Zahid Huq, MD

About Dr. Huq

Board Certifications

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Education

• Medical Degree: University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
• Residency: Anesthesiology, University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
• Fellowship: Interventional Pain Management, University of Miami at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

Professional Affiliations

• North American Neuromodulation Society
• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• Florida Society of Anesthesiologists

Clinical Expertise

• Neck, back, shoulders, hips, knee pain
• Degenerative disc disease/herniated discs
• Sciatica
• Compression fractures
• Myofascial pain
• Cancer pain
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Phantom limb pain
• Neuropathy
• Injections: bursa, epidural, joint, piriformis, trigger point, ultrasound guided injections
• Blocks: Celiac plexus, ganglion impar, hypogastric plexus (superior, inferior), lumbar sympathetic plexus, sphenopalatine ganglion
• Nerve blocks: ilioinguinal, intercostal, medial branch, occipital, peripheral, pudendal, stellate ganglion, trigeminal
• Occipital, post-herpetic, trigeminal neuralgia
• Headaches
• Facial pain
• Chronic pain: abdominal/pelvic, bladder/rectal pain, genital pain
• Coccydynia/tailbone pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Post surgical pain

After a comprehensive assessment, Dr. Huq offers the choice of treatments that is personalized for each patient and their needs, including:

• Radiofrequency ablation/rhizotomy
• Epidural lysis of adhesion
• Discography
• Chronic medication management
• Peripheral nerve stimulation (trial and implant)
• Spinal cord stimulation (trial and implant)