Dr. Michael J. O'Connell, PainCare, New Hampshire:
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Dr. O’Connell, PainCare, New Hampshire, was born and raised in the tri-city area. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth Medical School, he served honorably for seven years in the US Army to include residency training at the Presidio of San Francisco. Last stationed at Ft Bragg, NC, he achieved the rank of Major, was airborne trained and was listed for Lieutenant Colonel.
In 1992, Dr. O’Connell founded PainCare (formerly Northeast Pain Consultation), which has since grown to 12 locations throughout New Hampshire. Today he continues as CEO, overseeing all operations. Dr. O'Connell noted that with 12 offices throughout the state of New Hampshire, PainCare Centers, Inc., (also known as PainCare NH) provides pain management through comprehensive pain programs designed to nearly guarantee improvement in quality of life for patients suffering from chronic and acute pain. The primary office is located in Somersworth, NH. With 11 other medical offices across the state, PainCare affords patients interventional pain relief modalities such as advanced surgical implants, vertebral injections, and neuroablation. Additionally, PainCare supplies counseling, physical therapy, medication management, and alternative therapies such as the minimally invasive vertebroplasty, cognitive behavioral training, and group therapies.
PainCare is not merely a pain clinic. Our services include everything that a pain clinic provides, yet so much more.
PainCare is the leading medical practice in the northeast dedicated exclusively to pain management.
PainCare is not merely a pain clinic. Our services include everything that a pain clinic provides, yet so much more. We understand that pain is more effectively treated when multiple approaches are combined. Our comprehensive pain centers not only offer interventional pain management modalities, such as injections and advanced surgical implants, but also physical therapy, counseling, alternative therapies, and medication management.
Our staff of caring, knowledgeable providers uses the most advanced therapeutic and surgical/interventional technologies available to treat your pain. All of us at PainCare are truly passionate about easing the suffering of our patients. Our goal is recovery for the whole person and a return to a meaningful and productive life.
How We Got Started
PainCare was founded by local doctors Michael J. O’Connell, MD, MHA and John C. Bell, MD (1932-1995). In the late 1980s, they worked together as practicing anesthesiologists at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New Hampshire. It was there that Dr O’Connell initiated a program of specialized care for patients with acute, sub-acute and chronic pain.
As the number of pain patients grew, it became apparent that there was an enormous, unaddressed need in the seacoast area for a specialized facility and healthcare team dedicated exclusively to this significant, underserved population.
With the goal of providing the highest quality of individualized yet comprehensive care, Drs. O’Connell and Bell established the seacoast area’s first and only center devoted exclusively to the treatment of pain. On June 25, 1992, PainCare (originally Northeast Pain Consultation) welcomed the first patient to its Somersworth surgicenter facility. PainCare expanded its service area in 1998 by opening a second surgicenter facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Since then, PainCare has expanded and today has an impressive 12 offices located throughout New Hampshire.
Working alongside the many talented staff members who have joined the PainCare family over the years, Dr. O’Connell continues to build upon and administer the conceptual legacy he and Dr. Bell initiated over two decades ago.
Customer Can Expect
PainCare's Mission is:
To alleviate pain and restore quality of life.
Member Of
Dr. O’Connell is a former member of numerous professional organizations including the American Academy of Pain Management, the American Pain Society, the International Spine Injection Society, the Society for Pain Practice Management, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Medical Association.
