Procedural experience
Our division is proud to offer our trainees and patients a diverse range of interventional techniques, including fluoroscopic and ultrasound-based procedures. As a tertiary and quaternary center, we routinely perform challenging and higher risk procedures on complex patients.
Advanced Procedures
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
- Intrathecal Pump Implantation
- Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation
- Spinal Catheter Placement and Infusion Trial
- Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Trial
- Neuromodulation revision
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Sacroiliac Denervation (via SImplicity III)
- Indwelling Catheters for Infusion Therapy (eg- epidural, intraspinal, lumbar plexus, peripheral nerve)
Sympathetic Blocks
- Stellate Ganglion
- Celiac Plexus
- Lumbar Sympathetic
- Superior Hypogastric Plexus
- Ganglion Impar
Head and Neck Blocks
- Trigeminal (Gasserian and Trigeminal Divisions)
- Sphenopalantine Ganglion
- Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Neurolytic Techniques
- Continuous and pulsed radiofrequency ablation
- Cryoablation
- Absolute EtOH injections
Ultrasound Guided Pain Techniques
- Major bursa and joint injections
- Stellate ganglion blocks
- Peripheral nerve blocks
- Trigger point injections
Infusion and Other Medication Therapies
- Intrathecal Ziconotide (Prialt)
- Intravenous Ketamine
- Intravenous Lidocaine
- Topical 8% Capsaicin (Qutenza)
Neuraxial Procedures
- Epidural steroid injections
- Epidural blood patches
- Medial branch nerve blocks
- Facet joint injections
- Selective nerve root blocks
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Caudal injections
Other Pain Management Procedures
- Scar injections
- Trigger point injections
- Botox injections via the PREEMPT protocol for Migraine Headaches
- Bier blocks
Faculty Highlights
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine