Nalini Sehgal, MD Print Friendly Page
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthDr. Sehgal is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and has subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine. Her clinical and research interests include minimally invasive image guided procedures to diagnose and treat complex pain disorders, chronic pain of spinal origin, whiplash, cancer pain and chronic musculoskeletal pain, radio frequency and neuroablative procedures; intradiscal treatments (e.g. IDET); spinal cord stimulation and neuraxial drug delivery.
Specialties
Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
UW Health Clinics
Hospital Affiliation(s)
Languages Spoken
| English, Hindi |
| Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000. |
UW School of Medicine and Public Health
| Rehabilitation |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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| Fellowship |
Spine Technology and Rehabilitation, FT. Wayne, IN
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| Residency |
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, WI
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| Internship |
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, WI
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| Medical School |
JLN Medical College, Ajmer, India
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Procedures
Our doctors provide a wide range of services. The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this physician.
- Discograms
- Epidural Steroid Injections
- Facet Joint Injections/Median Branch Blocks
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Trial & Implant
- Sympathetic Ganglion Blocks
- Trigger Point Injections
Programs & Conditions
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Smith HS Colson J Sehgal N .
An update of evaluation of intravenous sedation on diagnostic spinal injection procedures. Pain Physician. 2013 Apr;16(2 Suppl):SE217-28
[PubMed ID: 23615892]
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Sehgal N Manchikanti L Smith HS .
Prescription opioid abuse in chronic pain: a review of opioid abuse predictors and strategies to curb opioid abuse. Pain Physician. 2012 Jul;15(3 Suppl):ES67-92
[PubMed ID: 22786463]
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Sehgal N Smith HS Manchikanti L .
Peripherally acting opioids and clinical implications for pain control. Pain Physician. 2011 May-Jun;14(3):249-58
[PubMed ID: 21587328]
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Backonja MM Walk D Edwards RR Sehgal N Moeller-Bertram T Wasan A Irving G Argoff C Wallace M .
Quantitative sensory testing in measurement of neuropathic pain phenomena and other sensory abnormalities. Clin J Pain. 2009 Sep;25(7):641-7
[PubMed ID: 19692807]
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Sehgal N Dunbar EE Shah RV Colson J .
Systematic review of diagnostic utility of facet (zygapophysial) joint injections in chronic spinal pain: an update. Pain Physician. 2007 Jan;10(1):213-28
[PubMed ID: 17256031]
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Sehgal N Shah RV McKenzie-Brown AM Everett CR .
Diagnostic utility of facet (zygapophysial) joint injections in chronic spinal pain: a systematic review of evidence. Pain Physician. 2005 Apr;8(2):211-24
[PubMed ID: 16850075]
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Gordon DB Sehgal N Schroeder ME Cleary J .
Treatment of pain crisis at end of life from severe lower extremity venous outflow obstruction with hyperalgesia and allodynia. J Pain. 2002 Jun;3(3):244-8
[PubMed ID: 14622779]
