Boston Medical Center – Brighton

Pain Management

Personalized Solutions for Lasting Pain Relief

The Center for Pain Management offers advanced techniques and an integrated approach to treating a wide range of chronic pain conditions. Our goal is to help you re-engage in life, work, and relationships by addressing the root causes of your pain. We create tailored treatment plans that combine medical, psychological, and lifestyle strategies to reduce or relieve chronic pain and support long-term well-being. 

Our Team

Frederic Gerges, MD

Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship; Medical Director, Boston Medical Center - Brighton Pain Management Center

Martin Acquadro, MD

Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine 

Patient Information

We treat all chronic pain conditions, including:
  • Abdominal pain
  • Arthritis
  • Back pain
  • Bulging disc
  • Cancer pain
  • Cervical and lumbar facet joint disease
  • Cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis
  • Chronic Pain Syndrome (CPS)
  • Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP)
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
  • Degenerative disc disease and discogenic pain
  • Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)
  • Headaches
  • Herniated disc
  • Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS)
  • Neck pain
  • Nerve entrapment
  • Nerve injury
  • Neuropathy
  • Sciatica
  • Scoliosis
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spondylosis
  • Vertebral compression fracture
  • Vertebrogenic (low back) pain
  • Work-related injuries
Our team emphasizes interventional pain therapies with minimal medication use and provides therapies such as:
  • Botox®
  • Diagnostic discography
  • Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) implant
  • Endoscopic discectomy
  • Endoscopic rhizotomy
  • Fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided joint injections (hip, knee, shoulder, bursa)
  • Fluoroscopic-guided spinal injections (epidural, facet, SIJ, radiofrequency)
  • Intracept® Procedure
  • Intrathecal pump implant
  • IV ketamine infusion
  • IV lidocaine infusion
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Medication management
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD® procedure)
  • Osteocool™ radiofrequency ablation
  • Percutaneous sacroiliac fusion
  • Peripheral nerve stimulation (trials and implants)
  • Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections
  • Regenerative medicine
  • Spinal cord stimulation (trials and implants)
  • Sympathetic nerve blocks
  • Trigger point injections
  • Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks
  • Vertiflex