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Kunj Patel, MD, Physical Medicine/Rehab, San Francisco, CA, The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis

KunjGovindPatelMDMSc

Physical Medicine/Rehab San Francisco, CA

Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

Medical Director Center for Regenerative & Interventional Spine and Sports Pain, St. Louis, MO --- Board of Directors American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

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Summary

  • Dr. Patel is a Harvard pain fellowship-trained physician who performs Minimally Invasive Spine and Orthopedic procedures, as well as advanced Regenerative Medicine techniques. His goal is to provide cutting-edge medical care painlessly and to get patients back to health and exercise. He has helped athletes and performers, including members from professional sports teams from St. Louis, the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks, and Cirque du Soleil.

    For joints and tendon/ligament injuries, he performs procedures using platelet rich plasma (PRP), orthobiologic treatments using bone marrow concentrate and adipose tissue for spine and joint pain. He also performs conventional steroid injections, hyaluronic acid injections, radiofrequency ablation, and peripheral nerve stimulation.

    For low back and neck pain, he also performs spine injections, electromyography, as well as minimally invasive spine endoscopic and percutaneous spine surgical procedures, posterior approach SI joint fusion, interspinous spacers, and spinal cord stimulation, as well as radiofrequency ablation.

    He also performs sacral stimulation for pelvic pain and urinary or bowel incontinence, as well as endovenous treatments for incompetent veins/venous reflux.

    He offers a holistic approach to pain treatment, and also offers acupuncture, bracing, behavioral health management and multimodal (non-opioid) analgesia.

    He can be booked for an appointment by calling his office at 415-455-3237.

Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2018 - 2019
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2015 - 2018
  • University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus
    University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown CampusInternship, Transitional Year, 2014 - 2015
  • West Virginia University School of Medicine
    West Virginia University School of MedicineClass of 2013, Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • Fairmont State University Flight School
    Fairmont State University Flight SchoolProfessional Flight Program, Private Pilot, Licensed Private Pilot, 2007 - 2008
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology
    New Jersey Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (MS), Applied Mathematics, MSc, 2005 - 2006
  • New Jersey Institute of Technoloogy
    New Jersey Institute of TechnoloogyBachelor of Science (BS), Mathematical Biology, 3.9 GPA, Summa cum laude, 2002 - 2006

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2019 - 2026
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2021 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2021 - 2024
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2018 - 2021
  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Travel Award ($2000) North American Neuromodulation Society, 2019-2020
  • White House Presidential Leadership Scholars Program Finalist For Health Policy work to create an Integrated Cancer Care Network in St. Louis. Leadership program supported by Clinton Foundation, GW Bush Foundation, and Lyndon B Johnson Foundation, 2019
  • First Prize in Research American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians & American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, 2018
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Cell-free Biodegradable Synthetic Artificial Ligament for the Reconstruction of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in a Rat Model.  
    Patel K, Kawakami Y, Nonaka K, Fukase N, D’Amore A, Murata Y, Quinn P, Luketich S, Takayama K, Matsumoto T, Cummins J, Kurosaka M, Kuroda R, Wagner W, Fu F, Huard J., Acta Biomaterialia, 10/29/2020
  • Intermediate-Term Comparison of Posterior Cruciate-Retaining Versus Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty Using the New Knee Scoring System  
    Kawakami Y, Matsumoto T, Takayama K, Ishida K, Nakano N, Matsushita T, Kuroda Y, Patel K, Kuroda R, and Kurosaka M., Orthopedics. 2015;38(12), 12/11/2015
  • Therapeutic Potential of Endothelial Progenitor Cells in the Field of Orthopaedics  
    Kawakami Y, Matsumoto T, Mifune Y, Fukui T, Patel K, Walker G, Kurosaka M, Kuroda R., Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 1/1/2017
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Patient Pain Satisfaction scores unaffected by Opioid Reduction Protocol utilizing Morphine Equivalent Dose Calculations
    Patel K, McCarty R, Rozak M, Chandrasekhar E, McCrate A, Abramoff B, Reed M, Milton B, Strasser D., Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 7/1/2018
  • Patient Pain Satisfaction Scores Are Unchanged by an Opioid Reduction Protocol Utilizing the Tracking of Morphine Equivalent Dose Calculations
    Rozak M, McCarty R, McCrate A, Chandrasekar E, Abramoff B, Reed M, Milton B, Strasser D, Patel K., Pain Physician 2018 - 20th Annual American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Meeting
  • The Value of a 12 Month Curriculum in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for Resident Physicians
    Patel K, Leong C, Williams C, McDermot H, Cordiero C, Abramoff B, Mautner M, Kneer L., American Academy of Pain Medicine 2018 Conference, Pain Medicine
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Lectures

  • Amantadine for Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery 
    Emory University Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine, Atlanta, GA (June 2016)
  • Opioid Reduction in the Acute Rehabilitation Setting 
    Resident Research Day (June 2016)
  • Differential Regenerative Capacities of Human Blood-Vessel-Derived Stem Cell Subsets in Injured Skeletal Muscle - Best Musculoskeletal Medicine Research 
    American Academy of Physical Medicine Rehabilitation, National Conference, 2014
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Other

  • CRISSP Remote Patient Monitoring, Version 4.0, Amazon Web Services. Software 
    Patel K, Pating MB, Barredo L, Cal V, Castillejo L
    12/2020
  • Nopioids: a Virtual Reality Endoscopic Training Platform 
    Patel K, Navara R, Rendu C, Mattan M, Nathan N, Gazi H, Yavalkar U, Ayad K, Thomas S, Adams M, Goodwin Z, Pattillo T, Perez J, Pineda J, Pineda I, Berryman L, Nguyen S.
    4/2018

Committees

  • Member, Massachusetts Medical Society 2018 - 2019
  • Member, American Academy of Pain Medicine 2018 - 2018
  • Member, North American Spine Society 2017 - 2019
  • Board of Directors, PM&R Member, Spark the Cure 2016 - 2018
  • Member, Medical Association of Georgia 2015 - 2018
  • Regional Editor (2016-17), Contributing Editor (2015-16), Rehab in Review—A National Surveillance Journal 2015 - 2017
  • President, Resident Fellow Section, Maryland State Medical Association (MedChi) 2014 - 2015
  • Graduate Medical Education Council, Quality Improvement, University of Maryland Medical Center, Midtown 2014 - 2015
  • Resident Physician Council National Board (2016), Medical Education Council, Resident Liaison on Resident Physical, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013 - 2018
  • Immediate Past Chair (2018) National Chair (2017-18), National Vice Chair (2016-17), National Elected Position, Association of Academic Physiatrists 2013 - 2018
  • Advocacy Chair (2016-2017), Vice President (2014-2015), National Secretary, National Service Chair (2013-2014), Global Health Summit Research Symposium Abstract Reviewer (2016), Winter Medical Confere, Association of Physicians of Indian Origin 2013 - 2017
  • Preventative Medicine Interest Group, WVU Chapter, President, American Medical Student Association (AMSA), WVU Chapter, Vice President, Academic Council, Co-Chair, West Virginia University School of Medicine 2011 - 2011
  • President, Pi Mu Epsilon, Math Honors Society, NJ Institute of Technology (NJIT) 2005 - 2006
  • President, Pi-Landers Math Club, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) 2004 - 2005

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations