About the Doctor

Asit P. Patel, MD

Asit P. Patel, MD graduated from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He completed his residency in Anesthesia at Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut. Dr. Patel is board certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Management. He has been practicing pain management since 1992, and founded Comprehensive Spine and Pain Management, LLC in 2013.

Dr. Patel uses conservative treatments as a first step in managing your pain, as well as to prevent further injury. For persistent pain he performs injections to identify the cause and to treat the pain. Medications are injected at specific targets with x-ray and ultrasound guidance.

Conservative treatments provided by Dr. Patel:

• Rehabilitation exercises
• Medication management
• Support braces
• Tens unit therapy

Injections performed by Dr. Patel:

• Trigger point injections
• Epidural injections
• Selective nerve root injections
• Diagnostic and therapeutic facet joint/nerve injections
• Knee joint injections
• Hip joint injections
• Shoulder joint injections
• Radio Frequency Ablations–RFA- (heating the nerve)
• Spinal cord stimulator trial
• Kyphoplasty (cementing fracture of spine bones)

• Stellate ganglion block
• Lumbar sympathetic nerve block
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Occipital nerve blocks
• Ketamine injections
• Temporomandibular joint injections
• Intrathecal narcotics
• Baclofen injections
• Epidural catheter placement for multiple day treatments