Residency & Fellowship
On Advancements in Pain Medicine: Lessons From the Birth of the Cardiac Stent
Interventional pain medicine can learn from the challenges faced by interventional cardiology and struggle for the birth of cardiac stents
MAY 26, 2025
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation as Treatment for Chronic Pain
PNS involves the "gate control theory," utilizing the placement of electrodes over or adjacent to peripheral nerves and the delivery of electrical impulses that alter the transmission of pain signals.
MARCH 26, 2025
Effectiveness of Hyaluronic Acid Versus Corticosteroid Injections For Treatment of Adhesive Capsulitis
Adhesive capsulitis, commonly known as frozen shoulder, is a painful and disabling condition characterized by stiffness and limited range of motion in the shoulder joint resulting from fibrosis and contracture of the joint capsule.
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Efficacy of Nonopioid Pain Management Strategies Post–Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery
Rotator cuff repair surgery is associated with postoperative pain lasting anywhere from days to months.
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Treatments for the ‘Suicide Disease’: Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal neuralgia has been described as one of the worst types of pain known to humanity.
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Selective Inhibition of NaV1.8 With VX-548 for Acute Pain
Commonly used pharmaceuticals for pain management include opioid receptor agonists, nonselective sodium channel antagonists, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen.
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Botulinum Toxin Injections for Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke affects around 800,000 Americans every year, and has a variety of sequelae across many organ systems.
AUGUST 9, 2024
Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures are fractures that cause pain, dysfunction and spinal deformity, essentially decreasing a person’s quality of life.
JUNE 25, 2024
Bilateral Stellate Ganglion Block Relieves Anosmia, Ageusia Associated With Long COVID
The virus SARS-CoV-2 caused a global pandemic that resulted in millions of deaths and left many survivors with residual effects, significantly reducing their quality of life.
MAY 14, 2024
Outpatient Clinic Arrival Time and Its Correlation With Morphine Equivalent Dose
Patient arrival times for outpatient clinic appointments can significantly affect clinic workflow. In the pain clinic setting, opioid education for a patient can be an involved process.
APRIL 5, 2024
Managing Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: The Importance of a Biopsychosocial Approach
hEDS is a hereditary connective tissue condition that causes joint laxity, hypermobility and moderate to severe chronic pain. hEDS is one of 13 EDS, which are classified based on the pattern of connective tissue involvement and symptomatology.
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Exploring the Role of Electroconvulsive Therapy In Chronic Pain Treatment
Chronic pain is a complex and debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide, significantly decreasing their quality of life and overall well-being.
DECEMBER 13, 2023
