About Shihab Ahmed, MBBS
My clinical practice primarily focuses on back and neck pain, neuropathic pain and cancer related pain. I employ both technological advances and my 18 years of experience of pain management practice to provide effective pain relief for chronic pain. The technologies that I focus on include various minimally-invasive spinal injections for back and neck pain, surgically placed indwelling pumps for spinal drug delivery, and neuromodulation therapy with the spinal cord stimulation technique for chronic pain.
The most common cause of disability among younger workers is low back, neck, and upper or lower extremity pain. Minimally invasive, fluoroscopy-guided spinal injections provide pain relief for many of these patients. Further, decreased pain facilitates physiotherapy and improves functionality in patients with common spine disorders.
Spinal cord stimulation is a non-neurodestructive and reversible technique that is extremely helpful in treating refractory neuropathic pain. It has been shown to provide excellent pain relief for patients with persistent pain after back surgery, complex regional pain syndrome and other peripheral neuropathic pain conditions.
I am an investigator at the MGH Center for Translational Pain Research (CTPR). My research focus has been on advanced interventional pain management techniques. At the CTPR, I am currently the principal investigator for five IRB-approved research projects focused on understanding the science behind how spinal cord stimulation therapy reduces pain.
Clinical Interests:
- Chronic pain
- Pain medicine
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Bengali
Locations
Mass General Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-8810
Mass General Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
55 Fruit St.
Gray Bigelow Building
Suite 444
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-8810
Center for Pain Medicine at Mass General Waltham
52 Second Ave.
Suite 2100
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-3883
Medical Education
- , Shihab Ahmed, MD
- MBBS, University of Dhaka - Bangladesh
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
I am a Clinical Investigator at the MGH Center for Translational Pain Research (CTPR).
Research Areas
- Mechanisms of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy for refractory pain
- How pain transitions from acute pain to chronic.
- Opioid induced hyperalgesia
I have experienced lots of doctors and I believe this doctor was one of the best that I have had to deal with.
I was disappointed. That was my first time seeing him and I was disappointed in how he prepared me for a pain injection.
He was very caring and professional.
I have seen Doc Ahmed at the MGH Pain Clinic for almost 20 yrs because I have chronic back pain. He informs his patients of what and how he is going to help them. He is kind, soft spoken and caring. Patients can tell and feel how much he cares about them and their situation. MGH is fortunate to have this excellent doctor employed here.
Very caring and sympathetic
My doctor, Dr. Shihab Ahmed is a very good doctor. He's very accurate. He's very caring. He spends quite a bit of time with me and my appointments and I'm very satisfied all around with him and his work is in his office, his nurses and his staff that works on the desks. So I'm very happy with the care that I get from Dr. Ahmed.
I have been seeing Dr. Ahmed for many years and he is a very kind respectable doctor.
He is absolutely wonderful caring and kind and listens and hears what you say.
This provider was excellent, but the system is hard to Navigate. I have several issues that are related - hip & back. However when you have to see a Dr for the back, another Dr for the hip, etc, it is hard to get a complete picture of the problem and how they are effecting each other and what the appropriate treatment should entail. And each ... Read More
Dr Ahmed is considerate,compassionate and an excellent physician.