Rachid Idrissi, MD, PhD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Medicine BIO info Dr. Idrissi received his medical degree as well as a Ph.D from Mohammed V University, School of Medicine in Rabat, Morocco before moving to California in 1999. He did medical research at Stanford University before going on to a Surgical Internship at the Cornell University Medical College Program in New York. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Louisville and the world renowned Frazier Rehab and Neuroscience Center. Following his residency he completed a fellowship in Interventional Pain Management at Emory University. He is board eligible in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation/ Pain Medicine, and is a member of numerous national, state and local medical societies. Dr. Idrissi’s emphasis remains on Interventional Pain Management while using the latest technology and cutting edge procedures in the field. Dr. Idrissi diagnosis and treats all types of back and neck pain disorders, atypical facial pain including migraine and cluster headaches pain as well as more complicated issues such as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, complex regional pain syndrome, failed back surgery syndrome, fibromyalgia, vetebroplasty (vertebral compression fracture), herniated disc/failed disc syndrome, myofacial pain, osteoarthritis as well as chronic pain associated with cancer and immune system disorders. The latest diagnostic tools are used to pinpoint problems and to make accurate assessments and include electrodiagnostic nerve testing, bone scans, diagnostic spinal injections as well as traditional MRI’s and x-rays. Dr. Idrissi performs a wide variety of procedures including Epidural Cortisone Injections, Radiofrequency Nerve Ablation, Discograpy Differential Spinal Blockade, Sympathetic Ganglion Blockade, Sacroiliac Joint Injections, Percutaneous Vertebroplasty, Opiate Pump Implantation, Percutanious Disc Decompression, Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty as well as Zygapophysial Joint Injection and Joint Nerve Blocks.