Pain Management Information
Ochsner Interventional Pain Management – Elmwood is Ochsner Health’s interventional pain management service at Ochsner Health Center – Elmwood. Maged N. Guirguis, MD, system chair of Ochsner’s interventional pain management department, sees patients here.
Interventional Pain Management at Ochsner Health
The Ochsner Health team was among the first in Louisiana, and one of few in the country, to perform a dorsal root ganglion implant, and Ochsner was the first in New Orleans to offer cooled radiofrequency ablation.
Treatments & Procedures Offered
- Epidural Steroid Injections: Including cervical and lumbar transforaminal injections.
- Facet, Medial Branch and Sacroiliac Joint Procedures: Listed among treatments.
- Nerve Blocks: Celiac plexus, ganglion impar, genicular, intercostal, lumbar sympathetic, occipital, pudendal, SPG, stellate and trigeminal blocks.
- Radiofrequency Ablation: Including trigeminal RFA and cooled radiofrequency ablation.
- Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation: Neuromodulation options.
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Listed among treatments.
- Intrathecal Pump: Listed among treatments.
- Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty: For vertebral compression fractures.
- Ketamine Infusions: Listed among treatments.
- PRP and Joint Injections: Hip, knee and trigger point injections.
Conditions Treated
Arthritis, cancer pain, headaches and migraines, complex regional pain syndrome, degenerative disc disease, diabetic neuropathy, facial pain, failed back surgery syndrome, fibromyalgia, neuropathy, herniated disks, soft tissue injuries, joint pain, low back pain, neck pain, post-herpetic neuralgia/shingles, post-laminectomy syndrome, sciatica, facet syndrome, spinal stenosis, sports injuries, trigeminal neuralgia, vertebral compression fractures and vertebrogenic pain.
Medical Team & Elmwood Location
- Lead Physician: Maged N. Guirguis, MD (Triple board certified in anesthesiology, pain medicine and headache management)
- Elmwood Office: 1201 S Clearview Pkwy, Building B, New Orleans, LA 70121
- Other location: Ochsner Medical Complex – Clearview, 4430 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006
- Phone: (504) 300-9076
- Website: ochsner.org/services/pain-management
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What conditions does Ochsner interventional pain management treat?
Back and neck pain, sciatica, arthritis, CRPS, cancer pain, headaches and migraines, neuropathy, spinal stenosis, vertebral compression fractures and many other pain conditions.
Was Ochsner first to offer certain pain procedures?
Ochsner says its team was among the first in Louisiana to perform a dorsal root ganglion implant and the first in New Orleans to offer cooled radiofrequency ablation.
Where is the Elmwood location?
At 1201 S Clearview Pkwy, Building B, New Orleans, LA 70121. Call (504) 300-9076.
