Non-Surgical Spine & Pain Management
Roddie R. Gantt, MD, DABA
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 and 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. Gantt is double board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management and specializes in interventional spine procedures. He treats patients experiencing persistent low back and neck pain, pre and post-surgical pain, peripheral neuropathy, discogenic and radicular pain and pain associated with cancer. Dr. Gantt received his undergraduate degree from Birmingham Southern University and received his Medical Degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Gantt served in the United States Navy providing and coordinating anesthesia care on the hospital ship Comfort. He also served as an assistant professor at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Gantt is dedicated to the advancement of pain management and nonsurgical pain relief procedures and serves as the Lead Investigator in several research study protocols.
Specialty
Aenesthesiology & Pain Management
Board Certified
Aenesthesiology & Pain Management
American Board of Anesthesiology
Residency
Anesthesiology
University of Kentucky
Medical Degree
University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham
Undergraduate Degree
Birmingham Southern University
Hospital Appointments
Professional Associations
Clinical Research
- Lead Investigator in Study Protocols
Military Service
- United States Navy – Anesthesiologist on the hospital ship Comfort
- National Naval Medical Center – Assistant Professor, Bethesda, Maryland