Practice Focus
- Pharmacologic Pain Management
- Interventional Spine Procedures
- Epidural Injections
- Radiofrequency Nerve Ablation
- Medial Branch Blocks
- Ganglion Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
Dr. Syed Asim Husain is a pain management specialist that believes in a multidisciplinary approach to treating patients in pain. He designs patient-specific treatment plans that are effective and that the patients are comfortable with. While he specializes in procedures of the spine and peripheral joints, he also incorporates different philosophies of medicine including homeopathic medicine.
Dr. Husain is an assistant professor, part of the Northwell Healthcare system. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Pain Medicine. After medical school, he completed his internship at UMDNJ (Rutgers). He then went on to complete his residency at NYU and finished training with his fellowship in pain medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Dr. Husain was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in northern New Jersey. He is fluent in Hindi and Urdu. When he is not working he enjoys sporting activities including football, basketball, and lacrosse.
Education
- Fellowship, Interventional Spine/ Pain Management, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
- Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY
- Internship, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, Newark, NJ
- Doctor of Osteopathy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
- Bachelor of Science, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
Interventional Pain Management Procedures
Cervical Spine
- Botulinum Toxin Injections
- Cervical Epidural Injections
- Cervical Facet Joint Injections
- Cervical Medial Branch Blocks
- Cervical Radiofrequency Ablations
- Cervical Selective Nerve Root Blocks
- Trigger Point Injections
Lumbar Spine
- Lumbar Epidural Injections
- Lumbar Facet Joint Injections
- Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Ablations
- Lumbar Selective Nerve Root Blocks
- Lumbar Sympathetic Chain Blocks
- Percutaneous Discectomy
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
Sacroiliac/Other
- Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections
- Ganglion Sympathetic Blocks
- Sacroiliac Joint Injections
- Sacroplasty
- Genicular Nerve Block (knee)
