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Notre réunion scientifique annuelle 2024

L'Hôtel Westin à Ottawa

de samedi 27 avril à mardi 30 avril 2024

Les personnes intéressées par le domaine de la douleur au Canada et à travers le monde se rassemblent pour partager leurs connaissances et leurs expertises sur les dernières avancées des mécanismes de la douleur, sa gestion son évaluation.

Inscrivez-vous dès maintenat. Les membres bénéficient d'un accés prioritaire.

L’appel à soumission d’affiche – Dernière chance

16 février 2024

Le comité scientifique (CS) souhaite offrir un programme scientifique équilibré, diversifié et de
pointe, qui reflète les différents domaines de la science de tout le domaine de la douleur.
Votre participation est essentielle et fera partie intégrante du succès de la Réunion scientifique
annuelle de la SCD et des progrès continus en recherche et en gestion de la douleur.

The National Congress

on Pain co-organized

with Health Canada

This event is held separately from the Annual Scientific Meeting. Attendees of the Annual Scientific Meeting are invited to attend at no additional cost.

Moments Captured at our Meeting

Fostering collaborative relationships and knowledge translations between research scientists, health care professionals, trainees, and persons with lived experience, all with a shared focus on pain.  

Notre agenda complet pour 2024

Predicting the Transition to Chronic Pain: Insights from Across Biopsychosocial Systems

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Describe predictive markers of chronic pain from across different biopsychosocial systems. • Identify mechanisms involved in the transition from acute to chronic pain. • Recognize potential new targets for the prevention of chronic pain.

D. Seminowicz, S. Schabrun, L. Jenkins

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Implementing Large Scale System-Wide Healthcare Solutions for Chronic Pain Management

Implementing Large Scale System-Wide Healthcare Solutions for Chronic Pain Management: Implementation Science, Knowledge Mobilization, and Complexity Informed Research from Across Canada At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Identify success factors, challenges, and key takeaways from the exemplar initiatives. • Compare and contrast the unique challenges and opportunities presented when implementing large-scale health system solutions at the local, provincial, and national levels. • Propose considerations and strategies for future initiatives.

R. Visca, M. Robert, K. Birnie, E. Lopatina

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Long Road Travelled and Lessons Learnt

This presentation will provide a review 43 years of clinical practice, research, and advocacy in promoting pain diagnosis and management. I will discuss the development of unique clinical practice in an academic institution, the intricacies of operating within an academic hospital, the value of clinical practice-derived research, the contributions of advocacy to promote the causes of chronic pain, and finally how to bring academic principles to community practice. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Recognize the intricacies of been in an academic environment. • Comprehend that clinical research is possible through questions generated in clinical practice. • Participate in order to generate system changes.

Angela Mailis

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

What is Pain and Why Does it Matter?

Pain can be a simple reflexive response to a stimulus that threatens our body, or a complex cognitive, emotional and social experience. In most cases it is driven directly by nociceptive input, but in others it seems to occur without any peripheral source. This talk will review an (early) career spent examining what pain is, how it is changed by the emotional and cognitive context in which it occurs, and how the brain integrates multiple sources of information to produce the pain we experience. I will show how our understanding of pain and its mechanisms and measurement impacts us in medical and legal settings, including the recent debate over fetal pain and abortion. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Understand how studies of lesion and congenital insensitivity to pain patient, and individual with trauma can contribute to our understanding of the brain's role in pain. • Contextualize findings from neuroimaging studies. • Reflect on how our understanding of pain impacts clinical and legal decision making.

Tim Salomons

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Q & A

Join us for an informative and engaging Q & A session with renowned experts Michael Stein and Tom Appleton.

Michael Stein and Tom Appleton

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

What’s New in Osteoarthritis: Evidence for Treatments

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Describe the current landscape in treatment recommendation in osteoarthritis. • Summarize emerging data that shifts our understanding of the basis of OA pathophysiology. • Discuss novel OA therapeutics on the horizon.

Tom Appleton

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Inflammatory Arthritis and Disease Modifying Agents

Inflammatory Arthritis and Disease Modifying Agents: What Pain Management Practitioners Need to Know Patients who suffer from inflammatory rheumatic diseases often experience pain. It is important to identify these patients in part to establish a diagnosis but also to recognize that rheumatic conditions are associated with damage to different organs which may influence investigations and choice of therapy. Furthermore, it is important for clinicians who treat patients with pain syndromes to become familiar with medications used in the treatment of inflammatory arthritis. At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Recognize the signs and symptoms of inflammatory arthritis. • Increase awareness of undiagnosed and active rheumatic diseases in patients with chronic pain. • Familiarize themselves with common disease modifying medications used for rheumatic diseases.

Michael Stein

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

The Mechanistic Mélange of Pain

Advancing new therapeutic approaches remains a significant challenge in the field of pain. Transcriptomic analysis of changes in gene expression in the spinal cord dorsal horn have led to cataloging diverse cellular alterations in response to peripheral nerve injury but have focused on phenomenology and classifying transcriptomic changes. Recently, we took a purposeful approach of exploring the possibility of identifying pain relieving drugs by simultaneously looking not just between sexes in a single species but between sexes in two species. Surprisingly, given the large emphasis on sex differences across biomedical sciences we found that there are many more commonalities than differences between sexes and across species in the gene expression changes produced in the spinal dorsal horn. To take our analysis forward we developed a way to use this information to make testable predictions about drug response. We used pathway analysis to define the molecular network of proteins encoded by the genes in which transcript expression had changed. Because of the power of our four-way analysis we not only identified known pathways – which validated our analyses – but we discovered connections and hubs not seen previously. With this information we developed a workflow through mining the database of FDA-approved drugs and interrogating this with the common nodes and hubs we had identified. The top hit from this analysis was fostamatinib, the molecular target of which is the non-receptor tyrosine kinase SYK, which our analysis had identified as a key node in the interactome. administrating the active two structurally distinct SYK inhibitors reversed pain hypersensitivity and, as our analysis predicted, did this in both sexes. Thus, we identified and showed the efficacy of agents that could not have been previously predicted to have analgesic properties. At the end of this presentation, the participants will be able to: • Recognize the diverse mechanisms for pain sensitization. • Identify how gene expression analysis can be used to identify new molecular targets for pain-reducing therapies. • Outline sex differences and sex similarities in pain mechanisms.

Michael Salter

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Aeromedical Aspects of Migraine

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Appreciate the factors to be considered in determining medical fitness for aircrew. • Understand how the results of a recent review of the literature contributed to development of a stepwise approach to assessment and disposition of migraines in aircrew. • Become aware of a risk matrix approach that guides decision making.

Joan Saary

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias and Neuralgias

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Identify the diagnostic criteria and clinical features for Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias. • List treatment options for each of the four Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias. • Recognize the clinical features, evaluation and management of cranial neuralgias.

Jaclyn Duvall

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Aeromedical Aspects of Migraine

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Appreciate the factors to be considered in determining medical fitness for aircrew. • Understand how the results of a recent review of the literature contributed to development of a stepwise approach to assessment and disposition of migraines in aircrew. • Become aware of a risk matrix approach that guides decision making.

Joan Saary

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Psilocybin and Headache: Mycotic Miracle or Fungal Fantasy?

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to: • Formulate an understanding of what psychedelics are. • Define the uses and conditions psilocybin responds to during treatment and why also referred to as “magic mushrooms.” • Outline potential mechanisms by which psilocybin might exert its effects and potential risks. • Explore emerging research revealed about psilocybin in preventing and treating migraine and cluster headache. • Recognize the mechanisms behind the approval process for psilocybin for clinical use in Canada.

Alex Melinyshyn

Exclusive access to the full National Pain Rounds and Pain Rounds for Trainees session videos will be granted first to our valued members. Our broader audience can enjoy our complete videos one month after the initial session airs. 

Vous serez en mesure de décrire et d'analyser de manière critique les recherches récentes sur les mécanismes et la gestion de la douleur avec nos membres divers et multidisciplinaires. Vous intégrerez des activités et des connaissances qui contribueront à améliorer l'accès à des soins de qualité, y compris la prévention et le traitement de la douleur de manière plus efficace.   Voir les conflits d'intérêts des conférenciers.

Notre agenda complet pour 2024

Vous serez en mesure de décrire et d'analyser de manière critique les recherches récentes sur les mécanismes et la gestion de la douleur avec nos membres divers et multidisciplinaires. Vous intégrerez des activités et des connaissances qui contribueront à améliorer l'accès à des soins de qualité, y compris la prévention et le traitement de la douleur de manière plus efficace.   Voir les conflits d'intérêts des conférenciers.

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Le Congrès national sur la douleur offrira l'occasion de favoriser de nouvelles relations de collaboration et de faciliter l'échange de connaissances entre les chercheurs, les professionnels de la santé, les stagiaires, les personnes qui vivent avec la douleur, ainsi que les responsables de politiques afin de décrire plus en détail les impacts de la douleur chronique sur les Canadiens. Ce Congrès aidera également à tracer la voie à suivre pour mettre en œuvre les actions prioritaires dans les domaines liés à la douleur dans le but global commun d’améliorer les résultats de santé des personnes qui vivent avec la douleur.

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A Special Lunch Event Hosted by The Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans

Monday, April 29th — 1310 to 1400h

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Cannabinoids in Clinical Practice Conference

Tuesday April 30 — Les Saison

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Presidents Gala Dinner

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Sponsored Presentation by Avicanna

Sunday, April 28th — 0715 to 0800h

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Sponsored Presentation by Pfizer

Sunday, April 28th — 1215 to 1300h

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Trainee Social

Sunday April 28 — Twenty Two
An evening filled  with lively social dynamics, delicious food, and refreshing drinks, all geared towards  trainees!

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Pain Refresher Course for Practicing and Trainee Pain Medicine Physicians: A Satellite Course

Saturday, April 27th — Les Saison

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✶ Plenary Speaker

Dr. Cornelia (Nel) Wieman

Acting CMO for the First Nations Health Authority, British Columbia.

She is Anishinaabe (Mishi-Baawitigong First Nation, Treaty 5 Territory) and lives, works and plays on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples – the səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. She completed her medical degree and psychiatry specialty training at McMaster University. Canada's first female Indigenous psychiatrist, Dr. Wieman has more than 20 years and clinical experience, working with Indigenous people in both rural/reserve and urban settings. Dr. Wieman served as the President of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada (IPAC) from 2016 - 2022.

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Dr. Michael Salter

Senior Scientist and Emeritus Chief of Research at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.

A Senior Scientist and Emeritus Chief of Research at The Hospital for Sick Children, and Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto. He received his MD at the University of Western Ontario and his PhD from McGill University. Professor Salter is determining fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms of normal and pathological neuroplasticity. His discoveries have broad implications for the control of cell-cell communication throughout the nervous system. He is using his discoveries to design and develop molecules that target major cell signalling pathways in neurons and in glial cells involved in pain, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases and schizophrenia. He has won numerous awards for his work, including being named an International Research Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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Poster Presentations

A comprehensive (300 page) summary of the scopes, methods, results, and conclusions of all our approved poster presentations.

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Abstracts

A deep dive into the abstracts of our keynote, plenaries, and many distinguished speakers who are presenting.

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Rendez-vous à Ottawa pour la conférence la plus importante de nos 49 ans d'histoire. Du 27 au 30 avril 2024, nous vous accueillerons à l'Hôtel Westin d'Ottawa pour notre Réunion scientifique annuelle, qui réunira le plus grand nombre de personnes intéressées par le domaine de la douleur jamais rassemblé, y compris des parties prenantes nationales, provinciales et territoriales.

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Votre engagement et votre soutien pour notre Réunion scientifique annuelle permettent à aux personnes présentes d'apprendre davantage sur vos produits et services ainsi que sur la façon dont il est possible d'aider les personnes desservies.

Notre bourse de recherche postdoctorale 2024 sur les vétérans canadiens vivant avec de la douleur chronique

La Société canadienne de la douleur (SCD) et le centre d’excellence sur la douleur chronique pour les vétérans canadiens (CESLDC) sont heureux d’offrir une bourse de recherche postdoctorale pour des projets axés sur la recherche clinique, la recherche sur les services de santé ou sur les politiques de santé concernant les vétérans vivant avec la douleur chronique.

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Horizons communs : De la prise de conscience à l'action

Les Prix artistiques de la Société canadienne de la douleur ont été créés pour attirer un large public, contribuer à la mobilisation des connaissances et développer de nouveaux outils d'enseignement et de communication sur la douleur et son impact sur la vie sociale. Avec un nouveau thème chaque année, nous mettons en valeur la variété des œuvres d'art présentées par des cliniciens, des scientifiques, des éducateurs, des artistes et des personnes vivant avec la douleur.

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