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Welcome to a breath of fresh air; a sigh of relief;
and a promise that there's hope for people in pain. 

 
Gulf Coast Pain Management
Dr.
Lynne Carr Columbus, D.O.

We are a clinic in Palm Harbor, Florida
Morton Plant Mease
East Lake Outpatient Center

dedicated to properly diagnosing and
treating people in pain.

Dr. Lynne  Carr Columbus, D.O.

Gulf Coast Pain Management
Morton Plant Mease East Lake Outpatient Center|
3890 Tampa Road, Suite 308
Palm Harbor, Florida 34684
Phone: (727)789-0891
Fax : (727)789-1570
E-mail:  info@gulfcoastpain.com
Web Site: www.gulfcoastpain.com

Date of Birth
September 5, 1964 

Place of Birth
Suncoast Hospital       Largo, Florida

Licensure
Florida  1994-Present
Pennsylvania  1992-Present

Ohio (Temporary)  1992-1994

Certification
Recertification Certified Independent Medical Examiner - Dec. 2004
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology- October 1995
Diplomate, American Board of Pain Medicine- February, 2000
Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management-October 1997
National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, Certification #18796-1991
Florida Worker’s Compensation Physicians’ Certification Course-1996
Certified Independent Medical Examiner-July 1999

Articles about Dr. Lynne C. Columbus:
 
A Personal Battle by Lynne Carr Columbus, DO, President
with Langerhan's Histiocytosis - Gulf Coast Pain Management
FOMA Memeber

 
Bay News 9 Sunday, February 24, 2008
A balancing act for prescription drugs
 
Tampa Bay Medical News / August 2006
Chronic Pain: An Under-Treated Epidemic

St. Petersburg Times / Tampabay.com
A St. Petersburg Times special report.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
The politics of pain
 
St. Petersburg Times / Tampabay.com
A St. Petersburg Times special report.
Deadly Combinations

Watch the Video
Bay News 9,
Monday, February 18, 2008
Prescription drug deaths a growing concern
 
Medical Economics / February 17, 2006
Personal health records: What's the status now?
 
Tampa Bay Magazine / November/December 2005
Women in Business
 Fox 13 News / October 27, 2005
Interactive Health Record - Dr. Jo's Report
Dermatology World / September 2005
"Physicians Slowly Adopt e-mail to Communicate with Patients"
Physicians Practice / May 2005
Cover Story - "A Whole New Medicare"
News Channel 8 / April 28,2005
Pharmacy Fraud-Keith Cate's Crime Tracker Report
Know Your Medicare Carrier / May 2004
Medical Economics® Archive / Jan. 24, 2003
Florida Health Care News / Fall 2003
National Botulinim Instructor discusses how you can feel good and look good
Florida Health Care News
/ Winter 2003
Botulinim for Migraine and Cluster Headache
Florida Health Care News / Winter 2003
Botulinim for Chronic Pain
PCOM Digest / Winter 2002
Doctor is Online
The Wall Street Journal / June 17, 2002
Medem to Enable Physicians To Charge for Online 'Visits'
HIPAA and E-Health / June 2002
With Little Effort, Web Sites Can Educate, Attract Patients
Miami Herald article / September 25, 2002
Website links doctors with their patients
The DO - American Osteopathic Association / August 2001
Pain medication raises difficult questions
News Channel 8 / June 6, 2001
Oxycontin controversy in Florida
St. Petersburg Times / May 27, 2001
People in pain fear OxyContin backlash

Education

June 1999
Interventional Cadaver Course and Certification-

Technique for Percutaneous ElectroThermal Treatment of Discogenic
Pain (IDET)

Tampa. Florida 

December 1996
Interventional Pain Management Techniques Seminar
San Antonio, Texas
Hands-on and Didactic
Lectures/Demonstrations
Radiofrequency Neuroablation 

June 1995
Medical Education and Research Institute
Memphis, Tennessee
Hands-on and Didactic
Lectures/Demonstrations
Spinal Cord Stimulation  Systems/Intrathecal Pump Implantation

 1992-1994
Anesthesiology Residency
University of Cincinnati
231 Bethesda Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
(513)556-6000  

1991-1992
Anesthesiology Residency
Hahnemann University
Broad and Vine,  Philadelphia, Pa. 

1990-1991
Internship-Transitional
Hospital of the Philadelphia College of  Osteopathic Medicine
4150 City Avenue
Philadelphia, Pa. 19131
(215)871-6100 

1986-1990
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
4170 City Avenue
Philadelphia, Pa. 19131
(215)871-6100 

1982-1986
Bachelor of Science,  Molecular Biology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee 

Professional experience

February 1999 - Present
Gulf Coast Pain Management Associates

3890 Tampa Road, Suite 301
Palm Harbor, Florida 34684
(727)789-0891

Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain  Management
September  1997 – February 1999
Clearwater Pain Management Associates
300 Jeffords Street
Clearwater, Florida 33765
(727)446-4506

Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain Management
1995 - September 1997
Florida Spine Institute
2250 Drew Street

Clearwater, Florida 34625
(727)797-7463

Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain Management
September 1994 - December 1995
Anesthesia and Analgesia, P.A.

Clearwater, Florida
Staff Anesthesiologist

Hospital Affiliations
Sun Coast Hospital – Active
Largo Medical Center – Courtesy
Helen Ellis Hospital – Courtesy
Mease Countryside Hospital - Active
Mease Countryside Ambulatory Care Center – Associate
Health South St. Petersburg Surgery  Center – Active
Morton Plant Mease Trinity Outpatient Surgery Center-Affiliate
Morton Plant Mease Bardmoor Outpatient Surgery Center-Affiliate
C-Med Ambulatory Surgery Center-Active
Columbia Countryside Surgery Center-Active

Professional memberships
American Society of Anesthesiology
Florida Society of Anesthesiology
American Medical Association
American Academy of Pain Management
American Academy of Pain Medicine
American Association for the Study of Headache
Florida Osteopathic Medical Association
Pinellas County Osteopathic Society
American Pain Society

Awards received
Best Women's Practice 2005, Finalist, Florida Medical Business News
AMA  Physician’s Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education, 1997-2007
Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Medicare Committee, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Alternate Trustee, 2003, 2004, 2005
Board of Directors, Pinellas County  Osteopathic Medical Society, 1997-Present
Treasurer, Pinellas County Osteopathic Medical Society, 2001
Secretary, Pinellas County Osteopathic Medical Society, 2004
Vice President, Pinellas County Osteopathic Medical Society, 2005
Chairman of the Board, Sun Coast Hospital Foundation  2000-2001
Distinguished Trustee Award, Sun Coast Hospital, 2001
Surgical Quality Care Committee-Largo Medical Center 1996-Present
American Academy of  Pain Management Utilization Review Committee 1999-Present
Speakers Bureau-Purdue Frederick
Advisory Board-Purdue Pharmaceuticals
Speakers Bureau-Medtronics Neurological
Speakers Bureau-Glaxo Wellcome
Speakers Bureau-Janssen Pharmaceutical
Chronic Pain Advisory Board-Janssen Pharmaceutical
Speakers Bureau-Pfizer
Speaker's Bureau-Organon
Facilitator- Primary Care Network-Treatment of  Migraines, 2000-present
Speaker's Bureau-Medem, Inc.
MPAC National Advisory Board-Medem
MENTORS-Methodologies for Experts in Neurotoxin Therapy:
Preceptorship Trainer, 2003, 2004, 2005
Palladone Advisory Board-Purdue Pharmaceuticals 10-2004
Hospice Ball Committee,
Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Guest Appearances-“Just for Your Health”-Good Day Tampa Bay-Fox 13
Morning News Program
 
References
Available upon request
 

Feel free to discuss with your physician whether a referral to
Gulf
Coast
Pain Management is appropriate for you.
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When one clearly understands pain;
when one absolutely knows the proper treatment,
then one can offer to any patient
personal pain management that works.
This is my specialization.

-Dr. Lynne Carr Columbus

 

 

©2000 - 2008 Gulf Coast Pain Management
Dr. Lynne C. Columbus
3890 Tampa Road Suite 308
Morton Plant Mease East Lake Outpatient Center
Palm Harbor, Florida
34684

Phone: (727) 789-0891  Fax: (727) 789-1570
E-mail:
info@gulfcoastpain.com