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The Pain Management Fellowship Program at DHMC is a one-year ACGME-approved program within the Department of Anesthesiology. Each year the pain fellow is exposed to a wide variety of patients experiencing all aspects of the pain continuum, including acute pain, chronic pain, cancer pain as well as pediatric patients with pain. Fellows work side by side with the pain attending physicians as a team. They achieve greater autonomy in the decision-making process as their experience grows. We have five board-certified pain specialists working full-time in the pain clinic as well as a part-time nurse practitioner. We provide a full range of pain therapy including diagnostic evaluation, medical management, and procedural therapy in a multi-disciplinary approach integrated with other disciplines as indicated. We see over 8,000 patients a year at the Pain Clinic, including 1,900 new patient visits. Each year we perform almost 3,400 procedures including over 3,000 procedures with fluoroscopic guidance and over 400 neurolytic procedures. In 2008 we performed over 125 spinal cord stimulator and intrathecal pump implantation procedures in the operating room. We have pain conferences every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday morning. These consist of didactic lectures, journal club, psychology of pain sessions, and case conferences. We attend the anesthesia departmental conferences on Wednesday and the Spine conferences on Thursday mornings. The Pain Management Fellowship offers a well rounded experience for those wishing to pursue a career in the field of pain medicine, whether in academics or private practice. The hospital offers a collegial non-pressured atmosphere to study and learn with a wide variety of experiences available. The Upper Valley offers a beautiful cultural and recreation area to live and learn in during this fellowship year. We welcome all inquiries. |
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