The Pain, Headache, and Interventional Pain Program at BMC is at the forefront of pain management. As one of the few multidisciplinary pain management groups in an academic Neurology department, we provide state-of-the-art care with medications, x-ray (fluoroscopy) interventional procedures, physical therapy, clinic injections, and surgery.



  ### Pain, Headache, and Interventional Pain Program

- [Contact Us](#contact-us)
- [Specialty Clinics](#specialty-clinics)
- [Our Team](#our-team)
- [Research Overview](#research-overview)
- [Residency and Fellowship Information](#residency-and-fellowship-information)
 
   ## Contact Us

#####  Neurology Department 

 

 [ 725 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118   
BMC, Shapiro Center ](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/725+Albany+Street,+Boston,+MA) 

 [617.638.8456](tel:617.638.8456) 

Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

 

 

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  ## Specialty Clinics

  [### Neurology

A department providing specialized evaluation and treatment for a wide range of brain and nerve conditions, including stroke, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, headaches, memory loss, and concussion.

 

 

 ](/departments/neurology)  ## Our Team

### Neurology

 

 ###  [Michael D. Perloff, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/michael-d-perloff-md) 

 Neurologist, Director of Pain Medicine 


 

    ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/d547bda4-bc9e-4838-8ea7-0c76be60486a/Michael-Perloff_web?io=transform:fill,width:333,height:500&format=jpg)   ###  [Katie M McMillen, FNP](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/katie-m-mcmillen-fnp) 

 

 

   ![Placeholder image for doctor](/themes/custom/bmc_base_theme/assets/images/placeholders/headshoticon-v2.svg)  ###  [Bianca Carson, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/bianca-carson-md) 

 Neurologist 

 

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Sunali Shah, MD



 

 

 

 



### Anesthesia

 

 ###  [Ronald J. Stein, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/ronald-j-stein-md) 

 Anesthesiologist, Site Officer (Moakley) 


 

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 Anesthesiologist, Director of Chronic Pain Management 


 

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### Psychiatry

 

 ###  [Isidore L. Berenbaum, MD](https://www.bmc.org/about-us/directory/doctor/isidore-l-berenbaum-md) 

 Associate Director of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 


 

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  ## Research Overview

The interventional pain division faculty has conducted research on lumbar puncture-related headaches and interventional pain procedures. They have also conducted studies on pain management in the urgent care setting. Current and upcoming projects include double-blinded trials on lumbar puncture headache prophylaxis, NSAID burst therapy, evaluation of the simplified epiduralysis after laminectomy fusion (SEAL procedure), headache characterization in COVID-19 illness, and the use of telemedicine in neurology.



  ## Residency and Fellowship Information

### Education and Training

The interventional pain division faculty participate in the education and training of residents who wish to gain experience in interventional pain and related procedures. They regularly participate in hands-on teaching at the Solomont Simulation Center during which they train residents in injections and other procedures.