Dr. Igor Smelyansky practices Pain Medicine in Knoxville, TN. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Smelyansky serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing Xray guided pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services. Dr. Igor Smelyansky is a graduate of the NYU Medical Center (New York, NY) Neurology residency as well as a prestigious ACGME accredited Pain Management Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA and is the only double ABMS board certified in Neurology and Pain Medicine in the entire East Tennessee area.