Boston PainCare Center (Waltham, Mass.). This ASC consists of nine physicians trained and board-certified in pain medicine, anesthesiology, physiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, functional rehabilitation, sleep medicine, psychology and behavior modification. They use the team approach and encourage patients to be part of the interdisciplinary paincare process. The physicians are C. Fernando Bazoberry MD, Rakesh Dhar, MD, David DiBenedetto, MD, Douglas Keene, MD, Seshagirirao Meka MD, Steven Nathin, MD, James O’Brien, MD, Lee Silk, MD, and Brent Young, MD. www.bostonpaincare.com
Center for Pain Control (Wyomissing, Pa.). Two physicians treats low back & leg pain, neck & arm pain, whiplash or headaches, musculoskeletal pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, diabetic & vascular neuropathies, cancer pain and facial pain. The center constantly measures treatment outcomes and both patient and referring physician satisfaction. The physicians are James H. Hsu, MD, and Jason T. Bundy, MD. www.centerforpaincontrol.net
Harrisburg Interventional Pain Management Center (Mechanicsburg, Pa.). This is a Medicare-approved facility licensed by Pennsylvania to provide ambulatory and outpatient surgery and is accredited by the AAAHC. It is located in the same building as Susquehanna Valley Pain Management, where the three physician-partners from the ASC work. The physicians are Malik Momin, MD, Norman Haueisen, MD, and Maximilian Braun, MD. www.susquehannapaincenter.com
Idaho Physical Medicine and Rehab – Pain Management (Meridian, Idaho). This ASC opened in Dec. 2007. Seven physicians provide treatment in such areas as fluoroscopically-guided spinal interventions, prolotherapy, musculoskeletal injury rehabilitation, chronic pain management, neuromuscular disease, spinal injections, spinal cord stimulation, nerve blocks and electrodiagnosis. The facility is AAAHC-accredited and Medicare-certified. The physicians are Robert H. Friedman, MD, Nancy E. Greenwald, MD, Christian G. Gussner, MD, Mark J. Harris, MD, Monte H. Moore, MD Barbara E. Quattrone, MD, and Michael O. Sant, MD. www.idahopmr.com
Interventional Spine and Pain Management ASC (Conyers, Ga.). The flagship pain management ASC in Interventional Management Services’ growing chain, this ASC has two operating rooms and is licensed exclusively for single-specialty pain management. Robin Fowler, MD, who founded Interventional Spine and Pain Management ASC in 2005, is also involved in the operation and management of several other pain management ASCs in the Atlanta area, including an additional location of Interventional Spine and Pain Management ASC in Covington, Ga.; Newton Ambulatory Surgery Center; and West Paces ASC in Atlanta. Stephen Rosenbaum is the CEO of Interventional Management Services, which also operates or manages ASCs in El Paso, Texas, and Alamogordo, N.M. www.physiciancontrol.com
Matrix Surgery Center (Saginaw, Mich.). The center was a $3 million, 3500-square-foot expansion of the Matrix Medical facility. Managed by Titan Health Corp., it has three ORs and five treatment rooms. It is state-licensed and accredited by the AAAHC. The physicians are Michael Papenfuse, DO, and Diane Czuk-Smith, MD. Co-founder Richard Lingenfelter, MD, passed away in 2009. http://matrixpain.com/surgery_center.html
Pain & Wellness Center (Peabody, Mass.). Treatments include epidural injections, facet joint injections, sacro-iliac joint injections and radio frequency procedures. The center was one of the first sites in the country to adopt integrative pain therapy, combining established and interventional pain management modalities with alternative treatments. The physicians are Julien Vaisman, MD, Joe Ordia, MD, and Benjamin Kripke, MD. The center is accredited by the AAAHC. www.painandwellnesscenter.com
Riverdale Surgery Center – Pain ASC (Riverdale N.J.). The center offers treatments for chronic back pain, neck pain, neuropathic pain, sciatica, cancer pain and postoperative pain. It performs procedures such as lysis of adhesions, radiofrequency ablation and spinal cord stimulation, in addition to all types of steroid injections. Amr Hosny, MD, is triple board certified in interventional pain medicine, anesthesiology and hospice & palliative medicine. He has lectured on spinal cord stimulation for neuropathic pain and complex regional pain syndrome to pharmacological approaches for chronic pain.
Springfield Surgical Specialists (Springfield, Mo.). Pain management specialists Jim Daily, MD, and Thomas Brooks, MD, work in the same facility with 12 orthopedic surgeons and one general surgeon. Dr. Daily said he helped start the ASC because, “I was in the hospital environment for 22 years and I was tired of not being able to give the type of care and attention that I wanted to give.” He said the center’s greatest strengths are fewer time constraints, lower infection rate, less threatening environment, a higher degree of patient respect and customer service. www.springfieldsurgicalasc.com
Stonegate Surgery Center-Pain Management (Austin, Texas). The physicians are Robert Wills, MD, Brannon Frank, MD, John Wages, MD, Christine M. Anderson, MD, Craig DuBois, MD and Laura Prewitt-Buchanan, MD. Physicians at this ASC utilize high-tech implantable pain therapies such as spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps are utilized when more conservative therapies have failed. www.austinpainassociates.com
