First Coast Pain

First Coast Pain was founded by two pain management doctors in St. Augustine with the goal of providing effective pain treatment so that their patient’s lives can return to normal. Each doctor is double board certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Management.

Dr. James Freidenstein obtained his medical degree at the University of Tennessee, graduating with the highest honors. He was part of research programs with the American Society of Hematology and St. Jude Children’s Hospital. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic. After a heavy focus on acute post-surgical pain, nerve blocks, and regional anesthesia he decided to focus on pain management. Wanting to ease chronic pain in his patients, he completed his fellowship in interventional pain management at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. During that time, he published research on perineural cysts and arachnoiditis. He is particularly interested in post surgical spinal pain and the treatment of osteoarthritis.

Dr. Adam Cartwright obtained his medical degree at the University of Tennessee Medical School, where he was part of the Phi Chi medical fraternity and received the Dorothy Snider Scholarship. His residency in anesthesiology was at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, serving as the chief resident. He completed an interventional pain fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Afterwards he transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville to be staff physician. He has presented at multiple national meetings, and is involved in research projects. He is interested in educating the medical community on pain management. He is also focused on objective, evidence-based medicine.