2026 Update on Peri-operative Pain Control
Accredited for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
12 – 1 p.m. ET
Members: FREE
Nonmembers: $75
Registration required.
Program description:
Participants will explore evidence-based strategies for implementing opioid-free perioperative care, including multimodal pain management approaches that enhance patient outcomes while reducing reliance on opioids. The session will also examine the effects of cannabinoids in the perioperative setting, highlighting clinical considerations, potential benefits, and risks.
Additionally, attendees will gain practical guidance on managing opioid-tolerant patients and those with substance use disorders, with a focus on safe, effective, and patient-centered care strategies across the surgical continuum.
Objectives:
At the end of this live webinar, attendees will be able to:
- Assess the status of the opioid epidemic.
- Describe methods of opioid free peri-operative care.
- Relate to the impact of cannabinoids on peri-operative care.
- Develop options for opioid-tolerant patients or patients undergoing substance use disorder.
Speaker:
Don Selzer, MD
Professor and Chief of the Division of General Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
About the speaker:
Don Selzer, MD currently serves as the Willis D. Gatch Professor of Surgery, Program Director of the Fellowship for Advanced Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery, Chief of the Division of General Surgery and Associate Chair of the Department of Surgery.
Dr. Selzer’s clinical focus includes general surgery and includes bariatric or weight loss surgery, surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux and other foregut diseases and common and complex abdominal hernia repair.
CME INFORMATION
Designation Statement: The Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) designates this live webinar for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement: The Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Disclosure Policy: In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, educational programs sponsored by the ISMA must demonstrate balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. Prior to the activity, all faculty, authors, editors and planning committee members participating in an ISMA-sponsored activity are required to disclose to attendees any relevant financial relationships with an “ineligible company” whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Disclosure Statement: No member of the CME Planning Committee or our speaker have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
If you have questions, contact ISMA Continuing Medical Education staff at 800-257-4762 or seminars@ismanet.org.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 19 at 11:30 a.m. ET