New Ambulatory Surgery Center Opens

Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Opens cutting edge Ambulatory Surgery Center offering state of the art care to the Southeast Region.

PASCAGOULA, MS (August 1, 2011)

The physicians of Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation (CPR) are now seeing patients in the new 16,000 square foot Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) in Pascagoula, MS. The cutting edge facility has been designed exclusively for our patient population and features exam rooms, procedure rooms and a fully equipped operating room staffed with clinicians specifically trained in pain interventions ranging from injections to medical device implantation. The Ambulatory Surgery Center will also house the Algos Research Center including an operating room viewing area for providing continuing education programs to physicians and allied health professionals on all aspects of Pain Mediciane. Programs with local and nationally recognized speakers will be offered in this center, a non-profit 501 (C) 3 dedicated to clinical research, development and neuroscience education.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center is Medicare Certified and accredited by the Accreditations Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAACH), demonstrating a dedication to quality care and the ability to perform at higher standards. Additionally, the Ambulatory Surgery Center is committed to both patients and the Gulf Coast community, providing educational programs, actively measuring quality and patient satisfaction, and participating in “green” initiatives to minimize impact on the local ecosystem.

Clinical services offered at the Ambulatory Surgery Center include spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation; diagnostic and therapeutic spine and joint injections; epidural steroid injections; facet joint blocks and radiofrequency neurotomy; diagnostic discography at all levels of the spine; electromyography and nerve conduction studies; intrathecal drug infusion therapy. An extremely important component of our clinical services includes the Pain Behavioral Medicine Service with an onsite Clinical Psychologist for both diagnostic testing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, individual counseling and Group Therapy.

About Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation

Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation (CPR) is a multi-disciplinary physician practice devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain using an integrated program of interventional pain medicine, behavioral medicine and functional rehabilitation. The overall practice goal is to reduce both pain and its negative impact in order to enable patients to live more productive and satisfying lives. Their clinics are located in Daphne, Al and Pascagoula, MS. For more information, call 251-625-2228 or 228-938-0700 or visit www.nopaindr.com.