PITTSBURG, Kan. — For the previous eight years, Dr. Roger Misasi, interventional ache administration specialist, has been driving to the Kansas Metropolis space to work, forsaking his household in Pittsburg. However now he is becoming a member of the Pittsburg-based Freeman Specialty Clinic.
Misasi labored as a float surgeon within the Air Pressure. He did a residency in anesthesiology on the College of Kansas College of Medication at Wichita, the place ache administration was a brand new providing. He added an additional yr to his residency to incorporate ache administration and cardiac anesthesia.
“I discovered this to be an space of want, and I’m good at it,” he mentioned. “All people has ache. During the last variety of years, I’ve seen sufferers coming in on huge doses of narcotics — you possibly can’t do this the remainder of your life. I do quite a lot of ache administration therapy, however I additionally work with sufferers to teach them on methods to knock down ache via life-style modifications.”
Misasi is accepting new sufferers on the clinic, 1606 N. Broadway. Particulars: 620-231-0958.