[chefsuzz05]

Is or has anyone been seen by Dr. Stanton-Hicks at the Cleveland Clinic. My pm doc referred me to Dr. Schwartzman in Philadelphia but I am unable to see him until DEC 2011(WOW). So I started to investigate and came upon Dr. Hicks. I will be seeing him in Dec and would like any information anyone can give me. Thanks for your support.

Sue

[SandyS]

You can't go wrong with Michael Stanton-Hicks, he is the RSD guy to see at the Cleveland Clinic. Good Luck with your visit.

Sandy

Originally Posted by chefsuzz05

Is or has anyone been seen by Dr. Stanton-Hicks at the Cleveland Clinic. My pm doc referred me to Dr. Schwartzman in Philadelphia but I am unable to see him until DEC 2011(WOW). So I started to investigate and came upon Dr. Hicks. I will be seeing him in Dec and would like any information anyone can give me. Thanks for your support.

Sue

[fmichael]

Sue -

In running a search old posts in response to your thread, I came across this one http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...cks#post420015 from two years ago by daylilyfan, in which she raised some concern about Dr. Stanton-Hick's "bedside manner" and suggests another doctor in the Cleveland area, who apparently used to work with Dr. Stanton-Hicks, and while still affiliated with The Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Teresa Dews was then at Hillcrest Hospital in Gates Mills OH, a suburb of Cleveland. Here's her Cleveland Clinic webpage: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff_...Staff_770.aspx Her office telephone number is (440) 312-7246.

Another pain management physician now at The Cleveland Clinic, of whom I have heard rave personal reviews, is Jahangir Maleki, M.D., Ph.D., who completed a clinical fellowship with Robert J. Schwartzman, MD of the Drexel University School of Medicine and whose list of academic publications, including, with Drs. Correll et al, the key early study on "low dose" ketamine, some of which are available through the RSDSA Medical Articles Archive page, suggests that Dr. Maleki served with Dr. Schwartzman for at least 5 years. I know at least one former member of this forum who saw Dr. Maleki first in Dr. Schwartzman's office and then again in Philadephia shortly after he left Drexel and swears by him, and is now planning to see him again in Cleveland. Since late this summer, Dr. Maleki has been affiliated with the Neurological Center for Pain as well as the Center for Spine Health of the Cleveland Clinic. Here's is directory webpage: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff_...taff_9580.aspx And here is the website of The Cleveland Clinic's Neurological Center for Pain http://my.clevelandclinic.org/center...n/default.aspx

As it was explained to me by a department admistrator, the Neurological Center for Pain was always more psychiatric in orientation, helping chronic pain pateints cope with their condition. I was told that Dr. Maleki's apointment represents something of a change in direction, bringing someone onboard for the first time with a full compliment of interventional skills. Nevertheless, the focus of the Neurological Center for Pain remains far more on learning (valuable) coping skills that does the Center for Neurological Restoration, for which which Dr. Stanton-Hicks serves as co-chair, the homepage of which follows: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/neurol...n/default.aspx In response to my specific question, I was assured that Dr. Maleki or Dr. Stanton-Hicks would be equally well suited to draw on the diagnostic and treatment skills of the rest of The Cleveland Clinic, should issues be presented suggesting a diagnosis in which CRPS is only one of the components. Should anyone wish to make an apointment with Dr. Maleki, which could probably be arrranged far more quickly than with Dr. Stanton-Hicks, his office number is (216) 445-8814.

That said, if it's the "high dose" Prialt you are interested in, Dr. Michael Stanton-Hicks would be the person you would want to see, IMHO.

I hope this is helpful.

Mike

[ams0310]

My close friend and I both go to the Cleveland Clinic. She sees Stanton-Hicks and I see his partner J. Cheng. She says dr wise he is good...personality wise, you have to tie him down to talk to him. Cheng is also good, hard to understand, at least for me, no bedside manner or sense of humor but good with a knife.

Basically the entire dept. is so busy. I was told by the surgical staff that it doesn't matter who you see, they have all been taught the same procedures, and they all learn from Stanton-Hicks, Cheng, Metzer, Dua. When I had my SCS put in, bth Stanton-Hicks and Cheng were in the OR as well as a few others as they were doing a video conference and asked if they could video my procedure (yeah, my butt is famous!!!)

The nursing staff...well, that is a different story, haha

The PA's are AWESOME however. If you have any procedures and you need to have any follow-ups that need to have sutures, staples, education, etc. you will most likely see them. These gals ROCK!!!

Hope that helps, if you need any other info, let me know. I have been going to the Cleveland Clinic for over a year now.

[Sandel]

I see his name on medical CRPS studys, he seems to be well educated on the subject.
I would jump at the chance to see him myself.

Sandra.