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We are a group of experienced pain physicians,
nurses, and nurse practitioners dedicated full time
to the management of chronic pain and cancer
pain. We are not part time pain practitioners nor do
we dabble in quack treatments such as anti-ageing
therapies or in owning spine traction machines.
We are completely immersed in the clinical practice
of chronic pain management and surgery, and
engage actively in teaching other physicians
nationally and internationally and are on the
national board of directors of pain organizations,
and continually engage in pain research. After
hours, we continue with research in pain issues
and answer questions on internet forums. Pain
medicine for us is not just a job, it is a mission that
is all encompassing. Your pain never stops, and
we will not cease in our efforts to find ways to
relieve your pain with new and better treatments.
We care for patients that require admission to
hospitals for pain issues at St Francis Hospital
and Community South Hospitals only. These
hospitals have the equipment, expertise, and staff
to best assist in care of pain patients in this area of
the state. We have selected other high quality
hospitals and surgery centers in the area for our
patient's care including Columbus Surgery Center,
Surgery Center of Indianapolis, Indiana Surgery
Center, Decateur County Memorial Hospital,and St
Vincents Hospitals.
Ours is a long term presence in the area of
central Indiana, serving patients all over the state in
our three different locations for their geographical
convenience. We are the longest continuing pain
center operation in this area of the state. Dr
Whitworth has practiced pain medicine in Indiana
continuously since 1999 and unlike other pain
physicians that come and go or shut down
practices in cities such as Greensburg leaving
scores of patients without a local pain physician,
our presence has been consistent. Some pain
physicians in Columbus left the practice of pain
completely shutting down pain treatment for months
or years at a time but our practice has been steady
and constant- exactly what is needed for continuity
of care for pain patients that may have few
alternatives for treatment. Patients do not need the
wild card of a pain physician that cannot stay in
business or cannot decide whether to practice
anesthesiology or pain....we know our profession
inside and out, and it is pain. Solely pain. Not
antiageing. Not selling vitamins. Not owning a
surgery center or owning a bank in Belize. Just
pain medicine for our practice. Dr Whitworth has
practiced pain medicine since 1990 and was on the
teaching faculty in Pain Medicine at the University
of Kentucky for 6 years as an assistant professor
and is internationally known having given lectures
and taught pain medicine in Korea, Dubai,
Denmark, Germany, France, Holland, Switzerland,
Canada, and others. He has been in charge of
several international conferences.
Because of the need for better therapies, we are
dedicated to the evaluation and implementation of
cutting edge techniques including the new field of
minimally invasive spine surgery and clearly identify
the relative risks and study nature of these
therapies. Rather than using unproven or quack
therapies that have unknown risks and presenting
them to patients as standard therapies, we tell
patients exactly the degree of medical certainty and
studies that have been available prior to using
these on patients. We are willing to go beyond the
routine treatments to find a better way for your care
but do it by informing the patient of the risks and
general acceptance of a procedure or medication if
it is investigational.
We believe in patients rights to pain
management to reduce suffering and incorporate as
part of an integrated plan, narcotic therapies where
appropriate. However, the presence of pain is not
synonymous with a deficit of narcotics. Therefore
we incorporate adjunctive therapies in pain
management in addition to narcotics. We believe in
reducing substance abuse and diversion, and work
actively with local law enforcement when there is
felonious use or sale of narcotics. We are patient
advocates within reason, but do not advocate
patients seeking disability unless there is absolutely
no other way.
Advanced Pain Management Surgery: Your one
source for the most up to date information and
techniques for the control of chronic intractable
pain. Advanced Pain Management Surgery was
here for you in the past and be here for you in the
future. Steady, consistent, reliable, sound
medicine.
Community South
Hospital
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Hospital
Greenwood
Decatur Hospital
Greensburg
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