IC/BPS Bladder and Beyond: Neural, Pelvic Floor, and Systemic Contributors.

ICS Global Pelvic Pain Exchange

This ICS Collaborative Case Discussion - Pelvic Pain Exchange Program is designed for the educational and collegial needs of multidisciplinary pelvic health groups serving patients with pelvic pain around the world. This program is meant for Urologists, Gynecologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Radiologists, Neurologists, Interventional Pain Specialists, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians, Rheumatologists, Psychologists, Basic Scientists, Colorectal Surgeons, and others care for people with pelvic pain.

Chair	Michael Dimitrios Samarinas Urologist
Faculty	Sachin Malde Urologist Claus Riedl Urologist Dick A.W. Janssen Medical Researcher Lindsey McKernan Psychologist Andrew Schrepf Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Advising and Content Review	Deyi Luo Urologist Lori A Birder Neuroscientist

Session	Title	Speaker
Webinar Introduction 5 Min	Introduction	Michael Dimitrios Samarinas Urologist
Case Presentation 5 Min	Case: “Pelvic Pain” – How to Get to IC/BPS Dx	Sachin Malde Urologist
Didactic Lecture 10 min	IC/BPS Phenotypes and ICS Definition ESSIC Guidelines bladder centric or secondary Confusable or Contributing Diagnoses -Differential diagnosis -Pelvic Floor Hypertonicity & Myofascial Pain -Pudendal & Sacral Neuropathies in IC/BPS -Initial patient approach	Michael Dimitrios Samarinas Urologist
Didactic Lecture 10 min	Treatment for Bladder Centric IC/BPS Practical Algorithm for Referral (PT, neurology, pain, psych)	Claus Riedl Urologist
Interaction 5 min	Questions and Comments	All
Case Presentation 10 Min	Case: “Refractory IC/BPS” Revisited as Multisystem Pain– a case we solved Predictive biomarkers for patients’ outcomes	Sachin Malde Urologist
Didactic Lecture 10 min	Occult Neurological Disease in patients who carry dx of IC	Dick A.W. Janssen Medical Researcher
Didactic Lecture 20 min	Psych, Neural Crosstalk and Central Sensitization Immune/central nervous system interface in chronic pain Psychological Intervention in IC/BPS	Lindsey McKernan Psychologist Andrew Schrepf Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Interaction 10 min	Questions and Comments, Close	All
Closing 5 min		Michael Dimitrios Samarinas Urologist