Dr. Peter Staats Chosen as the Outstanding Pain Physician of the Year at the National Pain Medicine Symposium

Peter S. Staats, M.D., M.B.A., who practices in Brick, Shrewsbury, Manalapan and East Brunswick, received the Outstanding Pain Physician Award at the 2012 Pain Medicine Symposium held on October 19th in Jersey City, New Jersey.  Sponsored by the New York and New Jersey chapters of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the event honored Dr. Staats, who is internationally renowned for developing and implementing minimally invasive procedures to treat pain disorders. 

The award was presented to Dr. Staats by Dr. Sudhir Diwan, who is the Director of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell and President of the New York Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.  

“The specialty of interventional pain medicine has evolved greatly and that is mainly due to the outstanding contributions of physicians like Dr. Peter Staats,” says Dr. Diwan. “Globally reputed, Dr. Staats is the most deserving physician for this award. He is a mentor, educator, researcher and a fine physician who loves to take care of his patients.” 

Dr. Gabor B. Racz, the Grover Murray Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Pain Center at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, said of Dr. Staats, “I am most impressed with his quality as a person, as a physician and as a researcher.  I would trust him to work on anybody I love and respect, including myself. He is a doctor’s doctor.”  

The Symposium was attended by over 375 physicians and other healthcare professionals, scientists, and industry partners from across the United States who participated in lectures and workshops on topics including Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy, Neurostimulation, Lumbar Decompression and Medical Marijuana.

“I am both honored and humbled to receive this award,” says Dr. Staats. “To relieve a patient of intense pain, see them return them to their normal activities and improve their quality of life is endlessly rewarding. This commitment to helping people manage their pain was the driving force behind the development of Premier Pain Centers as world-class facilities for the treatment of pain disorders.”

Dr. Staats is co-founder of Premier Pain Centers (www.premierpain.com), which were established in 2004 with co-founder Scott Metzger, M.D. Premier Pain Centers are among the world’s most comprehensive centers for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. 

Dr. Staats was the Founder of the Division of Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, and was its director for ten years. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Staats is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Pain Medicine, and the American Board of Anesthesiology, and is a fellow of the World Institute of Pain and the North American Neuromodulation Society.

Dr. Staats is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. The recipient of numerous recognitions as a “Top Doc,” Dr. Staats is often quoted in national consumer media and is a frequent author and lecturer on the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders.

Dr. Staats and his family reside in Colts Neck, NJ.