About Us

• At Rio Grande Pain Team, Dennis Slavin, MD, and Rosabel Gonzalez, PA, strive to fulfill one goal: Help patients find relief from chronic pain. People in the Weslaco, Texas, area who struggle with pain can finally feel better and reclaim their life when they get specialized treatments that directly target the source of their pain. Dr. Slavin and Mrs. Gonzalez help patients whose chronic pain hasn’t responded to conventional treatment. As interventional pain management specialists, they use diagnostic tests to determine the source of the pain, then recommend one of many types of interventional techniques to alleviate it. When people meet with the experienced professionals at Rio Grande Pain Team, they can feel confident and comfortable knowing that Dr. Slavin and Mrs. Gonzalez will monitor their condition and work with them on a personal level to manage their pain. Dr. Slavin has more than two decades of experience and is board certified in pain medicine, interventional pain management, and anesthesiology. Mrs. Gonzalez is a certified physician assistant with a master’s in physician assistant studies from the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. As a team, they offer exceptional expertise and more: They promise compassion for each person and a commitment to diminishing their pain and improving their quality of life. Whether your pain is in your back, neck, legs, arms, shoulder, or elsewhere in your body, call Rio Grande Pain Team or book an appointment online. It’s time for you to move beyond your pain and enjoy life again.