NEW MEXICO PAIN ASSOCIATES

DR. DIEGO GONZALEZ, CEO AND MEDICAL PROVIDER

Since he was six years-old, Diego Gonzalez knew he wanted to be a doctor. That career path eventually brought him to the Land of Enchantment, where he joined an anesthesia group in Albuquerque and worked doing cardiac anesthesia and pain management for 14 years. Dr. Gonzalez felt that he could make an even greater difference starting his own pain management practice, so in 2018 he opened New Mexico Pain Associates. Now he is focused on helping patients manage their chronic pain on a full-time basis.

“We see each patient as an individual, and as such, we look for the best treatment to help them get back to their normal life,” Dr. Gonzalez says. “Some of the procedures we do are spinal cord stimulators, radio frequency ablation, peripheral nerve stimulation, pain pumps and injections. We are a practice that sees a wide range of issues related to pain from patients who have suffered accidents to patients with cancer that need more of a palliative treatment. We treat all kinds of conditions such as neck, low back pain, shoulder, hip, and knee pain, advanced cancer pain and CRPS.”

Dr. Gonzalez and New Mexico Pain Associates have been recognized by Albuquerque The Magazine and Albuquerque Journal for their work in the pain management field, and the practice will continue to grow as it celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2023.

“As we continue to train in different ways to manage pain, we will also be moving to a much bigger facility where we can provide a comprehensive method of treatment,” Dr. Gonzalez says.