Vaibhav Batheja, DO, is a fellowship-trained interventional physiatrist who specializes in integrative pain management, with the goal of reducing his patients' pain and improving function. He believes that functional goals are the most important for achieving positive outcomes, and he finds it immensely rewarding to help patients reach those goals, whether it’s playing with their grandchildren, getting back to golf, or running a marathon.
Dr. Batheja employs innovative, minimally invasive techniques using the latest technologies to enhance function and quality of life for patients suffering from musculoskeletal pain due to degenerative conditions, sports injuries, nerve pain and trauma. His holistic approach always aims to foster a collaborative environment with the goal of empowering patients to regain control of their lives.
His expertise lies in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions of the spine as well as peripheral joints, nerves and tendons. Dr. Batheja uses a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating therapeutic modalities, medications, minimally invasive spine interventions, peripheral joint injections, and regenerative medicine utilizing orthobiologics.
He performs epidural injections, radiofrequency ablations, basivertebral nerve ablations (Intracept), kyphoplasty, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, peripheral joint injections, and PRP injections.
Dr. Batheja completed his undergraduate training at Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, graduating cum laude. Subsequently, he attended the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, VA earning his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by a residency at the renowned Howard Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU in New York City. He then went on to complete a fellowship in pain management at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.
Dr. Batheja is an active member of several organizations, including the Interventional Pain and Spine Interventional Society (IPSIS), the Association of Academic Physiatrists(AAP) and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine(ASRA). He has served leadership roles in the AAP, serving as technology chair and co-founded a podcast series on the use of regenerative medicine for musculoskeletal injuries. Dr. Batheja has published articles on a wide range of topics in pain and regenerative medicine, which he has presented at national conferences.
Dr. Batheja has strong ties to Virginia, cherishing his home state, the natural surroundings, and the close proximity to our nation's capital, as well as to friends and family. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, getting involved with his community, and spending time with family.
