Editor-in-Chief: Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD
Managing Editor: Bert Fellows, MA

Pain Physician is the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). The open access journal is published 6 times a year.

Pain Physician is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, open access journal written by and directed to an audience of interventional pain physicians, clinicians and basic scientists with an interest in interventional pain management and pain medicine.

Pain Physician presents the latest studies, research, and information vital to those in the emerging specialty of interventional pain management – and critical to the people they serve.

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Current issue highlights: (December 2025, Volume 28, Issue S7)

  1. Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines for Regenerative Therapies in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain: 2025 Update from the American Society Of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
    Guidelines
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Riya Navani, ., Annu Navani, MD, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD, Amol Soin, MD, Devi Nampiaparampil, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Theodore T. Sand, PhD, Navneet Boddu, MD, Sairam Atluri, MD, Anss Annie Augustine, BDS, Dajie Wang, MD, John Santa Ana, DO, Lady Christine Ong Sio, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Michael Khadavi, MD, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Robert Farhat, DO, Shivam S. Shah, MD, Shounuck J. Patel, DO, Tom Nabity, Jr, MD, Alexander Bautista, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, Joseph Cabaret, MD, Miles R. Day, MD, Paul J. Christo, MD, Sanjay Bakshi, MD, Shalini Shah, MD, Sheldon Jordan, MD, Sheri L. Albers, DO, Vivek Manocha, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  2. Updated Analysis of Decline of 16.8% in Utilization of Interventional Pain Management Techniques Among Traditional (Fee-for-Service) Medicare Beneficiaries from 2019 to 2024
    Health Policy Research
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Amol Soin, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  3. Lumbar Medial Branch Radiofrequency Ablation: Technical Suggestions Based on Emerging Ex-Vivo Evidence
    Technical Review
    Kevin S. Batti, MD, Joshua B. Lewis, MD, PhD, Ugur Yener, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, and Sayed E. Wahezi, MD.
  4. Functional Spinal Unit Approach for Orthobiologic Injections for Low Back Pain
    Narrative Review
    Annu Navani, MD, Swarnima Vardhan, MD, Abhinav Aggarwal, MD, Riya Navani, ., Jose Fabio Lana, MD, and Sudhir A. Diwan, MD.
  5. Radiofrequency Ablation for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis of Global Research Trends (2000–2024)
    Bibliometric Study
    Sahide Eda Artuc, MD, and Gizem Kilinc Kamaci, MD.
  6. Impact of Lead-shielding on the Utilization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Among Patients with Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems: A Study of Retrospective Claims in the US
    Retrospective Study
    Yair Safriel, MD, Nomen Azeem, MD, Samir Sheth, MD, Marilyn Moucharite, MS, Nicolas Gasquet, MPH, Charlotte Wu, MS, and Christine Ricker, MBA.
  7. The Comparison of Intraarticular Bipolar Pulsed Radiofrequency and Genicular Nerve Thermal Radiofrequency Ablation for Pain Caused by Osteoarthritis of the Knee
    Retrospective Study
    Cigdem Yalcin, MD, and Mehmet Alper Salman, MD.