CRPS/RSD Conference, Chicago

A Comprehensive Review of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS):

Dispelling the Myths & Looking at Emergent Treatment

Chicago September 2006

Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA) and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Academy are sponsoring a 2-day course on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD).

This course will clarify key issues surrounding this chronic pain condition that continues to baffle healthcare practitioners. Experts will discuss the pathophysiology of CRPS, new diagnostic criteria validation, and the recently revised clinical practice guidelines.

Course Chairs:
R Norman Harden, MD is Director for Pain Studies, Addison Chair, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago IL.

Joshua P. Prager, MD, MS is Director, Center for the Rehabilitation of Pain Syndromes (CRPS), Departments of Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

To register visit: http://www.ric.org/education/