About Us
About Bilal F. Shanti, MD
"Allow me to fight your pain and restore your function. I believe that every legitimate modality ought to be tried to restore your functionality and your productivity. I treat every patient the way I want to be treated." Dr. Bilal F. Shanti is an anesthesiologist and an interventional pain physician practicing in and serving the Greater Metro Phoenix area as well as the City of Yuma, Arizona. He graduated from the anesthesiology program at The prestigious Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He then completed an interventional pain management and a palliative care fellowship from the world-renown University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Shanti spent 5 years at Harvard Medical School Affiliated Hospitals where he conducted post-doctoral research fellowship in Neuroscience and published several scientific papers. He became the director of pain medicine at the Department of Anesthesiology at Baylor College of Medicine and was the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center chief of pain medicine for several years. Dr. Shanti remains very active in the scientific community. He has published many articles, abstracts, and presented several scientific papers and posters in the field of anesthesiology and pain medicine. Dr. Shanti, a multi-lingual, lectures about pain medicine in several countries including Jordan, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Morocco, and others, in addition to the U.S.A. Dr. Shanti comes from a highly educated family that not only emphasizes on education and science but also the respect of human life and dignity. These high morals dictate Dr. Shanti's day to day philosophy in treating his patients and enable him to deliver the best care with passion. As the years passed and his experience matured, his pain medicine practice started focusing on the overall wellness of his patients rather than their pain complaints.
When not working, Dr. Shanti enjoys traveling, catching up with friends and family and enjoying ethnic foods and cuisines
Conditions Treated:
Headaches and Migraines
Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Back Pain
Midback Pain
Neck Pain
Bursitis
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Degenerative Disc Disease
Degenerative Joint Disease
Scoliosis
Diabetic Polyneuropathy
Elbow Disorders
Trochanteric Bursitis
Fibromyalgia
Post-Herpetic Shingles Pain
Gout Pain
Hand And Foot Pain
Head and Neck Conditions
Hip Pain and Disorders
Knee Pain And Conditions
Muscle Spasm
Nerve Diseases
Occupational Injuries
Shoulder Pain And Conditions
Pinched Nerves of the Spine
Pain After Surgery
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related
Fibromyalgia
Spinal Instability
Spondylitis
Spondylolisthesis
Sports Injuries
Tennis Elbow
Personal Injuries and Car Accidents
Workman's Compensation
Veterans Pain
Procedures Performed:
- Cancer Pain Management
- Cervical Facet Joint Injection
- Cervical Interlaminar and Transforaminal Epidurals
- Thoracic Epidurals
- Thoracic Facet Joint Injections
- Lumbar Interlaminar and Transforaminal Epidurals
- Lumbar Facet Blocks
- Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks
- Caudal Epidurals
- Sacroiliac Joint Injection
- Spinal Nerve Block
- Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- Intercostal Nerve Blocks
- Tendon and Bursa Injection
- Major Joint Injections
- Non-Steroid Injections