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Licensures and Certifications

• Board Certified in Pain Medicine
• Board Certified Physical Med and Rehab

Dr. Radahd joined the Pain Medicine Group after completing a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the University of South Florida and a fellowship in Interventional Pain Management at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is Board Certified in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. She specializes in treatment of neck and low back pain through the use of interventional procedures and spinal cord stimulation. She also treats a variety of injuries, including back pain and osteoarthritis, with regenerative medicine. She is excited to offer her services to the community.

Christopher Weeden, MD, is one of the distinguished physicians at the Interventional Spine and Pain Institute, which has locations in Vero Beach and Palm Bay, Florida. Board certified in Anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology, Dr. Weeden completed his residency and pain medicine fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine. His extensive training encompasses a broad range of pain management techniques, which he employs to provide patient-centered care aimed at alleviating pain.

Dr. Weeden, a native of Tallahassee, Florida, earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics and chemistry from Emory University. He then obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando. Following this, Dr. Weeden returned to Atlanta for his residency in anesthesiology and subsequent pain medicine fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine, where he received both academic and practical training in aspects of interventional pain medicine.

His expertise includes a multidisciplinary approach to treating various pain conditions, such as acute and chronic post-surgical pain, neuropathic pain, musculoskeletal pain, and cancer-related pain. With his training placing a special emphasis on cancer-related pain and advanced therapies, Dr. Weeden employs a range of multidisciplinary and targeted interventions to address diverse pain issues effectively.

Dr. Weeden is dedicated to enhancing his patients functionality and quality of life, focusing on activities that bring them joy. His treatment strategies include comprehensive and interventional pain therapies, such as implantable spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulators, lumbar decompression, ablations, and kyphoplasty.

Outside of his professional pursuits, Dr. Weeden enjoys spending time with his family and dogs, exploring Disney, and playing golf. He is also a passionate sports enthusiast and values attending sporting events.

Michael Esposito, MD, founded the Interventional Spine & Pain Institute – located in Vero Beach and Palm Bay, Florida – in order to create a multidisciplinary, patient-centric practice to treat a wide range of acute and chronic pain syndromes. Dr. Esposito is double board-certified in pain medicine and anesthesia by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is an expert in all aspects of pain medicine. 

Dr. Esposito leverages his pain medicine specialty to help patients manage even the most complex pain, treating a wide variety of pain types with comprehensive, personalized, and evidence-based care. He treats chronic and acute pain, including cancer pain, neurological pain, and musculoskeletal pain, while offering each patient a personalized interventional treatment plan that may include tailored physical therapy, medication, and fluoroscopic/ultrasound-guided interventional pain and spine procedures. These procedures include implantable spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulators, radiofrequency ablation, targeted intrathecal drug delivery systems, kyphoplasty, lumbar decompression, and more. 

Dr. Esposito’s journey began at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating with Honors, before attending Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. There, he completed his Doctor of Medicine degree before moving on to complete his residency in anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at The University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Esposito went on to complete an interventional pain medicine fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he also worked as an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital serving veterans in the same capacity at the Veterans Affairs West Roxbury Hospital.

With a passion for teaching, Dr. Esposito extends his expertise to others by serving as an Assistant Professor of anesthesiology at the University of Central Florida and is a resource for medical students, residents, and fellows. He also serves as a key board member for several professional societies, regional organizations, and national boards that are dedicated to advancing treatments in the field of pain medicine. He’s also actively involved in research to find new, minimally invasive ways to treat spinal pain and has served as principal investigator, expert faculty, peer reviewer, and lecturer for several clinical research studies, well-respected journals, and at various nation-wide conferences. Dr. Esposito has greatly contributed to the advancements in pain management technology, patient education forums, and improved patient outcomes, garnering numerous accolades, awards, and recognition for his work, reinforcing his tireless dedication and commitment to advancing treatments in the field of pain medicine.

Most importantly, Dr. Esposito cares about YOU! He is committed to bringing you the most advanced medical options tailored specifically to your needs, options that will allow you to move beyond the pain.

Dr. Esposito has called the Atlantic Coast of Florida his home since 2014, and when he’s not helping his patients live pain-free lives, Dr. Esposito enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, outdoor activities on the water, and staying engaged in extracurricular activities in the community. 

Christopher Weeden, MD, is one of the distinguished physicians at the Interventional Spine and Pain Institute, which has locations in Vero Beach and Palm Bay, Florida. Board certified in Anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology, Dr. Weeden completed his residency and pain medicine fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine. His extensive training encompasses a broad range of pain management techniques, which he employs to provide patient-centered care aimed at alleviating pain.

Dr. Weeden, a native of Tallahassee, Florida, earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics and chemistry from Emory University. He then obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando. Following this, Dr. Weeden returned to Atlanta for his residency in anesthesiology and subsequent pain medicine fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine, where he received both academic and practical training in aspects of interventional pain medicine.

His expertise includes a multidisciplinary approach to treating various pain conditions, such as acute and chronic post-surgical pain, neuropathic pain, musculoskeletal pain, and cancer-related pain. With his training placing a special emphasis on cancer-related pain and advanced therapies, Dr. Weeden employs a range of multidisciplinary and targeted interventions to address diverse pain issues effectively.

Dr. Weeden is dedicated to enhancing his patients functionality and quality of life, focusing on activities that bring them joy. His treatment strategies include comprehensive and interventional pain therapies, such as implantable spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulators, lumbar decompression, ablations, and kyphoplasty.

Outside of his professional pursuits, Dr. Weeden enjoys spending time with his family and dogs, exploring Disney, and playing golf. He is also a passionate sports enthusiast and values attending sporting events.

Michael Esposito, MD, founded the Interventional Spine & Pain Institute – located in Vero Beach and Palm Bay, Florida – in order to create a multidisciplinary, patient-centric practice to treat a wide range of acute and chronic pain syndromes. Dr. Esposito is double board-certified in pain medicine and anesthesia by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is an expert in all aspects of pain medicine. 

Dr. Esposito leverages his pain medicine specialty to help patients manage even the most complex pain, treating a wide variety of pain types with comprehensive, personalized, and evidence-based care. He treats chronic and acute pain, including cancer pain, neurological pain, and musculoskeletal pain, while offering each patient a personalized interventional treatment plan that may include tailored physical therapy, medication, and fluoroscopic/ultrasound-guided interventional pain and spine procedures. These procedures include implantable spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulators, radiofrequency ablation, targeted intrathecal drug delivery systems, kyphoplasty, lumbar decompression, and more. 

Dr. Esposito’s journey began at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating with Honors, before attending Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. There, he completed his Doctor of Medicine degree before moving on to complete his residency in anesthesiology in the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at The University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Esposito went on to complete an interventional pain medicine fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, where he also worked as an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital serving veterans in the same capacity at the Veterans Affairs West Roxbury Hospital.

With a passion for teaching, Dr. Esposito extends his expertise to others by serving as an Assistant Professor of anesthesiology at the University of Central Florida and is a resource for medical students, residents, and fellows. He also serves as a key board member for several professional societies, regional organizations, and national boards that are dedicated to advancing treatments in the field of pain medicine. He’s also actively involved in research to find new, minimally invasive ways to treat spinal pain and has served as principal investigator, expert faculty, peer reviewer, and lecturer for several clinical research studies, well-respected journals, and at various nation-wide conferences. Dr. Esposito has greatly contributed to the advancements in pain management technology, patient education forums, and improved patient outcomes, garnering numerous accolades, awards, and recognition for his work, reinforcing his tireless dedication and commitment to advancing treatments in the field of pain medicine.

Most importantly, Dr. Esposito cares about YOU! He is committed to bringing you the most advanced medical options tailored specifically to your needs, options that will allow you to move beyond the pain.

Dr. Esposito has called the Atlantic Coast of Florida his home since 2014, and when he’s not helping his patients live pain-free lives, Dr. Esposito enjoys spending quality time with friends and family, outdoor activities on the water, and staying engaged in extracurricular activities in the community. 

Pain Medicine Inc. is an interventional pain management practice established in Lakeland Florida by Dr. Saqib Khan a quarter of a century ago. Our practice motto has always been “Walk in as a patient, walk out as a friend” Over the past 25 years the clinic has seen and treated thousands of patients through interventional and non-interventional conservative methods with very good results.

Our staff is highly trained, kind, and family-oriented. We welcome patients with candor and care and can assure you will walk out as a friend of the clinic. Patients enjoy modern conveniences like online appointment scheduling and integrated care. Our clinic keeps a very close communication and association with your primary care physician you’re referring physician. We can also keep very close contact with your family and continuously communicate your status if you desire so.

Pain Medicine Inc. specializes in back pain, sciatica, neck pain, and pain following back and neck surgeries. We have successfully treated hundreds of patients with severe arthritis, cancer, shingles, neuropathies, and trigeminal neuralgia. In the past 25 years, the clinic has successfully performed hundreds of intrathecal morphine pumps for chronic and cancer pain and has also done a large number of intrathecal baclofen pumps for multiple sclerosis, spasticity, and spinal cord injuries. The clinic is fully equipped to manage the refills and management of all these intrathecal delivery systems and currently manage just over one hundred patients with intrathecal baclofen and morphine pumps.

Pain Medicine Inc. has been the first and foremost in the field of spinal cord stimulation and has successfully performed hundreds of spinal cord stimulators. The new modality for pain rehab and rejuvenation of platelet-rich plasma has also offered at our institution. We will put a very sincere effort to keep you and everyone involved in your carefully informed of your diagnosis and treatment protocol.

To learn more about the available pain management techniques at Pain Medicine Inc, call the practice or book an appointment online.

Renato Vesga, MD, is a dual board-certified physician by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in both Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. With extensive training and clinical expertise, he specializes in diagnosing and treating the full spectrum of spine, musculoskeletal, and pain-related disorders at Anchor Spine & Joint, located in Tampa, Riverview, Odessa, Pinellas Park, and Lutz, Florida. 

His advanced skills include performing interventional spinal procedures, electrodiagnostic studies, and implanting neuromodulation systems to help patients manage chronic pain and improve function. Originally from New York City, Dr. Vesga completed his undergraduate studies at Columbia University before earning his medical degree at MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

He went on to complete his internship at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and a residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. To further refine his expertise, Dr. Vesga pursued an ACGME-accredited fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine at Temple University Hospital/Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians.

Following his fellowship, Dr. Vesga remained as a clinical instructor for fellows and residents at Temple University’s Pain Medicine Fellowship Program. He has also co-authored medical articles and book chapters on spine and pain-related disorders, contributing to the advancement of his field.

By combining leading-edge treatments with personalized attention, Dr. Vesga helps individuals return to their daily activities with less pain and greater mobility.

Rodney Rodrigo, MD, is a dual board-certified physician in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and pain management at Anchor Spine & Joint, located in Tampa, Riverview, Odessa, Pinellas Park, and Lutz, Florida.  With specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of spine, nerve, and musculoskeletal conditions, he helps patients restore function, mobility, and independence when pain interferes with daily life.

As a fellowship-trained physiatrist, Dr. Rodrigo takes a compassionate, patient-first approach. He understands that pain is complex and often requires a customized treatment plan that addresses both symptoms and underlying causes. His comprehensive care strategies may include physical therapy, occupational therapy, interventional pain procedures, medications, and psychological therapies, depending on each patient’s needs.

Dr. Rodrigo’s expertise allows him to treat a wide range of conditions, from chronic back and neck pain to nerve injuries, arthritis, and sports-related musculoskeletal disorders. By focusing on evidence-based therapies and minimally invasive options, he helps patients find relief while reducing reliance on long-term medication.

Dedicated to improving quality of life, Dr. Rodrigo partners closely with his patients to create multidisciplinary care plans that support lasting results. His goal is to not only manage pain but also help patients return to the activities and routines that matter most.