About Jasper Spine Institute
About Jasper Spine Institute
Helping People Relieve Their Pain Related To Their Spine and Return Them to a Higher Quality of Life
Due to Dr. Jasper’s Untimely Death We Are Happy to Welcome Our New Full-Time Interventional Pain Physician
John Anthony Coccaro, MD
Interventional Pain Management Physician
John Anthony Coccaro, MD, is a board-certified anesthesiologist specializing in interventional pain management and minimally invasive treatments for conditions affecting the spine. He has dedicated his career to helping patients manage pain, restore function, and improve their quality of life.
Raised in a working-class family in Brooklyn, Dr. Coccaro learned the importance of hard work, discipline, and perseverance at an early age. Those values ultimately brought him to New Jersey, where he found the same strong sense of community that shaped his upbringing.
Dr. Coccaro earned his medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. He began his postgraduate training in general surgery at Monmouth Medical Center, gaining valuable experience in the care of surgical, trauma, and neurosurgical patients.
He later completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. During his residency, Dr. Coccaro developed a particular interest in regional anesthesia and interventional pain management. His surgical training and precise technical skills prepared him to perform image-guided procedures using fluoroscopy and ultrasound for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pain.
While serving as a staff anesthesiologist at Community Medical Center, Dr. Coccaro met Dr. Gabriel Jasper, who became an important mentor and influence in his career. Dr. Jasper personally trained Dr. Coccaro in advanced interventional pain-management techniques, including minimally invasive and endoscopic approaches to treating spinal conditions.
Dr. Coccaro is honored to continue the patient-centered approach and commitment to innovation that Dr. Jasper established at Jasper Spine Institute. Their shared philosophy emphasizes careful listening, an accurate diagnosis, and a treatment plan tailored to the individual needs of each patient.
Treatment Philosophy
Dr. Coccaro takes a direct, thoughtful, and evidence-based approach to pain management. He begins by listening carefully to each patient and developing a thorough understanding of how pain affects the patient’s health, function, and daily life.
Every treatment plan is based on a detailed medical history, a focused physical examination, and a careful review of relevant imaging, including X-rays and MRI studies. Dr. Coccaro reviews his findings and recommendations with each patient so that treatment decisions can be made together through a clear and informed process.
Rather than relying on a predetermined series of procedures, Dr. Coccaro evaluates the results of each treatment before recommending the next step. Diagnostic and Interventional Pain Management identifies and addresses the root cause responsible for a patient’s symptoms. Specific techniques allow Dr. Coccaro to directly visualize and address the pain generator that is the root cause of the neck, back, and leg pain. Whenever appropriate, Dr. Coccaro prioritizes treatment options and minimally invasive procedures such as pain-relief injections, epidural injections, nerve blocks, ablation, laser and ultrasonic techniques. . He also believes strongly in coordinating care with each patient’s primary-care physician and other specialists, particularly when managing medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease.
For appropriately selected patients, minimally invasive interventional techniques may provide an alternative to more extensive surgery and may allow for a shorter recovery. Above all, Dr. Coccaro is committed to providing compassionate, precise, and individualized care to every patient he treats.
For more information or questions regarding our patient care, please visit our website at jaspermd.com or call or our at 732-262-0700
Jasper Spine Institute is a nationally known leader in providing interventional pain management solutions to patients that suffer from painful back and neck conditions such as:
- Herniated or bulging disc
- Spinal stenosis
- Pinched Nerve or Sciatica
- Discogenic back pain
- Chronic axial back pain with spasms
Our goal is to alleviate the need for spine surgery or spinal fusion by using minimally invasive procedures. These procedures relieve pain; have short recovery time and returns patients to work and their lives sooner than traditional spine surgery. The Jasper Spine Institute prides itself on its’ patient’s success and testimonials. We are only as good as the relief we provide our patients. Their complete satisfaction is our first concern. Our approach is simple:
- Same day or next day appointments.
- Listen to each patient’s story carefully
- Review patient’s complete physical, symptom history and diagnostics images.
- Tailor our solutions to the patient’s schedule and specific needs.
- We only offer the most innovative diagnostic and interventional pain management techniques.
- Our only goal is to relieve our patient’s pain and return them to work and life sooner.
In Loving Memory of our Dear Founder Gabriele P. Jasper, M.D
Gabriele P. Jasper, M.D. was born into a medical family. His father is the noted physician, Philip Jasper, M.D., who has been practicing urology for over 50 years. His siblings (sister Josephine Jasper, M.D., brother Theodore F. Jasper, M.D., and sister-in-law Tiziana P. Jasper, M.D.) are all practicing physicians. His mother also went to medical school but decided to forfeit her profession as a medical doctor in order to raise her family.
Fluent in Italian, the versatile Dr. Jasper began his extensive medical training at the Scientific Undergraduate School Of Malpighi in Bologna, Italy. He then attended medical school at the prestigious Universita’ Degli Studi Di Bologna (The University of Bologna). After formally returning to the United States, Dr. Jasper completed a preliminary Residency program in General Surgery and Trauma Surgery at Monmouth and Jersey Shore (South Central New Jersey’s Level One Trauma Center) Medical Centers respectively. He then broadened his medical perspective by completing a Residency program in Clinical Anesthesia at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, in Newark.
During his Residency in Clinical Anesthesia, Dr. Jasper developed a high degree of interest in two highly specialized fields. His love of children drew him toward the difficult and precise science of Pediatric Anesthesia and his capacity for compassion created an interest to treat patients experiencing debilitating chronic pain. After attaining his Board Certification in Anesthesia and entering private practice, Dr. Jasper vigorously pursued both of these areas of interest within his specialty. While at Community Medical Center in Toms River, New Jersey, as an attending Anesthesiologist, he was chosen to handle the more complex pediatric cases along with a normal adult patient caseload. Because of his Residency in General and Trauma Surgery, Dr. Jasper also served as the First Assistant in General Surgery on an emergent basis.
Having been interested in Pain Medicine since his first year of Anesthesia residency in 1993, Dr. Jasper decided to expand his practice in 1996. His subsequent involvement with the Center for Pain Management at Community Medical Center (Tom’s River, N.J.), lead to his total dedication to the science of Pain Medicine. Board certified in anesthesia, Dr. Jasper offers a unique educated perspective to each and every patient when he evaluates their pain.
Dr. Jasper founded the Center for Pain Control in 2002. Based on word from satisfied patients and extensive M.D. referrals, his practice has expanded to two “state-of-the-art” facilities in Brick and Milltown, NJ. The completion of the Jasper Ambulatory Surgical Center in 2009, a convenient cutting-edge annex to the Brick office, will allow patients to receive minimally invasive procedures in-house.
In 2015 Dr. Gabriele P. Jasper became the recipient of the 2015 Parviz Kambin award in recognition and honor of his outstanding scientific and educational dedication to Transforaminal Surgery.
He is now known as New Jersey’s leading pain physician due to his widespread reputation in the medical community here and abroad. This status was established by the various presentations of advanced minimally invasive procedures he has perfected and taught to fellow physicians. He has been trained and has in return trained physicians in the Orient, Europe, Hawaii, and across the USA on minimally invasive endoscopic (arthroscopic) spinal surgery.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- American Medical Association
- (NASS) North American Spine Society
- American Academy of Pain Medicine
- New Jersey Society for Interventional Pain Physicians
- New Jersey Medical Society
- Ocean/Monmouth Medical Society
- (ASIPP) American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
- (ASRA) American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
- (FMA) Florida Medical Association
- (NICA) Neurological Injury Compensation Association
Board Certification:
- Anesthesia
Licensed in: NJ, NY and FL
Contact Us Today
74 Brick Blvd. Brick, NJ 08723
Please take a moment to tell us a little about yourself and your needs. A member from Jasper Spine Institute will contact you as soon as possible. If your needs are urgent please contact us by phone at (732) 262-0700.