Marc A. Caragea, DO, is a fellowship-trained subspecialist in Interventional spine and musculoskeletal pain management, focusing on a wide range of advanced pain-blocking techniques. As a pain-management doctor, Dr. Caragea utilizes many different types of interventional pain-management techniques for patients who have not received relief from conservative, traditional methods. His superior treatments include:

• Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal injections
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Ultrasound-guided injections
• Kyphoplasty/vertebral augmentation
• Basivertebral nerve ablation
• PRP/Regenerative medicine
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Peripheral nerve stimulation
• Discography and intradiscal therapeutic procedures

Dr. Caragea graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. He received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, D.O., from the University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX. Additionally, Dr. Caragea completed his residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, UT where he also completed his fellowship training in Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine. Dr. Caragea has conducted extensive research, resulting in numerous scientific publications and national lectures to become a leading pain-management doctor.

Professional Development

Professional Memberships
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Osteopathic Association
Spine Intervention Society
North American Spine Society

Committee Participation
Spine Intervention Society (SIS) Evidence Analysis Committee Member September 2021-present

North American Spine Society (NASS) Online Content Committee Member December 2020-present

Education and Training

Undergraduate
Texas A&M University College Station, TX, 2010-2014
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Research Scholar
Cum Laude

Medical School
Medical School University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth, TX, 2014-2018
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, D.O.

Residency Training
Transitional Year Residency July 2018-June 2019
USF Morsani College of Medicine GME: Blake Medical Center Bradenton, FL

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency July 2019-June 2022
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, UT
Chief Resident

Fellowship Training
Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine July 2022-June 2023
University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, UT

Research, Publications, and Lectures

Publications
Levin J, Chan J, Huynh L, Smuck M, Koltsov J, Kesikburun B, Wagner G, Caragea M, Kuo K, McCormick Z, Schneider B, Berlin E, Kennedy D, Kesikburun S. Thoracic Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for Management of Thoracic Spine Pain: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study of Short-Term Outcomes. (2021) Interv Pain Med 100004

Cushman DM, Carefoot A, Lisenby S, Caragea M, Fogg B, Conger A. A systematic review of the efficacy of corticosteroid injections of tendon sheaths, excluding stenosing tenosynovitis of the wrist and hand. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Oct 2. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001609. PMID: 33017344.

William P, Niacaris T, Caragea M, Lichtman D. (2017). Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Treatment of Kienbock’s Disease. In D.M. Lichtman, I.B. Gregory (Ed.), Kienbock’s Disease (pp. 169-174). Fort Worth: Springer International Publishing.

Caragea M, Hernandez D, Kirmse R, Hoenger A, Herrmann H, Conover G, (2017) Influence of nebulin on the assembly mechanics of desmin intermediate filaments. In MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL. AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY

Caragea M, Hernandez D, Dunina-Barkovskaya L, Mucke N, Herrmann H, Conover G. (2012). Role of the pre-coil domain of desmin and its partnership with muscle proteins. In MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL (vol. 23). AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY Curriculum Vitae Marc Caragea, DO MARC CARAGEA 3

Hernandez D, Caragea M, Hord J, Herrmann H, Conover G. (2012). “Assembly perturbations in mutant desmin filaments bound to nebulin in desminopathy.” In MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, (vol. 23). AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY.

Scientific Abstracts

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Caragea M, Woodworth T, Curtis T, et al (2023) Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Knee Joint Pain: A Real-world Cohort Study with Evaluation of Prognostic Factors. Pain Med. https://doi.org/10.1093/PM/PNAD095
2. Eby S, Lider J, Teramoto M, Caragea M, Lash M Cushman D (2022). Sonographic peripheral nerve dimensions, excluding median and ulnar nerves: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Muscle Nerve. doi: 10.1002/mus.27783.
3. Levin J, Li W, Gall N, Chan J, Caragea M, Huynh L, Koltsov J, Smuck M (2022). Results of Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections Based on the Physician Referral Source. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1 (3),100114.
4. Reisinger R, Caragea M, Teramoto M, Shipman H, Berry-Rieser D, Oli M, Kendall R, Burnham T, Conger A, McCormick Z (2022). The Association of Payer Type and Opioid Use on Functional Improvement at Short-Term Follow-up after Lumbosacral Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: Results of a Large Registry Study. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(2), 100073.
5. Burnham T, Clements N, Conger A, Kuo K, Lider J, Caragea M, Kendall R, Cunningham S, Meiling J, Teramoto M, McCormick Z (2022). A Comparisoin of the Effectiveness of Cervical Medial Branch Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Facet Joint Syndrome in Patients Selected by Two Common Medial Branch Block Paradigms. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(2), 100091
6. Levin J, Chan J, Huynh L, Smuck M, Koltsov J, Kesikburun B, Wagner G, Caragea M, Kuo K, McCormick Z, Schneider B, Berlin E, Kennedy D, Kesikburun S (2021). Thoracic Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for Management of Thoracic Spine Pain: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study of Short-Term Outcomes. Interventional Pain Medicine, 1(1), 100004.
7. Cushman DM, Carefoot A, Lisenby S, Caragea M, Fogg B, Conger A (2021). A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Corticosteroid Injections of Tendon Sheaths, Excluding Stenosing Tenosynovitis of the Wrist and Hand. Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 100(7), 683-688.
8. Caragea M, Hernandez DA, Kirmse R, Hoenger A, Herrmann HH, Conover GM (2017). Influence of nebulin on the assembly mechanics of desmin intermediate filaments. Mol Biol Cell.
9. Caragea M, Hernandez DA, Dunina-Barkovskaya LV, Mucke N, Herrmann H, Conover GM (2012). Role of the pre-coil domain of desmin and its partnership with muscle proteins. Mol Biol Cell, 23.
10. Hernandez DA, Caragea M, Hord JM, Herrmann H, Conover GM (2012). Assembly perturbations in mutant desmin filaments bound to nebulin in desminopathy. Mol Biol Cell, 23.

BOOK CHAPTERS
William PF, Niacaris T, Caragea M, Lichtman DM (2017). Minimally Invasive Techniques for the Treatment of Kienbock’s Disease. In Lichtman DM, Gregory IB (Eds.), Kienbock’s Disease (pp. 169-174). Fort Worth, TX: Springer.

National Lectures

Caragea M. Sacral Lateral Branch Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Complex Pain: A Real-world Cohort Study. Pacific Spine & Pain Society Annual Conference, Ko’Olina, O’Ahu, Hawai’I, 2023

Payer Type and Opioid Use Predict Lower Likelihood Functional Improvement at Short Term Follow-up after Epidural Steroid Injection: Results of a Large Registry Study. Pacific Spine Pain Society. Las Vegas. September 2021

Schedule an appointment with Hendersonville, NC pain-management specialist Dr. Marc A. Caragea if you suffer from back, spine, and/or musculoskeletal pain.