Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Philip M. Rojo, DO, is a highly skilled nurse practitioner passionate about delivering customized care. Through his work at Union Spine and Pain Management, which has offices in Union, Scotch Plains, Bloomfield, South Bound Brook, New Brunswick, Old Bridge, and Woodbridge, New Jersey, Philip helps patients feel more comfortable as they progress in treatment.
A lifelong learner, Philip earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in New Brunswick. He remains at Rutgers to complete a Master of Science in nursing, focusing on adult and geriatric care.
Philip is trained in basic life support and advanced cardiac life support. He is also certified as an adult/gerontology acute care nurse practitioner.
Philip’s professional experience includes working in emergency room settings and managing patient care across various crisis and trauma needs. He also brings experience in managing patient care after surgical interventions, in addition to treating numerous acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain disorders.
Philip enjoys working one-on-one with those in his care, getting to know them and their unique health needs. He finds his work deeply rewarding, especially when patients overcome significant challenges in pain management.
LiveWell Pain Management provides the highest-quality pain management services for people in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist Nora Taha, MD, provides a wide variety of interventional procedures to relieve acute and chronic pain that develops from injuries and degenerative diseases like arthritis.
Dr. Taha works closely with each patient to customize a treatment plan that reduces their reliance on narcotic medications. She offers alternative and adjunctive treatments like physical therapy, Acupuncture, and functional medicine therapies. Additionally, Botox® injections are available in-office to relieve recurrent migraine pain.
For chronic back pain, neck pain, and pain after surgery, LiveWell Pain Management offers several minimally invasive procedures, including regenerative medicine, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation. Dr. Taha also uses regenerative medicine, viscosupplementation, and COOLIEF* radiofrequency ablation to help relieve chronic knee pain.
To treat wrist pain or elbow pain that results from nerve entrapment conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome, Dr. Nora Taha offers nonsurgical, ultrasound-guided nerve hydrodissections.
Dr. Taha is one of a select few physicians performing The MILD® procedure, which is a nonsurgical option to help relieve pain and improve symptoms due to lumbar spinal stenosis.
There’s no need to live another day with chronic pain or immobility. Explore all of the options for chronic pain relief by calling LiveWell Pain Management or by booking a consultation online today.
Dr. Maria Cabodevilla-Conn is a physiatrist who is a Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine. Additionally, she is board certified in the Subspecialty of Pain Medicine by The American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Cabodevilla-Conn graduated from New York University with Honors and majored in Spanish Literature and Biology. She received her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Cabodevilla-Conn completed her Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Her fellowship training followed in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center. She obtained an MBA in Health Care Administration from Baruch College.
During her free time, Dr. Cabodevilla-Conn enjoys spending time with her family, and friends, and taking dance classes.
Maria values Nirvana’s friendly, collaborative environment: “Everyone really cares for our patients and for improving the overall health of the community we serve.” She also is gratified by its “team approach to patient care.”
LiveWell Pain Management provides the highest-quality pain management services for people in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, Bergen County, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist Nora Taha, MD, provides a wide variety of interventional procedures to relieve acute and chronic pain that develops from injuries and degenerative diseases like arthritis.
Dr. Taha works closely with each patient to customize a treatment plan that reduces their reliance on narcotic medications. She offers alternative and adjunctive treatments like physical therapy, Acupuncture, and functional medicine therapies. Additionally, Botox® injections are available in-office to relieve recurrent migraine pain.
For chronic back pain, neck pain, and pain after surgery, LiveWell Pain Management offers several minimally invasive procedures, including regenerative medicine, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation. Dr. Taha also uses regenerative medicine, viscosupplementation, and COOLIEF* radiofrequency ablation to help relieve chronic knee pain.
To treat wrist pain or elbow pain that results from nerve entrapment conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome, Dr. Nora Taha offers nonsurgical, ultrasound-guided nerve hydrodissections.
Dr. Taha is one of a select few physicians performing The MILD® procedure, which is a nonsurgical option to help relieve pain and improve symptoms due to lumbar spinal stenosis.
There’s no need to live another day with chronic pain or immobility. Explore all of the options for chronic pain relief by calling LiveWell Pain Management or by booking a consultation online today.
Sejal Patel, MS, PA-C, is a nationally certified physician assistant. She is one of the highly-skilled interventional pain management clinicians on the team at University Pain Medicine Center, with offices throughout New Jersey.
After earning her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, Sejal completed the physician assistant program at Seton Hall and graduated with a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies. She went on to work at New Jersey Anaesthesia Associates/Saint Barnabas Medical Center as an obstetrics/anesthesia PA. Sejal has been practicing in the field of pain management for over a decade.
Sejal has worked directly with Dr. Demesmin for the past eight years, seeing patients in the office daily. Not only does Sejal perform routine follow-ups for both her own and Dr. Demesmin's patients, but she also devises treatment plans to help those they treat receive efficient and effective care.
In addition to her work at University Pain Medicine Center, Sejal has hospital privileges at Robert Wood Johnson and Saint Peter's University Hospital, where she regularly follows up with patients. She is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the New Jersey State Society of Physician Assistants.
Sejal treats every patient with the same care she would provide for a family member who is in pain. She likes to keep her patients informed and involved in their treatment protocols.
Sejal is fluent in Gujarati and Hindi, and her interests include traveling, reading, and spending time with her family. To see Sejal and the rest of the team, call University Pain Medicine Center or book online.
Didier Demesmin, MD, MBA, is an interventional pain medicine physician who is board-certified in both anesthesiology and pain medicine. He is the medical director and founder of the University Pain and Spine Center, with offices throughout New Jersey.
Dr. Demesmin earned his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he received the prestigious award for Academic Excellence in Anesthesiology. He completed an interventional pain medicine fellowship program at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons/Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City.
Dr. Demesmin is affiliated with some of the most well-respected hospitals in Central New Jersey. His affiliations include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, JFK Medical Center, Somerset Medical Center, and Saint Peter’s University Hospital, where he is the director of pain medicine. Dr. Demesmin is a member of the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research Institutional Review Board, where his responsibilities involve protecting the rights and welfare of patients involved in clinical research. He is also a member of the Saint Peter’s University Cancer Committee and aspires to develop a palliative care program at Saint Peter’s University Hospital.
Dr. Demesmin has lectured and conducted poster presentations internationally. His travels have taken him to the Italian Minimally Invasive Spine Conference in Rome, Italy, and the International Intradiscal Therapy Society in Toulouse, France, among other prestigious institutions. Dr. Demesmin also lectured and performed a live, minimally invasive discectomy as part of a seminar in Brazil. He has been a preceptor to college students, medical students, residents, and pain medicine fellows.
Dr. Demesmin treats a full spectrum of pain syndromes such as neck pain, lower back pain, sciatica, herniated disc, failed back surgery, diabetic neuropathy, cancer pain, headache, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, arthritis, osteoporosis, and more. He also specializes in minimally invasive procedures, including percutaneous disc decompression, discography, epidural steroid injections, vertebroplasty, microendoscopic discectomy, intrathecal pumps, spinal cord stimulators, nerve blocks, and more.
With his focus on excellence and his compassionate bedside manner, Dr. Demesmin will help you manage or eliminate your pain while also making you a priority. Call the office or use the online booking tool to set up your consultation today.
Jay M. Shah, MD, FAAPMR, is a leading double-board certified interventional pain specialist at Englewood Cliffs Surgery Center, serving patients across in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Trained at the prestigious Weill-Cornell Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship, Dr. Shah's expertise was honed at top-tier medical facilities, including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
Renowned for his patient-centered approach, Dr. Shah offers tailored, evidence-based treatments for chronic musculoskeletal pain, sports injuries, and trauma. He specializes in advanced non-surgical orthopedic procedures, addressing conditions like low back pain, sciatica, and joint pain. Dr. Shah is particularly adept at managing complex pain syndromes, including migraines, pelvic pain, and neuropathic disorders.
As a spine, joint, and nerve pain specialist, Dr. Shah excels in delivering precise, non-opioid interventions under image guidance. His expertise includes spinal cord stimulation, Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, and minimally invasive procedures like MILD and Vertiflex. Additionally, he offers a range of interventions for conditions such as cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis, including epidural steroid injections and radiofrequency ablations.
Driven by a passion for alleviating suffering and restoring quality of life, Dr. Shah epitomizes excellence in interventional pain management. With his compassionate care and commitment to innovation, he continues to redefine standards and provide hope and healing for her patients.
Eric Berger, MD, is a fellowship-trained physician with over 25 years of experience as a head and neck and cosmetic surgeon. As the leading practitioner of cosmetic procedures at Revitta, with offices in the Upper East Side of New York City in Manhattan as well as Brooklyn, near Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach. Dr. Berger provides each patient with discrete, professional cosmetic care and is committed to the comfort and privacy of each patient visit.
Dr. Berger received his medical education from the Autonomous University Of Guadalajara in Zapopan, Mexico. He then went on to complete a fellowship at the Graduate Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Berger completed his residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. He also completed an internship at Cabrini Medical Center in New York City.
As a cosmetic specialist, Dr. Berger uses his expertise to help patients address a wide range of aesthetic concerns. In addition to treatments like Botox®, dermal fillers, and laser skin resurfacing, Dr. Berger has extensive training in non-surgical face and hair rejuvenation.
To achieve the best results, Dr. Berger takes the time to go over the medical history of each patient, as well as their goals and treatment options. Dr. Berger uses his surgical background to perform each procedure with expert accuracy and precision.