Porter Regional Hospital Opens Interventional Pain Clinic, Welcomes Pain Management Physicians

9/11/2016

VALPARAISO, IN (September 12, 2016) – Porter Regional Hospital is proud to announce it recently opened an Interventional Pain Clinic at Valparaiso Medical Center staffed by two board-certified pain management specialists – Benjamin H. Soeter, M.D., and Yuli Soeter, M.D.

At Porter’s new Interventional Pain Clinic, the individual needs of each patient remain the focus as the physicians develop an optimal treatment plan. The pain management physicians collaborate closely with their patients to develop an effective solution.

“Our goal is to work with our patients to help reduce their pain and improve their quality of life,” says Dr. Benjamin Soeter, who is fellowship-trained in pain management.

Coping with pain can be extremely challenging, affecting every aspect of a person’s life – physical ability, emotional well-being and interpersonal relationships. It affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined, according to the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM).

“We’re glad to be here for our community and referring physicians,” shared Dr. Yuli Soeter. “We want to help those in need and there is a need for pain control.”

The Interventional Pain Clinic offers pain relief strategies for a variety of conditions, including:

• Arthritis pain
• Back, joint and neck pain, including degenerative disc disease
• Cancer-related pain
• Headaches
• Myofascial pain
• Neuropathy
• Pain from injuries and accidents
• Pelvic and abdominal pain
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Interventional Pain Management services include:

• Epidural steroids
• Joint, tissue and nerve injections and blocks
• Intrathecal pump trials and placement
• Radio frequency ablation
• Spinal cord stimulation trials and placement
• Chemical neurolysis
• Synvisc injections
• Botox for migraine headaches
• Oncologic pain management

About the New Physicians

Benjamin H. Soeter, M.D., DABA, DABAPM, is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is board certified and re-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and Pain Management. A graduate of Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Soeter completed his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago. He continued with a fellowship in pain management at University of Illinois Hospital’s Center for Pain Management and Rehabilitation Medicine in Chicago.

 

 

Yuli Soeter, M.D., DABA, DABPM, is board certified and re-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine. A graduate of Capital Institute of Medicine in Beijing, Dr. Soeter completed her residency in anesthesiology at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago and the University of St. Louis Hospital.

Porter’s Interventional Pain Clinic is located at Valparaiso Medical Center, 2000 Roosevelt Road, Entrance A, in Valparaiso. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 219-263-PAIN (7246).

 

Porter Health Care System has two hospital campuses and seven outpatient facilities serving Porter, Lake, LaPorte, Starke and Jasper counties. With more than 350 physicians representing 50 medical specialties, Porter Health Care System is committed to medical excellence and personalized, patient-centered care. Porter is directly or indirectly owned by a partnership that proudly includes physician owners, including certain members of the hospital’s medical staff.

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