Special Expertise: Pain Medicine
Board Certified: Anesthesiology And Pain Management
Special Interest: Regenerative Medicine, Injections Such As Transforaminal Epidurals, Facets, Radiofrequency Ablations And SpinalCord Stimulators
College and Residency: SUNY Health Science Center At Brooklyn, Residency, Anesthesiology; Pain Fellowship
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Residency, Anesthesiology
New York Hospital Medical Center Of Queens, Internship, Internal Medicine
University At Buffalo, School Of Medicine And Biomedical Sciences, Medical School
Hospital Affiliation: Wellington Regional Med Center
If you have been living in pain due to an injury or a medical condition, then you know it can keep you from performing everyday activities and enjoying life. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
The medical team at Comprehensive Pain Care of South Florida in Wellington offers innovative pain management therapies to patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including back and neck pain, headaches, joint pain, postherpetic neuralgia, arthritis, cancer and other diseases.
The center employs a multidisciplinary approach to treating pain that takes the individual patient’s condition into account, using a variety of treatments, such as injections, regenerative medicine and therapy, to help return each to an active life.
Howell R. Goldfarb, M.D., who is fellowship trained in pain management and board certified in anesthesiology and pain management, serves as the center’s medical director. He has been practicing in Palm Beach County for 30 years.
“I was the first fellowship-trained pain physician in Palm Beach County,” he says. “During my 30 years here, nothing has given me more joy than being able to help people in pain.”
His partners include Keith Dietrick, M.D., who is board certified in anesthesiology and pain management, and Humberto Porrata, M.D., who is board certified in physical medicine and pain management.
While some people live in pain for years before seeking treatment, early intervention is important to a successful outcome.
“We do everything we can to help people avoid surgery and return them to the lives they wish,” says Dr. Goldfarb.