Dr. Sanjay Bakshi, MD

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Dr. Bakshi is triple board certified and fellowship trained in pain management at John Hopkins Hospital-consistently ranked as the number one hospital in the country. Following his fellowship he was an attending physician at John Hopkins, where he was actively involved in teaching the residents and fellows. He is currently an attending physician in the department of Pain Management and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. He is board certified in Anesthesiology, as well as board certified in Pain Management by both the American Board of Anesthesiology, as well as the American Board of Pain Medicine. During his residency he received the Dripps award for the outstanding anesthesia resident. Dr. Bakshi’s area of expertise is primarily in minimally invasive therapies for the treatment of pain of spinal origin-neck and back pain. For precise localization and an added measure performed under X-ray guidance. Patients receive sedation if necessary. The procedures he does include Epidural Injections, Selective Nerve Blocks, Radiofrequency Facet Denervations, Sacroiliac blocks, Discography, Morphine pumps, as well as IDET and Nucleoplasty. Dr. Bakshi is also very active in the field of Spinal Cord Stimulation, and lectures extensively on the subject. He has also published on the subject of Spinal Cord Stimulation. He is presently involved in a nationwide multi-center study to evaluate the use of Spinal Cord Stimulation in the treatment of refractory angina. In this capacity Dr. Bakshi implanted the FIRST spinal cord stimulator for angina in this region at Lenox Hospital. The procedure was transmitted live to Washington, DC where more than 11,000 cardiologists were watching the procedure. Dr. Bakshi prides himself in being very compassionate towards his patients. He is well respected by his colleagues in the field. Other pain management physicians visit him to see his techniques. He is an instructor for cadaver workshops for pain management fellows and attending physicians in pain management teaching techniques for spinal cord stimulations and intathecal pumps.