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Byrne L. Solberg, M.D. is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and spent his youth in Dearborn, Michigan. He attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan for undergraduate studies in Biology. Thereafter, he completed his medical education at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the Hahnemann University Hospital and Saint Agnes Hospital in Philadelphia. To specialize, he proudly completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Solberg has extensive experience in inpatient and outpatient Rehabilitation Medicine. He currently specializes in injury rehabilitation, electrodiagnosis, disability evaluations, and legal medicine. He enjoys meeting and serving new patients who have suddenly found themselves with musculoskeletal, neurological, or functional changes in order to help them move forward with their lives.

Dr. Rodriguez is the President of Dynamic Injury Solutions LLC. His focus is the diagnosis and improvement of physical and physiological conditions that affect form and function of the human body. His practice offers high-quality options in diagnostics, therapies, treatments, and counseling in conditions that mostly affect the musculoskeletal system. He is a board-certified physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine, Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, and Independent Medical Examination. To date, he has treated over 14,000 patients using state-of-the-art medical science coupled with alternative and complementary techniques.

Dr. Rodriguez graduated from The University of Pennsylvania in 1981. He double-majored in Biophysics and Natural Sciences with a concentration in Biochemistry. Thereafter, he graduated from The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1985, where he assisted in many operations, particularly of the hands, large articulating joints, and the cardiovascular system. Through his residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP), which he completed in 1989, he focused on the recognition and treatment of acute and chronic disabling conditions.

Following his residency, Dr. Rodriguez started his private practice. He also served as Assistant Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Director of Physical Medicine Services for the Skilled Nursing Facility of the Presbyterian Medical Center for five years, while also serving as Associate Clinical Professor within the Department of Internal Medicine of the HUP system for five years.

In addition, Dr. Rodriguez served as Medical Director of the Acupuncture Drug Detoxification Research Program of Philadelphia for one year, founder and elected Chairman of the North Philadelphia Health System’s first Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for three years, and taught podiatry residents from the Podiatry College of Philadelphia. During that time he held admitting and consulting privileges at six Philadelphia area hospitals.

In 1997, Dr. Rodriguez began to devote his time to private office practice. He has kept his focus on patients, science, and technology by adding MRI, Ultrasound, Lasers, and autologous stem cell treatment services. At present, he heads a medical company of 80 employees and 15 health profession licensed healthcare providers with eleven locations in Philadelphia and four surrounding counties. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Pennsylvania Pain Society, the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners, Physicians for Patients’ Rights, and Jurispro.

Dr. Rodriguez has continued to add to his base of knowledge, completing a Graduate Management Program through the Aresty Institute of Executive Education of the Wharton School in 2017. In addition to improving himself, he has enjoyed collaborating with and advising young students from his alma mater as an advisor for the PENN Biotech Group including Penn Health-Tech and Pennovation. His mission in these regards is to not only remain current but also to support improvements in modern healthcare spanning from digital health to helping more individuals gain access to healthcare who might not otherwise have access.

Dr. Rodriguez has over thirty-five years of experience in the treatment of joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves. He approaches patients with compassion and understanding. Dr. Rodriguez, himself, has undergone 2 separate lower back surgeries and understands pain and disability not only from a scientific perspective but also from personal experience.

Edward Alexeev, MD, is a skilled Interventional Pain Medicine Physician, Provider, and the owner of Atlantic Spine and Joint Pain Center LLC. As a trusted and board-certified Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation Physician, Dr. Alexeev provides outstanding care to all Manalapan, New Jersey, patients.

His extensive training and experience include a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and fellowship training in an ACGME-accredited Interventional Pain Medicine fellowship at Montefiore/Einstein.

He also served as Chief Fellow and an attending physician for several years, working with patients experiencing pain due to various causes.

Dr. Alexeev is board-certified in Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation. He can determine the root cause of your pain and return you to a healthy, pain-free, and active life.

He expertly treats pain related to any problem. He specializes in caring for people with pain due to carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain, neck pain, spinal stenosis, knee and shoulder pain, neuropathic pain, headache, complex regional pain syndrome, as well as type I and type II procedures and spinal epidural steroid injections.

Dr. Alexeev is skilled in performing medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablations, peripheral nerve blocks, injections, joint viscosupplementation, occipital nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulation therapy, and endoscopic rhizotomy procedures. He also provides back and joint bracing.

To ensure the least invasive, most effective care possible, Dr. Alexeev offers electrodiagnostic testing and the full range of image-guided procedures when needed.

He specializes in minimally invasive techniques to address the cause of joint or spine pain, intervertebral disc problems, or other musculoskeletal pain. These include joint and spine procedures and, when appropriate, spinal cord stimulator trials and implantation.

Dr. Alexeev's strengths include diagnosing and managing complex cases and offering sensible, safe, and effective treatments. Your pain will be understood at Atlantic Spine and Joint Pain Center LLC.

Avanthi Avadhanam, PT 

Dr. Christian has spent well over 10 years helping his patients recover from injury, progress to achieve a healthy more active life, and improve their overall functional capabilities through education, proper coaching, and the use of evidence based health care interventions ranging from proper programming to manual interventions. Christian achieved his first degree at West Virginia University in athletic training working closely with leaders in the field of athletic training, coaching, physical therapy, and strength and conditioning to help athletes maintain proper diet, health, and progress to improve their overall ability to perform their sport. He formerly served as the head Athletic Trainer at Holy Cross High School for 3 years before deciding to return to school to pursue his doctorate at Temple University. Certifications/Areas of Interest: Christian is a licensed Athletic Trainer, Board Certified Sports Clinical Specialist and has taken coursework through Selective Functional

Mahmud Ibrahim, MD, at Revive Spine and Pain Center Marlton, Hamilton Township, East Brunswick and Northfield, New Jersey, holds dual board certification in sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation and is fellowship trained in interventional pain management.

When treating patients at Revive Spine and Pain Center, his goal is to restore function, reduce pain, and promote an active, healthy lifestyle using conservative measures whenever possible.

Though Dr. Ibrahim treats pain from any cause, his special clinical interests include musculoskeletal medicine, non-operative spine procedures, orthopedics, sports medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine, and restorative therapy.

In addition to performing the full range of fluoroscopic-guided interventional pain-management procedures, he also uses diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound. He has extensive skill in minimally invasive procedures such as discectomies and percutaneous tenotomies.

After graduating from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York City, Dr. Ibrahim completed his residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School (also in New York City). After receiving an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) fellowship, he stayed at Mount Sinai to subspecialize in sports and interventional spine medicine. 

Dr. Ibrahim has published several articles on musculoskeletal medicine. He’s also a contributing author in a textbook on how to perform ultrasound-guided injections and the author of a book exploring what causes pain, how to reduce it, and ways to live with persistent pain.

Dr. Ibrahim has provided sideline coverage at football games, captained the medical tents at the New York City marathon, and was a ringside physician for the Golden Gloves of America boxing tournament and professional wrestling. 

Dr. Arfan Qureshi joined Revive Spine and Pain Center in 2022. As a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, his approach has always been holistic in nature. Dr. Qureshi has learned early on to treat the patient rather than the symptom.  The goal of treatment is to make the patient functional again using a multimodal approach of therapies, lifestyle modifications, medications, and interventions.

After graduating from Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, he went on to complete his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor Scott and White in Dallas, Texas. He then went on to subspecialize and completed an ACGME-accredited Interventional Pain Fellowship at University of Alabama Birmingham.

Dr. Qureshi is trained to perform a number of different fluoroscopic guided interventional pain management procedures. These include, but are not limited to cervical, thoracic, lumbar epidurals, facet joint injections, sacroiliac joint injections, radiofrequency ablation, sympathetic blocks, and spinal cord stimulation. His clinical interests include musculoskeletal medicine, interventional spine procedures, manual manipulation, and regenerative therapy.

Due to his accomplishments, Dr. Qureshi was elected chief resident at Baylor during his residency training. He was also elected as the ambassador of his program by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  Dr. Qureshi also served as an adjunct clinical instructor at the renowned Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Qureshi has published and has been the lead researcher of multiple studies during his academic career.

Dr. Qureshi serves as a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, North American Neuromodulation Society, and the World Academy of Pain Medicine. Dr. Qureshi has a passion in playing and watching basketball, discussing innovative technologies, and traveling the world to try various cuisines.

Dr. Selorm Takyi joined Revive Spine and Pain Center in 2020. He completed his physiatry residency at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, offered through the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. With a passion for teaching, he served as an academic chief resident and graduated residency in 2019. He then completed his fellowship in regenerative orthopedics and musculoskeletal medicine.

Dr. Takyi practices compassionate medicine and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society in 2014 while attending Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Specializing in both ultrasound-guided and fluoroscopic-guided techniques to treat pain and sports medicine injuries, he is excited to share his goal of using non-surgical procedures to help restore function and quality of life to his patients. With his training in physiatry, Dr. Takyi enjoys creating comprehensive treatment plans for his patients. In addition to offering interventional spine injections such as epidurals and nerve blocks, he performs platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and micro-fragmented adipose tissue (MFAT) injections to help treat a variety of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. His clinical interests include regenerative medicine, rotator cuff tears, osteoarthritis, ACL injuries, and meniscus tears.

He has co-authored the physical modalities, therapeutic exercise, extended bedrest, and aging effects chapter in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Review 4th Edition and an upcoming publication, Atlas of Interventional Orthopedics Procedures chapter on autologous tissue harvesting techniques: bone marrow aspirate and adipose tissue. He is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Interventional Orthobiolgoics Foundation, Spine Intervention Society, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. When not in the office, Dr. Takyi enjoys photography, exercising, and spending time with his family.

Michael Rizkalla, MD, a skilled physician with double-board certification in sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation, founded Revive Spine and Pain Center in 2017. At the practice’s offices in Marlton, Hamilton Township, East Brunswick and Northfield, New Jersey, he provides a patient-centered approach to treating acute and chronic pain.

He begins each appointment by listening to patients who all too often say that they’ve been everywhere and no one listens to or helps them. After hearing and understanding each person’s unique story and completing a physical exam, Dr. Rizkalla creates a tailored treatment plan using evidence-based treatments drawn from traditional medicine, interventional medicine, physical therapy, and complementary and restorative practices.

Dr. Rizkalla received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Miramar, Florida, then finished an internship in internal medicine before completing a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Rizkalla has a subspecialty in sports medicine, has fellowship training in interventional pain management, and is certified in contemporary medical acupuncture. In addition to diagnosing and treating pain, his clinical interests include spine and joint care, sports medicine, electrodiagnostic and neuromuscular medicine, and nonsurgical orthopedics.

He has extensive training in performing numerous interventional pain procedures and restorative injections, such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and bone marrow aspirate cells. Dr. Rizkalla is also proficient in using musculoskeletal ultrasound to diagnose and treat injuries.