About CPC

About Carolina Pain Consultants

“...The physicians and staff at the DRAH pain clinic are outstanding. Referral is simple and straight forward. They have taken great care of my patients and provided them with options for long term pain relief that I could not provide for them as an orthopedic surgeon. I have strongly recommended them to my physician colleagues as a consideration for patients with medium and long term pain management needs. Additionally, they both evaluate and diagnose the sources of pain and many times have suggested remedies that I have not considered...”

Dr. Kevin Speer
Southeastern Orthopedics
Sports Medicine and Shoulder Center

“...I work with CPC often, especially when I refer patients to the clinic for injectional therapies. We like to exhaust these non-surgical treatments first, before considering surgery...”

Dr. William Lestini
Triangle Spine and Back
Specializes in operative and non-operative treatment of all spinal conditions.

“...They do an excellent job of determining the problem and how treatment is delivered. CPC is a resource to my practice...”

Dr. Leonard Nelson
Raleigh Orthopedic Clinic
Refers patients to CPC for discograms and other diagnostic procedures.

Using State-of-the-Art Diagnostics and Therapies to Improve Quality of Life

A recent study conducted by Research America found that more than half of Americans have suffered chronic or recurrent pain in the past year.

Fortunately, a team of highly qualified professionals are available to alleviate the problem in this community. Carolina Pain Consultants (CPC), founded in the mid-1980s, provide comprehensive pain management and is the largest group of pain specialists in the region.

CPC multi-disciplinary team is comprised of physicians, nurse practitioners and registered nurses who have specialized training in pain medicine. Patients are referred to CPC by neurosurgeons, oncologists, orthopedic surgeons, internists, and family physicians.

CPC has grown tremendously in the recent years. “We want to be the most comprehensive center in the area, treating a wide variety of patients,” said Dr. Kimberly Greenwald. “We are seeing 65 to 75 patients a day, offering the newest treatment options, including diagnostic procedures such as discography, nerve root blocks, and facet injections, and therapeutic procedures such as epidural steroid injections, radiofrequency neurotomies, sympathetic blocks, spinal cord stimulators, and spinal infusion pumps.”

CPC has clinics located at Rex Healthcare and Duke Health Raleigh Hospital. “Our two locations work together with referring physicians to provide state-of-the-art pain management services. It is a true partnership,” said Dr. Greenwald.

“Pain management is the wave of the future. Physicians want to be able to refer patients to professionals who are experts in new technologies and treatment options. We try to find solutions that are less invasive,” states Kim LoBue, NP-C for CPC.