Nicholas C Nacey, MD
Diagnostic Radiology
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Bio & Overview
Dr. Nacey received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and medical school degree from the University of Virginia. Following medical school, he returned to his hometown of Chicago to obtain his residency training in diagnostic radiology at Northwestern University. He then returned to the University of Virginia to obtain subspecialized training in musculoskeletal radiology and interventions. He joined the faculty within the musculoskeletal radiology division in 2013.
Dr. Nacey serves as the Vice Chair of Operations for the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, coordinating radiology operations at the UVA Medical Center and multiple UVA Imaging locations. He has served as the chief of musculoskeletal interventions since joining the faculty, supervising the large number of joint injections, spine injections, and biopsies performed by the musculoskeletal imaging division. He also previously served as the medical director of the outpatient musculoskeletal imaging centers at Fontaine and Ivy Mountain, and previously served as the musculoskeletal radiology fellowship director as well. His clinical and research interests include fluoroscopy guided pain interventions, musculoskeletal biopsies, musculoskeletal ultrasound diagnostic exams and interventions, and nerve imaging.
Dr. Nacey spends most of his spare time with his wife and four children. He hobbies include outdoor activities, travelling, and exercising.
Academic Information
- Department
- Radiology and Medical Imaging
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Musculoskeletal Imaging
- Research Interests
- Fluoroscopy guided pain interventions, musculoskeletal biopsies, musculoskeletal ultrasound guided diagnostic exams and interventions, nerve imaging.
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Infants (0-2)
Children (2-12)
Adolescents (12-21)
Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Residency
- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
- Additional Specialties
- Musculoskeletal Imaging
Highlights
Dr. Nicholas Nacey profile video
My name is Dr. Nicholas Nacey. I'm a Musculoskeletal Radiologist at the University of Virginia, and I specialize in various musculoskeletal radiology procedures, mostly in pain management, so we do lots of steroid injections in joints. Pretty much any joint throughout the body. We also do spine injections, so we see a lot of patients who are in chronic pain. I find those to be satisfying procedures because I think we're able to help a large number of people. Within our practice we've also been doing the Tenex procedure for patients with tennis elbow, or plantar fascitis. Those are both difficult to treat conditions. What the procedure does is basically we use a needle to break up the diseased tendon or plantar fascia tissue, and then your body regenerates with healthier tissue and over time patients have improved from that. It's a way basically to do the procedure less invasively than say a surgery, and therefore have less complications. Musculoskeletal radiology within radiology is an area where there's very intricate anatomy, and I think that's where a musculoskeletal radiologist really comes into play. We have subspecialized training, we know a lot about that anatomy, we know a lot about the pathology in that area, and I think that's why coming to the University of Virginia to interpret your scans, that we really have the extra expertise to be able to see things that other people aren't going to see out at other radiology practices.