Dr. Lucien Alexandre, MD, PhD
Doctor | Interventional Pain Medicine
3661 S. Miami Ave 606 Miami FL, 33133About
Dr. Lucien Alexandre practices Pain Medicine in Miami, FL. 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. Alexandre 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
Albert Einstein College of Med MD, PhD 2011
Board Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Pain Medicine (Psychiatry and Neurology)
Provider Details
Areas of expertise and specialization
Professional Memberships
- North American Neuromodulation Society
- American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
- American Academy of Neurology
- American society of pain and neuroscience
- Boston Pain Society (Board of Directors)
Fellowships
- Harvard University Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center pain medicine
Treatments
- Kyphoplasty, vertebroplasty, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, minimally invasive spine (MILD, Vertiflex, Minuteman)
Internships
- University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Fellowships
- Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professional Society Memberships
- American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, American Academy of Pain Medicine, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, North American Neuromodulation Society, Boston Pain Society
Articles and Publications
- Radiofrequency Ablation of the Splanchnic Nerve and Superior Hypogastric Plexus for Chronic Abdominal Pain Status Post-Abdominal Surgery.Nazir Noor, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath, Lucien Alexandre, Alan D. KayeCureus 2020 Dec 20Mandibular Nerve Block for Long-Term Pain Relief in a Case of Refractory Burning Mouth Syndrome.Kassem H, Alexandre L, Urits I, Kaye AD, Viswanath OPain and therapy 2020-02-12Are steroids a beneficial adjunctive therapy in the immunosuppressed patient with herpes simplex virus encephalitisKarlo J. Lizarraga, Lucien C. Alexandre, Ciro Ramos-Estebanez, Amedeo MerendaCase Reports in Neurology 2013 Mar 21Nerve injury during the transpsoas approach for lumbar fusion.Houten, J. K., Alexandre, L. C., Nasser, R., Wollowick, A. L.J Neurosurg Spine 2011 Sep Impairment of developmental stem cell-mediated striatal neurogenesis and pluripotency genes in a knock-in model of Huntington's disease.Molero, A. E., Gokhan, S., Gonzalez, S., Feig, J. L., Alexandre, L. C., Mehler, M. F.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 Dec 22 Electron microscopic immunocytochemical detection of PSD-95, PSD-93, SAP-102, and SAP-97 at postsynaptic, presynaptic, and nonsynaptic sites of adult and neonatal rat visual cortexChiye Aoki, Ilona J. Miko, Hysell V. Oviedo, Tamara Mikeladze-Dvali, Lucien Alexandre, Neal T. SweenSynapse 2001 Jun 15Journal Articles Spinal Cord Stimulaiton in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Associated with Syrinx Developed after Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection.Sakellariou A, Alexandre L, Gill J, Simopoulous T., PMCR - 2020Books/Book ChaptersThe Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain ManagementChapter: Emergencies in Pain MedicinePage 568 - 577Lucien C. Alexandre and Christopher GilliganEditors: Gary J. Brenner, MD, PhD and James P. Rathmell, MD.Publisher: Wolters KluwerPhiladelphiaEdition 4th2021Development of isolated femoral neuropathy following cryoablation of genitofemoral nerve in a patient with chronic genitofemoral neuralgia.Kassem H, Schwartz R, Alexandre L.ASRA, New Orleans, LA - 2019 Utilization of mandibular nerve block for long-term pain relief in a case of refractory burning mouth syndrome.Kassem H, Schwartz R, Peck J, Alexandre L.44 Th Annual Reg. Anesth. & Acute Pain Med., Las Vegas, NV - 2019 Inter-strain Variability in Susceptibility to Persistent Pain After Nerve Injuries in Mus Musculus.Alexandre L, Keeler B, Zhuang Z, Levitt R.American Academy of Pain Medicine, National Harbor, MD. - 2015 Long Term Follow-up of Patients with Symptomatic Synovial Cysts. 75% Treated with Percutaneous Rupture do not Require Surgical Treatment.Miller T, Steinberger J, Alexandre L, Burns J, BrookAmerican Society Spine Radiology, Miami Beach, FL - 2014 End of critical period is concurrent with the reduction of NR2B subunit from synapses.Erisir A, Alexandre L.Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA - 2000Synaptic, membranous and cytoplasmic localization of PSD-95: EM-immunocytochemical detection within intact developing cortical neuropil.Aoki, C., Oviedo, H., Alexandre, L., and Bredt, DS.Society for Neuroscience, Miami Beach, FL - 1999Subcellular localization of SAP97, PSD-95, PSD-93 and a novel PSD-95 binding protein, 47k, at synaptic and nonsynaptic sites in intact visual cortex: an EM-immuno-cytochemical study.Aoki C, Shusterman Z, Kasat M, Bak M, Alexandre L, and Bredt DS.Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA - 1998
What do you attribute your success to?
- Perseverance
Hobbies / Sports
- Kayaking, learning languages
Favorite professional publications
- Pain Medicine
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Get to know Interventional Pain Management Physician Dr. Lucien Alexandre, who serves patients throughout the State of Florida.
Dr. Alexandre is a Florida-based triple board-certified interventional pain management physician in practice at Pain Care Specialists of Florida, serving patients in the Hollywood, Aventura, and Pembroke Pines areas. He specializes in advanced interventional procedures with safety as the number one concern.
With vast academic experience, real-world training, and a professional portfolio at some of the world’s most prestigious medical institutions, he is recognized as one of the premiere experts in the field with a reputation for being a meticulous interventional pain medicine physician with in-depth understanding of the brain, nerves and pain, which he combines with his passion for disorders of the nervous system and methods for pain management.
Pertaining to his educational pursuits, Dr. Alexandre studied neural science at New York University, where he was a research fellow in the Howard Hughes Research program. He then earned both his medical degree and Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD), as well as a Master of Science degree (MS) in Neuroscience from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Subsequently, he completed his neurology residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and his fellowship training in pain medicine at the Harvard University Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, with additional training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston’s Children’s Hospital.
As a testament to his success, the doctor is board-certified in interventional pain management, interventional headache, and neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The ABPN is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to serving the professions of psychiatry and neurology.
Continuously advancing his efforts, Dr. Alexandre is an active member of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, the North American Neuromodulation Society, the American Academy of Neurology, the American Interventional Headache Society, and the Boston Pain Society (Board of Directors).
Interventional pain management or interventional pain medicine is a medical subspecialty which treats pain with invasive interventions such as facet joint injections, nerve blocks, neuroaugmentation, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, nucleoplasty, endoscopic discectomy, and implantable drug delivery system.
On a more personal note, Dr. Alexandre esides in Broward, Florida and is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Creole.
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