Salahadin Abdi

Salahadin Abdi leads the pain medicine department at MD Anderson Cancer Center, advancing vertebral augmentation techniques and other interventional approaches for cancer-related spinal pain that restore function and reduce opioid requirements. His research on bone cement augmentation for painful vertebral metastases has established evidence-based protocols adopted at major cancer centers. He drives clinical research methodology improvements in cancer pain studies to strengthen the evidence base for interventional approaches.