A Primer on Anatomy, Biophysics, Pathology, Imaging and Treatment of the Intervertebral Disc and the Anterior Spinal Column: The Discogenic, Intervertebral, Spinal Column (DISC) ASPN Workgroup
Published December 2025 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Jay S Grider, Timothy R Deer, Douglas P Beall, Melissa Z Murphy, Jacob W Fleming, Steven M Falowski, Christopher J Mallard, Hamzah A Ramawad, Rosa Amelia Garcia, Usman Latif, Chau M Vu, Anne Christopher, Michael E Harned, Raj G Patel, Anuj J Shah, Iden M Cowan, Kristin Jarzombek, Jordan L Tate, Nasir Khatri, Mateusz J Graca, Marcin K Karcz, Timothy T Davis, Kaku Barkoh, Olivier Clerk-Lamalice, Brian Durkin, Mark N Malinowski, Dagmar K Gross, Thomas Hedman, Matthew Green, Michael J Dorsi, Kasra Amirdelfan, Dawood Sayed
The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Guidelines for Advanced Practice Providers in Interventional Spine and Pain Management Practice
Published November 2025 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Christopher J Mallard, Jay S Grider, Jordan L Tate, Nasir Khatri, Jacob W Fleming, Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed
Consensus Guidelines for the Use of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neurological Diseases: A Neuron Project from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published November 2025 | Consensus Guidelines | Click To Read
Authors: Dawood Sayed, Steven M Falowski, Timothy R Deer, Jay S Grider, Christopher J Mallard, Jacob W Fleming, Nasir Khatri, Jordan L Tate
Guidelines From the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience for the Use of Regenerative Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Published August 2025 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Kasra Amirdelfan, Timothy R Deer, Jay S Grider, Steven M Falowski, Dawood Sayed, Jacob W Fleming, Christopher J Mallard
Consensus Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience for the Use of Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound (LIFU) in the Treatment of Pain
Published June 2025 | Consensus Guidelines | Click To Read
Authors: Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed, Jay S Grider, Steven M Falowski, Christopher J Mallard, Jacob W Fleming
An Evidence-Based Consensus for the Use of Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Cancer and Cancer Survivors: An Initiative from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published March 2025 | Evidence-Based Consensus | Click To Read
Authors: Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed, Jay S Grider, Steven M Falowski, Christopher J Mallard
The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Recommendations for Implanted Neuromodulation Device Management in the Perioperative Setting: A Best Practice Guideline
Published February 2025
Article Type: Guidelines/Best Practice
Authors: Steven M Falowski, Jay S Grider, Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed
Social Media Behavior Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals: An American Society of Pain and Neuroscience NEURON Project
Published November 2024 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Anthony Giuffrida, Christy Saia-Owenby, Chris Andriano, Douglas Beall, Ashley Bailey-Classen, Patrick Buchanan, Ryan Budwany, Mehul J Desai, Ashley Comer, Andrew Dudas, Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Warren Grace, Benjamin Gill, Betsy Grunch, Andrew Goldblum, Rosa A Garcia, David W Lee, Chad Lavender, Marco Lawandy, Lyric Mandell, Robin Mata, Morteza Rabii, Kiran Patel, Raj G Patel, Ankur A Patel, Dawood Sayed, Gurtej Singh, Natalie Strand, Jordan Tate, Michael E Schatman, Timothy Deer
Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines on Regenerative Medicine Treatment for Chronic Pain: A Consensus Report from a Multispecialty Working Group
Published September 2024 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Ryan S D’Souza, Yeng F Her, Nasir Hussain, Jay Karri, Michael E Schatman, Aaron K Calodney, Christopher Lam, Thomas Buchheit, Brennan J Boettcher, George C Chang Chien, Scott G Pritzlaff, Christopher Centeno, Shane A Shapiro, Johana Klasova, Jay S Grider, Ryan Hubbard, Eliana Ege, Shelby Johnson, Max H Epstein, Eva Kubrova, Mohamed Ehab Ramadan, Alexandra Michelle Moreira, Swarnima Vardhan, Yashar Eshraghi, Saba Javed, Newaj M Abdullah, Paul J Christo, Sudhir Diwan, Leslie C Hassett, Dawood Sayed, Timothy R Deer
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Best Practice (ASPN) Guideline for the Treatment of Sacroiliac Disorders (Response to Letter)
Published July 2024 | Response to Letter | Click To Read
Authors: Dawood Sayed, Timothy R Deer, Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Christopher M Lam, Kamil Sochacki, Nasir Hussain, Tristan E Weaver, Jay Karri, Vwaire Orhurhu, Natalie Holmes Strand, Jacqueline Soicher Weisbein, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Ryan S D’Souza, Ryan R Budwany, Ahish Chitneni, Kasra Amirdelfan, Michael J Dorsi, Dan T D Nguyen, Christopher Bovinet, Alaa Abd-Elsayed
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Best Practice (ASPN) Guideline for the Treatment of Sacroiliac Disorders
Published May 2024 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Dawood Sayed, Timothy R Deer, Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Christopher M Lam, Kamil Sochacki, Nasir Hussain, Tristan E Weaver, Jay Karri, Vwaire Orhurhu, Natalie Holmes Strand, Jacqueline Soicher Weisbein, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Ryan S D’Souza, Ryan R Budwany, Ahish Chitneni, Kasra Amirdelfan, Michael J Dorsi, Dan T D Nguyen, Christopher Bovinet, Alaa Abd-Elsayed
A Systematic Guideline by the ASPN Workgroup on the Evidence, Education, and Treatment Algorithm for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy: SWEET
Published April 2024 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Dawood Sayed, Timothy Ray Deer, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Asim Sayed, Ryan S D’Souza, Christopher M Lam, Nasir Khatri, Zohra Hussaini, Scott G Pritzlaff, Newaj Mohammad Abdullah, Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Steven Michael Falowski, Yussr M Ibrahim, Mark N Malinowski, Ryan R Budwany, Natalie Holmes Strand, Kamil M Sochacki, Anuj Shah, Tyler M Dunn, Morad Nasseri, David W Lee, Leonardo Kapural, Marshall David Bedder, Erika A Petersen, Kasra Amirdelfan, Michael E Schatman, Jay Samuel Grider
Medical Cannabis: A Review from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published December 2023 | Review | Click To Read
Authors: Natalie Strand, Ryan S D’Souza, Jay Karri, Hemant Kalia, Jackie Weisbein, Brian J Kassa, Nasir Hussain, Ahish Chitneni, Ryan R Budwany, Jonathan Hagedorn, Jason E Pope, Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed, Alaa Abd-Elsayed
The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Guidelines for Radiofrequency Ablative Procedures in Patients with Implanted Devices
Published November 2023 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Timothy Sowder, Dawood Sayed, Tyler Concannon, Scott H Pew, Natalie H Strand, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Christopher S Wie, Daniel E Gomez Ramos, Ahmed M Raslan, Timothy R Deer
Informed Consent for Spine Procedures: Best Practice Guideline from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)
Published October 2023 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Timothy Deer, Ankur A Patel, Dawood Sayed, Ashley Bailey-Classen, Ashley Comer, Benjamin Gill, Kiran Patel, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Natalie Strand, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Zohra Hussaini, Nasir Khatri, Ryan Budwany, Melissa Murphy, Dan Nguyen, Vwaire Orhurhu, Morteza Rabii, Douglas Beall, Stephen Hochschuler, Michael E Schatman, Timothy Lubenow, Richard Guyer, Ahmed M Raslan
Pain Education and Knowledge (PEAK) Consensus Guidelines for Neuromodulation: A Proposal for Standardization in Fellowship and Training Programs
Published September 2023 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Scott G Pritzlaff, Johnathan H Goree, Jonathan M Hagedorn, David W Lee, Kenneth B Chapman, Sandy Christiansen, Andrew Dudas, Alexander Escobar, Christopher J Gilligan, Maged Guirguis, Amitabh Gulati, Jessica Jameson, Christopher J Mallard, Melissa Z Murphy, Kiran V Patel, Raj G Patel, Samir J Sheth, Stephanie Vanterpool, Vinita Singh, Gregory Smith, Natalie H Strand, Chau M Vu, Tolga Suvar, Krishnan Chakravarthy, Leonardo Kapural, Michael S Leong, Timothy R Lubenow, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Jason E Pope, Dawood Sayed, Timothy R Deer
Interventional Pain Physician Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published August 2023 | Survey | Click To Read
Authors: Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Adam Rupp, Ryan S D’Souza, Nasir Hussain, Adam J Milam, Natalie Strand, Omar Viswanath, Steven Falowski, Dawood Sayed, Timothy Deer
Job Satisfaction Among Pain Medicine Physicians in the US
Published May 2023 | Survey | Click To Read
Authors: Jillian A Maloney, Ryan S D’Souza, Skye A Buckner Petty, Michal J Turkiewicz, Debarshi Sinha, Ajay Patel, Natalie H Strand
Best Practices for Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for Chronic Pain: Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published March 2023 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Kenneth B Chapman, Dawood Sayed, Tim Lamer, Corey Hunter, Jacqueline Weisbein, Kiran V Patel, David Dickerson, Jonathan M Hagedorn, David W Lee, Kasra Amirdelfan, Timothy Deer, Krishnan Chakravarthy
Best Practices from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) for Clinical Research During a Pandemic or Emergency
Published February 2023 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Erika A Petersen, Timothy R Deer, Stana Bojanic, Lauren R Sankary, Natalie H Strand, Adnan Al Kaisy, Frank Huygen, Dawood Sayed, Monique Steegers, Paul Verrills, Michael E Schatman
Erratum: The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline of Interventional Treatments for Low Back Pain (Corrigendum)
Published December 2022 | Erratum | Click To Read
The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline of Interventional Treatments for Low Back Pain
Published December 2022 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Dawood Sayed, Jay Grider, Natalie Strand, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Steven Falowski, Christopher M Lam, Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Douglas P Beall, Nestor D Tomycz, Justin R Davanzo, Rohit Aiyer, David W Lee, Hemant Kalia, Soun Sheen, Mark N Malinowski, Michael Verdolin
Spinal Cord Stimulation in Special Populations: Best Practices from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience to Improve Safety and Efficacy
Published October 2022 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Jennifer M Lee, David Lee, Sandy Christiansen, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Zheyan Chen, Timothy Deer
Consensus Guidelines on Interventional Therapies for Knee Pain (STEP Guidelines) from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published September 2022 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Corey W Hunter, Timothy R Deer, Mark R Jones, George C Chang Chien, Ryan S D’Souza, Timothy Davis, Erica R Eldon, Michael F Esposito, Johnathan H Goree, Lissa Hewan-Lowe, Jillian A Maloney, Anthony J Mazzola, John S Michels, Annie Layno-Moses, Shachi Patel, Jeanmarie Tari, Jacqueline S Weisbein, Krista A Goulding, Anikar Chhabra, Jeffrey Hassebrock, Chris Wie, Douglas Beall, Dawood Sayed, Natalie Strand
Best Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertebrogenic Pain with Basivertebral Nerve Ablation from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published September 2022 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Dawood Sayed, Ramana K Naidu, Kiran V Patel, Natalie H Strand, Pankaj Mehta, Christopher M Lam, Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Samir Sheth, Anthony Giuffrida, Brian Durkin, Nasir Khatri, Shashank Vodapally, Christopher O James, Benjamin D Westerhaus, Adam Rupp, Newaj M Abdullah, Kasra Amirdelfan, Erika A Petersen, Douglas P Beall, Timothy R Deer
Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience for the Use of Implantable Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Published August 2022 | Guideline/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Natalie Strand, Ryan S D’Souza, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Scott Pritzlaff, Dawood Sayed, Nomen Azeem, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Alexander Escobar, Mark A Huntoon, Christopher M Lam, Timothy R Deer
Social Media and Professional Conduct (SMART): Best Practice Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)
Published June 2022 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Mehul J Desai, Nasir Khatri, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Natalie Strand, Ryan S D’Souza, Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, David W Lee, Erika Petersen, Johnathan H Goree, Jacqueline S Weisbein, Timothy R Deer
Best Practices for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Treatment 2.0 (MIST): Consensus Guidance from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)
Published May 2022 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Timothy R Deer, Jay S Grider, Jason E Pope, Tim J Lamer, Sayed E Wahezi, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Steven Falowski, Reda Tolba, Jay M Shah, Natalie Strand, Alex Escobar, Mark Malinowski, Anjum Bux, Navdeep Jassal, Jennifer Hah, Jacqueline Weisbein, Nestor D Tomycz, Jessica Jameson, Erika A Petersen, Dawood Sayed
Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems Survey: Trends in Utilization in Pain Practice
Published May 2022 | Survey | Click To Read
Authors: Alaa Abd-Sayed, Kenneth Fiala, Jacqueline Weisbein, Pooja Chopra, Christopher Lam, Hemant Kalia, Navdeep Jassal, Amitabh Gulati, Dawood Sayed, Timothy Deer
Radiofrequency Ablation for the Knee Joint: A Survey by the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
Published April 2022 | Survey | Click To Read
Authors: Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Natalie Strand, Karina Gritsenko, Joshua Martens, Krishnan Chakravarthy, Dawood Sayed, Timothy Deer
Best Practices for Postoperative Management of Posterior Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
Published April 2022 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Patrick Buchanan, David W Lee, Ashley Comer, Zohra Hussaini, Casey Grillo, Shashank Vodapally, Natalie H Strand, Dawood Sayed, Timothy R Deer
An International Survey on the Practice of Lumbar Radiofrequency Ablation for Management of Zygapophyseal (Facet)-Mediated Low Back Pain
Published April 2022 | Survey | Click To Read
Authors: Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Nomen Azeem, Pooja Chopra, Ryan S D’Souza, Dawood Sayed, Timothy Deer
Interventional Spine and Pain Procedure Credentialing: Guidelines from the American Society of Pain & Neuroscience
Published September 2021 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Ramana K Naidu, Rahul Chaturvedi, Alyson M Engle, Pankaj Mehta, Brian Su, Krishnan Chakravarthy, Kasra Amirdelfan, Jeffrey Henn, Dawood Sayed, Jay Grider, Timothy Deer
Latest Evidence-Based Application for Radiofrequency Neurotomy (LEARN): Best Practice Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)
Published September 2021 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: David W Lee, Scott Pritzlaff, Michael J Jung, Priyanka Ghosh, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Jordan Tate, Keith Scarfo, Natalie Strand, Krishnan Chakravarthy, Dawood Sayed, Timothy R Deer, Kasra Amirdelfan
The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Best Practices and Guidelines for the Interventional Management of Cancer-Associated Pain
Published July 2021 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Mansoor M Aman, Ammar Mahmoud, Timothy Deer, Dawood Sayed, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Shane E Brogan, Vinita Singh, Amitabh Gulati, Natalie Strand, Jacqueline Weisbein, Johnathan H Goree, Fangfang Xing, Ali Valimahomed, Daniel J Pak, Antonios El Helou, Priyanka Ghosh, Krishna Shah, Vishal Patel, Alexander Escobar, Keith Schmidt, Jay Shah, Vishal Varshney, William Rosenberg, Sanjeet Narang
The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Practical Guidelines to Study Design and Scientific Manuscript Preparation in Neuromodulation
Published April 2021 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Yashar Eshraghi, Krishnan Chakravarthy, Natalie H Strand, Prasad Shirvalkar, Nathaniel M Schuster, Rany T Abdallah, Ricardo Vallejo, Dawood Sayed, David Kim, Chong Kim, Kathleen Meacham, Timothy Deer
Committee: Translational Research Committee, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)
Recommendations and Guidance for Steroid Injection Therapy and COVID-19 Vaccine Administration from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)
Published March 2021
Article Type: Guidelines/Best Practice
Authors: Krishnan Chakravarthy, Natalie Strand, Anne Frosch, Dawood Sayed, Lakshmi Rekha Narra, Rahul Chaturvedi, Prabhdeep K Grewal, Jason Pope, Michael E Schatman
A Comprehensive Practice Guideline for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compatibility in Implanted Neuromodulation Devices
Published October 2020 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Dawood Sayed, Krishnan Chakravarthy, Kasra Amirdelfan, Hemant Kalia, Kathleen Meacham, Prasad Shirvalkar, Steven Falowski, Erika Petersen, Jonathan M Hagedorn, Jason Pope, John Leever, Timothy Deer
Working Group: ASPN MRI Compatibility Working Group
Emergence From the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Care of Chronic Pain: Guidance for the Interventionalist
Published August 2020 | Guidelines/Best Practice | Click To Read
Authors: Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed, Jason E Pope, Krishnan V Chakravarthy, Erika Petersen, Susan M Moeschler, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Kasra Amirdelfan, Nagy Mekhail
Working Group: ASPN COVID Workgroup