Pain Management

Pain Management

  • Overview
  • Centers
  • Appointments
  • Locations
  • Doctors

    • Pain can have a serious impact on your quality of life by interfering with your daily activities. University of Michigan Health has the dedicated experts, newest treatments and latest research to find the source of your pain and treat it quickly and aggressively.

    Our Centers

    Back & Pain Center

    Founded in 1979, we offer a broad range of the most advanced treatments for acute, cancer, and chronic pain problems in a supportive, compassionate environment. Our high rate of patient satisfaction and our longevity are the result of the consistent top-quality medical care administered by our dedicated team of pain specialists.

    Headache & Neuropathic Pain Clinic

    We provide advanced clinical services for people who experience headache and facial pain. Following a careful evaluation of our new patients, treatment options are discussed including medications, lifestyle modification, pain-related procedures and alternative therapies such as vitamin supplementation.

    Adult Acute Pain Service

    We consult with and treat patients with post-surgical pain and chronic pain. Our leading therapies include patient-controlled medications, spinal cord and brain medications, electrical nerve stimulation and other nerve blocks. Our service functions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Additionally, an acute pain nurse, house officer and faculty anesthesiologist are on call each night for pain management issues that arise.

    Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center

    We are committed to improving recognition, understanding and management of disorders distinguished by symptoms of chronic pain and fatigue such as Chronic Multi-symptom Illnesses, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness. Our goals are to advance the understanding and treatment of these illnesses, and to educate the public and the medical and scientific community.

    Appointment Information

    For more information or to make an appointment, find a location near you.

    Locations
    • Back & Pain Center | Brighton Center for Specialty Care 7500 Challis Rd
      Entrance 1, Level 1
      Brighton, MI 48116-9416       Get Directions
    • Back & Pain Center | Burlington Building 325 E Eisenhower Pkwy
      Floor 1
      Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3364       Get Directions
    • Back & Pain Center | Canton Health Center 1051 N Canton Center Rd
      Floor 1
      Canton, MI 48187-5097       Get Directions
    • Back & Pain Center | Dexter Health Center 7300 Dexter Ann Arbor Rd Ste 110
      Floor 1
      Dexter, MI 48130-8598       Get Directions
    • Gastroenterology Clinic | Northville Health Center 39901 Traditions Dr
      Floor 2
      Northville, MI 48168-9493       Get Directions
    • Headache & Neuropathic Pain Clinic | Burlington Building 325 E Eisenhower Pkwy
      Floor 1
      Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3364       Get Directions
    • Neurosurgery Clinic | Burlington Building 325 E Eisenhower Pkwy Ste 100
      Floor 2 Reception G
      Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3364       Get Directions
    • Spine Clinic | Chelsea Health Center 14700 E Old US Highway 12
      Chelsea, MI 48118-1185       Get Directions

    Doctors

     Search for a U-M Health doctor     Ilyas Syed Aleem, MD

    Ilyas Syed Aleem, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Orthopedic Surgery

    Rishi Rai Bakshi, DO

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

    Daniel William Berland, MD

    Daniel William Berland, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus

    Internal Medicine

    Hassen Mohamed Berri, DO

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine

    Mark Christopher Bicket, MD

    Mark Christopher Bicket, MD, PhD, FASA

    Associate Professor

    Interventional Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

    Chad Michael Brummett, MD

    Chad Michael Brummett, MD

    Professor

    Interventional Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

    SriKrishna Chandran, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

    Srinivas Chiravuri, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor

    Interventional Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

    David Aaron Cooke, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Internal Medicine

    Anita S W Craig, DO

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Electrodiagnostic Medicine

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