03/24/2026
Clinic + procedure day at Shah Spine & Pain 🧠💉
Some days I walk into the room to see a patient and pause for a second…
not because of the case—but because I’m counting heads 😅
Medical students ✔️
PA students ✔️
…and I’m like, okay, who am I quizzing first? 👀😂
Because on a full day of new patients + procedures, this is where real learning happens:
✔️ How to evaluate pain from the first visit
✔️ How to build a differential (not everything is a disc!)
✔️ How to correlate imaging with actual symptoms
✔️ Why we choose one intervention over another
✔️ And just as important—when not to treat
In pain medicine, it’s not about memorizing steps—
it’s about clinical reasoning, anatomy in real time, and decision-making under pressure.
So yes… the room might feel a little crowded 😅
But every patient is a teaching moment—and every question matters.
And don’t worry… I’ll definitely be calling on you 👀
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