Dr. Manish Raj

• Dr. Manish Raj is a double-board-certified physician with more than 14 years of clinical experience in interventional pain medicine, endoscopic spine surgery, and neuromodulation surgery.
• He has performed over 5,000 spine interventions, 2,000+ endoscopic spine surgeries, and more than 500 advanced complex spine interventions, achieving a success rate of above 96%.
• He is internationally recognized for pioneering endoscopic disc decompression techniques and advancing evidence-based strategies in pain medicine.
• Fluent in English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi

Conditions treated by Dr. Manish Raj

• Chronic back and neck pain
• Cervical and lumbar degenerative disc disease
• Cervical & lumbar radiculopathy (sciatica, nerve compression)
• Disc bulge, herniation, and failed back surgery syndrome
• Spinal stenosis and vertebral compression fractures
• Osteoarthritis of the spine, hip, shoulder, and knee
• Cancer-related pain
• Chronic abdominal and pelvic pain
• Chronic headaches and trigeminal neuralgia
• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
• Shingles pain & post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN)
• Neuropathy (including diabetic neuropathy)
• Myofascial pain syndromes

Area of Interest

• Endoscopic spine surgery (lumbar to cervical)
• Neuromodulation techniques (spinal cord stimulators, RFA procedures)
• Advanced interventional spine procedures
• Complex revision spine interventions
• Evidence-based interventional pain management strategies
• Cadaveric and live surgical training for spine specialists

Qualification

• MBBS, Tashkent Government Medical University, 2007
• MD (Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine) , Dr. D.Y. Patil University Medical College, Pune, 2011

Work Experiences

• Consultant – Interventional Spine & Pain Clinic, Mediclinic City Hospital and Mediclinic Parkview Hospital, Dubai
• Head of Interventional Pain Medicine, Emirates Hospital Group, Dubai
• Head, Department of Interventional Spine & Pain Management – Tertiary Care Superspecialty Hospitals, India