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Mourad M Shehebar, MD
Anesthesiology, Pain Management
About Me
Mourad M. Shehebar, MD is an assistant professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He completed his undergraduate Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Biology at Baruch College in New York City and went on to earn his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Following a medical internship at Beth Israel Medical Center, Dr. Shehebar completed his board certification residency in Anesthesiology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and additionally completed his Fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Shehebar specializes in interventional sports/spine pain management, musculoskeletal medicine (inclusive of spine, low back, sciatica, neck, and migraines/TMJ) as well as cancer pain management. He uses various treatment modalities uniquely tailored to each patient. Each patient can expect a highly-personalized evidence-based and comprehensive medical assessment to evaluate, diagnose, and treat pain symptoms or pain-related conditions.
Dr. Shehebar performs epidurals, medial branch (facet blocks), radiofrequency ablations, muscle trigger point injections, spinal cord stimulator, platelet-rich plasma, joint and nerve injections using imaging guidance including fluoroscopy and ultrasonography. He is part of the sub-department of integrative pain management and is interested in employing multimodal therapies in conjunction with rehabilitative techniques.
As of January 2020, Dr. Shehebar has assumed the role of Associate Program Director of Mount Sinai's Pain Fellowship.
As of 2022, Dr. Shehebar has been promoted to be the Program Director of Mount Sinai's Pain Management Fellowship.
He has been featured in New York Magazine as a TOP DOCTOR in 2022, 2023, 2024 and also has been named: Castle Connolly's Rising Star in 2024 as well as Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 placing him in the top 7% of all doctors nationally.
Language
English, Hebrew, Spanish
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- The Derfner Foundation Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Research Topics
Anesthesia, Cancer, Headache, Pain, Palliative Care, Patient Care, Spinal Cord, Spine
Clinical Focus
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Anti-Pain Stimulator Implantation
- Back Pain
- Botulinum Toxin Injections
- Bursitis
- Cancer Pain Syndromes
- Causalgia
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Coccydynia
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Cryotherapy
- Epidural Injection
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Frozen Shoulder
- Golf Elbow
- Headache
- Herniated Disk
- Intrathecal Pain Pump Insertion
- Joint Injection
- Knee Pain
- Kyphoplasty
- Lateral Epicondylitis
- Low Back Pain
- Medial Epicondylitis
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neck Pain
- Neck Sprain
- Neurostimulation / TENS
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Orofacial Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Pancreatitis
- Phantom Limb Syndrome
- Post-Laminectomy Pain Syndrome
- Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome
- Pulsed Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures For Control Of Pain
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures For Control Of Pain
- Rehabilitation Management
- Rib Fracture
- Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Sciatica
- Shingles
- Spinal And Epidural Anesthesia
- Spinal Corticosteroid Injection
- Spinal Stenosis
- Sports Medicine
- Stem Cell Therapy
- Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMJ)
- Tennis Elbow
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Education
MD, George Washington University School of Medicine
Residency, Anesthesiology
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
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Publications
Selected Publications
- The Introduction of Pain Medicine Education During the Preclinical Years. Benjamin D. Mirman, Amir Taree, Michael Yakobi-Shvili, Daniel Kanzer, Mourad Shehebar. A and A Practice
- Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Management. Anuj Malhotra, Mourad Shehebar, Yury Khelemsky. Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
- A New muscle pain detection device to diagnose muscles as a source of back and/or neck pain. Corey Hunter, Michel Dubois, Shengping Zou, William Oswald, Kathleen Coakley, Mourad Shehebar, Ann Marie Conlon. Pain Medicine
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
4.9 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.9 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.8 out of 5
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Shehebar has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.