At the Bermuda Pain Relief Center we have an integrated pain management team all with the same goal:

To restore your quality of life by returning you to activities you enjoy doing…

Dr. Pinto is an American Board Certified Anaesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Specialist. She has a long history of over 21 years, in practicing Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine. She has a Medical Doctor’s degree from la Universidad Central de Venezuela. She completed her residency and pediatric anesthesia fellowship in New York City, Columbia University and remained as an assisting professor at the New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

Soon after, her pain medicine training continued at Cornell Weill Hospital and The Hospital for Special Surgery. She also completed a fellowship at the Pain Medicine Department of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine. In the recent years, she has focused her training in the new field of regenerative medicine.

Dr. Pinto is staff member at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) as both an anesthesiologist as well as a pain medicine specialist.

Shara is a physiotherapist at Bermuda Pain Relief Center with many years of experience. Shara was qualified as a physiotherapist in South Africa and has many modalities in her physiotherapy tool-box. She has completed countless hours of continued education to stay at the top of her field. She is part of the Bermuda Physiotherapy Association board.

She spent 5 years working in the rural communities and private practice. Her background includes over 10 years in the Out-Patient Physiotherapy Department at our local hospital, King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH). Although her current work is in the private practice sector, she continues her community involvement in her professional capacity. Shara is skilled in sport rehab, myofasical release, acupuncture, dry needling, chronic pain management and rehabilitative pilates and yoga. Most recently, Shara has embarked into learning Ayurveda. Ayurveda is a holistic and natural medicine based on 5000 years of Eastern medicine that is now an accessible alternative to conventional medicine. She teaches F.A.I.R by World Rugby and often works with our local rugby teams as the Health and Safety officer for the Bermuda Rugby Football Union board on and off the field.

Annika is a physiotherapist at Bermuda Pain Relief Center with many years experience,

She has a postgraduate degree, in manual therapy and has vast experience in acupuncture, dry needling, myofascial release, kinesiotaping and exercise therapy.

Over the years she has put a lot of emphasis on continuing education and has participated in numerous educational courses and congresses.

Annika has worked in private practice for many years both in Sweden, in the Middle East and in Bermuda. She has been working with postoperative rehabilitation and has extensive experience in treating patients with sports injuries, musculoskeletal disorders and long term pain.

We are excited to have Annika on our team, she bring years of experience from multiple jurisdictions.

Janice is a mental health counsellor with over 10 years’ experience working with adults and children and their families in the Philadelphia area of the US. She recently moved back to Bermuda and is excited to join the team at the Bermuda Pain Relief Center as a counsellor who is trained in an approach to pain management that recognizes the connection between the body and mind.

Claire Peverelli is an accredited trauma-informed Integrative Art Psychotherapist with many years experience. She qualified as a psychotherapist in the United Kingdom with both an HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) and UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) accreditation and upkeeps a high standard of Continued Professional Development. She recently completed a certificate program in Somatic EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), an evidence-based trauma processing modality. 

Claire has several years experience working in the UK’s National Health System, both in mental health hospitals and at a Women’s center treating survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She has also worked in a mental health charity and has had her own successful private practice for several years. Claire utilizes an integrated systems approach, looking beyond the individual to consider the broader context in which the client exists including relationships, family dynamics and social systems to gain a comprehensive understanding of the factors contributing to their challenges and strengths. Claire moved to Bermuda in 2020 and recently joined the Bermuda Pain Relief Center thanks to her therapeutic approach that recognises the body and mind connection.

Dr. Michael Catapano is available on select visiting dates.

Sept 22-25, Nov 17-20 & Jan 12-15, 2025

Dr. Michael Catapano is an Interventional Physiatrist at the University of Toronto operating out of both Sunnybrook Health Science Center and Mount Sinai Hospital.

He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is also appointed to the Holland Bone and Joint Program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute.

Dr. Catapano completed his medical degree at McMaster University and subsequently went to Toronto to complete a 5-year Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation including a 1-year fellowship in Interventional Pain and designated as a Pain Physician by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

He completed additional training in Electromyography and has his Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists License to complete Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography (NCS/EMG). Most recently, he travelled to Boston to complete a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Harvard University - Massachusetts General Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital focusing on the evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and the use of ultrasound and fluoroscopy for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. He has a clinical expertise on the non-operative treatment of sports, spine, musculoskeletal injuries and the use of ultrasound, fluoroscopy and EMG