Pain Management Information
ECMC Center for Interventional Pain Management is located on the 3rd floor of the Barry and Deanna Snyder Dialysis and Medical Office Building at 462 Grider Street in Buffalo. ECMC describes it as the only comprehensive hospital-based outpatient pain center in Western New York. Physicians include Thomas Charles Suchy III, MD.
Hospital-Based Interventional Pain Care
The team of experienced physicians and advanced practice providers takes a patient-centered approach to chronic pain related to neck and back pain, upper and lower limb pain and pain after surgery. ECMC states that its doctors are all fellowship trained in pain medicine and offer evidence-based procedures and technologies.
Treatments & Procedures Offered
- Epidural Injections: For spinal pain with nerve involvement.
- Facet Injections: For facet joint pain.
- Radiofrequency Ablations: Nerve ablation for longer-lasting relief.
- Kyphoplasty: For vertebral compression fractures.
- Sympathetic Blocks: Including stellate ganglion, celiac plexus, lumbar sympathetic, superior hypogastric plexus and ganglion impar blocks.
- Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Trials and implantations.
- Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: For vertebrogenic low back pain.
- Sacroiliac Joint Allograft Fusion: Minimally invasive SI joint procedure.
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression: For lumbar spinal stenosis.
Conditions Treated
Chronic neck and back pain, upper and lower limb pain and pain after surgery.
Medical Team & Grider Street Location
- Lead Physician: Thomas Charles Suchy III, MD (Dual board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine)
- Also at the center: Michael E. Farrell II, MD (Interventional Pain Medicine Physician)
- Grider Street Office: 462 Grider St, Snyder Building, 3rd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14215
- Other location: 30 North Union, Williamsville, NY
- Phone: (716) 961-6091
- Website: ecmc.edu/health-services/outpatient-services/pain-management
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What makes ECMC’s pain center different?
ECMC describes it as the only comprehensive hospital-based outpatient pain center in Western New York, with physicians who are all fellowship trained in pain medicine.
Does the center offer spinal cord stimulation?
Yes. Spinal cord stimulator and peripheral nerve stimulator trials and implantations are offered.
Where is the Buffalo center?
At 462 Grider St, Snyder Building, 3rd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14215. Call (716) 961-6091; fax (716) 961-6935.
