Dr. Sergey Urusov

Dr. Sergey Urusov has more than 20 years of professional experience, during which he practiced in Israel's largest clinics. He currently serves as lead specialist at the pain treatment center of Sheba Hospital and also heads the pain institute operating within the structure of Ramat Aviv Medical Center.

Dr. Urusov graduated from the South Ural State Medical University in Chelyabinsk and, after receiving his diploma, specialized in anesthesiology and intensive care. After moving to Israel he completed the mandatory training to validate his diploma at the Technion Faculty of Medicine in Haifa and verified his professional qualification through a fellowship as an anesthesiologist at the large state medical center Hillel Yaffe in Hadera. Further postgraduate education took place in Israel, Europe and the USA. He holds the highest professional degree as an algiatrist and anesthesiologist.

Today Dr. Sergey Urusov is recognized as one of Israel's best specialists in relieving and controlling pain syndromes of various etiologies. He heads the clinical research pain treatment institute within Ramat Aviv Medical Center and serves as lead specialist at the pain treatment center of Sheba Medical Center. Dr. Urusov is a member of specialized associations of Israel and the USA, lectures at international advanced training courses, teaches algiatry and anesthesiology to students of the Technion Faculty of Medicine, and is part of many research groups searching for effective methods of fighting pain of various origins.

Dr. Sergey Urusov's arsenal includes the most modern and effective methods of relieving and controlling pain resulting from diabetes, polyneuropathy, peripheral nerve damage, oncological diagnoses, diseases of the spine and other parts of the musculoskeletal system, and after various surgical operations, including limb amputations with phantom pain. Dr. Urusov takes a personal approach to each patient, developing treatment tactics that consider the cause of the pain, the individual characteristics of the body and any comorbid pathology.

In clinical practice Dr. Urusov actively uses the advanced achievements of algiatric science and practice, including:

• modern interventional, neuromodulation, invasive and radiofrequency technologies for treating pain syndrome;
• injectable spinal analgesia;
• local pain-relieving spinal cord stimulation;
• nucleoplasty and hydrodiscectomy for spinal pain;
• peripheral injection blocks;
• drug regimens including innovative long-acting drugs to control pain syndrome.

Invasive and minimally invasive pain relief methods are performed under mandatory CT or X-ray guidance using special high-precision microsurgical equipment.