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Dr. Sibel Demir-Deviren, MD, San Francisco, CA, 94143
Dr. Sibel Demir-Deviren is a physiatrist, a physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Dr. Demir-Deviren mainly specializes in non-operative treatments of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal disorders. Physiatrists treat a wide range of problems from sore shoulders to spinal cord injuries with the aim of restoring function. They see patients in all age groups and treat problems that touch upon all the major systems in the body.
Dr. Demir-Deviren's clinical interests are musculoskeletal disorders, acute and chronic pain, spine interventional therapy, joint and soft tissue injections and peripheral nerve blocks. Her research interests include assessment of clinical outcomes of spine interventional therapy, intervertebral disc injury mechanisms and opioid-induced hyperalgesia.
Dr. Demir-Deviren, an assistant clinical professor in UCSF's Department of Orthopedic Surgery, also completed post-doctoral work in the department and was a research specialist whose topics included clinical outcomes in patients with spine disorders, therapeutic exercise, scoliosis, rheumatoid arthritis and Parkinson's disease.
Dr. Demir-Deviren is a physiatrist with UCSF Spine Center.
Type of Spine Care Professional
Areas Served
Areas of Expertise
Conditions
- Cervical spine disorders
- Degenerative spinal conditions
- Herniated disc / bulging disc
- Ligament strain
- Lumbar spine disorders
- Muscle pain / muscle strain
- Neuropathic pain
- Piriformis syndrome
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Sciatica / radiculopathy
- Scoliosis and deformity
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Thoracic spine disorders
- Whiplash
Treatments
- Epidural steroid injection - cervical
- Epidural steroid injection - lumbar
- Injections
- Non-surgical treatment and diagnosis
- Rehabilitation
Other Treatments
- Epidural Steriod Injections - Thoracic
- Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injections (other)
- Non-operative treatments of Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Disorders
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Turkish Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Turkish National Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Association of Research in Rheumatology