Area executive named president of national pain practices network

SARASOTA — Rockville, Md.-based National Spine and Pain Centers, a network of interventional pain practices, has named Douglas Badertscher, a Sarasota resident, its administrative president.

Sarasota-based Badertscher most recently served as president and COO of Pain Specialists of America. During his career he has also held chief executive roles and other senior leadership assignments at a variety of health care organizations, including Sarasota Orthopedic Associates (now known as 360 Orthopedics), Signet Diagnostic Imaging Services, Radisphere, Midtown Imaging, Coastal Orthopedics and Integrated Orthopaedics Inc.