Presented by
Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine
Benioff Children’s Hospitals, University of California at San Francisco

Registration Fees

	Early Bird Rate Ends November 24, 2025	Regular Rate Starts November 24, 2025	On Site Rate
On-site/In Person Attendance:
Physicians (High Income Countries)	$3,550.00	$3,750.00	$3,950.00
Allied health professionals/Trainees/Residents/Fellows (High Income Countries)	$2,350.00	$2,550.00	$2,750.00

Virtual (Zoom) Attendance:
Physicians (High Income Countries)	$3,550.00	$3,750.00	$3,950.00
Allied health professionals/Trainees/Residents/Fellows (High Income Countries)	$2,350.00	$2,550.00	$2,750.00

Middle, upper middle, and Low-income countries: reduced rates available at request. Please fill out this request: https://forms.office.com/r/4fcrpwb1ZC

For questions, contact: [email protected]

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing before December 31, 2025 will be refunded, less a $100 administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please submit your cancellation request at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/cmehelp

Course Description

The Pediatric Pain Master Class offers state of the art education in pain management for the pediatric patient from a holistic and interdisciplinary perspective. The course features a faculty of internationally recognized experts who will cover pharmacological, medical, psychosocial, and integrative therapies for the management of children’s acute, procedural, and complex/chronic pain. Assessment and management of acute somatic, visceral, neuropathic, psychosocial, and total pain will be explored in depth using interactive lectures and case presentations and small-group learning. The conference will be offered live in-person (with and optional online Zoom option). All sessions (plenaries and breakouts) will be recorded and are available for participants for up to 6 months after the conference.

Intended Audience
We welcome all disciplines who work with pediatric patients. The master class has originally been designed for physicians and advanced practice nurses to develop their expertise in the field of pediatric pain medicine in a highly interactive seminar format. Clinicians who attended in the past have and gave us positive feedback also included nurses, social workers, psychologists, chaplains, child-life specialists, and administrators.

Registration for the Symposium includes:

6 ½ -day live interactive conference with plenaries and small group breakouts
6 conference lunches, coffee/tea breaks & networking evening reception
Handouts for all sessions
Online (ZOOM) option: attendance with live plenary
The class is open to all clinicians and staff interested in pediatric pain treatment and prevention
Fees include access to course materials and handouts via Dropbox and post-course access to recorded sessions. All sessions will be recorded and are available for registered participants for up to 6 months after the conference.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course will be offered as a live conference. Registrants have the option to attend in person or to tune in remotely via zoom live stream during programming hours (Pacific Time). Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to the live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.

Child with hand on forehead, child high-fiving doctor, child grasping stomach in pain

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Describe best practice strategies and overview evidence supporting best practice strategies for the management of pediatric pain, including acute, procedural, disease-specific, and complex/persistent pain.
Detail evidence based and best practice strategies for management of pain and distressing symptoms in pediatric palliative situations.
Select and appropriately dose medications for pediatric pain management, including ability to explain evidence and rationale for medication choice, cross-rotation of medication, and management of side effects and safety concerns.
Employ at least two integrative medicine strategies for pain management.
Understand the importance of language when communicating with patients and their parents, particularly for complex/persistent pain and palliative care situations.
Identify the barriers to changing pediatric pain management at existing institution and develop strategies to overcome these barriers (strategies include, but not limited to knowledge of myths and misperceptions of pediatric pain management and research demonstrating evidence based practices).

Course Chairs

Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf, MD
FAAP Elisa and Marc Stad Professor in Pediatric Pain Medicine, Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine Chief, Division of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative MedicineUniversity of California at San Francisco Medical Director, Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals

In the News!

Dr. Friedrichsdorf has been voted one of the most influential people in health in 2024 by Time Magazine TIME100 HEALTH

Karen Sun, MD
Clinical Chief, Division of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine University of California at San Francisco Associate Medical Director, Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals

16th Pediatric Pain Master Class