Interventional Pain Management at UPMC Northwest

The interventional pain management clinic at UPMC Northwest combines the disciplines of procedural pain management, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and orthopaedic spine surgery to provide a comprehensive approach to treating chronic pain.

The goal of the interventional pain clinic is to treat the whole patient by recognizing that pain is not only physical; it affects mental and emotional health as well. Our specialists work with each patient to identify the cause and source of their pain and to develop an individual treatment plan.

Our Services

• Cervical epidural injection
• Lumbar/transforaminal epidural injection
• Selective nerve root block
• Cervical medial branch blocks/facet injections
• Lumbar medial branch blocks/facet injections
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Sacrococcygeal ligament injection
• Peripheral nerve blocks
• Occipital nerve blocks
• BOTOX® injections for chronic migraine therapy
• Sphenopalatine ganglion blocks
• Stellate ganglion block injection
• Celiac plexus injection
• Trigger point injections
• Spinal cord stimulator
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Surgical procedures
• Carpal tunnel release surgery
• Cubital tunnel release surgery
• Cervical disc replacement/arthroplasty
• Discectomy
• Fusion (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar)
• Kyphoplasty
• Laminectomy
• Spinal cord stimulator implantation

Conditions Treated

• Arthritis
• Back and neck injuries and pain
• Carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome
• Coccyalgia (tailbone pain)
• Complex regional pain syndromes
• Compression fractures
• Degenerative disc disease
• Facet arthropathy/hypertrophy
• Fractures (spine and extremity)
• Herniated discs
• Joint pain
• Muscular pain/fibromyalgia
• Myofascial pain syndromes
• Neuropathy
• Occipital neuralgia
• Piriformis syndrome
• Radiculopathy
• Sacroiliac joint dysfunction/sacroiliitis
• Sciatica
• Scoliosis
• Shoulder pain
• Spinal stenosis
• Spondylosis
• Spondylolisthesis
• Sprains/strains
• Tendonitis
• Trigger finger/thumb

Our Experts

• Kyle Shilk, DO - Interventional Pain Management Specialist
  • Locations: Clarion and Seneca 
• Laun Hallstrom, MD - Physiatrist
  • Locations: DuBois and Seneca
• Jacob Smith, DO - Orthopaedic and Spine Surgeon
  • Locations: Franklin and Clarion
• Leah Dubovi, PA-C
  • Locations: Clarion and Seneca
• Mark Galiczynski, PA-C
  • Locations: DuBois