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Dr. Dreyfuss completed his medical doctorate with honors from Ohio State University. His residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was at the University of Texas in San Antonio. The Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation awarded Dr. Dreyfuss the Rosenthal Award for a young physiastrist's advancements in research and treatment of low back pain. He was also recognized by the Association of Academic Physiatrists with the Excellence in Research Writing Award. Dr. Dreyfuss is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha.

Dr. Dreyfuss contributes to medical research and writing. He has made more than 95 local, national, and international presentations on spinal pain and interventions. Further, Dr. Dreyfuss has held faculty positions in more than 30 continuing medical education courses.
Paul Dreyfuss, MD is on the Spine Universe Editorial Board.

SpineUniverse articles from Paul Dreyfuss, MD

• Caudal Epidural Injection Information
  An epidural injection places anti-inflammatory medicine into the epidural space. Read how this treatment may help to decrease nerve root inflammation and hopefully reduce back or leg pain.
• Cervical Epidural Injection
  An epidural injection places anti-inflammatory medicine into the epidural space to decrease inflammation of the nerve roots, hopefully reducing the pain in the neck, shoulders and arms. Learn what to expect from this procedure here.
• Cervical Facet Joint Injection Information
  A facet joint injection serves several purposes. By placing numbing medicine into the joint, the amount of immediate pain relief experienced will help confirm or deny the joint as a source of pain.
• Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injection Information
  An epidural injection places anti-infllammatory medicine into the epidural space to reduce nerve inflammation and pain.
• Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar Discography Information
  Discography confirms or denies the disc(s) as a pain source. Learn how the procedure is performed and its importance in planning spine surgery.
• Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbosacral Low Dose Intrathecal Contrast Enhanced CAT Scan
  Similar to a myelogram, contrast dye is injected into the low back to enhance images of the spinal canal and nerve roots.
• Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbosacral Medial Branch Block Information
  An injection to block the medial branch nerves temporarily stops the transmission of pain signals from the spinal joints to the brain.
• Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbosacral Nerve Block
  A selective nerve root block provides important information to physicians but is not a primary treatment. It serves to prove which nerve is causing pain by placing temporary numbing medicine over the nerve root of concern.
• Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbosacral Spinal Nerve Injection (Diagnostic Transforaminal Injection)
  A selective nerve root block provides important information about which nerve is causing pain.
• Costotransverse and Costovertebral Joint Injection Information
  The costotransverse and costovertebral joints are small joints where the ribs join the mid back. This injection may help relieve pain in the back, ribs, chest, or abdomen.
• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Selective (Transforaminal) Epidural Spinal Injection
  A pain management experts provides informatino about selective transforaminal epidural spinal injections.
• Lumbar Epidural Injection
  A lumbar epidural injection places anti-inflammatory medicine, such as cortisone, near the nerve roots that are inflamed and causing pain. It should relieve pain in the back or legs. Read this full explanation of what happens during the procedure.
• Lumbar Facet Joint Injection Information
  A facet joint injection serves several purposes including immediate pain relief that helps to confirm or deny the spinal joint as the pain source.
• Radiofrequency Neurotomy Information for Facet Joint Pain
  A medial branch neurotomy is a non-surgical procedure that helps to relieve neck, mid-back, and low back pain.
• Radiofrequency Neurotomy Information for Sacroiliac Joint Pain
  A neurotomy is a non-surgical pain management procedure that may help ease sacroiliac joint pain.
• Sacroiliac Joint Injection Information
  The sacroiliac facet joints are a small joint in the region of the low back and buttocks where the pelvis actually joins with the spine. If the joints become painful they may cause pain in the low back, buttocks, abdomen, groin or legs.
• Sympathetic Nerve Block Information
  A sympathetic nerve block involves injecting numbing medicine around the nerves in the low back or neck to temporaily switch pain off.
• Thoracic Epidural Injection
  An epidural injection places anti-inflammatory medicine into the epidural space to decrease inflammation of the nerve roots, hopefully reducing the pain in the mid back or around the rib cage.
• Thoracic Facet Joint Injection Information
  A facet joint injection serves many purposes. Placement of numbing medicine into the joint, may reduce pain and helps confirm/deny the joint as a pain source.