FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Southwest Ohio's First and Largest Outpatient Pain Clinic Continues to Grow Despite Weak Economy CENTERVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2008 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Richard Donnini, President and Founder of the Pain Evaluation & Management Center of Ohio has recently announced that Dr. Mark Thomas, one of the most renowned addiction and pain medicine specialists in the State of Ohio, has joined the team at PEMCO. This outpatient pain clinic is unique in many ways, as it was the very first outpatient comprehensive pain center in all of southwest Ohio and continues to be a leader in what is considered to be the most appropriate treatment for chronic pain patients. The American Pain Society has indicated that the most appropriate pain referral for a chronic pain patient is to a comprehensive pain clinic. PEMCO is the most comprehensive pain clinic in all of southwest Ohio and provides the widest variety and most comprehensive care for chronic pain patients. They have done so for 17 years, have over 40 years combined experience, and 40,000 procedures. In addition to the most advanced interventional procedures that include spinal stimulators, vertebroplasty, radio frequency, and spinal pump treatment, the clinic has a physical therapy department with the most advanced equipment. The clinic provides medical management of patients using a variety of different medicines when other alternative treatments including interventional procedures have failed to provide a patient with appropriate pain relief. Additionally, the clinic has acupuncture, massage therapy, three nurse practitioners, and supplies a variety of durable medical goods that help provide patients improved functioning and pain control. The clinic has a full-time psychologist on staff: Dr. Thomas Heitkemper, who is renowned as a pain psychologist and former head of the inpatient pain center at Jewish Hospital. When asked about the addition of Dr. Thomas, Dr. Donnini replied, "We are one of the largest outpatient pain centers in Ohio, but we are not concerned with being the largest, only the best. Our growth has been selective and we choose to associate with the best of the best in order to give our patients top quality pain care. Dr. Thomas reflects that quality and will only improve on what we already offer." In summary, Dr. Donnini continued, "Additionally, we are dedicated to providing a comprehensive multidisciplinary environment, which clearly offers the best option for a patient's chronic pain condition." More Information about the Pain Evaluation & Management Center of Ohio (PEMCO), is available at http://www.daytonpain.com or by calling 937-439-4949. All trademarks acknowledged. Send2Press(R) is the originating wire service for this story, Copr. 2008. NEWS SOURCE: Pain Evaluation & Management Center of Ohio # # # //RELEASE END// MEDIA ONLY CONTACT(S): [ contact info not for publication online or in print ] Scott Willis of Rook Interactive for Pain Evaluation & Management Center of Ohio +1-504-952-5790 scott @ rookinteractive.com ......... Plain Text Copy, and Story Permalink: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/2008-08-0827-004.txt Release PDF: http://www.Send2Press.com/mediadrome/news_2008-08-0827-004.pdf Get our full-text news via RSS: http://www.Send2Press.com/RSS2/rss.xml ......... Text provided by news source (and/or the source's authorized agency), who is solely responsible for accuracy and legality of content transmitted. ......... This news story from Send2Press Newswire may be redistributed and re-posted in part or in whole by members of the media. Copr. (c) Send2Press, a unit of Neotrope(R). For news aggregation sites, blogs, and bureaus, you must retain Send2Press as the original wire service source. You may capture and self-host images linked to in above release, but do NOT stream from our server. ......... The original version of this release was issued on behalf of the above organization (the "news source"), by Send2Press(R) Newswire, a service of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com. ......... August 2008 Press Release / S-REG MW [OH] / IND: MED BUS / Agency = Rook Interactive / REF: Ohio Newswire(TM) / ytv = /