Parish Vaidya, MD

Board Certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Diplomate with the American Board of Pain Medicine, Fellowship Trained in Interventional Pain Management

Dr. Vaidya joined The Spine and Orthopedic Center in 2008. He received his undergraduate degree in Biobehavioral Health with a minor in Neuroscience from The Pennsylvania State University in 1999. He then attended medical school at Temple University in Philadelphia and was awarded his medical degree in 2003. Following successful completion of his internship training at Frankford Hospitals in Philadelphia in 2004, Dr. Vaidya joined the house staff at the Baylor College of Medicine / University of Texas – Houston Medical School, where he completed his Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency. He then stayed on at Baylor College of Medicine for a subspecialty fellowship in Pain Medicine, with a special focus on interventional spine pain management.

Dr. Vaidya is a Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is currently seeing patients at The Spine and Orthopedic Center specializing in EMG/Nerve Conduction Studies and non-surgical orthopedic treatment. He also performs outpatient interventional pain management procedures at Carrillo Surgery Center.

EDUCATION

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08/99 - 05/03	Temple University School of Medicine	Philadelphia, PA
08/94 - 05/99	Pennsylvania State University B.S. in Biobehavioral Health with Neuroscience minor	University Park, PA

BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

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• Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Diplomate, American Board of Pain Medicine
• California Medical Board: License #A105629

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

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07/07 - 07/08	Baylor College of Medicine Fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine	Houston, TX
07/04 - 06/07	University of Texas – Houston Medical School Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Houston, TX
07/03 - 06/04	Frankford Hospitals Thomas Jefferson University Health System Internship in Transitional Year – Medicine	Philadelphia, PA

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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08/08-Present	The Spine and Orthopedic Center Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Santa Barbara, CA
09/04 - 12/06	Baylor Sports Medicine Institute Resident Team Physician	Houston, TX
01/97 - 12/98	Behavioral Cardiovascular Laboratory Senior Researcher	University Park, PA

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, HONORS AND AWARDS

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01/07	Dell East-West Shrine Game Physician Volunteer	Houston, TX
01/06	Chevron/HP Houston Marathon  Physician Volunteer	Houston, TX
09/05	Astrodome Medical Center - Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort Physician Volunteer	Houston, TX
03/03	Wade C. Myers, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Award Temple University School of Medicine	Philadelphia, PA
09/99 - 07/02	Physicians for Social Responsibility Violence Prevention Activist	Philadelphia, PA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• American Academy of Spine Specialists
• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• International Spine Intervention Society
• Santa Barbara County Medical Society

ATTENDING STAFF

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• Santa Barbra Cottage Hospital
• Goleta Valley Community Hospital
• Carrillo Surgery Center
• Cypress Ambulatory Surgery Center

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS GIVEN

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05/08	ADVANCED INTRADISCAL TECHNIQUES: PERCUTANEOUS DECOMPRESSION. Baylor College of Medicine
04/08	ADVANCES IN RF LESIONING TECHNIQUES FOR SACROILIAC JOINT NEUROTOMY. Baylor College of Medicine
04/08	EMG BASICS. Baylor College of Medicine/ Michael E. DeBakery VA Medical Center
03/08	SPINAL CORD STIMULATION VERSUS CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT IN THE TREATMENT OF FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME. Baylor College of Medicine/University of Texas-Houston Medical School
02/08	EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS: FOLLOWING THE EVIDENCE. Baylor College of Medicine
01/08	PAIN PROVOCATION TESTING IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SACROILLIAM JOINT PAIN. Baylor College of Medicine
11/07	PROVOCATIVE TESTS OF THE NECK AND ALTERNATE MUSCULOSKELETAL DIAGNOSIS IN REFERRALS FOR SUSPECTED CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY. Baylor College of Medicine
10/07	HEADACHE AND CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY. Baylor College of Medicine.
09/07	CERVICAL MEDICAL BRANCH BLOCKS AND MANUAL EVALUATION OF FACET JOIN PAIN. Baylor College of Medicine
09/07	SURGERY VERSUS PROLONGED CONSERVATIVE CARE IN THE TREATMENT OF SCIATIC PAIN. Baylor College of Medicine