Diya Sandhu, M.D.

Diya Sandhu, M.D.
Clinical Expertise

Interventional Pain Management

Academic Appointments
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Supportive Care Medicine
Clinical Teams
Supportive Care Medicine

Diya Sandhu, M.D., specializes in managing pain that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis. She focuses on highly personalized care, offering treatments ranging from holistic and natural remedies to more advanced procedures such as spinal cord stimulation. Additionally, she strives to collaborate with the patient’s entire medical team to ensure care is well-coordinated.
A prolific researcher and speaker, Dr. Sandhu is noted for her findings on innovative pain management, specifically managing chronic pain for older adults, women, and athletes. She is also an expert in neuromodulation, a minimally invasive procedure that can minimize opioid intake. Before joining City of Hope, Dr. Sandhu was an assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine, where her work spanned orthopedics, physical medicine, and rehabilitation.

Dr. Sandhu earned her medical degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine internship at St. Barnabas Medical Center, followed by a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at State University of New York, Syracuse. She further specialized by completing a pain medicine fellowship at Emory University.

Location

Education & Experience

Degrees

  • 2014, Doctor of Medicine, St. George’s University School of Medicine; St. George’s, Grenada

Residency

  • 2015-2018, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University; Syracuse, New York

Fellowship

  • 2018-2019, Pain Medicine Fellowship, Emory University School of Medicine; Atlanta, Georgia

Internship

  • 2014-2015, Internal Medicine Internship, St. Barnabas Medical Center; Livingston, New Jersey

Professional Experience

  • 2024-present, Assistant Clinical Professor, City of Hope Orange County; Irvine, California

Publications

National and regional abstract presentations

  • Mughal M*, Goorah D, Patel A, Parikh, A. Laryngeal Rhinoscleroma: An Atypical Presentation of an endemic disease. (poster presentation). Presented at: New Jersey ACP 2014
  • Jiang L, Sapru S*, Zhang T, Rao P, Goorah D, Boradia C. Ascites in a Woman with undertreated Hypothyroidism. (poster presentation) Presented at: NJ ACP regional abstract competition 2014
  • Zaccarini C, Laue S, Murphy K, Goorah D*, Kung V, Casella G, Lebduska S. Defining safe head-of-the bed inclination in patients with decubitus wounds laying on a Dolphin Fluid Immersion Simulation Mattress using pressure mapping: A Case Series. (poster presentation) Presented at: ASCIP Academy for Spinal Cord Injury Professionals 2016 Sept 3-5; Nashville, TN . Presented at: AAPMR American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2016 Oct 20-23; New Orleans,LA
  • Goorah D*, Hurlong S, Casella G. Exercise induced spinal cord infarct (EISCI) in a young male with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS): A case report of a Workman’s Compensation (WC) case litigation . (Poster Presentation). Presented at: ASCIP Academy for Spinal Cord Injury Professionals 2016 Sept 3-5; Nashville, TN. Presented at: AAPMR American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2016 Oct 20-23; New Orleans,LA
  • Goorah D*, Landes A, Laue S, Laufer D, Casella G, Lebduska S. The role of the Spinal Cord Injury Care Provider in safeguarding patient’s best interests and values: A case report and discussion in palliative wound care. (poster presentation).Presented at: ASCIP Academy for Spinal Cord Injury Professionals 2016 Sept 3-5;Nashville, TN Presented at: AAPMR American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2016 Oct 20-23; New Orleans, LA
  • Karno G*, Goorah D, Thomas P, Sharma V. Use of Ketamine for Post Operative Pain in a Chronic Opioid User. (Poster Presentation)Presented at: ASRA American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2016 Nov 19-19 San Diego, CA
  • Raoofi W, Coats*, T, Goorah D, Marrero-Prats, C, Hurlong S, Turk M. Preservation of American Sign Language Ability in Patient With Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Angiitis and Intra-Parenchymal Hemorrhage (IPH) Causing Verbal Apraxia and Aphasia: A Case Report. (poster presentation). Presented at: AAPMR American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017 Oct 12-15; Denver, CO
  • Raoofi W, Coats, T, Goorah D, Marrero-Prats, C, Kanter D, Turk M. Chondromyxoid Fibroma of the Ilium Requiring Wide Resection: A Case Report. (poster presentation) Presented at: AAPMR American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2017. Oct 12-15; Denver, CO
  • Hemani S*, Goorah D, Woodbury A. A Retrospective Analysis Comparing Efficacy and Complications with Cervical Interlaminar and Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections at the Atlanta VAMC.Presented at: ASRA American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Meeting. Nov 15-17; San Antonio, TX
  • Goorah D*, Singh V. Use of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Management of Chronic Hand and Forearm Pain. (poster presentation)Presented at ASRA American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2019 April 11-13; Las Vegas, NV. Presented at NANS 2020; Las Vegas, NV.
  • Jiao J, Goorah D*, Bailey I, Beckworth W. The Retrodural Space of Okada and Unusual Contrast flow. Presented at ASRA American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2019 April 11-13; Las Vegas, NV.

Published and Accepted Research Articles

  • Burjonrappa S, Shea B, Goorah D. 2014. NEC in Twin Pregnancies: Incidence and Outcomes. Journal of Neonatal Surgery. 3(4):45.
  • Jiao, J. , Bailey, I. M., Beckworth, W. J., Sandhu, D. and Nguyen, P. (2019), The Retrodural Space of Okada and Unusual Contrast Flow. Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12208
  • Vinita Singh, MD, Diya Sandhu, MD, Nan Xiang, MD, Techniques for Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implantation of the Upper Extremity, Pain Medicine, Volume 21, Issue Supplement_1, August 2020, Pages S27–S31, https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa185

Book Chapters

  • Philip A, Goorah D, Thakur R. "Pain and Its Management in Older Adults."Geriatric Rehabilitation: From Bedside to Curbside. Boca Raton, FL: CRC/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. 208-29. Print.
  • Cui, D, Sandhu, D. “Lumbar Injection Techniques.” Atlas of Interventional Orthopedic Procedures. Elsevier 2020. Print.