Reza Ghorbani, MD, ABIPP, FIPP
Dr. Ghorbani CV
President and Medical Director of Advanced Pain Medicine Institute.
Dr. Reza Ghorbani has been practicing Interventional Pain Management since 1996. Dr. Ghorbani is a diplomate of the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP) and the American Board of Anesthesiology with subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine. Dr. Ghorbani is also a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP), the only certifying agency which tests the ability to perform interventional pain procedures.
Dr. Ghorbani graduated with honors from Tufts University and then attended Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed a Surgical Internship at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center and a residency in Anesthesiology at Harvard University's Brigham and Women's Hospital. He then completed a Fellowship in Pain Management, also at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Before joining Advanced Pain Medicine Institute in Maryland, Dr. Ghorbani was in private practice providing Pain Management services in Boston, Massachusetts since 1997. He had been affiliated with several prestigious hospitals such as New England Baptist Hospital, (NEBH is the official hospital of the legendary Boston Celtics, and has provided services to U.S. Olympic teams, elite athletic associations and individual elite athletes) and Faulkner Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital. In addition, Dr. Ghorbani had been an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Boston University School of Medicine and Director of the Interventional Pain Management Program where he was actively involved in training residents and medical students.
Dr. Ghorbani provides cutting edge technology in the treatment of Spine Pain. His area of expertise is in minimally invasive therapies for the treatment of Pain of Spine Origin-Neck and Back Pain. For precise localization and added safety measures, his procedures are performed under X-ray guidance. Patients also receive sedation, if necessary. Procedures performed by Dr. Ghorbani include Epidural Steroid Injections, Selective Nerve Blocks, Radiofrequency Facet Denervations, Sacroiliac Blocks, Sympathetic Blocks, Discography, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Percutaneous Disc Decompression for removal of Herniated Discs and Vetebroplasty for Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures Secondary to Osteoporosis.
Dr. Ghorbani has taught and lectured extensively on Interventional Pain Procedures and Pain Management issues.
Dr. Ghorbani is a member of The North American Spine Society, American Academy of Pain, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, World Institute of Pain, International Spinal Injection Society, American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, National Pain Foundation, Montgomery County Medical Society and Maryland State Medical Society.
Dr. Ghorbani is an avid tennis player and enjoys traveling as well as photography. He is married with two young sons.
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