General Info

Dr. Babus completed his Anesthesiology residency and Pain Management fellowship at the world-renowned Houston Medical Center. Virtually all of the protocols for treating pain at Hermann and Methodist Hospitals were at the forefront of medical technology. Dr. Babus began performing early vertebroplasty procedures for compression fractures of the vertebrae common in osteoporosis, stabilizing the fractures and supporting the spine. He was one of the first pain specialists to offer Epiduroscopy treatment for back pain rooted in spinal nerve conditions. He was the first specialist in the New York metro area to perform a re-chargeable spinal cord simulator and a Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD) procedure. Dr. Babus has always worked with the most advanced imaging guidance techniques, both Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy, also called Real-Time X-ray guidance. He's used these systems in more than 50,000 cases, including residency, making him elite at the world-level.