Departments

Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
First Avenue at 16th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 844-8970

In collaboration with Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care addresses the specific needs of patients with chronic pain, helping to improve quality of life for patients and their families.

Pain Management
The division of Pain Management was developed to assist patients who experience chronic pain.

Treatment options offered in the Pain Management Department include:

• Drug therapy

• Psychological interventions

• Access to rehabilitative therapies, including physical therapy and occupational therapy

• Invasive pain-relieving treatments

• Access to complementary medicine

Palliative Care
Patients referred to the Palliative Care Division are matched to the appropriate services throughout the course of their disease. Inpatients at the Petrie Division of Beth Israel Medical Center are referred to the department's consultation team. Outpatients are referred to a physician in the department's ambulatory practice.

The Palliative Care Division offers a specialized interdisciplinary program that includes:

• Assessment and management of inpatients by a consultation team

• Case management in the ambulatory setting. Following discharge, outpatients are referred to our outpatient practice.

• Access to a newly renovated 18-bed inpatient pain and palliative care unit at Beth Israel Medical Center (Petrie Division)

• Access to the Jacob Perlow Hospice for those patients requiring end-of-life care and bereavement services

For more information on the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, visit www.stoppain.org

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