Dr. Saleem Chughtai, MD
- Interventional Radiologist
- Pain Management Specialist
- Stem cells-Based Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Saleem Chughtai is a highly accomplished physician with over two decades of medical training and another two and a half decades of experience in public health, interventional radiology, pain management, and diagnostic imaging. He is the founder of Exogenic Therapies, where he pioneers regenerative medicine treatments, including advanced Biologics and Stem cells based therapies for various diseases including complex, chronic and immune disorders and spine interventions like the Discseel procedure.
Currently based in Texas at Houston and Brownsville, Dr. Chughtai leads the Interventional & Pain Management Center, offering specialized care in radiology, aesthetics, and pain management since 2014. He has also served as a diagnostic radiologist at Express Imaging since 2008 and has held numerous appointments across Texas, Arizona, and Maryland including at renowned institutions like Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center, Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
🎓 Education & Training:
MBBS (Honors) – King Edward Medical University, Pakistan (Top 10%).
MPH – Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Doctoral Research Studies – Johns Hopkins University.
Residency – Diagnostic Radiology, New York Medical College Hospitals.
Residency – Internal Medicine, Mercy Catholic Medical Center.
Internship – General Surgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore.
🩺 Fellowships & Advanced Training:
Johns Hopkins Hospital – Fellowship in MRI & Cross-sectional Imaging.
Univ. of Maryland & Shock Trauma Center – Fellowship in Vascular Interventional Radiology.
Duke University – Musculoskeletal MRI.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – Clinical functional MRI & Tractography.
BioTrac/NIH – Exosome Principles, Methods & Applications.
Hospital of Univ. of Pennsylvania – Chest Radiology.
📃 Certifications & Licensure:
Board Certified – Diagnostic Radiology, ABR.
CAQ Certified – Vascular Interventional Radiology.
Diplomate – AAOPM (Pain Management, Aesthetics).
Diplomate – AASCP American Academy of Stem Cells Physicians.
Licensed in – Texas, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii.
🏅 Honors & Awards:
- RSNA/AUR/ARRS Radiology Research Award.
- Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University.
- National USAID/MOST Science & Technology Talent Scholar.
- Quaid-e-Azam Silver Medal – 3rd in the nation (Pakistan).
- Multiple academic scholarships for top national merit.
🧬 Publications:
- Repositioning the 12-F over-the-wire Greenfield filter – Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2000.
- Traumatic ileocolic pseudoaneurysm: diagnosis and transcatheter treatment – Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions, 1999.
Dr. Chughtai is a member of Texas Pain Society and American Association of Stem Cells Physicians. He brings a rare combination of academic excellence, clinical expertise, and innovative applications to evolving field of vascular, musculoskeletal, neurological, autonomic nervous system neuromodulation and spine interventions with regenerative medicine. With a legacy rooted in prestigious institutions and national recognition for his academic achievements, he now leads Exogenic Therapies into the future of biologics and stem cells based healing.