The Hayes Center for Pain & Addiction offers a very unique service to its patients. The Medical Director, Joseph T. Hayes M.D., is Board Certified in Addiction Medicine and is an Advanced Certified Pain Practitioner. His 30 years plus experience and these dual certifications qualify him to treat the most complicated chronic pain problems as well as addressing the issues of opiate dependency and addiction. He ensures each patient is given ample time to be properly evaluated and treated with dignity. No question is too trivial/ Dr. Hayes feels no appointment is completed until all of the patient’s questions are answered, and they fully understand the treatment plan. Dr. Hayes is qualified through training and experience to employ modern, non-invasive pain management services as well as employing complementary medicine such as acupuncture. Many of the patients who have success at the Hayes Center for Pain & Addiction have either had unsuccessful surgery, are not surgical candidates but have chronic pain issues, or been treated unsuccessfully with a number of other therapies including epidural injections, facet joint blocks, nerve ablations, etc. and still suffer with chronic pain.

Dr. Hayes is a licensed, residency trained, board-certified physician with over 30 years of experience in pain management. He is also a licensed, board certified medical acupuncturist who trained at the prestigious Helms Institute at UCLA Medical School. He also holds a Masters of Public Health degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a Masters degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Dr. Hayes is very compassionate and understanding of his patients. Many of his patients have been seen by other physicians but have failed to find a method to successfully deal with their chronic pain. As a public health physician, Dr. Hayes knows that chronic pain is the number one reason why patients see doctors. He also recognizes that surgery and invasive procedures often fail to produce an end to chronic pain, and many patients are often put on “unsafe” doses of medications including opiates. ” Dr. Hayes uses unique, safe, painless, and highly effective methods of reducing or eliminating pain. The Hayes Center for Pain & Addiction is not an ”opiate clinic“. While it is important to Dr. Hayes that he improve the quality of life and the activities of daily living for his patients who are suffering with chronic pain, he is equally committed to providing treatments that avoid chemical dependency and/or addiction. As an addiction specialist, Dr. Hayes’ program ensures that patients receive effective treatments while avoiding any significant risk. He will see you as a first time consultation or work in concert with your personal physician.

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The Hayes Center for Pain and Addiction (HCPA) is very different than other pain management practices. Many practices focus on either very invasive interventional treatments and/or the exclusive use of opiates and potentially other harmful drugs that cause physical dependency and addiction.

HCPA is a non-interventional pain management practice which focuses on eliminating or reducing chronic pain without relying on addictive and harmful drugs. We focus on using effective and safe traditional and complementary medicine treatments.

HCPA focuses on very complicated chronic pain problems; many of our patients are referred by other physicians. Our initial evaluation of the patient is extremely thorough. Once that is completed, a diagnosis and an effective and safe treatment plan can be developed to improve long-term outcomes for chronic pain.

The key to the success of this practice is the fact that Dr. Hayes is qualified through extensive training and 35+ years’ experience. He takes the time to adequately evaluate each patient and to listen and answer a patient’s questions. He ensures each patient is given ample time to be properly evaluated and treated with dignity. No question is too trivial. Dr. Hayes feels that no appointment is completed until all patients’ questions are answered and they fully understand the treatment plan.

Dr. Hayes is additional current credentials:

Academy of Integrative Pain Management American Board of Preventive Medicine American Board of Addiction Medicine American Board of Medical Acupuncture American Medical Forensic Specialists American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians