Expert Details
Pain Medicine; Muscle Pain, Back Pain/Sciatica, Outcome Assessment, RSD (CRPS), Shoulder, Neck Pain
ID: 727659
New York, USA
He is a member of five professional societies and has presented over 100 lectures about diagnosing and treating pain to audiences throughout the world.
Expert, a past president of The American Academy of Pain Medicine, has been voted as one of New York City's Best Doctors for more than ten consecutive years by Castle Connolly.
After two years as a staff physician at the Headache Unit at Montefiore Hospital, Expert in 1977 co-founded and directed the first pain center in NYC at Montefiore Hospital. He went on to establish and direct pain centers at Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC from 1983-98 and The Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor, UK from 1997-2001. Expert joined the staff of a Pain Management center at a U.S. university in 2002 and was Expert Director of Muscle Pain Research in the Department of Anesthesiology in 2007.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1967 | Degree: M.D. | Subject: Pain Medicine | Institution: State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse |
| Year: 1962 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: | Institution: Queens College, Flushing, NY |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2007 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Attending Physician | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director, Division of Muscle Pain Research | Department: Department of Anesthesiology |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1999 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Clinical Associate Professor | Department: Anesthesiology and Psychiatry |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2000 | Employer: Princess Margaret Hospital | Title: Consultant, Pain Medicine | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1998 | Employer: Lenox Hill Hospital | Title: Chief, Pain Service | Department: Medicine and Psychiatry |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1974 to 1983 | Employer: Montefiore Hospital | Title: Assistant Attending Anesthesiology/Psychiatry | Department: |
Responsibilities:Anesthesiology: 1977-1983; Psychiatry: 1974-1982. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1970 to 1983 | Employer: Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Title: Various | Department: |
Responsibilities:Assistant Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry (1970-1971); Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry (1971-1974); Clinical Instructor in Social Medicine (1977-1981); Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (1977-1983). |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Academy of Pain Medicine; American Pain Society; American Board of Pain Medicine; International Association for the Study of Pain; Eastern Pain Association; American Medical Association; Royal Society of Medicine; American Psychosomatic Society (former); Biofeedback Society of America (former). |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| California Medical License (1967); New York License (1968); American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1974); American Board of Pain Medicine (1993); UK Medical License (1997). |
| Professional Appointments |
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| AAPM Co-Chair, Committee on External Affairs (2007-present); AAPM representative to JCAHCO/AMA/AHRQ taskforce to establish performance measures for clinical assessment and treatment of low back pain, arthritis, and cancer pain (2001-present); Scientific Advisory Committee, American Medical Accrediting Program (1998-2000); AHCPR Reviewer for Acute Low Back Pain Guidelines (1994). |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Gillette Scholarship (1965); Merck Manual Award (1966); Who's Who in American Education (7th Edition); Who's Who in America (58th Edition); Who's Who in the East (23rd Edition); Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Pain Management in NY Metro Area (1998-2007); New York Magazine Top Doctors in Pain Medicine (1998-2002, 2005, 2010). |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Rotating Intern, Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (1967-1968); Resident in Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College, Bronx State Hospital, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY (1968-1969); Resident in Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Lincoln Hospital, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY (1969-1970); Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (1970-1971). |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has published 11 articles in peer-reviewed journals, authored two books and four book chapters, and numerous other articles for print media. He also has two patents: a technique to evaluate and treat muscle pain utilizing an electrical stimulation device and a portable electrical stimulation device to diagnose muscle pain. |
Fields of Expertise
algometer, back pain, causalgia, cervical whiplash, chronic pain, chronic pain management, complex regional pain syndrome, drug, lower back pain, neck pain, pain management, pain medication, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, sciatica, musculoskeletal disease, pelvic pain, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, non-narcotic analgesic, opioid, headache, pain and suffering, hydromorphone, opiate, oxycodone, narcotic, osteoarthritis, morphine