Michael Fishman, MD, MBA is a double board-certified Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Specialist at the Center for Interventional Pain and Spine (CIPS), where he also serves as Director of Research. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA and subsequently completed an internship in General Surgery at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynewood, PA. Thereafter, he earned a Master in Business Administration at Drexel University before returning to clinical medicine and completing residency in Anesthesiology at Yale-New Haven Hospital. During residency he developed a particular interest in Pain Medicine and neuromodulation, which he pursued fellowship training in at the Stanford Pain Management Center. Since then he has practiced comprehensive pain medicine utilizing neuromodulation, medications, medical cannabis, and a host of other therapies to restore function and improve quality of life in his patients. He believes in synergy between modalities, and thinks ‘outside the box’ when designing treatment plans for his patients. Dr. Fishman has designed and/or participated in over twenty-five clinical trials in the field of pain medicine and neurostimulation. Dr. Fishman has authored more than sixty peer-reviewed abstracts and publications in the scientific literature and has presented his work at numerous local, regional, and international society meetings. The wide-ranging nature of pain care and pain treatments is reflected in the diversity of research being performed in his clinic.