Premier Pain and Specialty Anesthesia Associates, established in 2000, ranks among the most comprehensive centers for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. In 2003, Dr. Peter Staats became the founding partner of Premier Pain Centers. Dr. Peter Staats is boarded by the American Society of Anesthesiology, the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP), and the World Institute of Pain (FIPP). He has received fellowship status from both the World Institute of Pain and the North American Neuromodulation Society. Dr. Staats has edited or co-authored 10 textbooks on pain medicine and written nearly three hundred articles, book chapters, and abstracts on the diagnosis and management of complex pain problems.