Dr. Yuri Chaves Martins is an anesthesiologist and chronic pain management specialist who treats adults suffering from back pain, neck pain, joint pain, and complex regional pain syndrome. His services include: spinal cord stimulation; peripheral nerve stimulation; radiofrequency ablation; facet joint injection; sacroiliac joint injections; vertebroplasty; kyphoplasty; piriformis injection; epidural steroid injections; joint injections; nerve blocks; trigger point injections; and lifestyle medicine.

As a chronic pain specialist, Dr. Chaves Martins helps patients manage chronic pain or even reverse their disease. As an anesthesiologist, he strives to help people safely get through a particularly vulnerable time. He performs these duties utilizing the most up-to-date, evidence-based techniques.

Dr. Chaves Martins' research interests include chronic pain, inflammation, innate immunity, malaria, and cerebral malaria. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

Fun facts: Dr. Chaves Martins is Brazilian and collects novelty magnets.