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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