In collaboration with Northeast Pain Management, Alisa Vroman DNAP, MA, CRNA, AGNP-C, APRN, ASPMF, NSPM-C provides comprehensive interventional pain management services at Mount Desert Island Hospital.
Vroman brings more than 20 years of patient care experience and has been practicing anesthesia since 2009. She is triple board certified in Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA), Non-Surgical Pain Management (NSPM-C), and Adult–Geriatric Primary Care (AGNP-C).
Vroman’s approach to care is rooted in listening and partnership. She believes effective pain management begins with understanding each patient’s unique experience and developing personalized, evidence-based treatment plans designed to restore function and improve quality of life. For patients experiencing chronic pain, talk to your primary care provider about a referral to Pain Management in MDI Hospital’s Orthopedic Department.
Treatments include:
Epidural Injections
Interlaminar (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
Transforaminal (lumbar, sacral)
Caudal epidurals
Facet & Nerve Blocks
Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar medial branch blocks
Sacral lateral branch blocks (SI joint)
Spinal & Diagnostic Procedures
Diagnostic and therapeutic lumbar punctures
Joint & Peripheral Injections
- Shoulder (acromioclavicular, glenohumeral, subacromial bursa)
- Hip (anterior and lateral intra-articular)
- Knee (intra-articular and genicular nerve blocks)
- Sacroiliac joint & piriformis muscle
- Intercostal and erector spinae blocks
- Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve blocks
Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar medial branches
- Genicular nerves (knee)
- Sacral lateral branches (SI joint)
- Suprascapular, axillary, and lateral pectoral nerves
Sympathetic Blocks
- Lumbar sympathetic, ganglion of impar, inferior hypogastric
- Stellate ganglion (including for Long COVID-related symptoms)
- Sphenopalatine ganglion blocks
Additional Therapies
- Myofascial trigger point and fascial plane injections
- Botox® injections for:
- Chronic migraine
- Adult spasticity
- Cervical dystonia
