PainCare

Specialties

PainCare is the leading medical practice in the northeast specializing in treating all types of pain. Treatments include interventional procedures, medication management and more.

History

Established in 1992.

PainCare was founded by local doctors Michael J. O’Connell, MD, MHA and John C. Bell, MD (1932 – 1995). In the late 1980s, they worked together as practicing anesthesiologists at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New Hampshire. It was there that Dr O’Connell initiated a program of specialized care for patients with acute, sub-​acute and chronic pain.

With the goal of providing the highest quality of individualized yet comprehensive care, Drs. O’Connell and Bell established the seacoast area’s first and only center devoted exclusively to the treatment of pain. On June 25, 1992, PainCare (originally Northeast Pain Consultation) welcomed the first patient to its Somersworth surgicenter facility. PainCare expanded its service area in 1998 by opening a second surgicenter facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Since then, PainCare has expanded and today has an impressive 11 offices located throughout New Hampshire.