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Doctor Thomas, a board-certified physician who specializes in spine, sports, and musculoskeletal medicine and pain management, serves as Medical Director of the Center for Spine Health at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Westlake, OH.

He is a graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury. Dr. Thomas performed an internship at Massapequa General Hospital, Seaford, NY, and Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY. He completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the New York University Medical Center, and received fellowship training in interventional spine care and pain management at the Florida Spine Institute in Clearwater, FL. Dr. Thomas received a Masters in Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Dr. Thomas is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports, and Occupational Medicine; International Spine Intervention Society; and, the North American Spine Society.

SpineUniverse articles from Santhosh A. Thomas, DO, MBA

• Back Pain and Aging
  The most common cause of back pain is aging. Read this article to find out why aging can be a real pain and what spinal stenosis does to your spine as you grow older. You can also learn about treatments to try for back pain relief.
• Dolor de espalda y envejecimiento
  El dolor de espalda es muy frecuente en nuestra sociedad.
• Facet Joints and Low Back Pain
  Spinal joints, nerve roots, muscles, and ligaments are some of the entities that can cause low back pain. Learn about the spine's zygapophysial joints and the part they may have in causing low back pain.
• Interventional Pain Management: A Comprehensive Approach to Chronic Pain
  The goals of interventional pain management are to relieve, reduce, or manage pain and improve a patient's overall quality of life.
• Low Back Pain and The Zygapophysial Joint
  Various treatment options are available for zygapophysial joint pain. Conservative care options include medication, physical therapy and therapeutic injections.
• Managing Chronic Back or Neck Pain
  It can feel like chronic back or neck pain controls your life. Read about treatment options for controlling your pain. Treating chronic pain is a challenge, but you have many options: injections, surgery, spinal cord stimulation, and more.
• Role of the Pain Management Specialist
  Pain management speicalists are concerned about the patient's ability to function and their quality of life.
• Scoliosis Screening: What Are We Looking For?
  It is recommended that children be screened for scoliosis regularly at checkups and through school screening programs. What do doctors look for when they check a child's spine and why are regular checkups so important?
• Treatments for Back Pain Relief
  Chronic pain is different from acute pain and often has to be managed over time with multiple and/or combined treatments.
• What is Pain Management?
  What happens when back pain doesn't go away? Doctor Santhosh Thomas provides information about pain and pain management.