Ian Rivera, MD, a physician specializing in pain medicine, has joined Southcoast Physicians Group and will practice at the Southcoast Pain Management Program located at the Southcoast Health System at Rosebrook, 100 Rosebrook Way, Suite 200 in Wareham.

Dr. Rivera will provide inpatient and outpatient consultation and management of patients with a variety of pain conditions.

Dr. Rivera is fluent in English and Spanish and is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Rivera will also be supporting Southcoast Brain & Spine Center in Dartmouth and the Southcoast Centers for Cancer Care in Fairhaven and Fall River in helping patients manage the complex issues of acute and chronic pain.

Dr. Rivera earned his medical degree at Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He completed two surgery preliminary years at New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. He also completed anesthesiology specialty and pain management subspecialty training through Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, N.Y.