Gerson Criste, MD
Interventional Pain Management
SIH Medical Group
Locations & Contact Information
PH: (618) 351-4972
About Provider
Biography
Dr. Criste is a fellowship-trained and double-board certified Interventional Pain Specialist. He did his internship and residency at Northwestern University Hospitals in Chicago. He has also done a neuroscience fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic and an Interventional Pain Fellowship at The Mayo Clinic
Languages
- English
Interests
- Spine Disorders
- Advanced Neurostimulation Techniques
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation
- Failed Back Syndrome
- Intrathecal Therapies
- Pain Management
- Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Lumbar Decompression (MILD Procedure)
- Spinal Stenosis
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Cancer pain
- Chronic pain
- Injections
- Joint pain
- Neck pain
- Nerve blocks
- Nerve pain
- Neuropathy
- Sciatica
- Spinal injections
- Spinal procedures
- Botox
- Trigger finger
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Shoulder pain (impingement)
- Dystonia
- Spasticity
- Migraines
- Headaches
- Ganglion cyst drainage
- Popliteal cyst drainage
- Joint injections
- Trigger point injections
- SI joint
- Post orthopedic trauma
- Fall prevention
- Archilles tendonitis
- Plantar fascitis
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Pain pump
- Hip pain (impingement)
- Ischial bursitis
- Bursitis
- Sport related injuries
- Piriformis syndrome
- Tears
- Osteoarthritis
- Rotator cuff tear
- Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
- Tennis elbow
- Medial epicondylitis
- Meniscus tear
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Trismus (lockjaw)
- Amputee management
Medical Training
Education
Far Eastern University - NRMF, Quezon City
Residency
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Internships
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University of Internship, Chicago, IL
Fellowships
Mayo Clinic , Rochester, MN, Interventional Pain Management
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Neuroscience