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
Stanford Medicine Endowed Director, Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor (By courtesy), Neurosurgery
Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine