Dr. Robert S. Griffin M.D., PH.D
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Robert Griffin practices Pain Medicine in Boston, MA. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Griffin serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.
Education and Training
Harvard Medical School 2007
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital 2012
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