Dr. Alaa Abd-Elsayed joined the faculty of the Anesthesiology Department at the University of Wisconsin in 2014 to provide Chronic Pain Medicine Services as part of the Interventional Pain Program. He received his medical training at Assiut University Medical School in Egypt, completed a master's degree in Public Health, research fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, and residency in anesthesiology and pain management fellowship at University of Cincinnati. As part of the Interventional Pain Program, Dr. Abd-Elsayed evaluates patients at the Pain Clinic, and when an interventional pain treatment is appropriate, performs procedures at the Madison Surgery Center. Over the course of his career, he has received numerous research grants, published more than 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts and authored several editorials and book chapters. He has presented at more than 60 international and national conferences and has earned more than 15 awards at the state and national levels. In addition, he has served as a reviewer for more than 20 journals and as an editor to several journals.

TABLE OF CONTENTS/CONTENT STRUCTURE (INCLUDE AVAILABLE CONTRIBUTOR INFO)

1. History of neuromodulation and PNS
2. Peripheral nerve entrapment
3. PNS mechanism of action (with focus on wireless technology)
4. Surgical tools
5. Surgical technique (keeping in mind this can be done using several systems)
6. Patient education and preparation (diagnostic block, psych, trial, implant)
7. Occipital nerves
8. Trigeminal nerve and its branches
9. Suprascapular/axillary nerve
10. Brachial plexus
11. Ulnar nerve
12. Median nerve
13. Radial nerve
14. Intercostal nerves
15. Ilioinguinal/iliohyppogastric nerve
16. Genitofemoral nerve
17. Superior cluneal nerve
18. Middle cluneal nerve
19. Inferior cluneal nerve
20. Pudendal nerves
21. Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
22. Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve
23. Femoral nerve
24. Sciatic nerve
25. Genicular nerves/IPS
26. Peroneal nerves
27. Saphenous nerve
28. Posterior tibial nerve
29. Sural nerve