Allen H. Hord, MD

Overview

Thirty years of pain management experience, Atlanta area
Pioneer in the interventional pain management field – recognized by peers and patients as a chronic pain expert, educator, researcher, administrator and philanthropist

Certifications

Board Certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine – one of first doctors in U.S. to be Board Certified in Pain Medicine

Experience

16 years practicing, researching and teaching at Emory University School of Medicine; 10 years as Director of the Division of Pain Medicine at Emory University

Served as Alliance Spine and Pain Centers’ Chief Medical Officer, 2013-2018

Currently Medical Director, Alliance Spine and Pain
Expert in treatments including epidural injections, facet and medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation, sympathetic blocks and spinal cord stimulation

Featured in Atlanta’s Business Radio FX podcast on “Innovations in Treating Pain”

Philanthropic work includes 10 years on the Board of Directors of “Flying Doctors of America” and organizing medical missions in Asia, South America and Haiti

Administrative work includes the Management Committee of the Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of Pain

Awards

Named an Atlanta “Top Doc” by Atlanta Magazine and healthcare research firm Castle Connelly each year since 2010