack the nervous system to treat circuit dysfunction and deliver biomolecules to target areas with unprecedented precision. Prior to Wisconsin Dr. Ludwig served as the Program Director for Neural Engineering at the National Institutes of Health. He co-led the Translational Devices Program at NINDS, led the NIH BRAIN Initiative programs to catalyze implantable academic and clinical devices to stimulate and/or record from the central nervous system, and led a trans-NIH planning team in developing the ~250 million dollar S.P.A.R.C. Program to stimulate advances in neuromodulation therapies for organ systems. Dr. Ludwig also worked in Industry as a research scientist, where his team conceived, developed and demonstrated the chronic efficacy of a next-generation neural stimulation electrode for reducing blood pressure in both pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. Through his industry work he oversaw Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP studies enabling clinical trials in Europe and the United States, as well as participated in the protocol development and execution of those trials, leading to approval for sale in twenty countries including the United States. Dr. Ludwig connects his academic research to the neuromodulation industry and clinical translation through multiple consulting and advisory roles. He serves as the Chair of the NeuroOne Scientific Advisory Board on Artificial Intelligence, and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Abbott, Battelle, Blackfynn, Cala Health, the National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies and Presidio Medical. He is a co-founder of Neuronoff, Inc. and NeuraWorx. Dr. Ludwig is also a paid consultant for Galvani Bioelectronics, CVRx, Presidio Medical, and the Alfred Mann Foundation.

Andre G. Machado, MD PhD Chairman of the Neurological Institute

Dr. Machado is the Chairman of the Neurological Institute and the Charles and Christine Carroll Family Endowed Chair in Functional Neurosurgery. Dr. Machado performs deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for patients with Parkinson’s disease, tremor, dystonia and obsessive-compulsive disorder as well as surgical procedures for patients with trigeminal neuralgia, intractable pain syndromes and spasticity.Dr. Machado is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and has Joint Appointments in the Departments of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. He is the past Chairman for the Joint Pain Section of the CNS/AANS and Vice-President of the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.Dr. Machado is an Associate Chief of Staff at Cleveland Clinic and leads several enterprise-level projects with the Office of the Chief of Staff, including innovations in the model of care and a new program for professional career development. Dr. Machado received his medical degree from the University of Sao Paulo in 1997. He completed his residency in the same institution in 2003 and obtained his Ph.D. in 2004. He came to the Cleveland Clinic in 2004, completed his fellowship in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in 2006 and has been on the staff of the Cleveland Clinic since then. Dr. Machado leads several deep brain stimulation and neuromodulation clinical trials as well as laboratory research. His research in deep brain stimulation for thalamic pain syndrome was awarded the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator’s Award. His current research is aimed at developing novel treatments to promote rehabilitation after stroke and other acquired brain injuries and is funded by the NIH BRAIN initiative.

Sean Mackey, MD PhDChief, Division of Pain Medicine

Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, is Redlich Professor and Chief of the Stanford Division of Pain Medicine. He uses research tools such as big data, psychophysical, neurobehavioral and neuroimaging tools to investigate chronic pain and opioids. Dr. Mackey is author of over 200 journal articles and book chapters. He is developer of an open-source learning health system—CHOIR (http://choir.stanford.edu)—to transform the care of people with pain, and serve as a platform for research in real-world clinic patients. Recently, he was Co-Chair of the HHS/NIH National Pain Strategy (NPS) to establish a national health strategy for pain care, education and research.Under Dr. Mackey’s leadership, the Stanford Pain Management Center has been twice designated a Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society for the Center’s innovative approach in comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and outcomes-based care. He has served as principle investigator on multiple NIH awards where he has overseen efforts to map the specific regions of the brain and spinal cord that perceive and process pain.

Mark N. Malinowski, DO Interventional Pain Physician

I am an interventional and surgical pain physician who has been in practice for 12 years. I completed a fellowship in Pain Management at Texas Tech University with Drs Gabor Racz, Mark Boswell and Miles Day. I am board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management by the American Board of Anesthesiology as well as certified by the American Board of Pain Medicine and a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice by the World Institute of Pain.

John D. Markman, MD Vice Chair and Professor Neurosurgery and Neurology

John Markman, MD is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the University of Rochester, where he also serves as a Vice Chair, Director of the University’s Translational Pain Research Program, and Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine. Markman has led more than sixty clinical trials of new methods and treatments for chronic pain. The University of Rochester program he founded was recognized by the American Pain Society as the nation’s Academic Center of Excellence in 2013 for its innovative, multidisciplinary patient care. In 2022, Dr. Markman received the Mitchell Max Scientific Award for his contributions to pain research by the American Academy of Neurology. The Academy cited the impact of randomized controlled studies led by Markman in furthering the scientific understanding of the efficacy and safety of treatments for chronic low back pain and for chronic pain resulting from nerve injury. Markman currently directs one of the nation’s 12 NIH HEAL Initiative clinical trial hubs pursuing novel, non-opioid treatments for chronic pain. Over the course of his career Markman has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and served as an editorial board member of the Journal of Pain and Pain Medicine, a member of the FDA's AADP Advisory Committee, an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and various leadership roles of professional societies dedicated to the treatment of pain including the International Association for the Study of Pain, The American Pain Society, and The North American Neuromodulation Society. Markman received his MD at the University of Rochester. He completed his training in Neurology at Mass General Brigham and Pain Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Cameron McIntyre, PhD Professor

20+ years as a neural engineer.

Ashley Mears, PA HMBA Clinical Research Practitioner

Ashley is originally from Pennsylvania, where she attended Penn State studying Biology and Chemistry. She spent a few years as a Research Scientist and Technical Marketing Specialist developing, testing, and demonstrating chemical warfare detection devices. After a project aimed at developing an antidote for military personnel who had been exposed to chemical agents, she decided to pursue a career in the medical field. She attended Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA for her MS in Physician Assistant Studies. For the last 8 years she's worked primarily in Neurosurgery with a focus in spine surgery and neuromodulation. Currently, she is affiliated with the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute as a Clinical Research Practitioner with a primary focus on the surgical treatment of movement disorders using deep brain stimulation and focused ultrasound. Keeping aligned with the mission of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, she also participates in various clinical studies to advance the future of brain health for those suffering from conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and addiction. Her dedication to improving patient outcomes led her to pursue a Healthcare MBA from West Virginia University.

Dan Merrill, PhD Principal and Founder

Dr. Dan Merrill has 27 years of industrial experience in addition to 15 years of university training within the field of neural engineering. He earned his BS and M Eng at Cornell in Electrical Engineering, PhD at Case Western Reserve in Biomedical Engineering at the Applied Neural Control Lab, and Post-Doc'ed at U Utah in tissue engineering. He is a Fellow of the AIMBE. His interests include the mechanisms of charge injection at the electrode/tissue interface and how this informs safe and effective stimulation. For fun he has been an EMT for 30 years and is a former firefighter.

Svjetlana Miocinovic, MD PhD Dr.

Svjetlana Miocinovic is a board-certified neurologist specializing in Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, tremor and other movement disorders. She graduated from medical school in 2009 at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) where she also obtained a PhD in biomedical engineering. She completed neurology residency and clinical movement disorders fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas). Her post-doctoral training and clinical research fellowship was at the University of California San Francisco Movement Disorder and Neuromodulation Center. In 2016, she moved to Emory to become an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Section. She received NIH K23 grant to study targeted activation of neural pathways during DBS in Parkinson’s disease. In 2021, she became an investigator with Emory's Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence. In 2022, she received NIH R01 funding to evaluate accuracy of computational DBS models for predicting neural activation in human brain. The research focus of her laboratory is on electrophysiology of human motor and non-motor circuits, and development of new device-based therapies. Her clinical focus is on delivering expert patient care and using DBS to treat movement disorders.

Brittney Misercola, APRN, FNP-C Lead APP, Director of APP Education

Brittney Misercola, MSN, APRN, FNP-C Brittney is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings. For the last 8 years she has been practicing at Pain Specialists of America, a large Interventional Pain Medicine practice near Austin, Texas, where she serves as the Lead NP/ Director of APP Clinical Education. Beyond clinical practice she stays active participating in clinical research projects, and serves as Faculty for many National Advanced Practice Provider Educational Programs.

Susan M. Moeschler, MD Pain Medicine Fellowship Director

Pain Medicine Fellowship Director.

Victoria L. Morgan, PhD Professor

Dr. Morgan is a Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences in the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She received her BS in biomedical engineering from Wright State University, and her PhD in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1996. She is a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. She is also a Distinguished Investigator of the American Academy for Radiological and Biomedical Engineering. Her research focuses on developing clinically translatable neuroimaging methods to improve treatment of neurological disease and injury. Her primary efforts are devoted to research to quantify functional and structural brain networks to better characterize the effects of seizures in order to improve treatment outcomes for patients with focal epilepsy.

Samer N. Narouze, MD PhD Professor and Chair

Dr. Narouze is currently the chairman of the Center for Pain Medicine at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio He is a professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery at NEOMED and OUCOM. Dr. Narouze is board certified in pain medicine, neurology headache medicine, interventional pain management, as well as anesthesiology. He founded the American Interventional Headache Society (AIHS) in 2015 and he is the president for American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine) and serves on many committees for other national and international headache and pain organizations. He published more than 200 peer reviewed articles and few books on #headache #pain #ultrasound #cannabinoids

Vwaire Orhurhu, MD MPH Interventional Pain Physician

Vwaire Orhurhu, MD, MPH, is an interventional pain physician at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Williamsport Pennsylvania. He had his medical training at Mayo Medical School and completed his residencies at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School (General Surgery Internship) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School (Anesthesiology). He subsequently completed his chronic pain fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He is very vast in the clinical research, diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic pain conditions.Dr. Orhurhu has a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University School of Public Health. His masters focused on quantitative methods (research study designs and statistical analysis). He has published over 120 peer reviewed articles as well as multiple book chapters in the field of anesthesiology and chronic pain management.Dr. Orhurhu has received numerous awards, including outstanding resident teaching award at Harvard Medical School as well as numerous “Best Oral Research Presentation” awards at prominent interventional pain meetings. Dr. Orhurhu’s research activities have been accepted into highly regarded journals such as JAMA Surgery, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Spine Journal Pain Medicine, Pain Physician, Neuromodulation and many more. He is also a reviewer for numerous Pain journals in the United States.

Kiran V. Patel, MD Interventional Pain Medicine

Kiran V. Patel MD is an Interventional Pain Management physician board-certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology. Dr. Patel practices at the Spine & Pain Institute of New York and is also the Director of Neurosurgical Pain at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Dr. Patel oversees the neuromodulation program at Lenox Hill Hospital as well as inpatient pain service. Dr. Patel is an assistant clinical professor at the Hofstra-Northwell School of Medicine as well as the Program Director for Hofstra-Northwell’s ACGME PAIN MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP. She precepts the Pain Medicine rotation for Hofstra Anesthesiology residents and medical students. Dr. Patel participates in clinical neuromodulation research with the goal of improving clinical practice and outcomes. She has published extensively in leading scientific journals and presented her work at premiere scientific meetings. Dr. Patel is most recognized for her expertise in Neuromodulation as it relates to neuropathic pain, cancer-related pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), pelvic pain, headache, atypical facial pain, and peripheral neuralgias.Dr. Patel is an active member of the North American Neuromodulation Society’s Board of Directors. She currently serves as co-chair for the July 2021 NANS Mid-Year meeting.

Melanie New, APRN ACNS-BC MSN RN-BC

• Over 30 years experience in caring for Patients dealing with various pain processes including acute, acute on chronic and chronic interventional pain management
• Served as Director of Acute Pain Services with Anesthesiology in the Hospital setting to the Advanced Practice Provider role in the interventional pain management clinical setting

David M. Page, PhD Staff Scientist

David has a passion for driving product design from research through product development and on to market launch. He has background in clinical trial design and execution, market and product needs assessment, product development, and pre-clinical studies, with specific background developing novel techniques in neural engineering, sensing, and machine learning. David measures his impact by his ability to bring new technologies to the people that need them in a way that makes their life better. David has published impactful peer-reviewed research in pain and sensory disorders. He is driven to identify technologies that improve quality-of-life for people worldwide. Prior to Abbott, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Avanos Medical. David holds a PhD in Bioengineering from University of Utah and a BS in Mathematics from Brigham Young University.