Lecture
by Luminary Physicians
Lab instructors are selected from a palate of lifelong-earned career relationships and are matched to topics based on experience and practice. They take time to explain how the procedure works, their actual patient experiences, and prognosis for successful outcomes. All attendees are encouraged to join these discussions and ask questions.
Procedure Lectures
From the moment you step into the O.R., our instructors immerse you in procedure protocol. Each physician is given the opportunity to watch our luminaries work, then attempt procedures themselves under the careful supervision of the instructor.
Product Lectures
The lectures offer decades of experience coupled with in-depth device knowledge. Our instructors are typically lifelong Epimed customers, and they’ve got actual experience using Epimed products.
Reimbursement Lecture
Racz Lab provides vital information about coding and billing, payer policies, and practice management. Learn about practice marketing and building coalitions with societies to secure the long-term acceptance of the power of interventional pain medicine.
Cadaver Training
At each lab, Racz cadaver training is the centerpiece of the event. Just like we seek out and utilize the best materials for our products, we strive to acquire the best specimens for our instructors and attendees. Racz Lab uses cadavers to provide a realistic training environment.
Didactic Training
The Lab features and introductions to procedures (led by instructors) prior to any lab work. Instructors provide attendees with a solid academic briefing, encouraging feedback and interaction from the group.
Constructive Feedback
Attendees continue to praise the cooperative and supportive nature of instructors on Racz Lab post-event surveys. We hand select instructors known for patience and openness.
Pain Physicians all over the world have attended Racz Lab to learn or expand their interventional pain skill set under the instruction of Racz workshop physicians. From beginners to advanced skill levels, Racz Lab engenders a healthy and open environment for attending physicians. Our guests learn each phase of a selected procedure from a luminary pain physician and are encouraged to then practice with one-on-one guidance.
Matthias H. Wiederholz, MD
Dr. Matthias H. Wiederholz is cofounder of Performance Spine & Sports Medicine, LLC. He is a fellowship-trained interventional pain physician whose clinical interests include: Interventional Pain Management, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Minimally-Invasive Spine Surgery, Non-Surgical Orthopedics, and Anti-Aging / Functional Medicine.
He received his specialty training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas where he served as chief resident. He completed fellowship training in Interventional Pain Management in Marietta, Georgia. He is board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine. He also received advanced fellowship training through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and is board-certified in Anti-Aging, Regenerative & Functional Medicine.
Patrick McGowan, MD
Dr Patrick McGowan qualified in 1988 and is a Consultant in Pain Medicine at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr McGowan has been a clinical lead and clinical director, and he currently is an international examiner for the FIPP diploma and lectures internationally.Dr McGowan sits on several hospital committees and was elected as staff governor in 2014. He regards patient safety, along with the delivery of a high standard of care, to be extremely important.
Arman Taheri, MD
Dr. Taheri completed his 7-year course in General Medicine at Shahid Beheshti University from 1985 to 1992. He then went on to study anesthesiology at Shahid Beheshti University and completed the course in 1996 with an anesthesiology degree.
Dr. Taheri is currently a member of the faculty and associate professor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and works in Amir Al Hospital, Bahman Hospital and Pain Clinic.
Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD
Dr. Adnan Al-Kaisy is currently Clinical Lead of the Pain Management and Neuromodulation Centre at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Trust. Dr. Al-Kaisy has an international reputation as a leading expert in Pain Management and has extensive experience in working toward the advancement of electrical neuromodulation techniques within this specialty. He is the innovator of a number techniques including Transgrade Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation using monopolar electrical stimulation.
Dr. Al-Kaisy continues to teach and lecture on essential and pioneering topics in pain management in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Dr. Al-Kaisy is also the chair of the biannual London Spine Pain Symposium at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital.
Javier De Andres, MD, PhD, FIPP
Dr. De Andres has been named Master of Pain Treatment by the Spanish Society for Pain and the European University of Miguel de Crevantes. Since 2010, Dr. De Andres has held the role of Profesor Máster Universitario de Especialista en el Tratamiento del Dolor.
The objective of the Master is to develop a teaching program on the treatment of patients with pain, which allows students to reach the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to make a correct diagnostic approach and establish the right therapeutic plan in the different clinical situations that occur in daily clinical practice.
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS, ASRA-PMUC
Dr. Agnes Stogicza is a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain physician with 15+ years of experience in interventional pain management. She completed her pain fellowship at the University of Washington, where she was on faculty from 2010 to 2017.
As a clinician-educator she treated pain patients and taught fluoroscopy and ultrasound guided minimally invasive interventional pain procedures, regional anesthesia techniques and medication management for complex chronic pain patients to pain fellows and residents.
