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Michael D. Patterson, MD Pain MedicineDr. Patterson is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pain medicine physician. He offers patients interventional techniques, adjuvant therapy, and medical management to manage chronic pain. He has clinical expertise in spine care, neuromodulation, radiofrequency, and neurotomy.He received his medical degree from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. He completed an internship in interventional radiology and electrophysiology at Memorial Medical Health System, Conemaugh Valley Hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He completed a three-year physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also received fellowship training in pain medicine at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. He is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and its subspecialty of Pain Medicine. Dr. Patterson hails from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, and currently lives in Wexford, Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons.

Dr. Iwaniec works with a multidisciplinary medical team to deliver inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services to patients and caregivers at AHN. He specializes in assessing and treating emotional distress associated with chronic and acute physical illnesses and also treats depression, anxiety, panic, adjustment disorders, acute stress disorders, OCD, and PTSD. He performs psycho-diagnostic assessments, psychotherapeutic interventions, neurocognitive screens, capacity evaluations, and pre-surgical psychological evaluations.He is experienced at providing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindfulness intervention and training. His special clinical interests are stress, mood disorders, and anxiety related to acute and chronic medical illness. He speaks English.