Kajal Samish Shah, MD| Sleep Medicine, Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Interventional Pain medicine is a sub-specialty of the medical specialty devoted to use of interventions like facet injections,epidural steroid injections,peripheral nerve blocks , peripheral joint injections for targeted management of pain non-responsive to conservative measures.These interventions are extremely helpful for moderate to severe pain and trial of these injections is suggested sometimes over surgical options.
Some of the Interventional Pain procedures offered at our medical center:
- Trigger point injections
- Epidural steroid injections (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar)
- Joint injections (shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee)
- Peripheral nerve blocks (carpal tunnel syndrome and occipital nerve blocks)
- Lumbar facet injections
- Medial branch block
Schedule an appointment today to discuss your treatment options at 301-863-7041 with Dr.Kajal Shah
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Reflexes
- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Acute Stress Disorder
- Addiction Disorders
- Adjustment Disorder
- Agitation
- Alcohol Addiction
- Alcohol Dependency
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Anger Issues
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Arm Weakness
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Ataxia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues In Dementia
- Behcet Syndrome
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Brief Psychotic Disorder
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Nervous System Lupus
- Cerebellar Ataxia
- Cerebellar Disease
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Dystonia
- Cervical Plexopathy
- Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
- CNS Vasculitis
- Cognitive Impairment
- Complicated Bereavement Disorder
- Compulsive And Addictive Behaviors
- Concussion
- Conversion Disorder
- Cranial Nerve Injury
- Cyclothymic Disorder
- Dejerine Sottas Disease
- Delusional Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Depression
- Diabetic Lumbosacral Radiculoplexus Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Diplopia
- Disruptive Behavior
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dual Diagnosis
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
- Dysthymia
- Eating Disorders
- Encephalopathies
- Epilepsy
- Executive Function Disorder
- Facial Droop
- Facial Nerve Palsy And Paresis
- Facial Pain
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
- Femoral Neuropathy
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Grief
- Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
- Hallucinations
- Headache
- HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
- HIV Myopathy
- Hoarding Disorder
- Horner Syndrome
- Hypochondriasis
- Hypomania
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Inclusion Body Myopathy
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lacunar Stroke
- Leg Weakness
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Lip Droop
- Lobar Atrophy Of Brain
- Mania
- Medication Overuse Headache
- Memory Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Movement Diseases And Disorders
- Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscle Weakness
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelitis
- Myoclonic Epilepsy With Ragged Red Fibers
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Nerve Root Disorder
- Nervous System Disorders
- Neuralgia
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO)
- Neuropathy
- Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Panic Attack
- Paramyotonia Congenita
- Paranoia And Delusional Disorders
- Paraplegia
- Paresthesia
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Perinatal Mood Disorders
- Periodic Paralysis
- Peripheral Nerve Injury
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Periventricular Leukomalacia
- Persistent Depressive Disorder
- Personality Disorder
- Phobia
- Plexopathy
- Positional Vertigo
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
- Primary Cerebellar Degeneration
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Psycho Oncology
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Psychosomatic Disorders
- Quadriplegia
- Radiculopathy
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Self Harming Behaviors
- Sensory Impairment
- Sensory Neuronopathy
- Small Fiber Neuropathy
- Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Somatoform Disorders
- Spasticity
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Degeneration
- Spinocerebellar Diseases
- Statin Myopathy
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Substance Addiction
- Substance Dependence
- Suicidal Ideation
- Suicide Attempt
- Syncope
- Tetraplegia
- Thought Disorder
- Tic Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Torticollis
- Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trichotillomania
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Unsteady Gait
- Vertigo
- Vision Loss
- Visual Impairment
Procedures I perform
- Adult Psychiatry
- Angiography
- Avm Embolization
- Botox For Dystonia
- Botox For Hemifacial Spasm
- Botox For Spasticity
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Evaluation (EMU)
- Headache Therapy
- Men's Mental Health
- Mental Health
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Infusion Treatment
- Neuropsychiatry
- Psychotherapy
- Transplant Psychiatry
- Women's Mental Health
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Fellowship Program: Washington DC VA Medical Center (2011)
Residency Program: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (2009)
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine (2009)
Internship Program: University of Maryland Prince Georges Hospital (2006)