San Antonio Community Meeting

Updates & Pain Management in PKD

Join the San Antonio Community for our next community meeting, designed to bring patients, families, and caregivers together for connection and information. This session will include the latest updates from the PKD Foundation and the San Antonio community, followed by a presentation focused on pain management for individuals living with PKD. Christopher Yopp, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at PKD Foundation Partner Clinic, UT Health San Antonio will lead our discussion and answer your questions.

Participants will gain a better understanding of approaches to managing pain and have the opportunity to engage in discussion with others in the PKD community. Bring your questions!

Meet our Guest Speaker

Christopher A. Yopp, MD, MPH is an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at UT Health San Antonio.

He received his medical doctorate from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, IA. He completed a master’s degree in Public Health- Infectious Diseases at University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California. His internship and residency were completed at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as was his fellowship in Pain Medicine.

Dr Yopp is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He has been involved with the development of a comprehensive pain service as the Medical College of Wisconsin and was the Director of Pain Simulation as well. He is interested in comprehensive approaches to both chronic and acute pain, team based simulation education, and state of the art approaches to pain therapy.