Meron Selassie, MD
Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine, Pain Management, Spine - Non-Surgical

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Dr. Meron Selassie is a board certified anesthesiologist specializing in the treatment of chronic pain. She is a strong advocate of compassionate and comprehensive pain management using a multidisciplinary approach. This often involves minimally invasive procedures including injections, responsible use of medications, and collaboration with psychologists and physical therapists to address the challenges of living with chronic pain. Dr. Selassie understands the toll that chronic pain can take on patients, their families and communities. She strives to return patients to a higher level of function and to improve their quality of life. Dr. Selassie received her medical education from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and then stayed on to complete a four year residency in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care. Following eight years in Philadelphia, she completed a chronic pain management fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She worked in private practice for a year before returning to practice medicine in her home state of South Carolina. She is a member of several regional and national anesthesiology and pain societies and performs a variety of image-guided interventional pain and neuromodulation procedures. Her areas of interest include treatment of neck and back pain including conditions like sciatica and osteoarthritis, nerve pain, joint pain, arthritis, and headache.

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Clinical Areas of Interest
Central and peripheral neuromodulation and neuroablation
Arthritis
Back pain
Epidural steroid injections
Headache
Nerve blocks
Pain management
Spine injections
Trigger point injections
Gender
Female
Languages
English
Certifications
Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine
Insurance Coverage
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- Absolute Total Care (NEIC)
- Absolute Total Care Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
- Aetna (Exclusive Choice)
- Aetna (Managed Choice)
- Aetna (Open Choice)
- Aetna (Preferred Provider Organization)
- Aetna Medicare
- AllWell by Absolute Total Care
- Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace)
- BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace)
- Blue Choice Blue Option (Marketplace)
- Blue Choice Medicaid
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice HealthCare (Group Health Plan)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina
- Cigna
- Cigna Medicare
- Clover Health
- Coventry
- Employers Health Network (EHN)
- First Choice Next
- First Choice VIP Care Plus Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
- First Choice/Select Health (NEIC)
- First Health
- Great West Healthcare (Part of Cigna now)
- Healthy Blue Medicaid by Blue Choice
- Humana ChoiceCare PPO (Group Health Plan) (through March 31, 2025)
- Humana Healthy Horizons (through March 31, 2025)
- Humana Medicare (through March 31, 2025)
- Medcost
- Medicare A & B (Traditional Medicare)
- Molina Healthcare
- Molina Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
- Tricare
- United HealthCare
- Veterans' Affairs Community Care Network (CCN)
- WellCare
Conditions Treated
Central and peripheral neuromodulation and neuroablation
Arthritis
Back pain
Epidural steroid injections
Headache
Nerve blocks
Pain management
Spine injections
Trigger point injections