Anesthesiologist-pain specialists are experts in the treatment of chronic pain. This can be by drugs, injections, infusion and special technics (read more). Sometimes they work only as anesthesist in the hospital during surgeries, others work in pain centers, focussed on patients with acute and chronic pain complaints and for patients with cancer pain.
Our physician is specialized in:
- treatment with drugs
- nerve block
- neuromodulation
- Qutenza
- TENS
- Pain rehibilitation

Anesthesiologists work closely with neurologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physiotherapists, rehabilitation physicians, nurses, nurse specialists and physician assistants. Each specialist has a different view of pain from his or her field of expertise. Together, they provide you with the best care for chronic pain.
What can you expect?Before your first visit, you will usually fill out a number of questionnaires. With the questionnaires, the doctor will collect information about your health, medical history and the medications you are taking. During your first visit, the specialist will discuss your symptoms. Sometimes, the pain specialist will make an appointment with you for further examination or consultation with other specialists. The pain specialist will then try to make a diagnosis. In consultation with you, the pain specialist will draw up a treatment plan. Treatments can be aimed at the physical symptoms, such as medication, injections, nerve blocks or nerve stimulators and physiotherapy. Treatments sometimes also concern the consequences of pain and situations that make the pain worse, such as depression. You will often receive a combination of treatments.