Practice Overview

Dr. Rachel Wilson is a board-certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine physician. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of pain disorders, with a focus on spine, musculoskeletal, and neuropathic pain. Her approach centers on the patient as an individual with an emphasis on working together to develop a multimodal treatment plan in order to improve patient quality of life and function. Treatment plans may include interventional pain procedures such as cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine injections, peripheral joint injections, and nerve block injections under fluoroscopy and/or ultrasound guidance, radiofrequency nerve ablations of the spine and peripheral joints (knee, hip, and shoulder), and peripheral nerve and spinal cord stimulation.

Clinical Interest

Interventional spine procedures, including fluoroscopic- and ultrasound-guided epidural injections, facet joint injections, medial branch nerve block and radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation

Neuropathic pain, including complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), including nerve block injections, peripheral nerve and spinal cord stimulation, and sympathetic plexus block injections

Peripheral joint osteoarthritis and pain, including intra-articular joint injections, soft tissue and bursa injections, radiofrequency ablation of articular nerve branches (knee, hip, shoulder), and peripheral nerve stimulation

Spine and neck care, including neck pain, back pain, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, disc herniation, spondylosis, radiculopathy, sacroiliac joint pain, other degenerative conditions of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine

Education

Certification
Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Eligible in Pain Medicine, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Fellowship
Pain Medicine Fellowship, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education

Residency
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education

Medical Degree
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Hospital & Surgery Center Affiliations

Crosstown Surgery Center
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital

Professional Affiliations

Spine Intervention Society (SIS) (2021 – Present)
North American Spine Society (NASS) (2019 – Present)
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) (2019 – Present)
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPMR) (2016 – Present)

Achievements & Awards

Intern of the Year, Grand Strand Medical Center – Myrtle Beach, SC (2018)
Medical Alumni Scholarship, Brody School of Medicine at ECU – Greenville, SC (2014 – 2015)
Phi Beta Kappa, Eta Chapter of North Carolina – Elon, NC (2013)
Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation, Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2012)

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