P. Tennent Slack, MD, joins Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Interventional Pain Medicine

Published: Friday, September 30, 2011

GAINESVILLE, Ga.- Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) is pleased to welcome P. Tennent Slack, MD, to NGPG Interventional Pain Medicine.   A new specialty to NGPG, Interventional Pain Medicine employs image-guided procedures to treat a wide range of acute and chronic pain conditions including all types of spine, nerve and musculoskeletal pain.

Dr. Slack was born and raised in Gainesville. He earned his bachelor’s in Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.   Dr. Slack received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine, where he also completed a residency in Anesthesiology.  He practiced Anesthesiology in Atlanta for 14 years before completing a fellowship in Pain Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia.  In 2009, Dr. Slack returned to Gainesville to practice Pain Medicine exclusively. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the International Spine Intervention Society, the American Medical Association and the Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.  Dr. Slack is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology.

NGPG Interventional Pain Medicine is located at 1315 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Suite 300, in Medical Park 1 in Gainesville.  Call 770-219-6520 to schedule an appointment or visit www.ngpg.org to learn more about the services the practice offers. NGPG Interventional Pain Medicine is open Monday – Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. and accepts major insurance plans. Please contact the office to inquire regarding specific plans.

NGPG Interventional Pain Medicine is a service of Northeast Georgia Health System.