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Ioannis Skaribas, MD, Anesthesiology, Houston, TX, Houston Methodist West Hospital

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Anesthesiology • Houston, TX

Pain Medicine

Founder and Medical Director Expert Pain PA

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Summary

  • Fellowship Trained and Double Board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dr. Skaribas specializes in advanced Interventional Pain therapies. Dr. Skaribas completed Residency in Anesthesiology and an interventional Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. During his residency, he received the "Intern of the Year" award. Dr. Skaribas has an appointment as a clinical assistant professor in Pain Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Until March of 2018 he has been a partner physician and shareholder with US Anesthesia Partners. He has served as the medical director of the Pain Management branch of USAP. In 2018 he founded Expert Pain P.A. a consortium for advanced pain management interventions and where he serves as the medical director and CEO. The author of several textbook chapters and journal manuscripts, Dr. Skaribas is a member of local, national and international professional medical societies.
    Interventional Therapeutics for advanced intractable pain syndromes
    Dr Skaribas is a nationally known expert in Spinal diagnostic and therapeutics, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Neuromodulation and Interventional Pain Management, for conditions that usually others cannot offer therapy. Some of his primary expertise include intractable back/neck/extremity pain as a result of spine surgeries,CRPS1-2, Intractable chronic abdominal and Pelvic pain as well as treatment of debilitating Migraine Headaches. Dr Skaribas and has performed more than a thousand spinal cord stimulation procedures with all available products in the field including Traditional tonic, Burst, DRG, and HF-10. In the area intractable abdominal and Pelvic pain he helps patients that cannot find solutions with accurate diagnosis and interventional treatments.He sees and treats sympathetically maintained syndromes, peripheral neuropathies. Dr. Skaribas is one of the first in the US to perform the new percutaneous interspinous spacer superior that treats

    • Pyriformis syndrome

    A Pyriformis Injection is a common interventional Pain management procedure, used to diagnose and treat Pyriformis syndrome. Symptoms of Pyriformis syndrome inc

    Dr. Skaribas and Patient discuss The Omega Procedure

    Janice Case's earliest childhood memories are of her crying from migraine pain. She lived with the pain until prescription migraine medications came on the mark

    Omega Migraine Procedure on Great Day Houston

    Mary G. suffered from chronic migraine pain for 10 years. "It would put me in bed three or four times a week," she remembers. "It is crippling. It is something

    Dr. Ioannis Skaribas, Great Day Houston

    Dr. Ioannis Skaribas, MD, DABA, OF expert Pain PA, appeared on Great Day Houston with one of his patients.

    Dr Skaribas Ends Houston Teen's Chronic Pain with Implant

    Through the use of Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), Dr. Ioannis Skaribas has ended a Houston teen's chronic pain. The patient's nerves were constantly mis-firing,

Education & Training

  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2000 - 2001
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Anesthesiology, 1997 - 2000
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineInternship, Anesthesiology, 1996 - 1997
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

  • IN State Medical License
    IN State Medical License 1998 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1999 - 2025
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • P2P appointed educational site in Excellence in Neuromodulation Abbott Medical, 2018
  • Partner of the year award Greater Houston Anesthesiology, 2008
  • Best Partner of the Year Award Greater Houston Anesthesiology, 2008
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Multicenter Retrospective Study of Neurostimulation With Exit of Therapy by Explant  
    Pope, J. E., Deer, T. R., Falowski, S., Provenzano, D., Hanes, M., Hayek, S. M., Amrani, J., Carlson, J., Skaribas, I., Parchuri, K., McRoberts, W. P., Bolash, R., Hai..., Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 1/1/2017
  • Results From the Partnership for Advancement in Neuromodulation Registry: A 24-Month Follow-Up  
    Deer, T., Skaribas, I., McJunkin, T., Nelson, C., Salmon, J., Darnule, A., Braswell, J., Russo, M. and Fernando Gomezese, O., Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 1/1/2016
  • Spinal stimulator peri-electrode masses: case report  
    Scranton, Robert A., Ioannis M. Skaribas, and Richard K. Simpson Jr, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 1/1/2015
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Single S1 DRG stimulation for intractable foot pain after lumbar spine surgery: A safe and efficacious approach.
    I. Skaribas, International Neuromodulation society 13 World Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1/29/2017
  • A survey among Texas Pain Society physicians regarding types and dosages of steroid utilized clinically in epidural steroid injectates.
    Dao T., Skaribas I., Texas Pain Society Annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2014
  • Assessing the impact of positional changes and movements in spinal cord stimulation.
    Nelson C, Skaribas IM, McJunkin tl, Tracy J, Slamon J, Pahapill, P, North American Neuromodulation Society 16th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1/6/2012
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Lectures

  • DRG therapy in the treatment of Post amputation neuropathic pain. 
    1/1/2017
  • DRG neurostimulation. 
    Houston, TX - 1/28/2016
  • NEVRO HF10 Therapy Hands on Surgical and Cadaveric Course 
    JW Marriot Scottsdale Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, AZ - 1/21/2016
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Other

  • Temperature and pH Influences on Heart Cells Electromechanical Dissociation in Vitro 
    Ioannis Skaribas, Ph.D. Thesis
    Medical School of Athens - 1/1/1994

Press Mentions

  • What to Expect from Your Spinal Cord Stimulation Trial
    What to Expect from Your Spinal Cord Stimulation TrialJanuary 12th, 2023
  • Expert Pain Care to Offer New Innovative LinQ(TM) Procedure
    Expert Pain Care to Offer New Innovative LinQ(TM) ProcedureSeptember 4th, 2020
  • Dr. Ioannis Skaribas, M.D., FASA, DABA Performs the First Abbott Proclaim XR™ Spinal Cord Stimulator Procedure in Houston, TX
    Dr. Ioannis Skaribas, M.D., FASA, DABA Performs the First Abbott Proclaim XR™ Spinal Cord Stimulator Procedure in Houston, TXJanuary 27th, 2020
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Committees

  • Member, International Neuromodulation Society Interim Meeting 2017 - Present
  • Member, DRG Best practices committee, International Neuromodulation Society 2017 - Present
  • Member, Memorial Hermman Chronic Pain Task Force 2015 - Present
  • Member, TDI-DWC medical quality review committee 2013 - Present
  • Member, Executive Medical Committee Memorial herman Sugarland Surgical Center 2009 - Present
  • Member, SWA /GHA Executive Committee 2012 - 2016
  • Member, Patient Safety committee, Texas Society of Anesthesiology 2010 - 2010
  • Member, American Society of Anesthesiology committee on Anesthesiology Assistant education and Practice 2007 - 2009
  • Member, American Society of Anesthesiology Committee on patient safety and education 2007 - 2009
  • Member, GHA/USAP CQI 2004 - 2018

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Greek

Hospital Affiliations

External Links

  • facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/expertpaincare/?ref=bookmarks
  • websitehttps://expertpaincare.com

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