Innovation in medicine often seems to either have a very long thinkubation period*or explode into clinical use almost overnight.
Other effective treatments seem to languish in silos of enthusiastic acceptance by select practitioners, despite positive outcomes for the patients receiving those treatments.
You are invited to spend an evening exploring one of those treatments.
Our guide will be Dr. Eugene Lipov, a pioneer in the use of stellate ganglion block (SGB) to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
His success in doing so has also made him an advocate for changing the language we use in creating labels for our patients’ conditions, as labels have the power to either help or hinder the healing process .He has suggested replacing the term Disorder with the word Injury, to create the treatable condition PTSI. By doing so, he invites the possibility of hope of recovery through a change in our use of language.
You are invited to join us for an exploration of the power of innovative off-label prescribing through the lens of almost two decades of Dr. Lipov’s experience refining a potentially life- altering procedure. As always, your insights are welcomed to enrich the learning experience.
*thinkubation period: the time between inspiration, perspiration and implementation
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