Michael Hillegass, MD

Physician in Mount Pleasant, SC
Specialties:Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Pain Management
Languages:English
Gender:Male
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Michael Gabriel Hillegass, MD

Dr. M. Gabe Hillegass is a board certified interventional pain management physician who values individualized treatment plans with the goal of optimizing patient function and quality of life. He is experienced in working within interdisciplinary teams that include your primary care physician and any referring specialty physician as well as providers from co-treating specialties such as physical therapy, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine. Dr. Hillegass believes that chronic pain can be successfully managed similarly to most other chronic medical conditions. He feels that patient education and self-empowerment are the keys to this success.Dr. Hillegass completed his anesthesiology residency at MUSC, where he was a chief resident, before moving on to Harvard Medical School's Brigham & Women's Hospital for his fellowship training. He subsequently served four years on active duty with the navy as a staff anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia. There he was the division officer for the pain medicine service and assistant program director for the pain medicine fellowship. He has won research and teaching awards and has published research articles in peer-reviewed medical journals as well as numerous chapters in pain medicine textbooks. He is dedicated to educating his patients and their loved ones as well as rotating medical students and residents on safe and effective comprehensive pain management strategies.

Board Certifications: Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Clinical Areas of Interest
  • Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Stimulator Trial/Implant
  • Epidural Steroid Injections (Interlaminar, Transforaminal, Caudal)
  • Fascial Plane Blocks
  • HFX Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial/Implant
  • Intercostal Nerve Blocks
  • Intracept Procedure (Basivertebral Nerve Ablation)
  • Joint Injections (Shoulder, Hip, Knee)
  • Medial Branch Blocks (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar)
  • Medial Branch Radiofrequency Ablation (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar)
  • NALU Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
  • Occipital Nerve Blocks
  • Peripheral Joint Radiofrequency Ablation (Sacroiliac Joint, Knee)
  • Reactiv8 Restorative Neurostimulation
  • SPRINT Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
  • Sacroiliac Joint Injections
  • Selective Nerve Root Blocks
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial/Implant
  • Sympathetic Nerve Blocks (Stellate Ganglion, Lumbar Sympathetic, Ganglion of Impar)
  • Trigger Point Injections

Insurances Accepted

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  • Map of 1106 Chuck Dawley Blvd in Mount Pleasant
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    1106 Chuck Dawley Blvd
    Building A
    Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
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    Tuesday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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    Friday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    SaturdayClosed
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    Charleston, SC 29425
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    MUSC Health West Ashley Medical Pavilion
    2060 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard
    Charleston, SC 29407
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    Tuesday8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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