Pain Management Services

The pain management program at SOCH comforts people recovering from surgical pain, as well as those seeking relief from the relentless effects of chronic pain. 

Pain management specialists on the medical staff of SOCH, received specialized trained to treat all types of pain. The program focuses on offering a wide range of treatment options ranging from conservative drug therapies, epidural anesthesia and minimally invasive nerve stimulation techniques performed in the Interventional Center at SOCH. These are used to treat:

Chronic knee pain caused by nerve entrapment: Treated with a common peroneal nerve block with nerve stimulation and ultrasound guidance

Migraine headaches: Treated with an injection in the base of the skull to numb the nerves

Cervical neck pain caused by arthritis of the cervical spine: Treated with a nerve block injection

Shooting arm pain caused by a pinched nerve: Treated with a cervical epidural

Chronic arm and neck pain: Treated with cervical spinal cord stimulation

Lower back pain: Treatment involves injection of local anesthetics, steroids, or narcotics into affected soft tissues, joints, or nerve roots to more complex nerve blocks and spinal cord stimulation

SOCH Pain Management Specialists

Ashraf Sakr, MD is a board-certified specialist in pain management who received his medical degree from Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt, where he also earned a master’s degree in general surgery. He completed a pain management fellowship and a residency in anesthesia at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Sakr did a residency in family medicine at St. Mary’s of Nazareth Hospital and an internship in obstetrics and gynecology at Flushing Hospital Medical Center. He is board-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Management.

Michael Yu, MD is a board-certified specialist in pain management who received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. He completed a pain management fellowship at Columbia Medical Center College of Physicians. He completed a residency in anesthesia at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and an internship in internal medicine at Long Island College Hospital. He is board-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

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