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Gary
Saff
MD
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Dr. Gary Saff is a native of South Florida where he currently practices as an Interventional Pain Management Specialist. Ivy League-trained, he completed his pain management fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
More recently, Saff was the Director of Pain Management Services at Cleveland Clinic, Weston, and formerly a Director at Columbia University's St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital. He holds certificates in the American Board of Anesthesiology, the American Society of Pain Management, the American Board of Independant Medical Examiners, and he is licensed in Acupuncture.
Dr. Saff has spent time both in the Amazon jungle learning medicine from shamans, as well as learning eastern medicine acupuncture techniques. In 2009, he published his first book, What A Pain - A Doctor's Guide to Understanding and Treating Pain. More recently, he has published a second book for children entitled Baby Benny's Boo-Boo Book. With over 19 years of experience in managing pain, he has published many articles and has given lectures both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Saff currently lives in Weston, FL with his wife and their three children.
Conditions treated:
- Spinal Stenosis
- Sciatica
- Cancer
- Headaches
- Disc Herniation
- Arthritis
- Shingles
- Myofascial
- Fibromyalgia
- Diabetes
- Bursitis
- Tendonitis
- Osteoporosis
- Nerve Damage
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Peripheral Vascular
- Phantom Limb
- Post Dural Puncture Headache
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Cumulative Stress Injury
- Spondylolisthesis
- Radiculopathy
- Neuropathic Pain
Interventional Injection Procedures Performed:
- Epidural injections
- Facet Joint Injections
- SI Joint Injections
- RFA
- Discography
- Trigger Point Injections
- Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- Diagnostic Nerve Blocks
- Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Headaches
- Nerve Blocks to Alleviate Pain in Head & Neck
- Intrathecal Narcotic Pumps
- Spinal Cord Stimulation