Our Team
Welcome to Pain Specialists of Charleston, PA. Our mission is to alleviate or adequately manage pain through the most up-to-date interventional pain management treatment options available. The Pain Specialists of Charleston staff, led by Edward M. Tavel, Jr., MD, is highly experienced and committed to providing excellent and compassionate care to our patients.
Edward M. Tavel, Jr., MD Medical Director Pain Specialists of Charleston, PA Born and raised in Charleston, SC, Edward M. Tavel, Jr., MD, has practiced pain management since 1993. Passionate about providing his patients with the latest advances in pain treatment techniques, he leads his experienced medical staff in providing compassionate and customized care. Using a full range of interventional, non-surgical techniques, Dr. Tavel provides a comprehensive approach to treating pain. His special areas of interest include arthritis of the spine and chronic nerve related pain. He is specifically skilled in radiofrequency ablation for arthritic-related pain of the spine, and is one of the few physicians in the Charleston area performing neuromodulation therapy using spinal cord stimulation. Dr. Tavel earned his undergraduate degree from Davidson College and his MD at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed four additional years of anesthesia and pain medicine training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was chief resident in his final year. He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesia and the American Board of Pain Medicine. He maintains active membership in the Interventional Spinal Intervention Society (ISIS), as well as, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). When he is not practicing pain medicine, Dr. Tavel can be found spending time with his wife and two sons.
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Crystal Gutierrez, PA-C
Certified Physician Assistant
Pain Specialists of Charleston, PA
Crystal Gutierrez is a certified physician assistant joining us from Louisiana. Ms. Gutierrez received a Bachelors degree in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University and a Bachelors degree in Physician Assistant from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. She is a member of The American Academy of Physician Assistants. Ms. Gutierrez has years of experience in treating pain management patients. She has recently relocated with her fiancé to South Carolina from Louisiana and is enjoying all the great aspects that Charleston has to offer.
Pain Specialists of Charleston Office Staff
Joanna, RN
Clinical research Coordinator Pain Research Of Charleston
Joanna Jones is the Clinical Research Coordinator for Pain Specialists of Charleston. Originally from Raliegh, North Carolina, Joanna Joanna graduated with a BSN from East Carolina University School of Nursing in 1989. Her nursing experience spans twenty years in the specialty areas of neurology, neurosurgery, and orthopaedics. Joanna is also the Clinical Manager for Pain Specialists of Charleston. She resides in Summerville, South Carolina with her husband and two children. Joanna is an avid photographer.
Angie Buxton
Front Office & Outgoing Referrals
Angie graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a Communications Degree. Before coming to Pain Specialist Angie was in pharmaceutical sales for four years and was in medical sales with Johnson and Johnson for four years. Angie has two children and when she is not in the office she enjoys art and spending time with her family.
Michael Edgar
Chief Operations Officer
Michael Edgar is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Pain Specialists of Charleston, P.A. Michael graduated from North Carolina State University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management. Before joining the Pain Specialists of Charleston team, he was an entrepreneur in the sporting goods industry and a Specialty Pharmaceutical Representative at Johnson and Johnson. Michael lives in Mt. Pleasant with his wife, Mary Elyse and two children Anthony and Elli. He is an avid runner and enjoys spending time with his family!
Stephanie Jenkins
Manager
Jamie Stockman
Manager
