John Stamatos, M.D. Gives Chronic Pain Patient a New Lease on Life with Implantation of MRI-compatible Spinal Cord Stimulator

John Stamatos, M.D., Director of Pain Management for North American Partners in Pain Management (NAPPM), a subsidiary of North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), was able to dramatically alter the quality of life for a chronic pain patient, Tina DiGiovanni, after implanting her with Medtronic’s SureScan MRI neurostimulator, a magnetic resonance imaging-compatible spinal cord stimulator (SCS) , considered on the cutting edge as a new and innovative treatment in the relief of chronic pain Ms. DiGiovanni, 43, of Lake Grove, NY, began experiencing debilitating back pain in April of this