About Us
At Expert Pain Management, we are committed to providing a comprehensive, updated, science-based, and compassionate care to our patients.
We know that every patient is unique. Accordingly, we provide individualized attention to the patient’s medical needs. Then, we use a case-per-case selection of medicines, minimally invasive procedures (injections), physical therapy, psychological support, as well as alternative approaches to improve the patient’s quality of life.
Meet the Director of Expert Pain Management, Dr Ricardo Gerenstein, MD
Dr Ricardo Gerenstein MD is a Board Certified anesthesiologist specialising in Pain Management, devoted to performing state-of-the-art, compassionate treatments, including medicines, minimally invasive interventions, and alternative approaches that help his patients living with Chronic Pain improve their quality of life.
Dr Gerenstein earned his medical degree at Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina (Medical School), in 1974. He completed a residency in Anesthesiology and a fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesiology at Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
He moved to Venezuela in 1978, invited by the University de Los Andes as a Professor of Anesthesiology. Two years later, he was designated Chief of Cardiac Anesthesia of the Fundacion de Cardiologia Infantil (Pediatric Cardiology Foundation) in Caracas.
Dr Gerenstein moved his practice to the prestigious Hospital de Clinicas Caracas in 1985. Once there, he was a cardiac anesthesiologist and later the Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. During his tenure, Dr Gerenstein was the co-founder, promoter, and organizer of the SAP (Postoperative Acute Pain Analgesia Service) and the Pain Management Clinic. These two successful initiatives were pioneers in the field of scientific and rational Pain Management in Venezuela and Latin America.
Once established in Miami in 1995, he completed a “second-time” residence in Anesthesia at the University of Miami, School of Medicine. Dr Gerenstein practised subsequently at Cleveland Clinic, Weston, and at Aventura Hospital, where he was a Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Chief of the Department of Anesthesia.
Dr Gerenstein moved his practice to the University of Miami. There, he was an Assistant Professor at the UM Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Dr Gerenstein is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Anesthesiology of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University.
Dr Ricardo Gerenstein MD is now dedicated to the South Florida community, helping patients regain their quality of life from this new office located at the Aventura Professional Plaza.