Pain Management Consultants has joined forces with noted spine surgeon, Leon Abram, M.D. Dr. Abram has been practicing exclusively spine surgery in the Boca Raton area for the past twenty years and joins the staff of PMC as the Director of Spinal Surgery.  He is on staff at Boca Raton Community Hospital and North Broward Medical Center.  As a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the practice. 

Dr. Abram has pioneered several minimally invasive techniques that are routinely completed as an outpatient, thus minimizing recovery time.  Lumbar Discectomy, Laminectomy, Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty and some spinal fusion procedures are routinely performed as outpatients.  Dr. Abram also regularly performs complex reconstructive spinal procedures involving all regions of the spine, including laminectomy, anterior and posterior fusions, total disc replacement surgery, as well as scoliosis surgery.  Dr. Abram also serves as an instructor to spine surgeons around the world, teaching techniques in reconstructive and minimally invasive surgery. He lectures worldwide, and has acted as a consultant to many of the largest healthcare corporations, including Zimmer-Spine, DePuy, Medtronic, Stryker, Kyphon, Blackstone, Innovasis, Disc Motion, and Surgical Biologics.  Dr. Abram is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University in the Biomedical Department as well as an expert for the Florida Board of Medicine.

Pain Management Consultants, a Florida Corporation, under the direction of its Chief Executive Officer, Scott A. Berger, M.D. relocated its main office to a brand new, state-of-the-art 12,000 square foot facility at Beacon Square Professional Campus in Boca Raton, Florida.

The new facility, which is located off the Congress Ave. I-95 exit in Boca Raton, and directly next to new IBM Campus, is centrally located for convenient access to patients suffering from pain and is only a 30 minute drive from Fort Lauderdale to the south, and West Palm Beach to the north.

The Center, which includes three Board Certified Anesthesiologists, Drs. Scott Berger, Peter Warheit, and Anthony Riso, also features on site physical therapy, massage therapy, and occupational therapy, and utilizes a true multi-disciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating painful conditions from any cause. The Center also performs various diagnostic tests, including discography and nerve blocks, which aid in the correct diagnosis to effectively treat pain.

Pain Management Consultants has been providing industry leading pain medicine services in the Palm Beach County area for almost twenty years and continues to be on the cutting edge in its approach to effective pain management.

Physical Therapy Institute, owned and operated by Dr. Ira Feibert, renown Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and Linda Zane, Administrative Chief of the Florida Corporation, have signed on to provide therapy to patients of the medical practice who therapy is indicated for.

Dr. Berger has always maintained the importance in providing patients the widest array of services that can work in synergy with pain therapy. "In this instance, studies clearly show the long term benefits patients achieve if they combine multi-modal treatments, rather than just get injections, without addressing the underlying mechanical causes of the problem." Dr. Berger has worked closely with physical therapists in the past, when he was the Chairman of the Governing Board of Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital, in Delray Beach, Florida.

Dr. Feibert has stated that the patients of the practice do present a clear challenge to the therapists, due to a multitude of factors, but the PTI was up tot the task, so to speak.

Thus far, results are encouraging, and protocols are in works, which would lead to clear pathways which the doctors would follow, which would lead to improved outcomes, and cost reduction, for all parties involved: patient, physician, and insurance carrier. Results of these preliminary data will be featured in an upcoming segment.