Rockville, Md.-based National Spine & Pain Center added three board-certified physicians to its practice, which is one of the largest inverventional pain management groups in the nation.

Waldorf, Md.-based Kure Pain Management announced that Mathew J. Abraham, MD, has joined its team of physicians.

The University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor announced that its board of regents has approved the appointment of Carmen R. Green, MD, as the health system's inaugural associate vice president and associate dean for health equity and inclusion.

Kailash Chandwani, MD, an interventional pain physician, has joined the medical staff of Southeastern Health in Lumberton, N.C., and will provide care at Southeastern Pain Management Clinic in Lumberton, according to a WBTW News 13 report.

Michael Kravetz, MD, pain medicine physician and medical director at HealthSouth Valley of the Sun Rehabilitation Hospital in Glendale, Ariz., was recently awarded the 2012 Medical Leadership and the 2012 Patient Experience Award during HealthSouth's Medical Directors' Conference held in Coral Gables, Fla., according to a report by The Glendale Star.

ProloGel, a pain relief formula developed by Howard Rosen, MD, is now available for purchase online.

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Seminole County, Fla., has adopted an ordinance which tightens regulations for pain-management clinics, according to an Orlando Sentinel article.

Alexander P. Hersel, MD, medical director of Pain Management and Injury Relief Medical Center, recently released an article ensuring patients that epidural steroid injections are still a safe treatment despite the recent outbreak of meningitis tied to the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass.

More military veterans are now reporting back pain than in the past, among both front-line troops as well as other deployed personnel, according to a report published in the Journal Sentinel.