Dr. Nathan Walters
Pain Management

The Center for Spine Care is pleased to announce the addition of pain management specialist Nathan Walters, M.D. A native of Dallas, Dr. Walters is a fellowship-trained pain management specialist who focuses on conservative treatments such as physical therapy, medications, and spinal injections to diagnose and treat pain. Dr. Walters is double board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as well as Pain Management. After earning his medical degree with honors from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, he completed his residency training at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, where he focused on outpatient musculoskeletal pain syndromes, with an emphasis on conservative treatment of the spine. He then pursued further training at UCLA's prestigious fellowship program in Pain Management, where he became proficient in fluoroscopically guided spinal injections to diagnose and treat pain. Dr. Walters is also trained in electrodiagnostic medicine (EMG) & nerve conduction studies (NCS), which utilizes a nerve test performed in the office to aid in the diagnosis and prognosis of spinal conditions. "As a Pain Management specialist, my ultimate goal is to restore function and independence, so that my patients may fully return to their daily living, work, and sporting activities." Some of the pain management services that are offered by Dr. Walters include: Traditional epidurals Transforaminal epidurals Selective nerve root blocks Facet joint injections Medial branch nerve blocks Radiofrequency ablation Sacroiliac (SI) joint injections Discography Piriformis blocks Caudal epidurals Lumbar sympathetic blocks Stellate ganglion blocks Celiac plexus blocks Anterior scalene blocks Hip injection/arthrography Electromyography Nerve Conduction Studies Trigger point injections Peripheral joint injections

Education
M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio; Residency, Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas; Fellowship, UCLA.