Sanjeev Kumar, MD
Associate Professor Of Anesthesiology; Director, Endoscopic Spine Fellowship; Medical Director, Springhill Pain Clinic
Department:
MD-ANEST-CHRONIC PAIN MED
Business Phone:
(352) 265-7777
Business Email:
skumar@anest.ufl.edu
About Sanjeev Kumar
My name is Sanjeev Kumar, MD, and I am the Medical Director of UF Health Pain Medicine –Springhill, Director of the endoscopic spine fellowship and an Associate Professor in the University of Florida Division of Pain Medicine. I received my bachelor’s degrees in medicine and surgery from Delhi University in India. Afterwards, I completed a residency in anesthesiology at Delhi University/Safdarjung Hospital before interning at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center where I completed a residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in pain medicine. I also received additional training in Endoscopic Spine Surgery from renowned international experts over the years.
I decided to become a doctor to help people that suffer from acute or chronic pain. I strive to get to the bottom of why you are hurting so that we can fix the problem.
My grant-funded research work uses artificial intelligence in image analysis to create smart software that can guide future fluoroscopy-guided procedures. Endoscopic spine surgery, trigeminal neuralgia and facial/head pain are specific interests of mine, as is generally any chronic pain from head to toe.
In my free time, I enjoy traveling, playing with my kids and table tennis.
Accomplishments
Second Place "Radiofrequency lesion size varies depending on the solution used "
2012
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Advanced Regional Anesthesia Conference
First place "Assessment of Difficulty in Airway Management in Obese Patients"
2010
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Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists
Third place "Dosage of mepivacaine in ultrasound guided axillary block"
2009
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Advanced Regional Anesthesia Conference
First Place, Anesthesia Quiz Competition
2004
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Indian Society of Anesthesiology annual conference
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2023
BMS6021 Pain Intensive
Board Certifications
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AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
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Pain ManagementAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation
Areas of Interest
- Abdominal pain
- Back pain – when you see the doctor
- Cervical Herniated Disk
- Chest pain
- Chronic pain – resources
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Compression fractures of the back
- Epidural injections for back pain
- Face pain
- Headache
- Herniated disk
- Hip pain
- Joint pain
- Knee pain
- Kyphoplasty
- Leg pain
- Low back pain – acute
- Low back pain – chronic
- Lumbar Herniated Disk
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neck pain
- Neuralgia
- Shoulder pain
- Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spinal fractures
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertebroplasty
Research Profile
Endoscopic Spine Decompression, Lumbar & Cervical Facetogenic Pain.
Areas of Interest
- Cervical Facetogenic Pain
- Endoscopic Spine Decompression
- Lumbar Facetogenic Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0003-4187-0435
Publications
2024
A Proposed Treatment Algorithm for Low Back Pain Secondary to Bertolotti’s Syndrome.
Pain physician.
27(2):E275-E284
[PMID] 38324794.
2024
Efficacy of endoscopic decompression surgery for treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis
Interventional Pain Medicine.
3(1)
[DOI] 10.1016/j.inpm.2024.100391.
2024
Refractory primary and secondary headache disorders that dramatically responded to combined treatment of ultrasound-guided percutaneous suprazygomatic pterygopalatine ganglion blocks and non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation: a case series.
Regional anesthesia and pain medicine.
49(2):144-150
[DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2023-104967.
[PMID] 37989499.
2023
A Trans-pedicle Approach to Avoid Exiting Nerve Root Injury in Full-Endoscopic Transforaminal Decompression: A Case Report.
Cureus.
15(8)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.43573.
[PMID] 37719617.
2023
Endoscopic Resection of Pseudoarticulation as a Treatment for Bertolotti’s Syndrome.
Cureus.
15(1)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.33397.
[PMID] 36751158.
2023
Kumar S (2023) Can Lumbar Spine be a Cause of Visceral Pain? J Anesth Clin Res. 14:1100
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2023
Proximal Tibiofibular Joint Dysfunction as a Cause of Persistent Knee Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Series and Literature Review.
Cureus.
15(2)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.35367.
[PMID] 36994290.
2023
Radiofrequency Ablation of Gasserian Ganglion in Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma.
Cureus.
15(9)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.44675.
[PMID] 37809233.
2023
Stellate Ganglion Block for Intractable Hiccups Secondary to a Motor Vehicle Collision.
Cureus.
15(4)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.37030.
[PMID] 37143629.
2023
The Kumar Technique: A Novel and Effective Approach to Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections
Cureus.
15(10)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.47210.
[PMID] 38022188.
2022
Ultrasound-Guided Occipital Nerve Blocks to Reduce Tinnitus-Associated Otalgia: A Case Series
A & A Case Reports.
16(1)
[DOI] 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001552.
2022
“GatorSign” for severe lumbar spinal canal stenosis: Magnetic resonance imaging evidence of lumbar perineural edema in the central canal
Acta Radiologica Open.
11(7)
[DOI] 10.1177/20584601221112615.
[PMID] 35833194.
2021
A Case Report on Spinal Cord Stimulation in an Atrophic Spinal Cord: What Exactly Are We Stimulating?
Pain Practice.
21(3):348-352
[DOI] 10.1111/papr.12956.
2021
Anterolateral intervertebral disc herniation presenting as visceral pain in a patient with renal keratinising desquamative squamous metaplasia.
BMJ case reports.
14(4)
[DOI] 10.1136/bcr-2020-240124.
[PMID] 33893125.
2021
Endoscopic Spinal Decompression: A Retrospective Review of Pain Outcomes at an Academic Medical Center.
Cureus.
13(10)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.19112.
[PMID] 34858754.
2021
Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum of the Lumbar Spine.
Cureus.
13(10)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.19023.
[PMID] 34824935.
2021
Transforaminal Endoscopic Decompression of Facet Cysts by Interventional Pain Physicians.
Cureus.
13(9)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.18308.
[PMID] 34722080.
2020
A Case Report of High Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Otalgia and Tinnitus
A&A Practice.
14(9)
[DOI] 10.1213/xaa.0000000000001261.
2020
Complete resolution of chronic pain, sensory impairment, and motor dysfunction following percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic decompression in a failed back surgery syndrome patient—a case report
Journal of Spine Surgery.
6(3):613-619
[DOI] 10.21037/jss-20-586.
[PMID] 33102899.
2019
Incidence of Cervicogenic Headache Following
Lower Cervical Radiofrequency Neurotomy
Pain Physician.
2(22.2):E127-E132
[DOI] 10.36076/ppj/2019.22.e127.
2019
Opioid Safety and Concomitant Benzodiazepine Use in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients
Pain Research and Management.
2019:1-10
[DOI] 10.1155/2019/3865924.
[PMID] 31772694.
2018
A sensitive electrochemical immunosensor for label-free detection of Zika-virus protein.
Scientific reports.
8(1)
[DOI] 10.1038/s41598-018-28035-3.
[PMID] 29946074.
2017
Kyphoplasty for the treatment of an atypical osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture of the lumbar spine: A case report
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports.
5
[DOI] 10.1177/2050313×17744985.
2017
Lumbar Radiofrequency Rhizotomy in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain Increases the Diagnosis of Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction in Subsequent Follow-Up Visits
Pain Research and Management.
2017:1-4
[DOI] 10.1155/2017/4830142.
[PMID] 28255260.
2017
Sphenopalatine ganglion: block, radiofrequency ablation and neurostimulation –Â a systematic review
The Journal of Headache and Pain.
18(1)
[DOI] 10.1186/s10194-017-0826-y.
[PMID] 29285576.
2016
Intractable sacroiliac joint pain treated with peripheral nerve field stimulation
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology.
32(3)
[DOI] 10.4103/0970-9185.173336.
[PMID] 27625495.
2014
Effective low dosage of mepivacaine in ultrasound-guided axillary nerve block: a double-blinded, randomized clinical trial of efficacy in patients undergoing distal upper extremity surgery
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.
26(3):222-226
[DOI] 10.1016/j.jclinane.2013.11.016.
2011
Gene Therapy for Chronic Neuropathic Pain: How Does It Work and Where Do We Stand Today?
Pain Medicine.
12(5):808-822
[DOI] 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01120.x.
2007
Management Strategies for Pain in Breast Carcinoma Patients: Current Opinions and Future Perspectives
Pain Practice.
7(2):163-177
[DOI] 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00125.x.
2006
Anesthetic Management During Bronchoscopic Removal of a Unique, Friable Foreign Body
Anesthesia & Analgesia.
103(6):1596-1597
[DOI] 10.1213/01.ane.0000246273.07813.fe.
Grants
Jul 2022
ACTIVE
University of Florida Elliquence Endoscopic Spine Fellowship 2022-2023
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: *ELLIQUENCE
Mar 2022
ACTIVE
Creation of an intelligent alert to improve efficacy & patient safety in real time during fluoroscopic guided lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: HEERMANN ANESTHESIA FOU, I
Oct 2018
– Aug 2022
A Prospective Observational Multicenter Study of HF10 Therapy in Patients who Previously Failed Traditional SCS (RENEW)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NEVRO
Education
Fellowship – Pain Management
2011
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Wayne State University
Residency – Anesthesiology
2010
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Wayne State University
Internship – Anesthesiology
2007
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Wayne State University
Residency – Anesthesiology
2004
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Delhi University
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
2000
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University College of Medical Sciences
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 265-7777
Emails:
- Business:
- skumar@anest.ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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1345 SW Center Drive
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1345 SW Center Drive, PO Box 100254
Gainesville FL 32610