Pain Management Center
The Pain Management Center of Georgetown University Hospital provides a multidisciplinary consultation service for acute musculoskeletal disorders and comprehensive therapeutic approaches to persistant pain. The clinicians staffing the Pain Management Center are specialty-trained in the management of pain syndromes.
Clinicians function as consultants, recommending to the referring physician an individually tailored treatment plan. At the request of the referring physician, the center may assume short-term care of the patients, then return the patient to his/her primary physician for ongoing care. Pain management services begin with primary care physican referral, followed by an evaluation phase and treatment.
PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER GOALS
To provide exceptional outpatient and inpatient health care for acute pain disorders and comprehensive therapeutic approaches to persistent pain within a private, non-profit academic medical center.
TYPES AND AGES OF PATIENTS SERVED
Adult and geriatric populations are served in an outpatient setting. The Anesthesia Pain Service sees adult, geriatric and occasionally pediatric patients in an inpatient setting for epidural patient controlled analgesia and pain management consultation.
SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY OF PATIENTS SERVED
Evaluation and treatment are offered to patients with a broad range of acute and chronic pain syndromes. These include, but are not limited to, acute lumbar disc herniation, cervical syndrome, myofascial syndromes, acute bursitis, migraine headache, fibromyalgia, chronic neck and shoulder pain, degenerative disc disease (cervical and lumbar), post-laminectomy syndrome, phantom limb pain, incisional pain, abdominal and pelvic pain, nerve injury pain herpectic, diabetic, alcoholic and traumatic, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), sacro-iliac joint dysfunction, cranial neuralgias, myofascial pain and central pain states.
Patients are seen by authorized referral from a specialist or primary care physician (all patients must have a primary care physician). There are two types of referrals:
- Outpatients seen in the clinic. The outpatient population consists of comprehensive consultations. The patient may continue care at the Pain Management Center for a period of time or resume care from the primary physician based on physician recommendations.
- Inpatient referrals to the Anesthesia Pain Service. Inpatient referrals consist of patients with acute or chronic pain requiring epidural patient-controlled analgesia or patients referred for consultation for complex management issues.
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
Initial assessment and medical evaluation, a detailed treatment plan based on history taking, physical examination, cognitive/behavioral assessment, functional evaluation, as well as special studies and consultations as indicated. Treatment methods include pharmaceutical treatment, nerve blocks, implantable devices and referrals for psychiatry, behavioral medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Contact:
202-444-2090 (appointments)
202-444-1340 (fax)
