Office Hours:  

3400B Main Street, Springfield:  

• Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  Directions
  

Baystate Franklin Medical Center (First Floor of BFMC):

• Coordinator available by phone on Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays, 7:30 AM– 4:00 PM
• RN Evaluations on Tuesdays, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
• Clinic with Physician on Thursdays, 7:30 AM– 3:30 PM
• Directions

Our Services:

• Nerve blocks: injections with local anesthetics, steroids, narcotics and neurolytics
• Cryoanalgesia: freezing of nerve fibers
• Radiofrequency therapy: heating of nerve fibers
• Intravenous therapy: infusions of Lidocaine through an IV
• Bier Block: intravenous regional block
• Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
• Neuromuscular Stimulator (NMS)
• Dorsal column stimulators (SCS)
• Behavioral Medicine
• Physical Therapy
• Acupuncture
• Medical Management
• Other modalities

Indications for Pain Management:

• Back and neck pain
• Pain from nerve injuries
• Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
• Cancer pain
• "Spinal" headaches
• Headaches and facial pain
• Surgical incision pain
• Pain following amputations and injuries
• Arthritis pain
• Pain from soft tissue injuries
• Neuropathic pain
• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)

Physicians & Staff:

• An Interventional Core Group of Anesthesiologists who are Board Certified in Pain Management
• A Medical Management Team consisting of a physician who is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Oncology and Family Nurse Practitioners who specialize in medical management of persistent non-cancer pain and palliative care
• A physiatrist who specializes in rehabilitation medicine
• A behavioral health psychologist and psychiatrist who specialize in the treatment of chronic pain patients
• An addiction specialist from the Sloan Clinic
• Acupuncturists

Prasad R. Kilaru, Chairman, Department of Anesthesia
Lakshmi Madabhushi, MD, Chief of Pain Management Center
Ravi Kumar, MD, Associate Program Director, Pain Fellowship Program

Baystate Medical Center Staff

Core Group of Anesthesiologists:
Maher El-Khatib, MD
Shameema Faruqi, MD
Muhammad Isa, MD
Poornachandran Manikantan, MD
Thenu Manikantan, MD
Istvan Pulai, MD
Peter Vieira, MD

Medical Pain Management and Palliative Medicine:
Alfred L. McKee, MD
Sharon Baribeau, FNP
Kathleen Haughton, FNP

Behavioral Health:
George Teter, MD
Kent Higgins, PhD
Laura Dove, MD
Alan Siegel, LICSW
Richard McKeown, LICSW

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation:
Julio Martinez-Silvestrini, MD

Acupuncture:
James D. Moran, LIC, AC, D.AC
John S. Varner, LIC, AC

Program Manager:
Carole Putz, RN

*Through Baystate's affiliation with Tuft's Medical School, the Pain Management Center at Baystate Medical Centeroffers a Fellowship Program for anesthesiologists who chose to specialize in Pain Management. We are able to accommodate four fellows; the length of the program is twelve months. During this time they work closely with the attending physicians to provide comprehensive care to our patients. They receive extensive experience due to the high volume of patients.