SF_Gupta Institute_Profile_0524 - edit_Profile 6 / 3 / 24 4 : 12 PM Page 1 p a r t n e r p r o f i l e sf With two conveniently located Camden County offices , Dr . Gupta endeavors to make life easier on his patients by providing them with specialized , world - class care right in their own backyard . The main Cherry Hill office is the Gupta Institute for Pain and Pain Instacare site , where patients seek treatment for the likes of headaches , neck pain , lower - back pain , joint With two practices right pain and even personal - injury cases . “ We’ll have epidural injections , radiofre - here in South Jersey and quency ablations , spinal injections plus any joint one in Philadelphia , Dr . injections or any nerve block to identify where the pain is coming from and to also treat the Rajan Gupta is helping his problem , ” Dr . Gupta says of the Cherry Hill prac - neighbors find relief from tice . The Voorhees Pain Instacure location , he adds , offers alternative - medicine options for not the pain they were once only pain relief but also overall wellness , with natural solutions like Ayurvedic treatments ’ resigned to living with . system of natural medicine that originated in India more than 3,000 years ago , herbal By Madeleine Maccar medicine , yoga and meditation . And while segmenting treatments into two practices helps ensure that everyone receives highly personalized care , Dr . Gupta also makes sure his patients aren’t traveling all throughout Stop Start the region to find both the answers and relief they need . “ One thing patients love about us is our emphasis on diagnosis . The second thing is that Suffering ! ! Living ! ! we educate them by telling them where the pain’s coming from , what the treatment pro - tocol would look like and what that outcome “ Having pain is inevitable , but living in pain is optional ” is Dr . Gupta’s may look like , ” Dr . Gupta begins . “ The third favorite quote . thing — and a very important part of it — is that Whether you’re dealing with pain inside or out , from your head to your toes , Dr . Rajan Gupta is all interventions are done under X - ray guidance . here to help improve your quality of life — after all , his practice was founded with his favorite quote at All the spine interventions are done under X - ray its core . guidance in both the offices . … It’s kind of a Born and raised in India , Dr . Gupta began his medical training at the highly competitive Gujarat luxuryto have it in the office , but we have it so we University , BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad , where “ we get very good clin - don’thave to run into surgery centers or the hos - ical exposure and the teachers are excellent , they really know their stuff . ” pital to provide that care . ” He graduated from the prestigious Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad , India , in In addition to being an in - 1995before coming to the United States to continue his education , first to demand pain doctor , Dr . Gupta receive residency training at Pittsburgh’s St . Francis Medical Center has also written a number of ( UPMC ) and then for his intervention pain fellowship at Vanderbilt books , including The Briefcase University in Nashville . Life and 7 Ways in 7 Days to For more than a decade , Dr . Gupta has been practicing pain man - Change Your Life , and even pro - agement at his locations in both South Jersey and Philadelphia — and duced movies that all embody a has earned countless professional awards , accolades and recognition life philosophy that “ contentment since opening his doors , like being named to South Jersey Magazine’s is key ” to finding joy in your life . It’s TopPhysicians and earning Philadelphia’s Top Doctors award consis - a philosophy that also underscores tently since 2017 . his medical mission of helping Drawing on both Dr . Gupta’s exhaustive education and vast others live the most pain - free lives experience as a medical practitioner , his multifaceted practice helps they can by providing holistic care to patients find relief in a number of ways , from painstakingly individ - every patient who turns to him for ualized treatments to better understanding their diagnoses through one - help . on - oneconversations with Dr . Gupta , who also helps them navigate living with head , neck , “ The tagline for Pain Instacare is arthritic , lower back , neuropathic and joint pain as they work together to find the right solution . ‘ The best pain relief possible , ’ and the tagline for “ The literal meaning of ‘ doctor ’ is ‘ teacher , ’ and I consider myself a very good teacher when it the Gupta Institute for Pain , is ‘ Stop suffering , comes to telling the patient where the pain originates from and what I’m going to do for this pain , ” start living , ’ ” Dr . Gupta says . “ For both , it shows says Dr . Gupta . “ From there , we talk about the outcome that the patient is looking for and then set - that we put a lot of emphasis on stopping the ting the right expectation , rather than letting them move ahead with false expectations . ” patients ’ suffering so they can live better and Ashe notes the myriad aspects of pain , Dr . Gupta “ doesn’t want to jump the gun ” by proceeding without any pain . ” ? with treatment before adequately identifying the root cause , since it’s far more effective to treat the source itself than the symptoms it generates . “ I’m equipped with the tools to examine a patient properly to reach a diagnosis before jumping Dr.Rajan Gupta , MD into the treatment part , ” he explains . “ Pain is very subjective , so pain management is not a cookie - CHERRY HILL , VOORHEES , PHILADELPHIA cutter treatment : You cannot just tell everyone with back pain or leg pain that they’re going to get an epidural . There are different areas where the pain could be coming from or different types of injec - ( 888 ) PAIN - 121 | ( 856 ) 482 - 7246 tionsthat are needed , and some people are OK to get injections while some are not . So it’s very indi - PainInstaCare.com | RajanGuptaMD.com vidualized care that you have to give to each patient . ” SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM volume 14 issue 11 SUBURBAN FAMILY 9