Meet Dr. Lawrence Gorfine, MD
Lawrence Gorfine, M.D. is Board Certified in Anesthesiology and Board Certified in Pain Medicine. He is Past-President of the Palm Beach County Medical Society, Past-President of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, Past-chairman of the Pain Committee of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, and is Past-President of the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine. He was Director of Pain Medicine, Associate Professor and Fellowship Director of Pain Management at the Medical College of Virginia. He was Liaison Director of the J.F.K. Medical Center Intensive Care Units for eight years before creating the Pain Management Service at J.F.K Hospital. He has over 25 years of experience in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. He has lectured and taught residents and fellows at university medical centers.
Specialties include:
- Pain Medicine
- Sports Medicine
- Pain Management
- Bone & Joint Non-Surgical Orthopedics
- Orthopedic Sports Medicine
- Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine Anesthesiology
- Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Spine Surgery
World-Class Fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery
Dr. Saville honed his advanced surgical expertise at the prestigious Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)—ranked the #1 orthopedic hospital in the world.
This elite fellowship provided him with direct access to world-renowned spine specialists, the latest innovations in minimally invasive techniques, and a level of clinical excellence few institutions can offer.
The rigorous training and high standards at HSS helped shape Dr. Saville into the renowned spine surgeon he is today, enabling him to deliver exceptional outcomes for his patients.
Dr. Gorfine's Educational Background
Education:
- B.S., Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
- M.D., University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Internship:
- Medicine and Surgery, Brown University Hospitals, Providence, RI
Residency:
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA
Dr. Gorfine's Full Curriculum Vitae
Postdoctoral Training, Academic Appointments, Scholarly Experience
- Residency, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA
- Internship, Medicine and Surgery, Brown University Hospitals, Providence, RI
- Associate Professor & Director of Pain Management, Director
- Pain Management Fellowship, Medical College of Virginia – Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA
- Program Director, Florida Academy of Pain Medicine 1998 Annual meeting
- Consultant’s Conference on Neuropathic Pain Disorders 1996
- Examination Council, American Board of Pain Medicine
Board Certification
- American Board of Anesthesiology, 4/83
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Additional Qualifications in Pain Management, 1994#e099v
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Recertification Pain Medicine 2003
- American Board of Pain Medicine, 2/94
Professional
- President Palm Beach Spine & Pain Institute, Lake Worth, Florida
- Past, Director, Pain Management Center, Columbia JFK Medical Center, Lake Worth, Florida
- Past, Practicing Physician, Palm Beach Anesthesia Associates, and Palm Beach Pain Medicine, Lake Worth, Florida
- Past, Staff Anesthesiologist & Director, Intensive Care Units, JFK Memorial Hospital, Lake Worth, FL
- Florida Medical Association, Council on Legislation 2004-2005
- Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, President 1998-1999
- Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, President 2003-4
- Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, Board of Directors 1985-2005
- Chairman, Committee of Pain Medicine 1997-2003; 2004-2005
- CAC (Medicare) Anesthesiology State Representative 1998-2005
- American Society of Anesthesiologists,
Pain Medicine Committee 1997-2003 - Committee on Economics 2002-20
- Palm Beach County Medical Society, Treasurer, 2005-2006
- Chairman, Council on Legislation 2004-2005
Membership – Scientific, Honorary, and Professional Societies
- Palm Beach Medical Society
- Florida Medical Society
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- American Medical Society
- Florida Society of Anesthesiologists
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- International Society for the Study of Pain
- International Spinal Injection Society
- Florida Academy of Pain Medicine
- American Academy of Pain Medicine
- Southern Pain Society
- Florida Cancer Pain Initiative
- American Society of Regional
- Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
Lectures & Teaching
- 6/25/2005 – Florida Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: Sacroiliac Joint Pain
and Treatment. Palm Beach, Florida - 10/26/2004 – American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Workshop:
Creation and Management of a Pain Clinic. Las Vegas, NV - 10/14/2002 – American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. Workshop: Using
Fluoroscopy in the Pain Clinic – Lumbar Discography, Orlando, Florida - 10/15/2001 – American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting:
Panel on Setting Up a Pain Medicine Practice, New Orleans, LA. - 4/5/2001 – Palm Beach Hand Society: “RSD and Stellate Ganglion Blocks.” Lake Worth, Florida.
- 2/5/2001 – 27th Annual Vail Conference in Anesthesiology:
“An Update and Review of Pain Management”. “The Painful Back”. Vail, Colorado. - 10/17/2000 – American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: Panel on
Musculoskeletal Pain: “Clinical Application of Facet Blocks”, San Francisco, California - 6/9/2000 – “Sacroiliac Joint Pain & Dysfunction”. Florida Academy of Pain Medicine
2000 Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 6/3/2000 – “Implantable Devices in Pain Management”, Clay County Medical Society Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, FL
- 5/12/2000 – Visiting Lecturer & Professor U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
Dept. of Pain Management, Doris Cope, MD, Director - 2/1/2000 – 26th Annual Vail Conference in Anesthesiology:
The Diagnosis & Treatment Of Facet Pain. The Diagnosis & Treatment of Discogenic Pain. - 5/19/99 – Grand Rounds Richmond VA Hospital: “ Facet & Discogenic Pain and Treatment”
- 3/12/99 – Grand Rounds-Pain Management, Medical College of Virginia: “Facet & Discogenic Pain”
- 2/26/99 – “Overview of Facet and Discogenic Pain”, Florida Society of Anesthesiology 1998 Annual Meeting
- 8/98 – “Discogenic Pain,” Florida Academy of Pain Medicine
4/98 – Instructor, Southeast Seminars Course: Epiduroscopy - 2/98 – “Facet Mediated Pain,” Department of Anesthesiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
- 8/97 – “Facet Mediated Pain,” Florida Academy of Pain Medicine
- 4/95 – Instructor, Hands-on Course: Implantation Subarachnoid Pump and Spinal Cord Stimulator Systems, Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation.
Bibliography
- Fyman,PN, Gorfine,LS. A Medicare Audit of a Pain Practice. Newsletter, American Society of Anesthesiologists 67:8, August 2003
- Gorfine, LS. Exclusive Contracts Should Not Include Pain Medicine. Newsletter, American Society of Anesthesiologists. 66:10, October 2002
- Gorfine,LS. Implantable Subarachnoid Drug Administration Systems” The Morphine Pump”. The Pain Clinic. 2:3, June, 2000
- Linetsky, FS, Mikulinsky, A, Gorfine, L. Regenerative Injection Therapy: History of Applications in Pain Management Part I 1930s-1950’s. The Pain Clinic.2:2 April, 2000.
- Gilbert, HC, Gorfine,LS. Pain Management in Ambulatory Surgical Centers: HCFA Numbers Game-The Alphabet Soup Revisited. Newsletter, American Society of Anesthesiologists.63:10,October 1999
- Gorfine, LS. Biting the Bullet: One State’s Plan to Ease the Pain. Newsletter, American Society of Anesthesiologists. 62:5, May 1998
Your Care is in
Good Hands
Dr. Gorfine and the entire team at Saville Spine Institute are dedicated to providing the highest quality of patient care available. We don’t just treat conditions.
We treat people.
