Dr. Khawaja Shehryar Nasir

Dr. Nasir received his Bachelors in Oral Surgery (BDS) with honors from the University of Health Sciences, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Pakistan. He completed a one-year residency program in General Practice Residency (House job) from the same institute. In 2013, he completed a combined advance education residency in Temporomandibular Disorders and received a Masters degree in Oral Sciences from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was later awarded a two-year fellowship in teaching and research in the department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo. In 2017, he completed a two-year, hospital based Orofacial Pain residency program from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. His research and clinical interest include head and neck pain management, neuropathic pain disorders (burning mouth syndrome, trigeminal neuralgia), primary headache disorders (migraine headaches, cluster headaches), and management of muscular pain disorders (TMJ disorder, myofascial pain). He is currently practicing in Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center as an Orofacial Pain Medicine Consultant.

Dr. Khawaja Shehryar Nasir loves to write on healthcare to raise awareness about general healthcare issues in Pakistan and advise patients on healthy living. If you wish to read his healthcare articles and advice, please visit the following links: Migraines Unmasked: Prevention and Treatment , Migraines Unmasked: The Stages and Triggers , Orofacial Pain and Pain Disorders: Q and A with Khwaja Shehryar, Chronic Pain By Dr. Khawaja Shehryar Nasir.