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IV 

European Multidisciplinary Pain Meeting 

Pain in Pediatrics: Nutrition, Dermatology, Asthma 

International Congress of 

IPain EFHRE Sine Dolore 

Mediterranean 

IXMultidisciplinary Pain Forum 

ORGANIZATION SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES 

· Asociacion Española contra el Dolor: Sine Dolore 

· World Health Association (WHA) 

COLLABORATING SOCIETIES 

· European Foundation for Health, Research and Education (EFHRE) 

· European Foundation Against Pain (EFAP) 

· European Multidisciplinary Network in Pain Research and Education (EMNIPRE) 

· Unidad del Dolor. Hospital Mateu Orfila. Minorca. Ib-salut (Govern Balear) 

· Servei de Salut. Govern de les Illes Balears (ibsalut) 

· Institut Menorqui d´Estudis (IME) 

· Cátedra de Urgencias, Emergencias, Catátrofes y Cardioseguridad de la Universidad Católica San Antonio (UCAM)) 

Minorca Island 

Convention 

Center 

Declared by EFHRE as European 

Interest Event and European 

CardioSafe Event 

Universitat de les 

Illes Balears 

MEDISUB 

MAY 

2014 

7th to 11th 


Universidad 

Rey Juan Carlos 

UCAM 

Università Degli 

Studi di Parma

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Director: 

Prof. Dr. Jordi Moya Riera. 

E-mail: jordimoya@painmeeting.org 

Web site: www. painmeeting.org 

Organizations scientifics societies 

• Asociacion Española contra el Dolor: Sine Dolore 

• World Health Association (WHA) 

Logistic organizations 

European Foundation Against Pain (EFAP): Sine Dolore. 

Web site: www.sinedolore.org 

• Consell Insular de Minorca. 

• Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Mahón. 

• Excmo. Ayntamiento de Es Castell. 

• Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Sant Lluís. 

Collaborating Institutions 

• Ib-Salut (Govern Balear). 

• Colegio Oficial de Médicos de las Islas Baleares. 

• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de las islas Baleares. 

Scientific Societies Involved in Pain Management 

• Sociedad Balear de Anestesiología-Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor (Sociedad Española de Anestesiología-Reanimación 

y Terapéutica del Dolor). 

• Sociedad Balear del Dolor (Sociedad Española del Dolor). 

• Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica. 

• Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología. 

• Sociedad Española de Cirugía Bucal. 

• Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos. 

• Sociedad Española de Reumatología. 

• Sociedad Española de Geriatría. 

• Asociación Española de Emergencias 112 (AEM112). 

• Scientific International Committee of Emergencies (SICEM). 

• World Council for Preventive, Regenerative and Anti-Aging Medicine. 

• Sociedad Española de Disfunción Craneomandibular y Dolor Orofacial. 

• Sociedad Española de Acupuntura Médica (SAME). 

• Sociedad Española de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación (SERMEF). 

MENORCACONGRESS 

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info@menorcacongress.com 

Camí d’Es Castell 265 

07702 Maó - Minorca - Islas Baleares 

Tel +34971369181 - Fax +34971368041 

Móvil +34661312112 

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Tel. +39 081 8375841 

Fax +39 081 8376046 

EMPHASIS 

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Mobile: +39 339 8190780 

Spanish and English. Simultaneous translation not available. 

Official Languages 

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Wednesday 7th May 2014 

Headquarters of the Insular Government of Minorca: 

20.00 h Opening Official ceremony with all the authorities. 

15.00 - 19.00 h 

“Up date on Pain”. 

09.00 - 15.00 h 

Thursday 8th May 2014 (Precongress Workshop) 

“Drugs combination in pain management”. 

8.00 - 8.30 h Main registration guests in the hotels. 

Hotel Pueblo Lectures room 

La Mola Lectures room 

Friday 9th May 2014 

Minorca Island Convention Center 

Parallel Conference Room 

09.00 - 11.30h 

“On pain in pediatrics: nutrition, dermatology, asthma”: 

• “Guidelines for the use of dietary hydrolysed milk: the new formulas to solve isintomi and signs 

of pain”. 

Giuseppe Mele. 

• “The pain and nutrition in the early years of life”. 

Alfonso Delgado Rubio. 

9.00 -10.00 h ROUND TABLE. 

All together against chronic pain 

Speakers: Prof. T. Stadler, Prof. M. Filippini, Prof. A. Dickenson, Prof. G. Mueller-Schwefe. 

Chairman: Prof. J. Moya Riera. 

10.00 - 10.30 h KEYNOTE. 

“United Nations resolutions access at the pain therapy: worldwide perspectives”. 

Speaker: Dr. Gilberto Gerra, Chief of Drug Prevention and Health Branch, Division for Operations, UNODC. 

10.30 - 12.00 h ROUND TABLE 

More than MOR. Interactive session. Multiple target horizon. 

Speakers: Prof. R. Baron. 

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Room B 

12.00 - 13.00 h 

“New topics in breakthrough Pain”. 

President: Dr. Francisco Collado. Pain Unit. Hospital Puerta del Mar Cadiz. 

Secretary: Dr. Herman Ribera. Section Chief. Pain Unit. Espases University Hospital. Mallorca. 

• Breakthrough Cancer Pain: An observational study of 1000 European Oncology Patients. 

Dr. Josep Porta, Catalan Institute of Oncology. ICO Barcelona. 

• “Inter- and intra-patient variability in breakthrough pain crisis of opioid-treated patients with 

underlying chronic pain. An observational, prospective and multi center study”. 

Dr. Juan Perez Cajaraville. Chief of the Pain Unit at the University Hospital of Navarra. Pamplona. 

12.00-14.00 

Updates on interventional pain management. 

Chairman: Prof. José De Andrés . 

• Radio-frequency the state of the arts and for special application. 

• Fighting the chronic migraine with the stimulation of the occipital nerve. 

• Updated trigeminal neuralgia. 

• Percutaneous discectomy. 

• Approaching to a new target: The dorsal ganglion stimulation. 

14.00 - 15.00 h Lunch. 


15.00 - 16-00 h 

“Case history - clinical in chronic pain management - the real life. The best, and the worst”. 


Room A 

15.30 - 18.30 h 

“Asthma and Pain”: 

• “Integrated Management in Allergies Respiratory: Cough and the world around her”. 

R. Cutrera. 

• “Asthma in children”. 

L. Morcaldi. 

Room B 

18.30 - 20.00 h Acupunture Workshop: 

“Treatment of spinal pain with acupuncture and related techniques”. 

Content: Treatment of neck pain (treatment protocol, point locations, application techniques), 

dorsal back pain (treatment protocol, point locations, application techniques) and low back 

pain (treatment protocol, point locations, techniques application). 



Method: Discussion of a model case for each pathology , analysis of the different points to be used, 

method of application. Using anatomical models and practices puncture on them. Review of available 

evidence. 

Teachers: Prof. Dr. Rafael Cobos Romana, Director of the Master of Acupuncture, Pablo de Olavide, 

University in Seville. Pain Unit, Hospital Virgen del Rocio. Sevilla . 

Prof. Dr. Alfonso Vidal. Master of Acupuncture . Pain Unit, South Hospital Alcorcón. Capio Group. Madrid. 

Prof. Dr. Marian Lorente. Director of the Laboratory of Surgical and Functional Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine 

and Health Sciences, International University of Catalunya. Teknon. Barcelona Pain Unit. 

In collaboration with the Spanish Society of Medical Acupuncture and the Master of Acupuncture University 

Pablo de Olavide. 

It will be in Spanish language. 

Spanish Lectures 

16.00 -17.00 h 

“Fentanyl Buccal Tablet: adjusted technology for Breakthrough cancer pain”. 

President: Dr. Luis Olay. Head of Radiation Oncology Service. Central Hospital of Asturias. 

Secretary: Dr. Manuel Rodríguez. Head of the Pain. Carlos Haya Hospital. Málaga. 

• Clinical implication of Fentanyl Buccal Tablet. 

Dr. Francisco Collado. Pain unit. Hospital Puerta del Mar Cadiz. 

• Fentanyl Buccal Tablet: Benefits for the patient. 

Dr. Nuria Calvo. Medical Oncology. Hospital de Sant Pau (Oncology Day hospital). Barcelona. 

17.00 - 18.00 h 

The importance of the route of administration in the management of breakthrough pain. 

• “The sublingual route: an alternative for our patients”. 

• “Abstral phase IV study - what These results mean for patients”. 

18.00 - 19.00 h 

“Capsaicin 8% Patch Management”. 

Moderator: Dra. Dolors Sintes. Pain Unit. Hospital of Badalona. Barcelona 

• “Update on the latest posts”. 

Dra. Mª Angeles Canós Verdecho. Anesthesiologist. Head of Reference Unit Pain Treatment. University 

and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe. Valencia. 

• “Application without topical anesthesia. Evidence and experience”. 

Dra. Mertxe Mozas. Pain Unit. Clinica Zorrotzzurre. Bilbao 

19.00 h 

“Assessment and management of chronic pain from a biopsychosocial perspective”. 

President: Prof. Dr. Luís Aliaga Font. Clinica Teknon, Pain Unit head. Barcelona. 

Secretary: Prof. Dr. Carlos Goicoechea García. Professor of Pharmacology. Coordinator “Master in the 

Study and Treatment of Pain”. Rey Juan Carlos University. Madrid. Spain. 

• “Transcultural field studies about painful religious rituals in Greece and Sri Lanka: Consequences for interdisciplinary 

research on pain management”. 

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Larbig. University of Tübingen, Germany. 

• “Painometer: an app for the assessment of chronic pain patients”. 

Prof. Dr. Jordi Miró, Rocío de la Vega, Roman Roset. Unitat per a l’Estudi i Tractament del Dolor - ALGOS, 

Universitat Rovira i Virgili. 



• “Self-modulation of brain activity may help to alleviate pain”. 

Prof. Dr. Pedro Montoya. University of Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain. 

• Presentation of a book “Survive the Pain - Sobrevivir al dolor” (Plataforma Editorial). 

Signed by the author and dedications. 

Author: Grela Bravo Garcia. Clinical psychologist, social and intercultural mediator. 

Endorsed: Sine Dolore Association and Grünenthal Foundation. 

• “Epidemiological Survey on the relief of chronic pain and the influence of wine, meaning through the 

molecule resveratrol.” 

Dr. Carmen Martinez Caballero. Director of scientists projects EMNIPRE (European Multidisciplinary Network 

in Pain Research and Education) 

Saturday 10th May 2014 


09.00 - 19.00 h 

Course Dermatology and Pain. 

Distinguish in a quick and exact origin of some acute skin lesions may help to interpret an emergency 

and avoid pain in children. 

G.Ruggiero e F. Arcangeli. 

Topics: 

• Skin and sport. 

• Injuries marginal or misinterpreted. 

• Doctor my son is full of bubbles. 

• Hemangiomas in children. 

• The teenage acne. 

• When the warts are really bad . 

Pediatric Chronic Pain. 

Speaker: Prof. Franca Benini, Prof Mele. 

• “The boy in pain”. 

F. Benini. 

• “The pain nell’ambulatorio pediatrician”. 

M. Giuliano. 

• “Zero miles - Treatment of pain in pediatric wards: Map of European hospitals where the treatment 

of pain in children is a priority”. 

Marta Gentili. 

10.00 h POSTER´S ROOM 

Defense of scientific posters. 

President: Dr. Jordi Guitart. Head of Pain Unit. Platón Hospital. Barcelona. 

Vice President: Dr. Jordi Folch. Pain Unit. Platón Hospital. Barcelona. 

Secretary: Dr. José Fuentes Bellido. Head of Pain Unit. Pius Hospital. Valls. Barcelona. 



9.00 - 10.30 h 

“Trinomial: overcome the old patient concept”. 

Speaker: Prof. G. Mueller-Schwefe . 

10.30 - 12.00 h ULTRASOUND WORKSHOP 

What we can do with ultrasound in pain . 

Speaker: Dr. Marco Baciarello /TBD. 


12.00 - 13.00 

LNP Localized Neuropathic Pain. What, Who, When, Why? 

Chairman: R. Casale. 

Speakers: R. Vellucci. 

Dra. Dolores López Alarcón. Head of the Pain. University General Hospital of Valencia 

13.00-14.00 

Tailored genetics medicine. 

Speakers: Dragan Primorac, M. Allegri. 

14.00-15.00 Lunch. 

Spanish Lectures 

15.00 - 16.00 h 

“Talk to the engineer”. 

President: Dr. David Abejón. Head Pain Unit. Quiron Hospital of Madrid. 

Secretary: Dr. Francisco Gómez Armenta. Head Pain Unit. Hospital Reina Sofia. Córdoba. 

• “Burst vs High Frequency” What are the differences and what are the advantages and disadvantages of 

each?”. 

Mr. Manuel Mendoza. Engineering In Electronics - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - 2003 - Colombia. 

Postgraduate Master in Telecommunications Networks - Cisco CCNA - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 

- Colombia. Specialist in Engineering Management Systems - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Colombia. 

MBA - Master of Business Administration - European Business School - Madrid. 21 Training Healthcare 

Technologies - Siemens - Germany, USA and Brazil. 1994-2013. 

• “Continuous Current fractional, rational medical explanation”. 

Mr. Francisco Estella. Senior Engineer in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Granada. 

Master ‘s degree in Computer Engineering and Networks, specializing in Bioengineering from the 

University of Miami. 

• “Programming Principles in spinal cord stimulation”. 

Mr. Pablo Rueda. Telecommunication Engineer Master in Bioengineering and Telemedicine. 

16.00-17.00 

Pain Unit: Optimizing Quality of Life Resources. 

President: Dr. Rafael Salazar Vecino. Hospital de Inca. Mallorca. 

Secretary: Dr. Francisco Gómez Armenta. Hospital Reina Sofía. Córdoba. 

• “Optimizing the management in the Pain Unit”. 

Dr. Modesto García Escobar. Hospital de San Juan. Alicante. 



• “Pharmacoeconomic study in using fentanyl. Can improve the clinical management of breakthrough 

cancer pain?”. 

Dr. Rafael de Alba Moreno. Hospital Ciudad de Jaén. Jaén. 

• “Implications of Pain Unit. Question and Answer”. 

Dr. Rafael Salazar Vecino. Hospital de Inca. Mallorca. 

17.00 - 18.00h 

“Transdermal buprenorphine”. 

President. Dr. Antonio Montero. Professor University of Lerida and Head of the Surgery Department in the 

University of Lerida. 

Secretary: Dr. Manuel Sanchez del Águila. Pain Unit. Hospital Costa del Sol. Marbella. 

• Practical application of transdermal buprenorphine in the field of rheumatologic emergencies. 

Dr. Carlos Guillen Astete. Rheumatologist. Ramon y Cajal Hospital. Madrid. 

• Buprenorphine Update: legends and new realities. Dr. Alfredo Perucho González, Unit of Pain. Ramón y 

Cajal Hospital. Madrid. 

18.00 - 19.00 h 

“The role of pharmaceuticals in the Treatment of Pain”. 

President: Prof. Javier Garcia Veiga. 

19.00 h Departure of buses to the Main Opera Theater of Mahón Closing Ceremony. 

20.00 h Closing Ceremony in the Principal Opera Theater of Mahón, with all Authorities. 

Award Ceremony in pain research “Father Vicente Macian” for best poster scientific communication in Congress. 

Please assistance to all members of Congress. 

Sunday 11th May 2014 

10.00 - 13.00 h POSTER SESION 




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Organizing Committee 

Honor President: 

• Dr. Manuel Corral Rosado 

President: 

• Dr. Juan Manuel Vaca 

Vice President: 

• Dra. Alicia Alonso Cardaño 

Secretary: 

• Dr. Alfonso Vidal Marcos 

Vice Secretary: 

• Dr. J. A Carrera Hueso 

Treasurer: 

• Dr. Manuel Corral Rosado 

Vocals: 

• Dra. Mª Jesús Rodríguez Dinten 

• Dra. Santiago Doménech de Frutos 

• Dr. David Curtelin 

• Dra. Evelin Horváth 

• Dr. Rafael Salazar 

• Dra. Mabel Ramos Sánchez 

• Dr. Juan Carlos Carrión 

• Dr. B. López Oblaré 

• Dr. Javier Bettiol 

• Dr. Borja Rubio 

• Dr. Pablo Candás 

• Dra. Sabina Cordoba 

• Dr. Omar Loli 

• Dr. Nelber Soriano 

• Dra. Liliana Fernández 

• Dr. Javier Bettiol 

• Dr. Borja Rubio 

• Dr. Pablo Candás 

• Dra. Sabina Córdoba 

• Dr. Omar Loli 

• Dr. Nelber Soriano 

• Dra. Liliana Fernández 

• Dr. Luis Cueto 

• Dr. Ignacio Velázquez Rivera 

• Dr. Simón Garau 

• Dr. Luis López-Negrete 

• Dr. Salvador Gestoso Gayá 

• Dr. Xavier Lacueva Guallar 

• Dr. Antonio Gómez de Tejada 

• Dr. Alfonso Mosqueira Noriega 

• Dr. Freddy Virrueta Medina 

• Dra. Briseida Gil 

• Dr. Walther Ramírez Izquierdo 

• Dr. Alberto Torres Ruiz 

• Dr. Luis González López 

• Dra. Ángela Blázquez 

• Dña. Maribel Triay Garriga 

• Dña. Marisa Armendáriz 

• D. Sergio Olives Sintes 

• Dña. María José Hurtado Sayas 

• Dña. Mº Gracia Roselló 

• Dña. Francisca Gomila Serra 

• D. Raúl Fernández Moya 

Scientific Committee 

Honor President: 

• Ilmo. Prof. Dr. Jaime Rodríguez Quintosa 

President: 

• Prof. Dr. Antonio Montero 


• Prof. Dr. Cosme Gay Escoda 

Secretary: 

• Prof. Dr. Jordi Moya Riera 


• Dr. Luís Aliaga Font 

Vocals: 

• Prof. Dra. Marian Llorente 

• Prof. Dr. Rafael Gálvez Mateos 

• Prof. Dr. Pedro Montoya 

• Prof. Dr. Carlos Goicoechea 

• Prof. Dr. Jordi Miró 

• Dra. María Luisa Franco 

• Dr. Gonzalo Cutillas Hernández 

• Dr. Manuel Sánchez del Águila 

• Dr. Manuel Rodríguez 

• Dr. David Abejón 

• Dr. Ángel Oteo 

• Dr. Pedro Mir Orfila 

• Dra. Ivón González Valcarcel 

• Dr. Alejandro Fernández Alonso 

• Dr. Juan Pérez Cajaraville 

• Dr. Francisco Collado 

• Dr. José María Hernández 

• Dr. Víctor Mayoral 

• Dr. Herman Ribera 

• Dra. Carmen Martínez Caballero 

• Dr. Carlos Tornero 

• Dr. César Margarit Ferri 

• Dra. Concha Pérez Hernández 

• Dr. Domingo Ventura Vargas 

• Dr. Francisco Ruiz Sánchez 

• Dra. Manuela Garcia Romero 

• Dr. Francisco Rodelas Montalvo 

• Dr. Javier de Andrés Ares 

• Dr. José Luis de Córdoba 

• Dra. Dolores López Alarcón 

• Dra. María de la Luz Cánovas Martínez 

• Dra. Maribel Vargas Domingo 

• Dr. Martín Carpintero Porrero 

• Dr. Miguel Caramés 

• Dr. Francisco Villegas Estévez 

• Dr. Xavier Díaz Meco 

• Dra. Yolanda Escobar Álvarez 

• Dra. Montserrat Viñals 

• Dr. Andrés Glenny 

• Dr. Xavier Mir Marí 

Editorial Committee 

President: 

Dr. Jordi Guitart Vela 


Dr. Jordi Folch Ibáñez 

Secretary: 

• Dr. José Fuentes Bellido 


• Dr. Xavier Vila Justribó 

Vocals: 

• Dr. Juan Manuel Vázquez 

• Dr. Albert Tomás Torrelles 

• Dr. Domingo Tomás Rufles 

• Dra. Mercé Matute 

• Dr. Josep Garrido 

• Dr. Galán Rodrigo 

• Prof. Dr. Rafael Cobos Romana 

• Dr. José Luis Cid Calzada 

• Dra. Josefina María Cueto Pérez 

• Dra. Sara Cascón Pérez-Teijón 

• Dr. Agustín Guerri Cebollada 

• Antonio López Sastre 

Scientific International Committee 

President: 

• Prof. Dr. Guido Fanelli 


• Prof. Dr. Guiseppe Mele 

Secretary: 

• Prof. Dr. Jordi Moya Riera 

Vocals: 

Network Committee 

President: 

D. Lorenzo Carreras Albiol 


Dña. Sònia Giménez Blanco 

Secretary: 

D. Juan Manuel Vidal Marcos 

Vocals: 

• D. Gonzalo Fernández 

Reunión científica acreditada como Evento Europeo 

Cardioseguro por EFHRE 



Honor Committee 

• Distinguished Prof. Jaime Rodríguez Quintosa. MD, PhD. Specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care. Neonatologist. Specialist in Legal and Forensic Medicine. 

Director, University Research Chair in Emergen cy, Disaster and Cardiosafety. Principal Investigator of the Research Group: Development of 

Preven tion and Emergency Medical Care in Life-threatening Situations and Disasters. University Master Director of Emergency, Urgent Care, Disaster 

and Cardiosafety of EFHRE - UCAM. President of European Foundation for Health, Research and Education (EFHRE). President of Spanish Association 

of Emergency 112 (AEM 112). Honorific President of Scientific International Committee of Emergencies (SICEM). 

• Prof. Dr. Cecilio Álamo González. Professor of Pharmacology. Alcalá de Henares University. Madrid. Spain 

• Dr. Carlos de Barutell Farinós. Outgoing President of the Spanish Society of Pain. Sine Dolore Merit Medal. Barcelona. Spain 

• Dr. Gary J. Brenner, Ph.D.Director, MGH Pain Medicine Fellowship. Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School. Department of Anesthesia and Critical 

Care. Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston. EEUU 

• Dr. Paul J. Christo, M.D., M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship. Baltimore. 

Maryland. EEUU. 

• Dr. Peter Cox. Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine. Westmead and St. George Hospitals. Sydney. Australia 

• Dr. Ricardo A. Cruciani, MD, PhD. Vice Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY, New York. EEUU. 

• Dr. Arturo Cuomo. Director S.C. Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Analgesic Therapy National Cancer Institute IRCCS “Fondazione,G. Pascale” of 

Naples. 

• Dr. Michael Erdek Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Oncology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 

Director of Quality Improvement for the Division of Pain Medicine. Baltimore. Maryland. EEUU 

• Prof. Dr. Guido Fanelli. Head of the Chair of Anesthesia and ICU at the University of Parma, School of Medicine; Head of the Postgraduate School 

(School of Specialization) of Anesthesia ICU and Pain at the University of Parma, School of Medicine.Chief of Pain and Palliative Care Commitee of 

Minister of Health, and Wellfare – Italian Government. Member of Advisory Committee for Ministry of Health– Italian Government. Member of Health 

Supreme Committee – Italian Government. Referee and reviewer for Italian Minister of Health (AIFA) for Indipendent research. 

• Dr.Marina Mata, MD. Professor of Neurology University of Michigan 

• Prof. Giuseppe Mele, Pediatrician. Giuseppe Mele is the Past National President of FIMP, the Italian Federation of Pediatricians and Scientific Coordinator. 

He gained his degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1977; he specialized in pediatrics with full marks. He has always been passionate about civil and 

human rights and this brought him to fight for the rights in his category through the channel of medical unionism. He has been involved in the health 

system both on a professional level and from a political and unionist point of view. During his twenty-year medical and trade union experience, he 

can count numerous attendances to events such as: Ministerial Commissions, Scientific Boards, prestigious publications and national and international 

congress events. In 2013 he has been nominated expert for the Advisory Committee for the Pediatric area of the Italian Medicines Agency. 

• Dr. Walter Gianni. Head of Chronic Pain Therapy, Study Centre PAC (Persons High Complexity) Scientific Director IRCCS San Ra ffaele Pisana. Rome. 

• Prof. Dr. Cosme Gay-Escoda. Chairman and Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Director of Master of Oral Surgery and Implantology of 

the University of Barcelona, Spain. Coordinator of research group “Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Therapeutics” of the Institute of Biomedical 

Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL). Head of Department of Oral Surgery, Implantology and Maxilolofacial Surgery of the Teknon Medical Center, 

Barcelona, Spain. 

• Dr. David Fink, MD. Robert Brear Professor and Chair Department of Neurology University of Michigan. 

• Prof. Dr. Fernando Gilsanz. Professor of Anesthesiology Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. President of the Spanish Society of Anesthesia-Resuscitation 

and Pain Therapy. Madrid. 

• Prof. Dr. Carlos Goicoechea García. Professor of Pharmacology. Coordinator “Master in the Study and Treatment of Pain”. Rey Juan Carlos University. 

Madrid. Spain. 

• Prof. Dr. José Luis Gutierrez Pérez. Professor of Oral Surgery. Director of Master of Oral Surgery, University of Seville. Chief of Maxillofacial Surgery, 

Hospital Virgen del Rocío de Sevilla. General Manager. Andalusian Health Service. Spain 

• Dr. Jordi Miró. Professor of Health Psychology, and Director of the Unit for the Study and Treatment of Pain - ALGOS; Universitat Ro vira i Virgili; Spain. 

• Prof. Dr. Antonio Montero. Professor University of Lerida and Head of the Surgery Department in the University of Lerida. 

• Dr. Pedro Montoya. Full-Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of the Balearic Islands. 

• Prof. Jordi Moya Riera. MD, PhD. Specialist Anesthesia-Resuscitation. Pain Management and Intervencional Spine Specialist. European University 

Specialist in Research and Treatment of Pain Director. San Antonio Catholic University (UCAM) - European Foundation for Health, Research and 

Education (EFHRE). European Multidisciplinary Pain Meeting Chairman. Founder of the Association Against Pain: Sine Dolore. Director of the European 

Multidisciplinary Network in Pain, Research and Education (EMNIPRE). European Institute for the Advanced Treatment of Sinedolore Director. 

Multidisciplinary Mediterranean Pain Forum Chairman, Director of Sine Dolore International School for Patients with Pain 

• Prof. Oscar de León Casasola. Professor and Vice-Chair for Academic. Affairs. Chief, Pain Medicine and Professor of Oncology. Roswell Park Cancer 

Institute; Buffalo, Nueva York. Consultor Teknon Clinic Pain Clnic. 

• Dr. Russell K. Portenoy Chairman and Gerald J. Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care. Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative 

Care Beth Israel Medical Center. Professor of Neurology and Anesthesiology Albert Einstein College of Medicine. New York. EEUU. 

• Dr. Srinivasa N. Raja, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, and director of Pain Research and the Division of Pain 

Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Maryland. EEUU 

• Dr. Manuel Rodríguez, head of the Pain Unit of Carlos Haya Hospital in Malaga. Sine Dolore Merit Medal. Spain 

• Prof. Dr. Luis M. Torres.Head of the Anesthesia-Resuscitation and Pain Management. Director of the Journal of the Spanish Society of Pain. Assistant 

Director of the External Chair of Pain of the Grünental Foundation. University of Cádiz. Hospital Puerta del Mar. Cádiz. Spain. 

• Dra. Anica Vasic. St George Pain Management Unit, St George Hospital. Sydney. Australia. 


The tuition to the IX MMPF, includes: 

Tuition: 590 € (Limited places) 

• Congress Registrations. 

• Working lunches on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th. 

• Closing ceremony at the Principal Theater of Mahón (includes bus transportation). 

For the Hotel acomodation and more information, please contact with the oficial agencies. 

Abstracts must be e-mailed to the Scientific Committee before April 7th to the following e-mail: multidisciplinarymediterranean@gmail.com. 

Accepted abstracts will be published at the Congress’ book. 

Award “Father Vicente Macián” for the best scientific poster and two accesits. 

Universitat de les 

Illes Balears 

UCAM 

Università Degli 

Studi di Parma 

Declared as “Scientific Interest Activity Masters for the Study and Treatment of 

Pain” allowing to obtain the credits of Master’s Thesis 

Recognized with 2 and 3 credits for CME accreditation 

Universidad 

Rey Juan Carlos 

Sol·licitats crèdits de 

formació a la Comissió 

de Formació Continuada 

de les Professions 

Sanitàries de les Illes 

Balears

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