Sayed E. Wahezi, MD
Pain Medicine
- Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
- Attending Physician, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Montefiore Medical Center
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Bronx, NY 10461-2401
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Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD, is Professor and Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Wahezi’s clinical focus is in interventional pain medicine.
A graduate of State University of New York at Buffalo, Dr. Wahezi earned his Doctor of Medicine in 2005. He completed his internal medicine internship at Cornell University, New York Hospital, Queens in 2006, then came to Montefiore to complete his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation in 2009, serving as chief resident in his final year. In 2010, Dr. Wahezi completed his interventional spine and musculoskeletal fellowship at Spine Technology and Rehabilitation, then returned to Montefiore to complete a pain medicine fellowship in 2013, and created the clinical and academic foundation for Pain Medicine at Montefiore.
Dr. Wahezi’s research interests include innovative percutaneous pain treatments and his basic science interests include the physiology of neuropathic and orthopedic pain. He is actively involved in basic science and clinical studies in pain management. Dr. Wahezi has authored more than 80 publications in peer-reviewed pain journals, book chapters, abstracts and posters. Many of Dr. Wahezi’s publications have led to the innovation of novel interventional pain procedures. He has given more than 200 academic lectures in pain management across the country. He is a reviewer and editor for several pain journals.
Dr. Wahezi is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a long-standing member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), American Academy of Pain Medicine, New York Pain Society (NYPS), Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), Eastern Pain Association (EPA) and Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD). He is a nominated American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) delegate representative for the American Medical Association’s Expert Panel on Pain Management, nominated representative on ASIPP’s expert lumbar stenosis panel and the Board of Directors for the NYPS. He is also a graduate of the AAP Program for Academic Leadership (PAL) and a past president of the APPD. He serves on the Board of Directors for American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), is a member of the Educational Council for the Association of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN), and is a co-director for the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) membership council.
Gender: Male
Credentials
Titles and Positions
- Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
- Attending Physician, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Education and Training
- Medical Education SUNY Buffalo
- Fellowship Spine Technology and Rehabilitation
- Residency Montefiore Medical Center
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Locations
Primary Location
Montefiore Medical Center
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Additional Locations
Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place
1250 Waters place
Bronx, NY 10461-2720
718-920-7246
Research
Publications
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Is Chronic Tendon Pain Caused by Neuropathy? Exciting Breakthroughs may Direct Potential TreatmentSayed Emal WaheziDec 2024Suwannika Palee; Ugur Yener; Alaa Abd-Elsayed; Sayed Emal Wahezi
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Iliotibial-band and gluteus medius percutaneous ultrasound tenotomy for refractory trochanteric pain syndrome: A longitudinal observational study with one-year durability resultsFerdinand J. Chan; David Gonzalez; Sayed Emal WaheziSep 2024Sandeep Yerra; Tahereh Naeimi; Alan David Kaye; Ferdinand J. Chan; David Gonzalez; Ugur Yener; Sayed Emal Wahezi
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Percutaneous tenotomy for quadriceps, patellar or pes anserine tendinopathy refractory to conservative management; a retrospective reviewSayed E. WaheziSep 2024Tahereh Naeimi; Denis Cherkalin; Jin Min; Sayed E. Wahezi
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Surgical treatment of refractory low back pain using implanted BurstDR spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in a cohort of patients without options for corrective surgery: Findings and results from the DISTINCT study, a prospective randomized multi-center-controlled trialSayed WaheziSep 2024James J. Yue; Christopher J. Gilligan; Steven Falowski; Jessica Jameson; Mehul J. Desai; Susan Moeschler; Julie Pilitsis; Robert Heros; Edward Tavel; Sayed Wahezi; Robert Funk; Patrick Buchanan; Anne Christopher; Jacqueline Weisbein; Denis Patterson; Robert Levy; Ajay Antony; Nathan Miller; Keith Scarfo; Scott Kreiner; Derron Wilson; Chi Lim; Edward Braun; David Dickerson; Jonathan Duncan; Jijun Xu; Kenneth Candido; Ibrahim Mohab; Fishell Michael; Bram Blomme; Udoka Okaro; Timothy Deer
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The current state of training in pain medicine fellowships: An Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD) survey of program directorsSayed Emal Wahezi; Moorice Caparó; Naum ShaparinSep 2024Sayed Emal Wahezi; Trent D. Emerick; Moorice Caparó; Heejung Choi; Yashar Eshraghi; Tahereh Naeimi; Lynn Kohan; Magdalena Anitescu; Thelma Wright; Rene Przkora; Kiran Patel; Tim J. Lamer; Susan Moeschler; Ugur Yener; Jonathan Alerte; Radhika Grandhe; Alexander Bautista; Boris Spektor; Kristen Noon; Rajiv Reddy; Uzondu C. Osuagwu; Anna Carpenter; Frederic J. Gerges; Danielle B. Horn; Casey A. Murphy; Chong Kim; Scott G. Pritzlaff; Cameron Marshall; Gwynne Kirchen; Christine Oryhan; Tejinder S. Swaran Singh; Dawood Sayed; Timothy R. Lubenow; Nalini Sehgal; Charles E. Argoff; Amit Gulati; Miles R. Day; Naum Shaparin; Nabil Sibai; Anterpreet Dua; Meredith Barad
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