FPM Queensland CME Evening Meeting
Registration is open to ANZCA and FPM fellows and trainees, and allied health professionals.
Join us on Monday 24 November 2025 for the FPM Queensland CME evening meeting.
We will be joined by guest speaker Dr Robert Wright who will deliver a talk on 'From basics to innovation in percutaneous therapies'. This meeting is proudly sponsored by Echo Therapeutics. Registration: no charge, but bookings are essential. Registration is open to ANZCA and FPM fellows and trainees, and allied health professionals. Please note this lecture will be held in person from 6.30pm AEST.
For further information, please email us.
Location and venue
This evening meeting will be held face-to-face at the Ovolo Hotel, 33/1000 Ann St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006
Cost and registration
Registration is now open and is essential.
Registration is open to ANZCA and FPM fellows and trainees, and allied health professionals.
- Registration fee: no charge, but bookings essential.
Speaker
Dr. Robert Wright completed multidisciplinary training in anesthesiology and pain management at the University of Utah in the early 1990s. Shortly thereafter, he had the good fortune of meeting Dr. Nik Bogduk during the formative years of the International Pain & Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS), an encounter that established his foundation in evidence-based interventional techniques.
As an early adopter of intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET), his first visit to Australia in 2001 was to introduce the technique at a cadaver laboratory in Perth—beginning his enduring relationship with the Australian pain medicine community. He later collaborated with Dr. Phil Finch to validate heating protocols for Dr. Finch’s invention, the DiscTRODE ionic thermal annuloplasty system. That same year, Dr. Wright developed the DeKompressor device for percutaneous discectomy and selective nuclear extraction in discogenic pain. In 2006, his centre became one of the first in the United States to adopt biacuplasty using the Baylis cooled probe system. Most recently, he invented the first multi-tined RF cannula for pain medicine and adapted it for intradiscal applications and basivertebral nerve ablation.
Dr. Wright was recognized as a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FFPMANZCA) in 2023. He currently practices in Queensland and remains committed to advancing evidence-based interventional pain practice.
We would like to thank our guest speaker who donates many hours of time to organize, prepare and present at this meeting.
Continuing professional development (CPD)
Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program will automatically have their attendance auto-populated to their CPD portfolio within 14 days of the conclusion of the meeting.
ANZCA and FPM CPD Program
This event is claimable by ANZCA and FPM CPD participants within the knowledge and skills category.
Category 2: Knowledge and skills activities
Category 2: Knowledge and skills - learning sessions - in hours
If you're not a member of our CPD program
Delegates who are not participants of the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program should check with their respective colleges/providers regarding CPD. A certificate of attendance is available from the event organiser.
Sponsorship
We would like to thank our Sole Sponsor Echo Therapeutics.
For more information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please contact us.
