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Office
11451 Katy Fwy
Ste 340
Houston, TX 77079Phone+1 832-862-7246Fax+1 832-862-6777
Summary
- Fellowship Trained and Double Board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dr. Skaribas specializes in advanced Interventional Pain therapies. Dr. Skaribas completed Residency in Anesthesiology and an interventional Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. During his residency, he received the "Intern of the Year" award. Dr. Skaribas has an appointment as a clinical assistant professor in Pain Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Until March of 2018 he has been a partner physician and shareholder with US Anesthesia Partners. He has served as the medical director of the Pain Management branch of USAP. In 2018 he founded Expert Pain P.A. a consortium for advanced pain management interventions and where he serves as the medical director and CEO. The author of several textbook chapters and journal manuscripts, Dr. Skaribas is a member of local, national and international professional medical societies.
Interventional Therapeutics for advanced intractable pain syndromes
Dr Skaribas is a nationally known expert in Spinal diagnostic and therapeutics, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Neuromodulation and Interventional Pain Management, for conditions that usually others cannot offer therapy. Some of his primary expertise include intractable back/neck/extremity pain as a result of spine surgeries,CRPS1-2, Intractable chronic abdominal and Pelvic pain as well as treatment of debilitating Migraine Headaches. Dr Skaribas and has performed more than a thousand spinal cord stimulation procedures with all available products in the field including Traditional tonic, Burst, DRG, and HF-10. In the area intractable abdominal and Pelvic pain he helps patients that cannot find solutions with accurate diagnosis and interventional treatments.He sees and treats sympathetically maintained syndromes, peripheral neuropathies. Dr. Skaribas is one of the first in the US to perform the new percutaneous interspinous spacer superior that treats
Education & Training
- Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2000 - 2001
- Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Anesthesiology, 1997 - 2000
- Baylor College of MedicineInternship, Anesthesiology, 1996 - 1997
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- IN State Medical License 1998 - 2025
- TX State Medical License 1999 - 2025
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- P2P appointed educational site in Excellence in Neuromodulation Abbott Medical, 2018
- Partner of the year award Greater Houston Anesthesiology, 2008
- Best Partner of the Year Award Greater Houston Anesthesiology, 2008
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 21 citationsAnatomy and pathophysiology of the sacroiliac joint.Octavio Calvillo, Ioannis Skaribas, Joseph Turnipseed
Current Review of Pain. 2000-09-01 - 15 citationsSingle S1 Dorsal Root Ganglia Stimulation for Intractable Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Foot Pain After Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Case SeriesIoannis Skaribas, Christian Peccora, Elena E. Skaribas
Neuromodulation. 2019-01-01 - 101 citationsThe Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee on Best Practices for Dorsal Root Ganglion StimulationTimothy R. Deer, Jason E. Pope, Tim J. Lamer, Jay S. Grider, David A. Provenzano
Neuromodulation. 2019-01-01
Journal Articles
- Multicenter Retrospective Study of Neurostimulation With Exit of Therapy by ExplantPope, J. E., Deer, T. R., Falowski, S., Provenzano, D., Hanes, M., Hayek, S. M., Amrani, J., Carlson, J., Skaribas, I., Parchuri, K., McRoberts, W. P., Bolash, R., Hai..., Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 1/1/2017
- Results From the Partnership for Advancement in Neuromodulation Registry: A 24-Month Follow-UpDeer, T., Skaribas, I., McJunkin, T., Nelson, C., Salmon, J., Darnule, A., Braswell, J., Russo, M. and Fernando Gomezese, O., Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, 1/1/2016
- Spinal stimulator peri-electrode masses: case reportScranton, Robert A., Ioannis M. Skaribas, and Richard K. Simpson Jr, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 1/1/2015
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Abstracts/Posters
- Single S1 DRG stimulation for intractable foot pain after lumbar spine surgery: A safe and efficacious approach.I. Skaribas, International Neuromodulation society 13 World Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1/29/2017
- A survey among Texas Pain Society physicians regarding types and dosages of steroid utilized clinically in epidural steroid injectates.Dao T., Skaribas I., Texas Pain Society Annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2014
- Assessing the impact of positional changes and movements in spinal cord stimulation.Nelson C, Skaribas IM, McJunkin tl, Tracy J, Slamon J, Pahapill, P, North American Neuromodulation Society 16th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1/6/2012
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Lectures
- DRG therapy in the treatment of Post amputation neuropathic pain.1/1/2017
- DRG neurostimulation.Houston, TX - 1/28/2016
- NEVRO HF10 Therapy Hands on Surgical and Cadaveric CourseJW Marriot Scottsdale Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, AZ - 1/21/2016
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Press Mentions
- What to Expect from Your Spinal Cord Stimulation TrialJanuary 12th, 2023
- Expert Pain Care to Offer New Innovative LinQ(TM) ProcedureSeptember 4th, 2020
- Dr. Ioannis Skaribas, M.D., FASA, DABA Performs the First Abbott Proclaim XR™ Spinal Cord Stimulator Procedure in Houston, TXJanuary 27th, 2020
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Committees
- Member, International Neuromodulation Society Interim Meeting 2017 - Present
- Member, DRG Best practices committee, International Neuromodulation Society 2017 - Present
- Member, Memorial Hermman Chronic Pain Task Force 2015 - Present
- Member, TDI-DWC medical quality review committee 2013 - Present
- Member, Executive Medical Committee Memorial herman Sugarland Surgical Center 2009 - Present
- Member, SWA /GHA Executive Committee 2012 - 2016
- Member, Patient Safety committee, Texas Society of Anesthesiology 2010 - 2010
- Member, American Society of Anesthesiology committee on Anesthesiology Assistant education and Practice 2007 - 2009
- Member, American Society of Anesthesiology Committee on patient safety and education 2007 - 2009
- Member, GHA/USAP CQI 2004 - 2018
Professional Memberships
- Member
- American Society of Regional AnesthesiaMember
- World Institute of PainMember
- Member
- Texas Society of AnesthesiologistsMember
- Texas Pain SocietyMember
- American Neuromodulation SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Greek
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