REACH Seminar — Personalized Brain Stimulation for Refractory Chronic Neuropathic Pain

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Overview

During this 60-minute lecture, attendees will hear from Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurology at UCSF. He will speak on the topic of Personalized Brain Stimulation for Refractory Chronic Neuropathic Pain. The goal of this event is to spur discussion on this topic among the REACH, HEAL, BACPAC, and relevant research communities at large. Attendees will have the opportunity to listen to Dr. Shirvalkar’s research and participate in a Q&A after the lecture.

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Topics Covered

• Learn more about the depth of chronic neuropathic pain and brain stimulation from an expert in the field.
• Identify research breakthroughs that you can apply to your study efforts.

Speaker

Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurology, UCSF

Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar is a neurologist and interventional pain medicine specialist who provides the full spectrum of care for chronic pain conditions. This includes conservative, nonsurgical treatments such as medications and nerve blocks (anesthetic injections near nerves that are sending pain signals). He also treats patients with advanced neuromodulation therapy by implanting peripheral and spinal cord stimulators, which are devices that relieve pain by sending electrical signals to the spine.

Dr. Shirvalkar's research aims to develop new therapies for hard-to-treat pain disorders, such as post-stroke pain and phantom limb pain, by harnessing technologies such as brain and spinal cord stimulation. He is conducting a study using electrodes implanted in the brain to understand how individuals interpret pain signals, with the goal of personalizing brain stimulation therapies. He is also interested in how sudden, severe pain episodes can progress to become chronic and in whether early intervention can prevent chronic pain.

For More Information, Contact:

Jacob Williams at [email protected]

Daniel Davis at [email protected]

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