WAQAAS QURAISHI

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Get to know Interventional Pain Management Physician Dr. Waqaas A. Quraishi, who serves the population of New York. Dr. Quraishi attended Atlantic Community High School, where he graduated as Valedictorian. He completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biology. Furthering his education he received his Medical Degree with High Honors from Ross University School of Medicine. He completed an internship in General Surgery at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He then completed his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency with at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. Wanting to further his training he then completed his Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship with the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center. During his fellowship he was trained with the latest interventional techniques in managing pain, and medical management of complex pain syndromes including severe neuropathic pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Post-laminectomy syndrome. Dr. Quraishi is dual certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and American Board of Anesthesiology. He remains a professional member of the North American Spine Society, Eastern Orthopaedic Association, American Pain Society, North American Spine Society, and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He currently practices with Orthopedic Spine Care of Long Island where he holds an expertise in intrathecal medication therapies and neuromodulation (i.e. spinal cord stimulation). An Assistant Clinical Professor at Hofstra-Northwell School if Medicine, Dr. Quraishi maintains an active interest in teaching, spending time with medical students in the anatomy lab and training residents who rotate through his office.

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