Interventional Spine and Pain - Harvard Faculty

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I am an interventional Spine Expert and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School. I finished my Residency and Pain Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2001. I am licensed in MA and board-certified in anesthesiology with a subspecialty certification in pain medicine. I practice pain management and Spine Interventions full-time at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. My job involves clinical care, teaching (Anesthesiology Residents and Pain Fellows), and research. I see a broad spectrum of adult pain patients. In addition to medical management, I practice all essential spine interventions ( epidural, facet, radiofrequency, sacroiliac injections, nerve blocks, MILD procedure, etc.) and advanced spine interventions such as vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty and spinal cord stimulation. The common conditions I see include spine disorders, spine fractures, spinal stenosis, degenerative spine, back pain, neck pain radiculopathy, neuropathy, nerve disorders, complex regional pain syndrome, nerve disorders, nerve pain, neuralgia, face pain, myofascial pain, fibromyalgia, and abdominal pain. I am an expert on fluoroscopic interventions. I have extensively published and standardized fluoroscopic techniques for epidural steroid injection. I have also published on outcomes, safety, and complications of spinal cord stimulation and standardization of fracture score for Osteoporotic Compression Fractures. My current particular area of interest is the development of a Standardized Spinal Nomenclature and standardization of reporting to improve outcomes and precision and reduce complications in spine interventions.