Safe Pain Control Surgical Specialty Webinar Series

Practice guidelines for how to manage surgical pain in opioid naïve and opioid-dependent patients are lacking. This specialty-specific series of webinars attempts to address that gap. For this series of webinars, surgical professionals will hear from colleagues on best practices for managing pain in the complex patient as well as be introduced to evidence-based guidelines that are new and/or emerging. Focused presentations and collaborative promotion involving additional associations and societies are planned for 2022.

For questions or comments please contact Kathleen Heneghan at kheneghan@facs.org.

Safely Minimizing Opioid Use after Abdominal Cancer Surgery: Advice and Guidelines for Practicing Surgeons

Presented by Cornelius A. Thiels, DO, MBA; Naruhiko Ikoma, MD; Lesly Dossett, MD, MPH, FACS
Presented on July 20, 2021

This one-hour webinar was hosted by Drs. Thiels, Ikoma, and Dossett and focused on

• Opioid Overprescribing and Persistent Use in Patients with Early-Stage Cancer (Dr. Dossett)
• Strategies to Minimize Opioid Usage After Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery (Dr. Ikoma)
• Evidence-Based Opioid Prescribing Guidelines after Major Abdominal Cancer Surgery (Dr. Thiels)

This webinar is designated for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Register today for this FREE webinar!

Presented by Gregory W. Randolph MD, FEBS (Endocrine), FACS, FACE; Tiffany V. Wang, MD; Jenny X. Chen, MD
Presented on December 3, 2020

During the webinar, Drs. Randolph, Wang, and Chen of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary discussed the upcoming AHNS Endocrine Section Postoperative Opioid Consensus Statement (not yet released), patient screening and pain management planning, and best practices for reducing postoperative opioid needs following otolaryngology surgical procedures.

During the webinar, a live question and answer session with the panelists took place. This recorded webinar is designated for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. The webinar is now available on the ACS Learning Management System.