Our Mission

Dr. David Kloth specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of complex chronic pain and has been practicing full-time interventional pain management since 1991.  He is currently the section chief and Medical Director for Interventional Pain Management at OrthoConnecticut, a multispecialty practice with 9 offices throughout the state of Connecticut. Dr. Kloth originally founded Connecticut Pain Care, now a division of OrthoConnecticut, in 1995. He began his career as a member of the Danbury Hospital Anesthesia Department in 1991, where he served as director of Acute Pain Management and helped to develop its Chronic Pain Service.  

Dr. Kloth’s full time clinical efforts are directed at the treatment of acute and chronic spinal pain and the non-operative treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. Dr. Kloth has been a national and local leader in pain management for more than 20 years. He frequently lectures at national meetings and regularly teaches physicians in training. He has co-authored numerous articles and a book for patients, Pain Wise. Dr. Kloth offers a full complement of interventional therapies including epidural injections, facet injections, SI joint injections, RF ablation, spinal cord stimulation, implanted spinal drug delivery systems, and minimally invasive lumbar decompression. He has been performing regenerative therapies since 1995 when he first trained with Gustav Hemwall, one of the fathers of prolotherapy. Today Dr. Kloth offers numerous regenerative therapies including prolotherapy, PRP, Stem Cell, and placental tissue derived tissue treatments to help patients recover from musculoskeletal injury without the need for surgery.

His education includes graduating from Union College in 1983 and medical school at New York University School of Medicine, where he graduated in 1987. In 1991 he completed his formal training in anesthesiology and pain management through the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kloth is an anesthesiologist by background and is board certified by the ABA in Anesthesiology with Added qualifications in Pain Management. He was the first physician in the state of Connecticut to be certified by the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP). He has been active in many organizations nationally and in Connecticut.  He is also a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice through the World Institute of Pain.

Dr. Kloth has served as President of two national medical societies, the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS), and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). He joined the board of the North American Neuromodulation Society in 2007 and continues to have an active role with the society as a Senior Advisor to the board and Co-chair of the Advocacy and Policy Committee. He served on the board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) from its inception in 1998 until 2014. In 2000, Dr. Kloth founded the Connecticut Pain Society and served as their President for 10 years, he continues as their Senior Advisor.

He has previously served on the Carrier Advisory Committee for Medicare in Connecticut and has served on the Medical Advisory Board for Workers Compensation in the State of Connecticut for the last 15+ years. Dr. Kloth has worked for years with the Connecticut Workers Compensation MAB to help develop coverage guidelines for areas such as pain management treatments, opioid management for the WC patient, and urine testing.

He is the co-author of multiple articles and helped co-author a book for patients and non-pain physicians, Pain Wise, in 2011 (available on Amazon, all proceeds go to ASIPP). Dr. Kloth lectures frequently at both national and state conferences and mentors young physicians on leadership roles and development. During his tenor on the NANS Board he has helped start and develop numerous projects including the Advocacy and Policy Committee, formal admission of NANS to the AMA, started a Residents and Fellows Section and helped promote the development of a Women in Neuromodulation (WIN) Section, began a legislative fellowship program, and connected NANS with multiple other societies through the Multi-Society Physician Workgroup (MPW).

Dr. Kloth has been active in advocacy on both a state and federal level to try and bring effective change in a number of areas including expanded coverage for various different types of interventional pain treatments, reimbursement related challenges, state and national policy initiatives, and prescription drug abuse. Dr. Kloth has worked with state and federal officials to stop dangerous prescribing including through expert testimony. Over more than 20 years of advocacy work he has met with numerous federal officials and agencies including hundreds of legislators, CMS, HHS, DOE, FDA, and ONDCP in an attempt to bring about change on issues effecting pain management in the United States.

From 2009 until 2014, Dr. Kloth chaired the ASIPP and NANS Public Relations Committee to promote the field of interventional pain management and Neuromodulation and to specifically improve the public’s, media’s, insurance carriers, and government’s understanding of this evolving and complex field of medicine. He has been quoted on issues ranging from prescription drug abuse to healthcare reform in many major media outlets and has been seen on national TV and radio and quoted in various publications including the NYT, WSJ, and USA Today.

Dr. Kloth has consulted as an expert for attorneys, the government (state and federal) and device manufacturers. He has testified as a medicolegal expert in personal injury, malpractice, and criminal matters. He also has entrepreneurial interests and has developed businesses in other medical fields including compounding pharmacies and mobile medical radiology repair and trucking.

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Dr. Kim began his career at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his residency in anesthesiology and fellowship in pain management at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and is board certified in Pain Management and Anesthesiology. His multiple society memberships include the International Association for the Study of Pain, International Spine Injection Society, American Academy of Pain Medicine, and North American  Neuromodulation Society.

He is highly recognized for his specialty in neuromodulation therapies and intrathecal drug delivery systems. Dr. Kim is passionate about interventional approaches to pain management and increasing the quality of life for his patients. He is committed to offering patients options when they feel they have exhausted many of them.

Dr. Kim is the Chief Executive officer and founding member of the Center for Interventional Pain & Spine, the Medical Representative for the Controlled Substance Advisory Committee of Delaware and a member of the Delaware Prescription Drug Action Committee.

Education & Training

Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Fellowship: Pain management at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Residency: Anesthesiology at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Dr. Kalia specializes in interventional spine and cancer pain management with special expertise in advanced neuromodulation procedures.

He earned his medical degree from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore; India  and Master’s degree in Public Health from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. His first residency was in Preventive Medicine & Public Health followed by Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at University of Rochester. He subsequently completed an ACGME approved Pain Medicine fellowship at University of Rochester and additional FIPP (Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice) certification from World Institute of Pain.

Dr. Kalia is a member of numerous national/international professional societies and sits on various sub-committees.

He is part of the Board of Directors at ASPN (American Society of Pain & Neuroscience) and Monroe County Medical Society. As part of the faculty at national and international hands on cadaveric workshops for interventional spine and pain procedures, he is involved with teaching young neuromodulators and interventional spine & pain physicians. He also is an examiner for the reputable FIPP certification course through World Institute of Pain.

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Dr. Peter Staats is the Chief Medical Officer of National Spine & Pain Centers. He is recognized as one of the country’s foremost interventional pain management doctors, having been named among the top 1 percent of pain management physicians in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

He founded the division of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesia at Johns Hopkins University, where he served as the director for more than a decade. In 2003, he co-founded Premier Pain Centers of New Jersey, now an affiliate practice of National Spine & Pain Centers.

Dr. Staats has been board certified by the American Society of Anesthesiology, the Academy of Pain Medicine and the world institute of pain and the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians. He is the current president of the World Institute of Pain, and the North American Neuromodulation Society. He is past president of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and the North American Neuromodulation Society. He is also the founding chair of the Interventional Pain section of the American Society of Anesthesiology.

Dr. Staats is widely published, having edited or authored numerous textbooks on pain medicine. He has also written more than 450 articles, book chapters and abstracts on the diagnosis and management of complex pain problems for prominent publications such as JAMA, Lancet, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and others. He has received research grants from numerous sources numerous and his patents have led to new approaches for pain management.

Dr. Staats earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed his residency and fellowship in the specialties of anesthesiology, critical care medicine and pain management at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland. Dr. Staats also earned an MBA at Johns Hopkins University.

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Dr. Eldrige graduated from Creighton University Medical School (Omaha, NE) in 2004 and thereafter enrolled in residency training in anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. After serving as an anesthesiology chief resident in 2007-2008, he subsequently completed fellowship training in Pain Medicine from 2008-2009 (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) and then joined as full time faculty as a Mayo Clinic Foundation Scholar. Starting in 2013, Dr. Eldrige became vice-chair of Clinical Practice for Pain Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Additionally, he served as the director of Pain Medicine Midwest outreach and practice building efforts throughout the Mayo Clinic Health System (MCHS) from 2014 through 2019. Starting March of 2020, Dr. Eldrige will be transitioning to a new leadership role in Mayo Clinic Florida where he will assume the duties of Chair for the Pain Medicine Department in Jacksonville.

Academic and clinic interests include the management of cancer pain, the treatment of medically intractable primary headache (interventional), use of implantable neuromodulation devices (SCS, IDDS, other), and the application of regenerative medicine technologies for spine pain

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As the medical director of Ohio Pain Clinic in Centerville, Ohio, Amol Soin, MD, offers comprehensive care for managing chronic pain and a variety of spinal disorders. Dr. Soin uses an integrative approach to identify the causes of pain and other symptoms to improve each patient’s overall health and wellness.

He has been recognized as one of America’s Top Doctors multiple times and is the recipient of the Patient’s Choice Award, an honor given only to the top 1% of physicians in the country.  Dr. Soin is triple board-certified in pain management and is also a board-certified anesthesiologist. He is currently a clinical assistant professor of surgery at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Soin has been involved in medical research since medical school. He is the author of the book Curing America: A Look Inside America’s Failing Health Care System which focuses on the 40 million Americans living without health insurance in a country that boasts the world’s largest economy. Dr. Soin promoted his book on affiliates of NBC and CBS and numerous radio stations and his work earned him recognition as one of Dayton Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” award-winners. He was also a finalist for the William H. Fallor research award.

Raised in Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Soin earned his medical degree at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. He completed a residency in anesthesiology at Rush University in Chicago and later finished his fellowship training in pain management at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, the oldest and largest academic pain management department in the United States. Throughout his training, Dr. Soin remained actively involved in research studies and authored multiple papers and textbook chapters about pain management.

Dr. Soin brings his extensive knowledge and uses the latest techniques available in pain management to Ohio Pain Clinic for the benefit of his patients. He is known for his compassionate approach and commitment to ethical patient care that focuses on holistic treatments to minimize the use of narcotics in pain management.

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Michael S. Leong, MD, is a specialist in pain medicine with clinical foci in radiculopathy; spinal, abdominal, and cancer pain; postherpetic neuralgia; and workers compensation cases. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and completed his residency in anesthesiology at University of California, Davis and at Stanford University, where he also completed his fellowship in pain medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Leong is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Stanford University.

Professional Summary

Education & Certifications

• Medical Education: Georgetown University School of Medicine (1993) DC
• Internship: George Washington University Medical Center Internal Medicine (1994) DC
• Fellowship: Stanford University Pain Management Fellowship (1998) CA

• Residency: Stanford University Anesthesiology Residency (1997) CA
• Residency: UC Davis Anesthesiology Residency (1995) CA
• Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine (2000)
• Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesia (1999)
  

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SCORAH, President, Society Management and Education

Michelle Robson brings 20+ years Industry experience in management and education, Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Device in Pain and Neuromodulation.  She started Mantra/MB Business in 2006  and merged with Scot Sarver’s team to create SCORAH in 2022.  In addition, she currently is the Director of Education for ASPN and the Executive Director for both FSIPP and VNS.  She is a team leader, program coordinator and project lead who specializes in strategic planning.  She lives in Ohio with her amazing husband, two step-kiddos and dog, Stella, who rules her world.

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