Our Staff
As a physician-owned private practice, our mission is to offer the Pawley’s Island community with expert, specialty care across Pain Medicine, Neurology and Psychology. Our staff, led by Medical Director Dr. Edward Tavel, MD, are leaders in their respective fields and bring over 40 years combined healthcare experience to patients across South Carolina
Medical Providers:
Edward M. Tavel, MD
Founder and Medical Director Born and raised in Charleston, SC, Dr. Edward Tavel has practiced pain management since 1993. Passionate about providing his patients with the latest advances in pain treatment techniques, he leads his experienced medical staff in providing compassionate and customized care. Dr. Tavel uses a full range of interventional, non-surgical techniques and provides a comprehensive approach to treating pain. His special areas of interest include arthritis of the spine and chronic nerve related pain. He is specifically skilled in radiofrequency ablation for arthritic-related pain of the spine, and is one of the few physicians in the Charleston area performing neuromodulation therapy using spinal cord stimulation.
Dr. Tavel earned his undergraduate degree from Davidson College and his MD at the Medical University of South Carolina. He completed four additional years of anesthesia and pain medicine training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was chief resident in his final year. He is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesia and the American Board of Pain Medicine. He maintains active membership in the Interventional Spinal Intervention Society (ISIS), as well as, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). Dr. Tavel has been named as one of ASC’s “Industry Leaders to Know” as well as one of the top “150 Pain Management Physicians” nationwide.
David Stickler, MD
Neurologist
A Pennsylvania native, Dr. Stickler is the Department Chair of Neurology Specialists. Dr. Stickler received his medical degree from West Virginia University and completed both his Internal Medicine and Neurology residencies at the University of Florida. Upon leaving Gainesville, Dr. Stickler completed a Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship and Advanced Fellowship in Neuromuscular Diseases at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Patricia Myers, MD
Neurologist
An Alabama native, Patricia Myers MD is a general neurologist with sub-specialty interest in epilepsy. Dr. Myers received her medical degree from The University of South Alabama and completed both her Internal Medicine and Neurology Residencies at the Medical University of South Carolina. During her fellowship year at MUSC, Dr. Myers completed a Neurophysiology Fellowship.