Team

Dr. Thierry Bonnabesse is a highly experienced physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the founder and owner of Champlain Spine and Pain Management and of Surgical Pain Center of the Adirondacks. Dr. Bonnabesse is one of 13 doctors in the world trained to perform the Discseel procedure.

Dr. Bonnabesse has performed over thirty thousand spinal injections and many of his patients travel from far away to see him. He has been at the forefront of his field for years and offers the most advanced cutting-edge interventional treatments in pain management. That is why Champlain Spine and Pain Management is the first office outside of NYC to offer the Superion procedure to patients in need.

A native of France, he obtained his bachelor’s degree and his Doctor of Medicine Diploma from the University of Vermont. He then completed a four-year residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University Medical Center of Loma Linda in California and went on to complete an advanced Interventional Pain and Spine fellowship. He maintains his dual board certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, as well as his board certification through the American Board of Medical Specialties, subspecialty in Pain Medicine. Dr. Bonnabesse has also trained multiple pain physicians since 2005 though his pain fellowship.

Brian Lecuyer, a native of the North Country, has been a driving force in the medical field since 1978. He worked as a nurse Administrator in the New York State Department of Correctional Services supervising the medical staff in charge of over 2,800 inmates.

Upon his retirement from the State Department, Brian joined the Champlain Spine and Pain Management team in 2012. He obtained his Nursing Practitioner degree from Stony Brook University. Brian is certified in Pain Management through the American Society of Pain Management Nursing.

He is certified nationally through the American Society of Interventional Pain Physician for opioid management. He has also successfully completed training for an ultrasound-guided procedure. He is also an accomplished lecturer. He is a member of the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physician.

Kelly Meyer PA holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Vermont and a Master of Medical Sciences in Physician Assistant Studies from the Albany Medical College, where she graduated with honors in 2009.

During her studies, she assisted in neurosurgery and general surgery procedures. Following graduation, Kelly worked as a surgical assistant with the surgical team at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, NY. Kelly was then selected to fill an advanced laparoscopic surgical position with Ellis Hospital’s Bariatric Care Center. She managed both inpatient and outpatient care and assisted from 2010 thru 2012 advanced laparoscopic bariatric surgery as the first assist with the president of the American Society for Metabolic Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Clarke.

After moving back to Plattsburgh in 2012, she worked at Plattsburgh Pediatrics for five years prior to joining Champlain Spine and Pain Management in 2017.