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COV ER FE AT UR E Epidural injection is a common spinal procedure performed to help back pain. MEET MADAN K. RAJ, MD, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF NEW YORK iSPINE SPECIALIST MEDICAL PC BEFORE PRACTICING MEDICINE in the United States, Dr. Raj provided medical care in India, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Dr. Raj earned his medical degree at Madurai Kamaraj University, India, and completed post-graduate study at JJM Medical College, India. He served his residency in physical medicine and rehabilita- tion at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He served a fellowship in interventional pain medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. Additionally, he studied rehabilita- tion medicine at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and obtained a Healthcare Management Executive MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is dual board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and in pain medicine. Dr. Raj has been instrumental in founding and expanding several practices in the Pennsylvania and New York regions. Active in the medical community and generous with his time, he is a member of numerous medical societies and gives community lectures in his areas of expertise. Dr. Raj primarily treats spinal condi- tions, as well as other muscle and joint pain. He finds that disc problems con- tribute to much of his patients' distress. Additionally, non-spinal issues may cause back pain for some patients. "Do not think of the disc as the only cause of spine pain," he advises. "If you take 100 people [with back pain], 40 may have disc pain. Thirty may have facet arthritis or small joints in the spine causing pain. The remaining 30 may have sacroiliac joint pain; that is, pain in the joint in the buttock where the pelvis joins the leg — a frequently misdiagnosed condition." Other conditions addressed at New York iSpine Specialist Medical PC include: + Arthritis pain + Carpal tunnel pain + Coccygeal pain + Complex regional pain syndrome + Diabetic pain + Failed-back-surgery pain + Hip pain, including trochanteric bursitis + Inguinal neuralgia + Migraine and facial pain + Neck pain + Neuropathic pain, including pain from shingles + Occipital neuralgia + Phantom pain + Sciatica, buttock and pelvic pain, including piriformis syndrome + Shoulder pain + Whiplash pain 8 | Long Island MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M