Deeni Bassam, MD

Deeni Bassam, MD

Board Certified, American Board of Anesthesiology
Certificate of Added Qualification, Pain Management
Board Certified, American Board of Pain Medicine

Dr. Bassam is a local native of the Northern Virginia region. Raised in Fairfax, Virginia, Dr. Bassam attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry. He continued his education at the University of Virginia School of Medicine where he graduated with a Doctor of Medicine in 1997. His studies led him to an internship in General Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois which prepared him for an Anesthesia residency at the New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center in New York City.

After completing anesthesia residency in New York Dr. Bassam was then accepted into the Advanced Interventional Pain Management Program at Texas Tech Health Science Center in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Bassam spent a year learning advanced interventional techniques in pain management from some of the foremost experts in the field.

Following training Dr. Bassam was named Director of Pain Management for a busy teaching hospital in New York City where he was responsible for building a hospital based pain practice in an area that was lacking in any similar services. With great enthusiasm, Dr. Bassam decided to move back to the area he considers home in Northern Virginia and launch The Spine Care Center in early 2005.

As Medical Director, Dr. Bassam is excited and delighted to be part of the medical community and to be back in the Northern Virginia area as a whole. Dr. Bassam has a large and extended family throughout the DC metro area and enjoys spending his extra time horseback riding, reading, and scuba diving. Dr. Bassam’s professional interests include radiofrequency ablation of nerves (RFTC), percutaneous lysis of adhesions (Racz Procedure), and spinal cord stimulation.

Faisal A. Siddiqui, MD

Board Certified, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery ACLS
ATLS Certified

Dr. Faisal Siddiqui is orginally from Ohio, and has been in the Northern Virginia Area since 2005. He is affiliated with Prince William Hospital, Fairfax Hospital, and Fair Oaks Hospital. Dr. Siddiqui completed his undergraduate degree at Cornell University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with distinction in all subjects. He subsequently completed his medical education at Vanderbilt Medical School and graduated with honors.

After completing medical school, Dr. Siddiqui specialized in orthopaedic surgery with a residency at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center. There he was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation humanitarian award and received "Resident of the Year" recognition by the medical faculty for excellence in clinical care and teaching. Dr. Siddiqui then further subspecialized in spinal surgery with a fellowship at the Charlotte Spine Center at the Carolinas Medical Center.

Dr. Siddiqui has published numerous peer-reviewed medical articles pertaining to orthopaedics and spine surgery. He routinely gives lectures to the medical and public communities on minimally invasive approaches to spine surgery. He has currently been awarded an INOVA faculty research grant to study three-dimensional computer modeling in spinal trauma. Dr. Siddiqui also is a member of the Trauma Executive Commitee at Fairfax Hospital which is currently the only Level I trauma center in the region. He has taken care of complex spinal trauma there since 2005. Dr. Siddiqui has specialized training in minimally invasive spine surgery and was one of the first surgeons in Northern Viriginia to perform the minimally invasive Trans1 and Xlif procedures, using computer assisted navigation as well as fluoroscopic assisted surgery. In addition, Dr. Siddiqui has significant experience in disc replacement surgery and completed an international training program in Munich, Germany with Dr. M. Myers on the "Prodisc-C" cervical disc replacement procedure.

Dr. Siddiqui serves as Vice-Chairman of the Prince William Department of Orthopaedics, where he also takes care of general orthopaedic trauma injuries. In his free time, Dr. Siddiqui enjoys being with his family and his hobbies include golfing and skiing.

Mudit Sharma, MD

Board Certified, American Board of Neurological Surgery

Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery
Active Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Active Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Dr. Mudit Sharma grew up in Buffalo but has called the Northern Virginia area home for almost a decade. He has appointments at Prince William Hospital, Reston Hospital, Fair Oaks Hospital, Loudoun Hospital and Virginia Hospital Center. In addition he is on the Neurosurgery faculty at Georgetown University Hospital. He completed his undergraduate at SUNY at Buffalo where he graduated summa cum laude. He then obtained his MD at University at Buffalo where he graduated with honors and was on the Dean’s list of academic excellence. He also won an award for the Best Surgical Trainee.

Dr. Sharma then moved to Washington, DC to pursue residency training in Neurosurgery at Georgetown University Hospital. During his residency, Dr. Sharma received numerous awards for academic excellence including first prize for his presentation on spinal tumors. Training in one of the busiest neurosurgical services in the nation, Dr. Sharma received extensive experience in complex spinal and brain surgery.

Dr. Sharma has published numerous scientific articles on surgical and non surgical management of brain and spinal disorders. He has a genuine passion for community education and routinely lectures on spinal problems to fellow physicians, nursing staff as well as patients. Recognizing the benefits of minimally invasive spinal surgery, Dr. Sharma has spent many years training and perfecting these techniques. He was one of the pioneer surgeons in the Northern Virginia area to offer these techniques to the community. In addition, Dr. Sharma routinely uses state of the art Neuro-navigation (“GPS for the brain”) for his brain operations. This minimizes disruption of normal brain tissue during surgery. Using this technology, Dr. Sharma has successfully treated large and small benign brain tumors and completely removed more aggressive brain tumors. He has a special interest in robotic radiation therapy for brain tumors and has developed a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment of brain tumors.

Dr. Sharma is a regular participant at specialty meetings for Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery, keeping abreast of all cutting edge developments in these fields. He is an active member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the North American Spine Society.

Dr. Sharma lives in the Northern Virginia area with his wife and young son and enjoys golfing, running and trekking.