Samer Narouze, MD, PhD, is the chairman of the Center for Pain Medicine at Western Reserve Hospital. He has been named one of America's ’Top Pain Medicine Physicians by Consumers' Research Council of America and has been featured in international and national pain journals, The Akron Beacon Journal, as well as Oprah Radio. He has served as expert consultant and medical reviewer for top pain medicine journals. He has served as fellowship director at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation and was named "master educator". He holds board certifications in pain medicine, interventional pain management, neurology headache medicine and anesthesiology. He was also awarded the "innovator award" from Cleveland Clinic for his innovations in the use of minimally-invasive approaches for the treatment of chronic pain.

He specializes in treating various types of pain and chronic headaches that don't respond to pain medicines - a practice that has drawn patients from across the country. He has also pioneered the use of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks in pain management, which allow for a safer injection without radiation. Dr. Narouze's research is widely published, and he serves as a visiting professor both nationally and abroad.

To view Dr. Narouze's recent publications as featured in the U.S. National Library of Medicine, please visit http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=narouze.