This is the specialty of medicine that deals with relieving pain, mostly applied to the anesthesia induced during operations. Anesthesiologists who practice the specialty are also often trained in the management of chronic pain. They use many injection procedures, not unlike Dr. Portner’s clinic. Additionally, they are experts at managing chronic pain using various medication combinations and other pain relieving devices. More sophisticated pain relieving measures, such as spinal cord stimulators and morphine pumps, are also used and monitored by anesthesiologists specializing in chronic pain management.