Non-Surgical Spine & Pain Management

Morris L. Scherlis, MD, DAAPM

Morris Scherlis, MD

Areas of Expertise:

Diagnosis & non-surgical treatment of the cervical, thoracic & lumbar spine
Epidural steroid injections – cervical & lumbar
Facet joint injections – cervical & lumbar
Nerve blocks – diagnostic & therapeutic
Radiofrequency ablation – cervical & lumbar
Hip, shoulder, knee injections
Sacroiliac (SI) joint injections
Sympathetic and stellate ganglion blocks
Occipital nerve blocks
Shingles and Diabetic nerve blocks
Pre and Post-surgical pain
Cancer pain

Dr. Scherlis is double board-certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management and specializes in interventional spine procedures. He focuses on providing non-surgical pain relief for patients with persistent low back and neck pain, pre and post-surgical pain, peripheral neuropathy, discogenic and radicular pain as well as pain associated with shingles and cancer. Dr. Scherlis provides the latest in advanced injection and ablation therapy.

Dr. Scherlis completed a Fellowship in Interventional Spine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock where he served as Chief Fellow. He completed his residency at the University of Maryland in Shock-Trauma Anesthesiology after completing his Medical Degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.

He is dedicated to the advancement of pain management and anesthesiology and serves as the Lead Investigator in several research protocols.

Specialty

Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

Board Certified

Anesthesiology & Pain Management
American Board of Anesthesiology

Fellowship

Interventional Spine, Chief Fellow

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock Texas

Residency

Trauma Anesthesiology
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Internship

Internal Medicine – Greater Baltimore Medical Center