New England Pain Care - Providers

Dr. Vaisman is Board certified in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Management. He is an Instructor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Vaisman founded New England Pain Care in 2003.

Dr. Julien Vaisman is teaching on a regular basis for residents and fellows from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and from Malden Family Practice (Tufts) residency program. He is a guest speaker at various seminars on various pain management topics. Presently Dr. Vaisman is actively involved in two large clinical trials. One of them is related to the efficacy of lumbar epidural injections.

Some of Dr. Vaisman's publications include:

• The effect of Phenylephrine and Tropicamide on the pupil of the diabetic patient. M.D. Thesis, 1980, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Painful Rheumatoid Arthritis Core curriculum for professional education in pain, IASP publication, 1991
• Acupuncture Obstetric Analgesia, edited by G.W. ostheimer, chapter 140, Churchill-Livingstone, 1991
• Regression of Sensory Anesthesia During Continuous Epidural Infusion of Bupivicaine and Opioid for the Total Knee Replacement Anesthesia Analgesia, 1993;77:1179-84
• Pulse radiofrequency. A new and ingenious modality for pain management. New England Pain Association Newsletter, Vol. 4, issue 2, Sept. 1999
• Pelvic Hematoma After an Ilioinguinal Block for Orchialgia Anesthesia Analgesia 2001;92:1048-49
• Interventional pain management Interventional techniques for the alleviation of pain in the care of HIV-infected patient, in Pain Management, Anesthesia and HIV/AIDS, edited by Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002
• Refractor episodic cluster headache responsive to percutaneous cervical zygapophyseal radiofrequency abiation: a case report Accepted for publication on October 9, 2002, in HEADACHE, The Journal of Head and Face Pain
• Polymethylmetacrylate filled needle track three weeks after percutaneous vertebroplasty Pain Physicians 2004:7, 987-489

Be sure to visit the following resources:

• Medtronics
• Spine Universe
• Dr. Ordia Site

A Professor of Neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine and is Board Certified in Neurosurgery. He completed his residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital. Dr. Ordia is a respected and internationally known specialist in the field of neuromodulation (implantable devices for management of pain and spasticity). Visit http://www.ordia.com for more information...