After earning his medical degree from Saint George’s University, Grenada, West 
Indies, Dr. Lobel completed an internal medicine internship at the University of 
Virginia, Roanoke. He was chief resident in physical medicine and rehabilitation at 
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk. His fellowship training is with Emory
University’s Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, Atlanta, Georgia. In 2006 he served 
as the Assistant Program Director, Georgia Pain Physicians, training the final ACGME 
certified fellows from Emory University’s PM&R Pain Medicine Fellowship Program. 

Dr. Lobel’s research has centered on acromioclavicular joint injuries and spinal cord 
stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome. He has also researched Levaquin misuse 
in emergency departments. Dr. Lobel is a member of the American Pain Society, Medical 
Association of Georgia, International Spinal Intervention Society, and the American 
Medical Association. His clinical interests include complex regional pain syndrome (RSD), 
sacroiliac joint pain, failed back surgery syndrome, and spinal arthritis. 

When not in the Spine Center, Dr. Lobel enjoys hiking the Georgia mountains with 
his family and racing his car in Autocross and open track events.

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