Dr. Manish Raj Specialist - Interventional Pain Medicine
Years of Experience : 14
Nationality : India
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi
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Dr. Manish Raj is a double-board-certified physician who practices interventional pain medicine, Endoscopic spine surgery, and Neuromodulation surgery. In the past 14 years, he has performed over 5,000 spine interventions, 2,000+ endoscopic spine surgeries, and over 500 advanced complex Spine interventions, with a success rate of more than 96%.
Before transitioning to Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, he expertly managed the Interventional Spine and Pain Clinic at Mediclinic City Hospital and Mediclinic Parkview Hospital in Dubai. His leadership was instrumental in transforming the clinic from a basic pain management facility into an interventional spine and pain center. In one academic year alone, he performed over 200 spine interventions, including complex endoscopic spine surgeries and the implementation of spinal cord stimulators. Prior to his time at Mediclinic City Hospital, he served as the head of the Interventional Pain Medicine Department at Emirates Hospital Group in Dubai. There, he pioneered advanced endoscopic disc decompression techniques and introduced numerous evidence-based strategies to address the ongoing challenge of pain, establishing himself as a leader in the field. With 14 years of dedicated experience as an Interventional Spine and Pain Medicine expert, he successfully developed and led the Department of Interventional Spine and Pain Management at three prestigious tertiary care super-specialty hospitals in India.
Awards & Achievements
- Over 5,000 spine interventions, 2,000+ endoscopic spine surgeries and over 500 advanced Spine interventions performed in the past 14 years.
- He has published groundbreaking original scientific research, including a technical review on the use of endoscopic procedures for various types of disc herniation. Additionally, he has authored and co-authored numerous research articles in the fields of interventional spine and pain management.
- Notably, he is the only reviewer for the prestigious World Neurosurgery Journal with a background in pain medicine, having reviewed 40 scientific publications to date. He is also a co-author of the book "Atlas of Interventional Pain Management Procedures," published by Jaypee Publishers on November 20, 2022, where he contributed to the section on endoscopic disc surgery. Moreover, he was selected as the honorary chairperson of the Special Interest Group (SIG) at the Indian Society for the Study of Pain (IASP) for Endoscopic Spine Procedures, tasked with providing guidelines for endoscopic spine surgery within the society.
- He will be speaking at the American Society of Pain and Neurosciences, Miami-US July 2025.
- Speaker on endoscopic spine surgery from lumbar to cervical spine at ISPN 2024 “Abudhabi
- Cadaveric /Surgical trainer at Neurosurgery masterclass 2024, Dubai at SSI
- He was the speaker at the World Trauma Congress 2023 in Dubai on Cervical endoscopic disc decompression.
- Frequent trainer at All India Institute of Medical Sciences for endoscopic spine surgery.
- He has participated as a Speaker and national Faculty for Advanced Spine Endoscopy at the Indian Society for the Study of Pain national conference (ISSP-2017,2018,2019,20,23)
Education & Training
- After completing his bachelor's MBBS from Tash Govt. Medical University & Hospital in 2007, he went on to do his Master's in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine from Dr. D.Y. Patil University Medical College 2011, Pune, India, passing out with honors.
- He further received a fellowship in pain management from AESCULAP Academy, Germany.
- In 2013, he finished a 2- year fellowship program at the Pain Clinic of India as a Fellow of Interventional Spine and Pain Medicine (FISP) and in 201G.
- He received an international fellowship in Endoscopic Spine Surgery (IFENDS) after completing advanced endoscopic spine surgery training at the Nanoori Hospital under Pioneer of Endoscopic Spine Surgery Professor Dr Hyeun Sung kim in South Korea.
- In 2018, he received a Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Pain Medicine (FIAPM) by the Indian chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the world’s premier organization dedicated to researching and developing guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pain.
Expertise
- Chronic back pain
- Chronic neck pain
- Cervical degenerative disc disease
- Lumbar degenerative disc disease
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Disc bulge, herniation
- Cervical and lumbar facet pain syndrome
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Pain after back/spine surgery
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Osteoarthritis of the spine
- Cancer-related pain
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Chronic headache and trigeminal neuralgia
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Shingles pain and post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN)
- Neuropathy including diabetic neuropathy
- Pain after peripheral nerve injuries
- Chronic shoulder pain
- Chronic hip pain and osteoarthritis
- Chronic knee pain and osteoarthritis
- Myofascial muscle pain
Membership
- North American Spine Society (NASS)
- American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)
- American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
- International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), and
- the Indian Society of Pain (ISSP)
- Endoscopic Spine & Interventional Pain Society (ESIPS)
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