PainConnect Cadaver Lab
PainConnect 2026 will once again offer a premier hands-on cadaver lab experience in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 5, 2026, held at the University of Utah Clinical Skills Simulation Center.
This exclusive, high-touch workshop is designed to deepen procedural expertise through immersive, real-world simulation in a leading clinical training environment. Separate sessions will be available for fellows in the morning and attending physicians in the afternoon. You must be registered to attend PainConnect to attend the Cadaver Lab. Fellows may add the Thursday AM workshop, and Attending Physicians may add the Thursday PM workshop. Once you’ve selected your PainConnect Registration, you may select the appropriate Cadaver Lab Workshop. Space is limited!
Advanced, Hands-On Training
Take your procedural expertise to the next level at the PainConnect 2026 Cadaver Lab, an immersive experience designed for pain physicians looking to refine and expand their interventional spine skills. This half-day course combines expert-led didactic instruction with rotating hands-on cadaver stations focused on cutting-edge techniques.
Hands-On Training Stations*
Gain practical, technique-focused training in and lead by respected leaders in Interventional Pain Medicine.
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
Proctor: Scott Pritzlaff, MD - Multifidus Lumbar Restorative Neurostimulation
Proctor: Jeremy J. Joyal, MD - Basiverebral Nerve Ablation
Proctor: David Copenhaver, MD - Posterior IS Fusion – SI-Bone Portfolio: Providing Treatment Options Suited for the Patient
Proctor: Dennis Paterson, MD
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Identify appropriate indications for MILD, SI joint fusion, and neurostimulation
- Apply evidence-based practices for basivetebral nerve ablation
- Analyze real-world cases and respond to complications
- Integrate new techniques and devices into clinical practice
PainConnect 2026 Cadaver Lab Schedule
Meet at Registration (Fellows) at Grand America
Shuttle Boarding Groups A & B (Fellows) at Grand America
Shuttle Dpearts Promptly from Grand America
Group Arrival, Registration, and Breakfast
- Overview of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: Clinical Evidence and Technique
- Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Indications, Techniques, and Devices
- Case Review, Complications, and Management
- Station 1: Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression
- Station 2: Multifidus Lumbar Restorative Neurostimulation
- Station 3: Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Station 4: Posterior SI Fusion – SI Bone Portfolio: Providing Treatment Opions Suite for the Patient
- Station 1: Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression
- Station 2: Multifidus Lumbar Restorative Neurostimulation
- Station 3: Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Station 4: Posterior SI Fusion – SI Bone Portfolio: Providing Treatment Opions Suite for the Patient
- Overview of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: Clinical Evidence and Technique
- Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Indications, Techniques, and Devices
- Case Review, Complications, and Management
- Portfolio: Providing Treatment Opions Suite for the Patient
Combined Lunch; Industry Faculty Roundtable
Sponsor highights, procedural pearls, and Q&A
Shuttle Boarding Groups C & D (Attending Physicians) at Grand America
- Overview of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: Clinical Evidence and Technique
- Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Indications, Techniques, and Devices
- Case Review, Complications, and Management
- Station 1: Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression
- Station 2: Multifidus Lumbar Restorative Neurostimulation
- Station 3: Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Station 4: Posterior SI Fusion – SI Bone Portfolio: Providing Treatment Opions Suite for the Patient
- Station 1: Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression
- Station 2: Multifidus Lumbar Restorative Neurostimulation
- Station 3: Basivertebral Nerve Ablation
- Station 4: Posterior SI Fusion – SI Bone Portfolio: Providing Treatment Opions Suite for the Patient
- Overview of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: Clinical Evidence and Technique
- Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Indications, Techniques, and Devices
- Case Review, Complications, and Management
- Portfolio: Providing Treatment Opions Suite for the Patient
Transport back to Grand America