Physician Profile · Scottsdale

Selaiman Noori

M.D., D.ABA · Anesthesiology · Pain Medicine

Dr. Selaiman Noori is a double board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain medicine physician at Renova Pain in Scottsdale. He completed his Interventional Pain Medicine fellowship at Cleveland Clinic following anesthesiology and critical care medicine residency at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. His clinical and academic interests include neuromodulation, minimally invasive spine procedures, radiofrequency ablation, vertebrogenic low back pain, and evidence-based interventional pain medicine.

Board Certified — AnesthesiologyBoard Certified — Pain MedicineFellowship Trained — Cleveland Clinic

Training & board certification.

Training and credentials are presented to help patients understand the physician’s background and areas of professional development.

Fellowship

Interventional Pain Medicine

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Residency

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

Weill Cornell Medicine / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital · Affiliated hospitals included Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Hospital for Special Surgery

Medical School

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

New York Medical College

Graduate School

M.A. in Medical Sciences

Loyola University Chicago

Undergraduate

B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

University of California at Davis

Board Certifications

Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology · Pain Medicine

Scholarship

Selected academic work.

Peer-reviewed publications, scholarly work, and clinical research relevant to interventional pain medicine.

Mixed-Duration Basivertebral Nerve Ablation for Vertebrogenic Low Back PainOdonkor CA, Poole E, Nguyen ET, Padilla A, Siddique MU, Harris C, Noori S, Diep J, Giuffrida A, Jiménez DA, Gandhi PJ, Gutierrez DE, Whang PG, Lee DW. Mixed-Duration Basivertebral Nerve Ablation for Vertebrogenic Low Back Pain: Lesion Strategies and Clinical Outcomes in a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. Pain Medicine. 2026. PMID: 42015883.VIEW PUBLICATION ↗

Early pain-response trajectories after basivertebral nerve ablation and their relationship to 12-month clinical outcomesOdonkor CA, Siddique MU, Dodurgali MR, Palaniappan S, Harris C, Noori S, Diep J, Rosenberg J, Kadian SK, Kadian M, Lee DW, Durkin B, Whang PG. Early pain-response trajectories after basivertebral nerve ablation and their relationship to 12-month clinical outcomes. Interventional Pain Medicine. 2026;5(2):100799. doi:10.1016/j.inpm.2026.100799.VIEW PUBLICATION ↗

VERTEBROGENIC LOW BACK PAIN BASIVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION

Therapeutic ultrasound for pain management in chronic low back and neck pain: a systematic reviewNoori SA, Rasheed A, Aiyer R, Jung B, Bansal N, Chang K, Ottestad E, Gulati A. Pain Medicine. 2020;21(7):1482-1493. PMID: 30649460.

Non-opioid versus opioid agents for chronic neuropathic pain, rheumatoid arthritis pain, cancer pain and low back painNoori SA, Aiyer R, Yu J, White R, Mehta N, Gulati A. Pain Management. 2019;9(2):205-216. PMID: 30681031.

Management of medically refractory central poststroke pain using high-frequency spinal cord stimulation at 10 kHzNoori S, Mehta N. Neuromodulation. 2018;21(8):823-825. PMID: 29350884.

Academic & professional record.

Expand each section for additional publications, presentations, book chapters, awards, faculty roles, and advisory work.

Additional Peer-Reviewed Publications

Haffey PR, Bansal N, Kaye E, Ottestad E, Aiyer R, Noori S, Gulati A. The regenerative potential of therapeutic ultrasound on neural tissue: a pragmatic review. Pain Medicine. 2020;21(7):1494-1506. PMID: 32626904.
Aiyer R, Noori SA, Jung B, Bansal N, Chang K, Rasheed A, Ottestad E, Gulati A. Therapeutic ultrasound for chronic pain management in joints: a systematic review. Pain Medicine. 2020;21(7):1437-1448. PMID: 31095336.
Boltunova A, White RS, Noori S, Chen SA, Gaber-Baylis LK, Weinberg R. Preexisting opioid use disorder and postoperative outcomes after appendectomy or cholecystectomy. Journal of Opioid Management. 2019;15(3):235-251. PMID: 31343725.
Chen Y, White RS, Tangel V, Noori SA, Gaber-Baylis LK, Mehta ND, Pryor KO. Sickle cell disease and readmission rates after lower extremity arthroplasty. Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. 2019;8(6):403-422. PMID: 30892071.
Noori SA, Gungor S. Spinal epidural abscess associated with an epidural catheter in a woman with complex regional pain syndrome and selective IgG3 deficiency. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(50):e13272. PMID: 30557971.
Noori S, Yu J, Gulati A. Acute epidural hematoma after removal of percutaneous spinal cord stimulator trial leads in a cancer patient with chronic thrombocytopenia. Interventional Pain Management Reports. 2018;2(1):27-33.
Sidana A, Noori S, Patil N. Utility of smartphone camera in patient management in urology. Canadian Journal of Urology. 2014;21(5):7449-53. PMID: 25347369.
Earlier peer-reviewed work also includes publications in organizational leadership, management, and health-care leadership.

Book Chapters & Reviews

Noori S, Mehta N. Anticoagulation. In Pain: A Review Guide. Springer Nature AG. 2019; Ch. 97, pp. 435-443.
Noori S, Diwan S, Mehta N. Lumbar discogenic back pain. In Symptom Oriented Pain Management, 2nd ed. 2017; Ch. 21, pp. 187-197.
Noori S. Book Review: Managing Your Future: An Educational Guide. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. 2011;16(1):122-124.
Noori S. Book Review: Chaos and Organization in Health Care. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly. 2010;1(3):84-85.

National & Regional Presentations

Acute epidural hematoma after cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection despite discontinuation of triple antiplatelet therapy — AAPM 2019.
Same case selected for moderated session — ASRA 2018.
Cervical epidural catheter complicated by epidural abscess in CRPS with IgG3 deficiency — ASRA 2018.
Readmission after hip/knee arthroplasty in sickle cell disease — ASA 2018.
Goal-directed correction of intravascular coagulation in severe antepartum hemorrhage using ROTEM — SOAP 2018.
High-frequency spinal cord stimulation for refractory central post-stroke pain — NANS 2018, PGA 2017, ASRA 2017 moderated session, NYAM 2017.
Epidural hematoma after SCS trial lead removal in a thrombocytopenic cancer patient — NYAM 2017 and ASRA 2017 moderated session.
Additional presentations at ASA, ASRA, AAPM, NANS, SOAP, PGA, and the New York Academy of Medicine.

Clinical & academic focus.

Clinical interests and scholarly activity do not determine whether a specific treatment is appropriate for an individual patient.

Neuromodulation

Clinical and academic work in spinal cord stimulation, central neuropathic pain, and complications relevant to neuromodulation.

Spine & Chronic Pain

Research and clinical focus involving low-back pain, neck pain, discogenic pain, chronic pain therapies, and interventional approaches.

Academic Medicine

Peer-reviewed publications, systematic reviews, book chapters, and national/regional scientific presentations.

Evidence-Based Care

Scholarship spanning opioid and non-opioid therapies, therapeutic ultrasound, perioperative outcomes, and interventional pain medicine.