For over 20 years, the Texas Pain Society (TPS) has presented a pain medicine-specific lecture at the Texas Medical Association (TMA) annual meeting, TexMed. This year’s event was held at the beautiful JW Marriott Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas. 

It was a busy weekend, as Drs. Brian Bruel, Shiraz Yazdani, Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, and Baominh Vinh participated in a TMA House of Delegate meeting, while Drs. Miles Day and Max Eckmann teamed up for an “Updates In Pain Medicine for Opioid Prescribing, UDT Testing Pearls, and PMP Interpretation” presentation.

There was a full room of physicians actively listening and taking notes, as well as a very engaging and lively question and answer session. 

“Opioids, urine drug testing, and prescription monitor program checks are all very hot topics and great tools for helping manage chronic pain patients,” said TPS President Dr. Koyyalagunta, who was pleased to see so many active learners in the session. 

The TPS board of directors was in attendance and followed up the lecture with a quarterly board meeting, in order to help plan the way for the rest of the society’s year. Stay tuned for more updates and events!