Pain doctor
Pain doctors and neurologists
often collaborate closely due to the intricate relationship between pain and neurological conditions. Here’s how their connection manifests:
- Diagnosis and Treatment: Pain doctors rely on neurologists for accurate diagnosis of conditions such as neuropathies, migraines, and spinal cord disorders, which can cause chronic pain. Neurologists conduct thorough evaluations, including imaging studies and nerve conduction tests, to pinpoint the source of pain.
- Medication Management: Neurologists prescribe medications to manage neurological symptoms that contribute to pain, such as anticonvulsants for neuropathic pain or muscle relaxants for spasticity-related discomfort. Pain doctors work alongside neurologists to ensure optimal medication management, monitoring for efficacy and potential side effects.
- Interventional Procedures: Both specialists perform interventional procedures to alleviate pain. Neurologists may administer nerve blocks or botulinum toxin injections for conditions like migraines or dystonia, while pain doctors offer a broader range of interventions such as epidural steroid injections or radiofrequency ablation for various pain syndromes.
- Holistic Approach: Collaboration between pain doctors and neurologists promotes a holistic approach to patient care. By addressing both the underlying neurological condition and the associated pain, they strive to improve patients’ overall quality of life and functional status.
DID YOU KNOW?
TBI is a major cause of death and life-long disability in the United States. (including all levels of severity)
- An estimated 1.5 million Americans sustain a TBI (Sosin, Sniezek and Thurman 1996);
- 50,000 die from these injuries; and 80,000 to 90,000 experience onset of long-term disability (CDC 1999).
- An estimated 5.3 million Americans live with a permanent TBI-related disability today (CDC 1999).
According to the report to Congress on mild traumatic brain injury in the United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003. https://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury
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Fort Lauderdale Medical Team
Radius TBI comprises a multidisciplinary medical team of neurology, neuropsychology, audiology, neuro-ophthalmology, psychology, and physical therapy dedicated to providing outstanding medical care and improving the quality of life in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion.
TRIPLE BOARD CERTIFIED NEUROLOGIST: Leonel Perez-Limonte, MD, MS-HQPS, MHL
MD: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. MS: Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
NEUROLOGIST/ NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGIST: Eric F. Ciliberti, MS, MD
MD: Tulane University School of Medicine – New Orleans, LA.MS: Physiology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University Graduate School, Washington, DC
BOARD-CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Ilya Michael Chern, MD
MD: Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Denver General & Affiliates – Denver, CO