American Board of Anesthesiology — Anesthesiology, and the subspecialty of Pain Medicine.
Physician profile
GaToya Simpson, MD
Board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Pain medicine fellowship and anesthesiology residency at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, with hands-on training in spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal pump therapy and kyphoplasty.
About GaToya SimpsonBoard certification Pain fellowship Residency and medical school Advanced procedures Care style
UTMB-trained, with a focus on advanced options for complex pain.
Pain Medicine fellowship, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (2019–2020), followed by a faculty appointment in anesthesiology at UTMB.
Anesthesiology residency at UTMB Galveston (2015–2019). MD from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (2015); BS in Biology from Spelman College.
Spinal cord stimulator trials, implants and revisions; peripheral nerve and dorsal root ganglion stimulation; intrathecal pump placement and management; balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty; botulinum toxin for dystonia.
Careful evaluation first, then a plan that matches the diagnosis — from image-guided injections to implanted devices for patients who have run out of simpler options.
Teaching and research
A physician who teaches the procedures she performs.
During fellowship Dr. Simpson lectured on the exact questions patients ask — facet injections versus medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation technique, steroid pharmacology and responsible opioid prescribing.
Spinal cord stimulation; facet joint injections vs medial branch blocks; principles and techniques of radiofrequency ablation; opioid prescribing guidelines; methadone and buprenorphine; central pain syndromes; fluoroscopically guided spine procedures (UTMB, 2019–2020).
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine annual pain meetings (2016–2019), including work on spinal cord stimulator placement and caudal steroid injection safety.
Cadaver courses in spinal cord, peripheral nerve and dorsal root ganglion stimulation, balloon kyphoplasty, and intrathecal pump therapy (2019).
American Society of Anesthesiologists, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, International Anesthesia Research Society.
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