Home               Physicians              Pain Management            Pain Resources          Blog              Contact Us

 

SANJIV PARIKH, M.D.


Dr. Parikh’s medical background includes expertise in various specialties, qualifying him to provide a wide range of interventional pain management services. After receiving his medical degree and practicing orthopedics, Dr. Parikh completed a surgical internship; spent two years involved in spinal research at University of Southern California (USC) and completed an anesthesiology residency at Columbia University. He was trained to perform provocative intervertebral disc stimulation during a post-doctoral fellowship in pain management at Thomas Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia. From 1995 through 2001 he established, and directed the Pain Management Center at The General Hospital Center at Passaic. He also played a key role in the Neuroscience Steering Committee of the Atlantic Healthcare System.
Dr. Parikh has special interest in the treatment of intractable pain conditions using state-of-the-art technological advances and latest knowledge to interrupt pain pathways. Dr. Parikh established his own Interventional pain practice, and has been in private practice since September 2001.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Fellowship              (08/94 - 08/95)
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - Philadelphia, PA.
Post Doctoral Pain Management

Residency              (07/91 - 06/94)
NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE (Westchester County Medical Center - Valhalla, N.Y
Anesthesiology (PGY 2,3,4)
Chief Resident in CA-3 year at Metropolitan Hospital Center


Internship     (07/90 - 06/91)
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - New York, N.Y.
Straight Surgical Internship (PGY-1)

Research Fellowship  (08/89 - 04/90)
USC-University of Southern California School of Medicine
UCLA-University of California Los Angeles
Research Fellowship in Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Medical School            (01/86 - 12/88)      
Gujarat University, Department of Orthopedic Surgery,
K.M. School of Postgraduate Medicine & Research (Ahmedabad, India)
Master of Surgery (Orthopedics)

Post-Graduate Education (07/80 - 01/86)
N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, (Ahmedabad, India)
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery-M.B.B.S

LICENSURE
New Jersey #25MA06254100

CERTIFICATIONS
Board Certified by ABA Added Qualification in Pain Management
Board Certified in Anesthesiology
Certificate in Business Administration from American Board of Anesthesiology
Certification of Training for Nucleoplasty from Arthrocare- July 2002, Cervical 1/2004
Certification by American Board of Addiction Medicine - 2004


HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
      Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, Secaucus, NJ 
      Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, NJ   
      St. Mary's Hospital, Passaic, NJ


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ASA - American Society of Anesthesiologist (1991-Present)
NJSSA - New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologist
IASP - International Association of the Study of Pain
ISIS - International Spinal Injection Society
ASIPP - American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
Jan. 1990

"Effect of The Log-rolling Maneuver on the Unstable Fractured Spine"
American Spinal Injury Association

Jan. 1990"Echinococcal Infestation of the Spine in North America"
Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research

Aug. 1988"Van Ness Type Turnaroundplasty for Chondrosarcoma of Femur in a Young Adult"
"CME Journal of K.M. School of Postgraduate Medicine & Research, India

Feb. 1988"Open Cancellous Bone Grafting (a modified Papineau’s Method)” Presented at The Sixth Annual"
Conference of Gujarat State Orthopedic Association, India


PRASHANT A. PATEL , M.D.


drprashant.JPG


Dr. Patel is a board certified anesthesiologist and Columbia-trained Pain Management physician. Dr. Patel was raised in Northern New Jersey, and he has strong ties to the area.  After graduating with honors from Columbia University in New York City, he returned to New Jersey to study medicine at UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School.  After graduating from medical school, he completed an internship in internal medicine at Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, NJ.  He was then accepted into the prestigious anesthesiology residency program at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.  After completing his residency, he was chosen to stay at Columbia to complete an interventional pain management fellowship under the directorship of renowned pain physician Dr. Michael Weinberger.  Dr. Patel subsequently returned to serve Northern New Jersey, joining the distinguished pain management practice of Dr. Sanjiv Parikh.  He has been successfully helping patients to manage their pain since then.

EDUCATION / TRAINING
Fellowship 
  (7/06-7/07)
COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER (New York, NY)
Post Doctoral Clinical Fellowship, Pain Management

Residency   (7/03-7/06)
COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER  (New York, NY)
Residency, Anesthesiology

Internship
   (7/02-7/03)
MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL (Montclair, NJ)
Internship, Internal Medicine

Medical School   (8/98 -6/02)
NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL ( NJMS )
UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY  (Newark, NJ)
Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Postgraduate Education  (8/94-5/98)
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE (New York, NY)
BS with honors, Biomedical Engineering

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
       Meadowlands Hospital (Secaucus, NJ)
       Saint Mary's Hospital (Passaic, NJ)
       Glen Ridge Surgery Center (Glen Ridge, NJ)

AWARDS AND HONORS
       Columbia Anesthesiology Grand Rounds Presentation Award in Pain Management, 2006
       Columbia Anesthesiology Academic Evening Poster Presentation in Regional Anesthesia, 2006
       NJ Medical School-UMDNJ, Department of Surgery, Research Fellowship Award, 1999
       Columbia University Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, 1998
       National Science Foundation Research Fellowship Award in Biomedical Engineering, 1996
       Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Scholarship Award 1994

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
       American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
       New Jersey Pain Society
       International Spinal Injection Society (ISIS)
       American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)
       American Medical Association (AMA)


Copyright © 2008, Algology Associates PC