Author Miguel Pappolla MD, PhD holds active board-certifications in 5 disciplines of Medicine: Pain Management, Neurology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Neuropathology, has also been serving the public at large for over 20 years as a consultant for the NIH (National Institutes of Health) and a full Professor or Faculty at several of the most prestigious medical schools in the USA. Dr. Pappolla has also served as Chairman of Neurology and Director of Neurosciences in one of the largest tertiary care centers in Mississippi, until moving his practice to Houston, Texas after hurricane Katrina. For more info see www.TexasPainClinic.com

A Pain Medicine subspecialist is a medical doctor who treats pain caused by any disease, or trauma. The ultimate goal of the Pain Medicine doctor is to manage acute or chronic pain by reducing pain fr...