Summit Spine & Joint Centers’ Buford office, on GA-20, brings pain management in Buford, GA, to patients across Sugar Hill, Suwanee, Flowery Branch and Dacula. This location’s Conditions section is new to the page as of this update, built from the same standard the rest of the network follows rather than adapted from anything that was on the page before.
Care here is led by Dr. Sri Mandyam, Summit Spine’s Chief Medical Officer and a double board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain physician. He completed his ACGME fellowship at the University of Utah, where he trained in neuromodulation, vertebral augmentation and radiofrequency thermocoagulation, and was later recognized with a national Top Doctor Award for Pain Medicine.
Most patients coming through this office are 40 and older, managing pain that’s built up gradually rather than pain from a single injury: arthritis, degenerative disc changes, or nerve pain a primary care visit hasn’t resolved. Insurance and workers’ compensation claims are verified ahead of the first visit, so coverage is confirmed before anyone walks in.
Conditions
Patients at the Buford office come in with a range of neck, back and joint pain, including:
- Herniated Disc: a disc that’s bulged or ruptured enough to press on a nearby spinal nerve.
- Degenerative Disc Disease: the gradual wear on spinal discs that comes with age.
- Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica): nerve pain that radiates from the lower back down the leg.
- Spinal Stenosis: a narrowed spinal canal that crowds the nerves running through it.
- Facet Joint Pain: irritation in the small joints that let the spine bend and twist.
- Post-Laminectomy Syndrome (Failed Back Syndrome): continued pain in a patient who’s already had spine surgery once.
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): ongoing nerve pain that outlasts the original injury.
- Fibromyalgia: widespread pain and tenderness without one clear cause.
- Back Pain: ongoing back pain that conservative care at home hasn’t resolved.
Treatments
The Buford office offers 19 non-surgical treatments, matched to the diagnosis rather than applied as a default:
- Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: reduces swelling around an irritated nerve in the lower spine.
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: an anti-inflammatory injection aimed at neck-level nerve irritation.
- Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: steroid guided directly to one affected nerve root.
- Facet Joint Injections: calms swelling in the spine’s small connecting joints.
- Medial Branch Block: confirms which facet joint is causing the pain.
- Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection: treats pain at the joint linking the spine and pelvis.
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): heat used to quiet an overactive pain nerve.
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy: a heat-based nerve treatment for the lower back, built to outlast standard RFA.
- Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy: the same heat-based nerve treatment used on neck joints instead.
- Rhizotomy: heat applied to disable a painful joint’s nerve supply.
- Genicular Radiofrequency Ablation: for knee pain that hasn’t responded to other treatments.
- Celiac Plexus Block: for pain originating in the abdomen or digestive organs.
- Stellate Ganglion Block: an injection near the neck that treats nerve pain radiating into the face or arms.
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block: an injection series for CRPS-related leg pain.
- Discography: an imaging study that identifies which disc is the actual pain source.
- MILD: an outpatient procedure for spinal stenosis that doesn’t involve an implant.
- Vertiflex Superion: a small spacer implanted to keep the spinal canal open.
- Intrathecal Pump Implant: an implanted pump that releases pain medication in small, steady doses at the spine.
- Back Pain Treatment: a plan built from the options above, based on the diagnosis.
Providers
One provider currently sees patients at the Buford office:
- Dr. Sri Mandyam, MD, CMO: Summit Spine’s Chief Medical Officer, double board-certified in anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine, fellowship-trained at the University of Utah, and a recipient of a national Top Doctor Award for Pain Medicine.
Full bio is below.