Financial Disclosures


The Texas Medical Association accredits the Texas Pain Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Financial disclosures of faculty are listed below. Relevant relationships with ineligible companies (organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients) are listed below in italics. 

Brian Bruel, MD, MBA, Conference Speaker (Presenter/ Author), Moderator, Board Member
Grant/research support: Boston Scientific, PainTec
Advisor: Biotronik, Stratus, Boston Scientific, Neurovasis, Abbott, Tersera
Speaker: Saluda, Mainstay Medical, Esteve
Honorarium: Stratus Medical
Speaker's Bureau: Saluda, Mainstay Medical, Esteve, Pentec

Nicole Busch, APRN, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author)
Consultant, Speaker: Aurora Spine, Abbott, CornerLoc, SurGenTec, Vivex

Grant Chen, MD, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author)
Consultant: SPR Therapeutics

Allen Dennis, MD, DABA, DABAPM, ABIPP, FIPP, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author), Board Member 
Consultant: Abbott

Maxim Eckmann, MD, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author), Board Member
Grants/research support: Medtronic, Brixton Biosciences
Consultant: Brixton Biosciences, AVANOS
Speaker's Bureau: Vertex

Mitchell Engle, MD, PhD, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author), Moderator, Education Committee, Board Member
Grants/research support: Boston Scientific, Nalu Medical, Globus Medical, SPR Therapeutics, Saluda, Saol Therapeutics, Mesoblast
Consultant: Boston Scientific
Speaker's Bureau: Boston Scientific

Bennjamin Fronk, MD, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author)
Consultant: Aurora Spine

Earl Kilbride, MD, MHA, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author)
Consultant, Speaker: Curonix

Michael Sprintz DO, DFASAM, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author), Course Director, Education Committee, Consultant: Cellarian, Inc., Spark Biomedical, Advanced Genomics Lab, Tafalgie Therapeutics, Patch Technologies, Bridge Therapeutics, Affect Therapeutics, Accu Reference Medical Labs, Decera Clinical Education, Roper Hospital
Stock shareholder: Cellarian, Inc., Spark Biomedical, Bridge Therapeutics, Affect Therapeutics, Advanced Genomics Lab
Honorarium: Spark Biomedical, Decera Clinical Education, Roper Hospital
Employee of a Commercial Interest: Cellarian, Inc., CEO/Founder, Board Member; Advanced Genomics Lab, Board Member

Arumugarajah Tharaneetharan, MD, PhD, Conference Speaker (Presenter/Author)
Consultant: Cellarian

Shiraz Yazdani, MD, Moderator, Planner, Education Committee, Board Member
Speaker Bureau: AbbVie, Abbott, Medtronic, Vivex

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

All other planners, faculty, committee, board, and moderators for this educational activity have NO relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.