Smilow Cancer Hospital
Multidisciplinary Pain Program The Smilow Multidisciplinary Pain Program is available for patients with complex and difficult to manage cancer-related pain. Our multidisciplinary team includes experts from Pain Medicine, Interventional Radiology, Palliative Care, and Integrative Medicine specialties to provide integrative pain medicine for patients who suffer from pain as a result of their cancer treatments including radiation, chemotherapy, surgery, and pain caused by the disease itself. Our Program offers a variety of pain management options. Treatment may include oral pain medications or interventional procedures, such as trigger point injections and nerve blocks. The pain medicine team also offers implanted pumps that deliver pain medications directly to the source of pain in the body. All of our physicians work together to provide comprehensive care to our patients. Our nurse practitioner is certified in Pain Management by the American Nursing Credentialing Center.
Services Provided • Medication Management • Tumor Ablation • Somatic and Sympathetic Nerve Blocks • Neurolytic Blocks • Complementary Medicine
• Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty • Multimodal Analgesia • Somatic and Sympathetic Procedures • Spinal Opioids
Smilow Cancer Hospital
Multidisciplinary Pain Program Contact Susan Perrone, Clinical Secretary 203-200-HOPE EPIC Referral: Ambulatory Pain Clinic (Smilow Pain)
Team Members Donna-Ann Thomas, MD, Director Kevin Kim, MD, Co-Director Chantelle Shimono, APRN
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