Kajal Samish Shah, MD| Neurology, Psychiatry | 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
Clinical areas of focus
- Geriatric Care Management
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Home Sleep Apnea Test
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Addiction
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Sleep Stage Study
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Movements
- Adrenal Tumor
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- Anxiety
- Aphasia
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Autonomic Nervous System Disorder
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Biomechanical Lesions
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Carotid Stenosis
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Circadian Rhythm Disorder
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conductive Hearing Loss
- Convulsions
- Cranial Nerve Disorder
- Cushing Syndrome
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
- Disorders Of Trigeminal Nerve
- Dizziness And Lightheadedness
- Dorsalgia
- Dorsopathies
- Dyslexia And Symbolic Dysfunctions
- Dystonia
- Emotional Disorders
- Encephalitis
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
- Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
- Facial Weakness
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hemiplegia
- Huntington's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypertension
- Hypokinetic Movement Disorders
- Insomnia
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Ischemic Stroke
- Lack Of Coordination
- Malignant Neoplasm Of Meninges
- Meningioma
- Meningitis
- Middle Ear Disorders
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Muscle Disorders
- Narcolepsy
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neurodegeneration
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neuropathic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Nightmares
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Ocular Migraine
- Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
- Orthostatic Hypotension
- Paralysis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Psychosis
- Pulmonary Vasculitis
- Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Rett Syndrome
- Sciatica
- Secondary Malignant Neoplasm Of Brain
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Shift Work Sleep Disorder
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Terrors
- Sleepwalking
- Sleepwalking And Sleep Talking
- Snoring Disorders
- Somnolence, Stupor And Coma
- Spastic Hemiparesis
- Speech Disturbances
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Sports Concussion
- Subcortical Infarction
- Syncope
- Tic Disorder
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vascular Dementia
- Vasculitis
- Vertigo
- Vestibular Neuritis
- Vision Disturbances
- Wernicke Encephalopathy
Procedures I perform
- Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome Treatment
- Ambulatory Urodynamic Monitoring
- Angiogram
- Anxiety Management
- Biofeedback
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Brain Wave Testing
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials
- Cardiovascular Sleep Medicine
- Central Sleep Apnea Treatment
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cerebral Vasospasm Stenting
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Computed Tomography Enterography
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Treatment
- Electrical Nerve Stimulation
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Endoscopic Brain Surgery
- Epidural Blood Patch For Csf Leak
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Eye Movement Therapy
- Fatigue Management
- Flash Electroretinography
- Gastrointestinal Neurological Disorders Treatment
- Geriatric Care Management
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Home Sleep Apnea Test
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Hypnosis
- Inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring
- Intraoperative Brain Mapping
- Lifestyle Modification
- Maintenance Of Wakefulness Test
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy For Addiction
- Nerve Block
- Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Reeducation For Muscle Control
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neuropathic Pain Treatment
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Nitric Oxide Treatment
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Parkinson's Disease
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Polysomnography
- Prosthetic And Orthotic Therapy
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Pulsatile Tinnitus Treatment
- Pulse Oximetry
- Restless Leg Syndrome Treatment
- Seizure Treatment
- Shiatsu Massage
- Sleep Counseling
- Sleep Diary
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Sleep Stage Study
- Sleep Study
- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials
- Speech Therapy
- Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Disc Replacement
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Stereotactic Spinal Procedure
- Stress Reduction
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Subarachnoid Block
- Tension Headache Treatment
- Tongue Retaining Device
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
- Weight Management For Sleep Disorders
- Wireless Event Recorder Monitoring
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellowship: Washington DC VA Medical Center (2011)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2009)
Internship: Prince Georges Hospital Center (2006)
Medical School: Grant Medical College (2001)