Employed Physician

Optim Medical Center-Tattnall: Interventional Pain Management

Medical School

Eberhard-Karls University School of Medicine (Tubingen, Germany)

Internship

University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio, TX)

Residency

Orthopedic Surgery Department, RWTH School of Medicine (Aachen, Germany)
University of Kentucky Medical Center (Lexington, KY)

Fellowship

ACGME Accredited Pain Medicine Fellowship
Emory University

Board Certification

ABPM&R Pain Medicine
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

• Chronic or Acute Pain
• Aging Pain
• Arthritis
• Back Pain
• Continuous or Intermittent Pain
• Sharp or Dull Pain
• Burning,tingly or numb pain
• Degenerative Disc Pain
• Herniated Discs
• Pain from an old injury
• Pain from a work injury
• Neuropathic pain
• Pinched nerves
• Whiplash
• Sciatica

Interventional Pain Management does not  specialize in the treatment of fibromyalgia, rheumatoid conditions or pain associated with sickle cell or MS.

• Epidural Steroid Injections
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Implants
• Radio Frequency Ablations
• Sacroiliac & Trigger Point Injections
• Nerve Blocks

Note: A consult to a pain specialist is not meant to take over the prescribing of pain medications. Narcotic medication use should be minimized during this referral process. Pain medicine specialists are highly trained in carefully selecting pain medications for optimal outcome. These may or may not involve the use of narcotic.  The consultation is to explore all possible treatment options to best manage the pain.