Pain Management, Spine

Anuj Daftari, MD

board certified

Education & Training

Specialty

Pain Management, Spine

Fellowship

Wayne State University - Henry Ford Hospital

Residency

Case Western Reserve University - Metrohealth Medical Center

Postgraduate

St. George’s University Medical School Graduate New Jersey Institute of Technology

Undergraduate

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Commonly Treated Conditions

  • Epidural Steroid Injections
  • Fluoroscopic Guided Injections
  • Interventional Spine and Pain Management
  • Kyphoplasty (Thoracic and Lumbar)
  • Medial Branch Blocks and Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Medication Management with Emphasis on Weaning Off Opioid Analgesics
  • Myofascial Pain
  • Neck and back pain
  • Peripheral Joint and Bursa Pain
  • Peripheral Nerve Pain
  • Sacroiliac Joint Injections
  • Sacroiliac Joint Pain
  • Selective Nerve Root Blocks
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial and Implants
  • Spine Compression Fractures
  • Spine and Pain Conditions
  • Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
  • Trigger Point Injections
  • Ultrasound Guided Injections
  • Various Joint, Bursa, and Tendon Injections
  • Various peripheral nerve blocks

Primary Location

Gilbert Clinic

3591 S. Mercy Rd. Suite 204 Gilbert, AZ 85297

About Dr. Daftari

Anuj Daftari, MD is a Double Board Certified Physician in Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. His fellowship training is in Interventional Spine and Pain Medicine. He believes in a multidisciplinary approach to pain management including physical therapy, pain medications, and interventional procedures. Dr. Daftari utilizes a wide-range of minimally-invasive techniques to help diagnose and treat various painful conditions.

Dr. Daftari received his fellowship training in Pain Medicine at Wayne State University Henry Ford Hospital in the Department of Anesthesiology in Michigan. He completed his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Case Western University – Metrohealth Medical Center in Ohio and his internal medicine internship at St. Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey. Dr. Daftari obtained his medical degree from St. George’s University Medical School in Grenada, West Indies. He obtained his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a double bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Here he was an All-American Scholar and was actively involved in the Sigma Xi Research Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society and Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society.

Dr. Daftari has contributed journal articles to the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics as well as actively participates in academic conferences. He is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR), American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), and the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS).

Dr. Daftari is actively involved in teaching and is the Pain Medicine Fellowship Director at The CORE Institute.

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Accolades & Awards

  • 2021 Top Doc, Ranked #1 by Peers
  • 2014 Fellow Of The Year Nomination
  • 2003 Sigma Xi Research Honor Society
  • 2002 De CaPrio Fellowship
  • 2001 Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
  • 2001 Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society
  • 2000 All American Scholar
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