Adrian Popescu, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ombudsman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania
Director of Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Spine Services, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Contact information
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
1800 Lombard Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
1800 Lombard Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 215-893-2600
Education:
BA (Mathematics and Physics )
"I.L. Caragiale" National College, Ploiesti, Romania, 1994.
MD (Medicine)
"Carol Davila" University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 2000.
Permanent linkBA (Mathematics and Physics )
"I.L. Caragiale" National College, Ploiesti, Romania, 1994.
MD (Medicine)
"Carol Davila" University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 2000.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Musculoskeletal pain and Spinal Pain advanced diagnosis skillsAdvanced comprehensive diagnosis for spinal pain syndromes
Advanced diagnostic fluoroscopically guided blocks for spinal pain disorders
Advanced spine interventions including diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks using fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance:
Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar advanced radiofrequency ablation procedures
Basovertebral Nerve Ablation
Cervical lateral atlanto-axial joint diagnostic and therapeutic injections
Cervical atlanto-occipital joint diagnostic and therapeutic injections
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar diagnostic nerve blocks
Radiofrequency nerve ablations for chronic pain
Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid injections
Thoracic Transforaminal Epidural Steroid injections
Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid injections
Caudal epidural steroid injections
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar zygapophyseal joint therapeutic injections
Cervical, Thoracic or Lumbar discography studies
Spinal Cord neuromodulation
Vertebral augmentation procedures
Sympathetic nerve blocks
Ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks and therapeutic joint injections
Electrodiagnostic- electromyography and nerve conduction studies
Description of Other Expertise
Instructor for International Spine Injection SocietyInstructor for North American Spine Society