Dr. Ziv Mani Peled, MD

Dr. Peled has changed my life. I’ve suffered from debilitating migraines for 25+ years. I have had every treatment and medication available. This surgery has given me back my life. Dr. Peled is patient and explains everything in detail in an easy way to understand. Highly recommend him!

In 2018 I was a 31 yr old working and living a normal life. I started getting severe migraines and burning pain in my head. I had pain and pressure on the top of my head like a tight band as well as pain in my forehead, eyebrows and eyes. The pain became 24/7. I ended up having to quit my job, sell my home and move back in with my parents in AL. I lost all independence and relied on my family for everything. I saw every kind of doctor hoping to find someone to help. ENT specialists, Neurologists, Physical Therapist, Radiation Oncologist(hoping that radiation could help), Neurosurgeon, Psychologist, Psychiatrist. I was sent to a Psychiatrist by my first Neurologist as he thought I was creating the pain in my head. You name it I tried it, several anticonvulsants, depression medication used to treat nerve pain, selective serotonin receptor agonists, migraine preventives, etc. NOTHING would take the pain away. The pain was invisible and nobody could understand what I was going through. My… parents at first thought I had a drug problem and was losing my mind. I was literally at my wits end until I came upon a social media support group for Occipital Neuralgia. I had seen the term through my google searches and noticed that most of the symptoms are what I felt. I started reading other peoples posts about their pain it was spot on. I discovered Dr. Peled through this group. I had a skype consultation with him and for the first time I felt understood. He explained to me how peripheral nerves work and how they can affect us when damaged or compressed. Long story short because this is already forever long(sorry), I flew out to San Francisco and had a set of nerve blocks that in the past had never worked for me and BAM my head went numb for the first time and I could have cried. I finally in that moment was not able to feel the pain that I had had for the last year. Because the blocks worked I was a candidate for surgery. A few days later I had my GON decompressed, my TONs excised and had my LON's decompressed. I am exactly a year out and two months ago I went back to work and bought a house. I am back on my feet again all thanks to Dr. Peled. I highly recommend him and definitely would give him a call. He is an expert in his field and very professional. I have learned so much from him and finally have a handle on all of this. It's definitely a long process with ups and downs but I am so glad that I had the surgery.

Dr Peled is very down to earth and has great bedside manner. Surgery was very smooth and exactly as explained by the doctor. I cannot be grateful enough for getting my life back.

Dr Peled, Christina and Cary-Anne are among the best in their professions. Christina and Cary-Anne make the entire process stress free and are there every step of the way before and after surgery to help in any way that they can. They are some of the most caring individuals. A huge thank you to both of them! Dr Peled is among the best in his field. He is compassionate, humorous, professional and always available for his patients. He has a great bed side manner! As there are many unknowns with peripheral nerve surgery Dr Peled will do his best to give you all of the possible outcomes both good and bad. He will answer any and all questions that you may have and he is always willing to listen to his patients. I feel I made the absolute best choice in having Dr Peled perform my surgery and he has been there for me every step of the way. I am still in the process of recovery but my life is much better now than before surgery and I can only hope that it will continue to get better. … Thank you Dr Peled for all that you do for those of us suffering with Occipital Neuralgia and Chronic Migraines!

Dr Peled saved my life

Every part of this whole process was well thought out and the entire staff was helpful. From the initial consultation learning about the procedure, scheduling time with Dr. Peled and hearing about how to take the next steps towards scheduling, every part was well Hey ?? I just did this quick 15 minute yoga stretching for neck and shoulders AKA stress... and it was just what I needed So sending it all your way in case you also needed a short but effective self-care moment was well integrated and responsive to my needs. You cannot find a more thoughtful and professional team. And as I was grateful to experience, I also got my life back, as I no longer experience daily, chronic, mind-numbing pain from unending migraines.

i would not recommend having the headache surgery with this man. At 10 weeks out I'm way worse than I was before the surgery. Chronic head and neck tightness, horrific nerve pain all over my head, not to mention completly traumatized over the whole experience. No one tells you how horrible this recovery is for some people.

Dr. Peled gave me an entirely new life. After suffering with headaches everyday for 8 years I finally saw him and had decompression surgery. Now after a year I am living a full life. I can't begin to thank him and his staff enough!!!

Dr. Ziv Peled performed a decompression of the lesser occipital nerve and it was a complete success. After years of chronic and incessant neck pain and headaches, I am pain free and able to return to triathlon and ocean swimming. Prior to finding Dr. Peled I had worked with my general practitioner, several orthopedists, pain specialists, chiropractors, and neurologists. I had tried spinal decompression, class IV laser, physical therapy, nerve blocks, and trigger point injections, to no avail. I am so grateful that Dr. Peled performed this surgery and was able to preserve the lesser occipital, free it from many impingements, and relieve my pain entirely. He is internationally known and published for his work in nerve decompression, and I'm so glad I found his research to set me in the right direction. Dr. Peled is not only highly skilled, but he is friendly and supportive. Thank you, Dr. Peled, for giving me back my life.

I had suffered from debilitating migraines for 7+ years. I had tried many many different therapies, botox, nerve blocks, medication, ketamine infusions, chiropractor care, massage, acupuncture, diet change. Things that made a slight difference for a few weeks sometimes a few months, but the the headaches would come back it seemed with a extra boost of pain. Once we pin pointed it to being related to a snowmobile accident it opened up a whole new idea of what could be going on an why the various treatments weren't working. I continually searched for support groups that would help me understand what I was dealing with as well as just knowing I wasn't alone in this painful journey. That's how I found Doc Peled. An what a find that was. From the 1st phone consultation to the followup calls post surgery. He's been patient with my questions an knowledgeable of what he's doing. We were extremely blessed with both surgeries he did for me. 1st one was bilateral of GON, LON & TON. 4 months… later we went back to have the frontal an side nerves taken care of. I can hardly believe I am able to do things that I had totally given up on Ever being able to do again. I'm out mowing with my husband on our lawn care route, taking care of house chores, making dinner for the family. What a gift. Thank you Doc Peled an your sweet staff for truly caring about me!