Interventional Management of Chronic Visceral Pain Syndromes

Offering timely coverage of this complex field, Interventional Management of Chronic Visceral Pain Syndromes is a practical, evidence-based guide for the mechanisms, presentation, diagnosis, and treatments of chronic non-malignant and malignant abdominal pain syndromes. Experienced clinicians and academic leaders in pain medicine comprehensively discuss best-practice guidelines using the newest interventional techniques, including dorsal root ganglion stimulation, high frequency spinal cord stimulation, and low-dose intrathecal infusion pumps. Coverage includes malignant and non-malignant gastrointestinal pain, malignant and non-malignant pelvic pain in males and females, rectal pain, and chest pain.

• Discusses key demographic characteristics as well as clinical and diagnostic presentations of the most common and esoteric visceral pain syndromes that will enable clinicians to identify pain generators.

• Provides a truly systematic approach to the treatment of chronic visceral pain, including the use of pharmacologic, non-interventional, interventional, and multidisciplinary therapies with evidence-based data.

• Covers the indications, contraindications, and outcomes results of the newest interventional treatments that all clinicians should be aware of, including neuromodulation and intrathecal pump therapy.

Daniel Pak, MD is a double board-certified interventional pain physician and Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine. He was previously on faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where he served as the Director of the Intraspinal Drug Delivery Program. He has also published multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and given national lectures on the topics of intrathecal pump therapy and novel uses of neuromodulation.
R. Jason Yong, MD, MBA is a practicing anesthesiologist and interventional pain medicine physician. He is the Associate Fellowship Director for the Chronic Pain Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School and also serves as the Medical Director of the Pain Management Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His research interests revolve around responsible opioid practices, regenerative medicine, and neuromodulation. He has multiple peer-reviewed publications, has given numerous national lectures, and is Principal Investigator for several large clinical trials. Additionally, he has a passion for global health and performs 1-2 medical missions annually.
Krishna Shah, MD is a double board-certified interventional pain physician and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine. His clinical interests are neuromodulation, interventional therapies for cancer pain, vertebral augmentation, and interventional spine. He is active in clinical research and has given national lectures on pain medicine.