About me
Interventional Pain medicine is a sub-specialty of the medical specialty devoted to use of interventions like facet injections,epidural steroid injections,peripheral nerve blocks , peripheral joint injections for targeted management of pain non-responsive to conservative measures.These interventions are extremely helpful for moderate to severe pain and trial of these injections is suggested sometimes over surgical options.
Some of the Interventional Pain procedures offered at our medical center:
- Trigger point injections
- Epidural steroid injections (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar)
- Joint injections (shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee)
- Peripheral nerve blocks (carpal tunnel syndrome and occipital nerve blocks)
- Lumbar facet injections
- Medial branch block
Schedule an appointment today to discuss your treatment options at 301-863-7041 with Dr.Kajal Shah
Clinical areas of focus
- Epilepsy
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Aphasia
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- General Sensations And Perceptions
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Narcolepsy
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Ocular Migraine
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Paralysis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Sports Concussion
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Treatment
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Transcranial Doppler
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Washington DC VA Medical Center (2011)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2009)
Internship: Prince Georges Hospital Center (2006)
Medical School: Grant Medical College (2001)