Akhtar Purvez

Akhtar Purvez, MD, is a pain physician, researcher, author, speaker, and pain advocate. He has been actively practicing interventional pain management in Charlottesville, Virginia for the last two decades. In his practice, he offers a comprehensive approach that includes interventional, minimally invasive techniques in combination with non-opioid medications, physical therapy with stress on an active exercise program, and healthy lifestyle changes. He is actively involved in teaching the...See more

Akhtar Purvez, MD, is a pain physician, researcher, author, speaker, and pain advocate. He has been actively practicing interventional pain management in Charlottesville, Virginia for the last two decades. In his practice, he offers a comprehensive approach that includes interventional, minimally invasive techniques in combination with non-opioid medications, physical therapy with stress on an active exercise program, and healthy lifestyle changes. He is actively involved in teaching the general public about safer options to manage chronic pain in an effort to improve their functionality and quality of life. He is the author of Managing Chronic pain in an Age of Addiction (Rowman & Littlefield) and resides in Charlottesville, VA. See less