Dear Friends and Colleagues,

On behalf of the Korean Pain Society (KPS), I sincerely welcome you to the KPS 2018 Annual Meeting taking place on November 15-18, 2018 at Grand Hilton in Seoul, Korea.

Our Korean Pain Society has 32 years history and held 66 scientific meeting. It has held the cadaver workshop since 1999, the ultrasound workshop since 2009, and the pharmacologic treatment workshop since 2011.

At this time, the academic committee of KPS is preparing a diverse program encompassing the cadaver workshop, the ultrasound workshop, plenary session, spine session, international session, and etc. The cadaver workshop will be a very unique hands-on program to encompass from nerve blocks to far-advanced techniques for the spine origin pain. The ultrasound workshop contains diverse peripheral nerve blocks with sonoanatomy, which is also a unique hands-on program. Spine session will cover various interventional modalities to the spine including state-of-the-art spine procedures from the different aspects. The programs regarding neuromodulation, psychological health management, knee joint pain, osteoporosis, and rheumatic disease are unmissable to the pain practitioners in their fields.

This is a very good chance not only to exchange knowledge and experiences with the experts of pain practice but also to have an experience of the oriental culture in Korea. Korea has nearly 5000-year history and is on the way of the dynamic changing to the cutting edge modern world.

We look forward to welcoming you to Seoul, Korea.

Sincerely,

THE KOREAN PAIN SOCIETY
Daehyun Jo, MD, PhD
KPS President