Rajivan Maniam, MD
Interventional Pain Management
About Dr. Maniam
Board Certified Pain Medicine
Board Certified Anesthesiology
Dr. Rajivan Maniam is a double-board certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain medicine specialist. After receiving his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Dr. Maniam completed his anesthesiology residency at Columbia University Medical Center and his interventional pain medicine fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s hospital.
In addition to his extensive training in interventional pain procedures during fellowship, Dr. Maniam also received training in Functional Medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine and regenerative medicine through the Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation. Functional Medicine is an approach that focuses on discovering the root cause of disease and tailoring a personalized treatment plan to treat the body as a whole. By integrating interventional pain medicine, regenerative medicine, and functional medicine, Dr. Maniam has helped countless patients improve their pain and quality of life, all without the use of opioids and unnecessary surgery.
Dr. Maniam is an innovative physician that strives to provide the most evidence based and cutting edge therapies for his patients. He is continuously engaged in research trials and teaching efforts and remains active in several national medical societies, including the Spine Intervention Society, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the North American Neuromodulation Society, the Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation, and the Institute for Functional Medicine.
Education & Training
Medical School
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Internship/Residency
- Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Fellowship
- Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusets
Areas of Expertise
Dr. Maniam treats a variety of conditions, from head to toe, using advanced diagnostic techniques and non-surgical treatments.
- Acute Pain
- Annular Tears
- Back Pain
- Back Pain and Spinal Pain
- Cancer Pain
- Cervicogenic Headaches
- Chronic Headaches
- Chronic Pain
- Coccydynia
- Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)
- Discogenic Back Pain
- Facet Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Herniated Disc
- Leg Pain
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS)
- Neuropathic Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sciatica
- SI Joint Dysfunction
- Spinal Arthritis
- Spinal Compression Fractures
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylosis
Dr. Maniam's Treatments & Services
Dr. Maniam specializes in surgical and non surgical treatment for acute and chronic pain.
- Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Facet Blocks
- Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation
- Celiac Plexus Block and Neurolysis
- Disc Decompression
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurostimulation
- Epidural Steroid Injection
- High-Frequency Neurostimulation
- Implantable Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
- Lumbar Sympathetic Injections
- MILD Procedure
- Percutaneous Disc Decompression
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- SI Joint Fusion
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Stellate Ganglion Blocks
- Spinal Nerve Root Blocks
- Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Nerve Injection
- Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty