Bobby Charlu

Background

About Bobby Charlu

Balaji (Bobby) S. Charlu, M.D. is an Interventional Physiatrist who specializes in the non-operative management of orthopedic injury and minimally invasive spine care. As an avid tennis and soccer player growing up in Michigan, Dr. Charlu was naturally drawn to sports medicine when choosing his medical specialty. “Physiatrists are experts in the rehabilitation of nerve, muscle, and bone injury. Treating injury, improving pain, and enhancing performance is the cornerstone of changing our daily movement and function. My goal is to offer any and all minimally invasive treatments to the spine outside of surgery.” In addition to basic spinal procedures, of which Dr. Charlu has performed more than epidurals and 300 EMG’s last year alone, Dr. Charlu brings a variety of advanced pain management techniques to Newport Orthopedics including radiofrequency ablation, discography, percutaneous discectomy, and spinal cord neuromodulation. He is currently active in Interventional Spine research, and has given numerous lectures at Mercy Hospital and the University of Iowa Medical Center during his association with the Steindler Orthopedic Clinic in Iowa City. Dr. Charlu is Board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM & R) with sub-specialty Boards in Pain Management. Dr. Charlu attended Michigan State medical school and completed his residency in PM & R at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas where he was Chief resident. He completed his fellowship training in Interventional Pain Management at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2006.