St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Pain Management
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The Center for Pain Management at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center uses the most modern techniques and a comprehensive approach to treat a wide range of common chronic pain conditions. Our integrated care philosophy is to help each individual with chronic pain who is ready to, re-engage in life, work, and relationships. We will thoroughly evaluate the causes of your pain and develop a treatment plan that incorporates medical, psychological, and lifestyle options to eliminate or reduce chronic pain.
Our Team
Frederic Gerges, MD
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship; Medical Director, St. Elizabeth’s Pain Management Center
Martin Acquadro, MD
Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Patient Information
We treat all chronic pain conditions, including:
- Abdominal pain
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Bulging disc
- Cancer pain
- Cervical and lumbar facet joint disease
- Cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis
- Chronic Pain Syndrome (CPS)
- Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP)
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Degenerative disc disease and discogenic pain
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)
- Headaches
- Herniated disc
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS)
- Neck pain
- Nerve entrapment
- Nerve injury
- Neuropathy
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Vertebral compression fracture
- Vertebrogenic (low back) pain
- Work-related injuries
Our team emphasizes interventional pain therapies with minimal medication use and provides therapies such as:
- Botox®
- Diagnostic discography
- Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) implant
- Endoscopic discectomy
- Endoscopic rhizotomy
- Fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided joint injections (hip, knee, shoulder, bursa)
- Fluoroscopic-guided spinal injections (epidural, facet, SIJ, radiofrequency)
- Intracept® Procedure
- Intrathecal pump implant
- IV ketamine infusion
- IV lidocaine infusion
- Kyphoplasty
- Medication management
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD® procedure)
- Osteocool™ radiofrequency ablation
- Percutaneous sacroiliac fusion
- Peripheral nerve stimulation (trials and implants)
- Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections
- Regenerative medicine
- Spinal cord stimulation (trials and implants)
- Sympathetic nerve blocks
- Trigger point injections
- Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks
- Vertiflex