Our Expert Team
About Our Doctors
Ease your suffering from constant back and neck pain by coming to Interventional Spine Pain Consultants, PA. Our spine treatment center in Newark and Wilmington, DE focuses on the individual needs of each patient to ensure the right type of treatment. Please take a few minutes to review our office policies for a smooth first visit.
We recently opened up an office on 5311 Limestone Road Suite 100, Wilmington DE 19808
James E. Downing, MD
Pain Management Specialist
A native of Delaware, Dr. James E. Downing is a graduate of Tulane University Medical School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship in anesthesiology and pain research at both Tulane and The Ochsner Clinic. He is board-certified in anesthesiology and sub-specialty board-certified in pain management. He has over 20 years’ experience in interventional adult pain management.
In private practice since 2003, when he and Dr. Witherell founded Interventional Spine Pain Consultants, PA, Dr. Downing has affiliations with Spine Care Delaware and Delaware Outpatient Center for Surgery, both ambulatory surgery centers. Dr. Downing is a medical director of Spine Care Delaware and a member of the State of Delaware Health Advisory Panel.
Peter Witherell, MD
Pain Management Specialist
Dr. Peter Witherell graduated from Thomas Jefferson University Medical School in Philadelphia. He completed his residency in anesthesiology as well as specialized fellowship training in pain management at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He is board-certified in anesthesiology with sub-specialty board-certification in pain management.
Dr. Witherell has been providing interventional treatment of spine-related pain in adults for over 20 years. He has been recognized by his colleagues by being named a “Top Doc” in pain management in 2016 & 2021. He also served as director of the Christiana Care Center for Pain Management until 2003 when he formed Interventional Spine Pain Consultants, PA with his colleague, Dr. James Downing.