Dr. George J. Arcos, DO, FAOCA

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Get to know Pain Management Specialist Dr. George J. Arcos, who serves patients in Florida.

With over 30 years of experience in anesthesiology and pain medicine, Dr. Arcos is one of the areas most experienced and influential interventional pain physicians. He is the winner of “The Compassionate Physician Award” and “The Patient’s Choice Award”, which are accolades bestowed by those patients he has served. He is also listed in the “Leading Physicians of the World,” which is limited to the top one percent of all physicians nationally.

Dr. Arcos is board certified in anesthesiology with subspecialty certification in pain management by the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology. He was also elected as a Fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists. 

Dr. Arcos completed a two-year military training program in pain medicine at the USAF Regional Hospital Homestead and was awarded the United Air Force Commendation Medal for contributions in pain medicine.

Recognized by his peers as a leader in the field of pain medicine, Dr. Arcos has served on the Board of Directors of the Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He has held faculty appointments at the Florida State University College of Medicine,  University of Florida College of Medicine,  Nova Southeastern University of Health Sciences,  University of Miami School of Medicine, and  Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine. During his tenure at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Dr. Arcos directed all resident education in pain medicine and was appointed Medical Director of the South Georgia/North Florida Veterans Healthcare System, where he transformed the pain program into a nationally recognized model for comprehensive patient care

After completing a fellowship in Bioethics at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Dr. Arcos was named the American Osteopathic Association nominee to The President’s Council on Bioethics.

Dr. Arcos is a member of the Editorial Board of the internationally journal, Pain Physician, as well as Interventional Pain Reports. Dr. Arcos is one of the most innovative physicians in Florida, performing Vertiflex , Disc FX for minimally invasive discectomy, PNS, Intracept for axial lumbar back pain, SI Joint Fusion, Minuteman for lumbar stabilization, Closed Loop Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS) , and Reactiv8 for weak low back muscles. 

When he is not tending to his patients, he enjoys reading, teaching, and spending time with his family.

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