About Us
Jessen Mukalel, MD, is a spine, sports, and interventional pain specialist serving patients in and around The Woodlands, Texas. Practicing for over 10 years, Dr. Mukalel’s philosophy is simple. The Better doctor he can be the better your outcomes will be. Complete pain relief begins with meticulous diagnosing of pain generators. What is unique about Dr. Mukalel’s practice is his passion to educate patients about their pain conditions, empowering them to continue striving for 100% pain relief. Many patients seek him out after being told that there are no other options for their pain. His motto is, “I provide the options, you choose the relief.” No other doctor in the Greater Houston area provides such a diverse catalogue of pain-relieving therapies, because of his commitment to innovation and cutting edge solutions. If interventional therapies are ineffective, he offers physician direct infusion therapies such as Ketamine and Lidocaine, to tackle the most challenging of pain and depressive states. His mission is to help Houston achieve opioid-free pain therapy.
Dr. Mukalel completed his undergraduate degree in 2003 at the University of Debrecen Health and Science Center in Debrecen, Hungary. He then received his medical degree from Saint James School of Medicine in the Caribbean in 2006. Upon graduation, Dr. Mukalel completed an internship and residency in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He also completed an additional residency in anesthesia at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, in Chicago, Illinois. The first of his two pain fellowships were at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Acute Pain Management in 2010. He learned how to provide opioid-free pain management options for surgical patients and diagnose musculoskeletal and sports injuries using ultrasonography, which lead to Dr. Mukalel’s passion in training doctors on how to diagnose shoulder, knee, hip, feet, and hand injuries and treat with regenerative treatments like Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Bone Marrow Aspiration Concentration (BMAC) Stem Cell therapy. The second pain fellowship was in Interventional Spine therapies at The Florida Spine Institute in Clearwater, Fl, specializing in chronic pain management.
Dr. Mukalel is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and board eligible in pain management. He has been published in several peer-reviewed journals for his research in advanced airway management, treatments for postherpetic neuralgia, interventional acute pain techniques, and Ketamine infusions for pain management. He is active in several pain societies, such as the American Society of Anesthesiologist, American Society of Regional Anesthesia, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, American Academy of Pain Management, American Interventional Headache Society, Pacific Spine and Pain Society, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience and The Texas Pain Society.
Since starting his first pain management practice in 2016, Dr. Mukalel has created a successful approach to treating chronic pain. This starts with diagnosing with temporary numbing injections, then treating with PRP, BMAC, Spinal Cord and peripheral nerve Stimulation, Nerve Ablation or rhizotomy, Sacral Fusion using LinQ, Spinal decompression with Vertiflex, spine fracture resolution with Kyphoplasty, Sonex Health’s Sx-Microknife for carpal tunnel syndrome or the Cutting Edge, Intracept Procedure, for vertebral body or discogenic pain. This has led to his recognition as a “Leading Physician of the World” in 2017 and 2018, Tampa Bay Magazine Top Doc Award in 2018, and The Woodlands, Texas, Interventional Pain Management Top Doc award 2020. He is on staff at St. Luke’s The Woodlands, as well as several other hospitals in the area. He is a consultant for Aetna Health plans, eradicating pill mills throughout Florida and Texas.