Dr. Matthew D. Holland
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National Spine & Pain Centers
1460 Pantops Mountain Place , Suite 2-B
Charlottesville, VA, United States
22911
1460 Pantops Mountain Place , Suite 2-B
Charlottesville, VA, United States
22911
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https://treatingpain.com/medical-staff/matthew-d-holland-md
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Dr. Matthew D. Holland's Credentials
Accepting New Patients
Yes, this doctor is accepting new patients
Education
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston (Grad. 1998)
Insurance accepted by this Doctor
Other patients have successfully used these insurance providers, please call the Doctor's office to find out if your insurance plan is accepted.
Blue Cross / Blue Shield
Medicare
I've just moved from the D.C. area to a small town near CVille. In D.C., I'd been under the care of a NSPC doctor for several years, and for those years, after he had me undergo MRIs, cortozone shots and physical therapy, he concluded that the best remedy was a regular regimen of painkillers. Over these many years, I kept in touch with this doctor so we could monitor my pain meds and ensure that I was having no adverse reactions.
Upon moving near the CVille area and encountering Mr. Holland, he immediately -- with very little information about my past and almost no examination of me -- concluded that he would end the pain medication regime I was on, harping that medicine is "an art, not a science," that different providers offer different treatments, and that the continuation of my pain medication regime was "not good for society."
So I took Mr. Holland at his word, and agreed to try a new medication for pain. The medication kept me up at all hours, such that I could barely sleep. I notified Mr. Holland's office about this, he met me on a Zoom call (which required another fee, mind you) and he suggested a patch of some sort. So I tried the patch. Not only did this patch do little to relieve pain, it also induced insomnia.
So I notified Mr. Holland again. I suggested that since the previous pain meds that I'd been seemed to work well and that my prior doctors had found I tolerated them well, that perhaps we should revert to those.
Again, Mr. Holland rather high-handedly repeated his credo that different doctors approach pain management differently, and that perhaps I'd be better off with a new doctor. He offered to forward the names of other pain management specialists in the area, though what this means is that I must now spend the time, energy and money visiting each of them in the hopes that none of them is quite as imperious and callous as Mr. Holland.
Submitted Aug. 6, 2021