Phone: 209-824-4400 Manteca, CA Phone: 916-534-7490 Fair Oaks, CA
4944 Sunrise Blvd, Suite A, Fair Oaks, CA 95628
PAIN PHYSICIAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Foad Elahi MD is very pleased to announce the establishment of a Pain Fellowship, a non-ACGME accredited program, located in Northern California . Fellows will receive didactic, simulation, and hands-on training on a wide variety of cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and non-spinal interventional techniques, including epidurals, facet interventions, interdiscal procedures (including percutaneous discectomy, Dekompressor), sympathetic injections and neurolysis, radiofrequency lesioning (conventional, pulsed, and cooled), cryoneuroablation, regenerative therapy (prolotherapy, platelet rich plasma, stem cell), stimulation treatments (SCS and peripheral stimulation), and intrathecal pump implantation and management, as well as training in the interventional treatment of headaches, pelvic pain, and extremity pain.The fellow will also have the opportunity to learn how to perform and interpret electrophysiological testing (EMG/NVS). Education will also include opioid metabolism and management, the rational use of adjuvant medications.
The fellows will receive extensive training regarding practice management, including billing and coding, contracting, employment law, and the “nuts and bolts” of setting up and maintaining a pain practice.
If you have questions regarding the fellowship program contact Dr. Elahi.