COURSE DESCRIPTION

This cutting-edge workshop is a comprehensive hands-on interventional regenerative medicine spine workshop to complement your clinical and surgical treatments. The workshop will provide the fundamentals regarding the various types of regenerative medicine and injection techniques.  Included will be uses of various guidance such as palpation, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy, and information on how Orthobiologic treatments such as PRP, and Cellular MSCs work for the spine, giving you the tools and skills to achieve successful patient outcomes. The emphasis will be on teaching you how to incorporate into your practice.

  • Perform physical examinations and determine a diagnosis for the spine.

  • Understand the current Regulations and FDA Guidance’s regarding Regenerative medicine.

  • Understand the various injectable solutions such as PRP, MSCs, along with other orthobiologics including Prolotherapy.

  • Assess injection solutions and determine most effective treatments situations for the spine.

  • Assess multiple injection techniques for the upper and lower spine.

  • Determine appropriate injection needle placement for several situations using ultrasound for the spine.

  • Determine appropriate injection needle placement for several situations using fluoroscopy for the spine.

  • Perform hands-on diagnostic techniques for the spine.

Using palpation, ultrasound and fluoroscopy, this 1.5 day workshop will encompass five separate labs with breakout teams that will be covering injection education and techniques followed by supervised practice sessions using cadaver specimen. You’ll have access to multiple instructors to deepen your knowledge and learning opportunity.

TARGET AREAS COVERED

Disc Access - Fluoroscopy

  • L1-5 disc access

  • L5-S1 disc access (prone, lateral Decubitus)

  • Introduction to thoracic disc access (Prone)

  • Introduction to cervical disc access (Supine)

  • Intradiscal biologics

Lumbar Spine - Ultrasound

  • Face Joint & Ligament

  • Medial Branch Block

  • Interspinous/Supraspinous Ligaments

  • Multifidi

  • Iliolumbar Ligaments

  • Lumbodorsal Fascia

Cervical Spine - Ultrasound

  • Cervical Facet Joints/Ligaments

  • Supraspinous/Interspinous Ligaments

  • Paraspinal Musculature

  • Suboccipital Injections

Epidural Injections - Fluoroscopy

  • Transforaminal

  • Interlaminar

  • Caudal

Epidural Injections - Ultrasound

  • Caudal

Sacroiliac Joint/Ligaments

  • SI Joint

  • SI Ligaments

  • Gluteal Musculature

  • Piriformis

  • Ischial Bursa/Hamstrings

Other

  • Thoracic Facet Ligaments

  • Shockwave

  • Platelet Lysate

BONUS

  • Interosseous Injection Techniques

Schedule

Saturday • LUMBAR
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast and Product Theater
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome & Lectures: Anatomy of Spine; Orthobiologics for Spine; and, Alternative Solutions for Epidural Injections
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Hands-on Table Instruction
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break  
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations
  
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch and Product Theater
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Break  
3:15 PM - 5:30 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
6:30 PM Dinner  
     

Sunday • CERVICAL/THORACIC SPINE
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast & Q&A
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Welcome and Team Deployment
8:05 AM - 9:30 AM Review and Hands-on Table Instruction
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Break  
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
12:00 PM Close  

TARGET AUDIENCE

Physicians with prior exposure to musculoskeletal ultrasound who want or need hands-on training experience in performing US-guided injections. This is ideal for physicians who want to add this skill set into their practice, expand their repertoire of procedures they can offer, or hammer down the basics of performing US-guided injections.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS

Registration is open to physicians who are board-certified or in the examination process for certification in: Anesthesiology, Interventional Pain, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radiology, Neurology, Orthopedics, or Family Practice / Sports Medicine.  Registrants who are not board-certified or eligible for certification in these specialties must have either completed or be currently enrolled in a pain fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), or be a residency trained MD or DO approved by the educational committee of the AAOM to enroll in this course.

CME

American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine
Spine Cadaver Workshop
October 18, 2025 - October 19, 2025
Dallas, TX

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and American Academy of Orthopedic Medicine. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Professions in scope for this activity are listed below.

Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163

Physicians

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

LODGING

A discounted room block at Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square has been secured; reservations can be made here. Discounted rooms are available for reservations until the deadline of September 16, 2025.

TRAINING FACILITY

Special thanks to AAOM board member Tejas Ozarkar, MD and his practice for making available their clinic space for this workshop. The workshop will be held at:

Riordan Medical Institute
801 E SouthLake Blvd
Southlake, TX 76092

AIR TRANSIT INFORMATION

Your destination airport is Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. When making flight arrangements, please allow for your complete participation in the workshop program by arriving on Friday and departing late on Sunday afternoon or in to the evening. 

INCLUDED IN YOUR REGISTRATION FEE:

  • Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday

  • Lunch on Saturday

  • Dinner on Saturday

  • Complimentary snacks and beverages during your workshop days

  • All PPE, lead, and thyroid shields

The workshop is limited to 20 attendees to maintain an optimal instructor to student ratio. Complete your registration before space is gone.

FACULTY

Taught by faculty at the forefront of interventional procedures and research, this Workshop offers attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements related to the orthopedic treatment of the spine from leaders within their respective field. Faculty team subject to change.

  • Tejas Ozarkar, MD

    Program Co-Director

  • Sean Mulvaney, MD

    Program Co-DIrector

  • Paul Johnson, DO

  • Brian Shiple, DO

  • Mike Carlson, DO

CANCELLATION POLICY

If a registrant is unable to attend an event for any reason they may substitute, by arrangement with the registrar, someone else to attend in their place.

Where the registrant is unable to attend, and is not in a position to transfer his/her place to another person, then the following refund arrangements apply:

  • Registrations cancelled more than ten working days before the event are eligible for a refund of the registration fees paid, less a 10% administration charge. No refunds are available for cancellations made within ten working days of the event.

  • Refunds will be made to the same debit/credit card that was used for the registration payment. Payments made for merchandise purchased, and available for pick-up at the event, will not be refunded. Registrants have the option to make arrangements with the registrar to have, at the registrant’s cost, the items shipped following the event. Any merchandise not claimed at the event for which no prior notice to the registrar has been made will be forfeited.

Direct any questions by email..