Faculty

Miranda Reed Cleaver, MD

Jesse Hatgis, DO, DAOBPMR

Dr. Hatgis is an osteopathic pain management, physical medicine, and rehabilitation physician. He is the President and Medical Director of Interventional Spine Specialists of Florida and Anesthesia Pain Care Consultants. Dr. Hatgis received his bachelor of science and neuroscience at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He then received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Westbury, New York. He completed his traditional rotating internship, his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and his fellowship in Pain Management at Nova Southeastern University/Larkin Community Hospital in South Miami, Florida. Dr. Hatgis is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by the American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Pain Management by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. 

As an interventional pain physician, Dr. Hatgis utilizes a variety of advanced therapies including, but not limited to, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, kyphoplasty, endoscopic rhizotomy, endoscopic/microdiscectomy, tumor ablation, radiofrequency ablation, interspinous process device placement, facet joint stabilization, sacroiliac joint fusion, minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD procedure), stellate ganglion blocks, nerve blocks, joint injections, and regenerative medicine. Dr. Hatgis has given countless lectures and taught many workshops for medical students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians. 

Dr. Hatgis is a heavily involved member of the American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOCPMR), where he previously held the positions of Course Director for the 2017 Mid-Year Meeting and Scientific Seminar and Resident Council President and Vice President. He previously served as a member of the Pain Medicine Committee, Education Committee, and Member Needs Assessment Task Force. Dr. Hatgis is also an oral board examiner for the American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOBPMR). 

Dr. Hatgis has authored and peer-reviewed numerous publications in various medical literature resources, specifically on sacral insufficiency and vertebral compression fractures, vertebral augmentation, original uses of Cortoss cement, Baastrup’s disease, percutaneous cervical discectomies, cauda equina syndrome, and innovative techniques for the usage of intraspinal radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, facet cysts, and interspinous cysts. He previously served as a principal investigator for a study conducted by Abbott’s neuromodulation division. Dr. Hatgis also serves as a consultant for multiple medical device companies.

Dr. Hatgis discloses he is a consultant and key opinion leader for SPR Therapeuticals, Inc., Technological Medical Advances, LLC, Biotronik NRO, Inc., Elliquence, LLC, Invictus Development and Engineering, Inc., and FloSpine, LLC. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.