Most people in pain don’t want to read a lot of fancy words … they just want to feel better. Most people in pain are already taking several drugs which may not be working so well. The drugs can have bad side effects. Many people in pain have had injections or surgeries that helped for a little while, and then they didn’t help any more. The pain came back.
Most people in pain just get drugs, shots, and surgeries, because that is what our insurance system pays for. These can be good options for some people, but if we docs were doing such a good job with pain, why would there be 116 million Americans – more than 1 in 3 people – in chronic pain?
Your doctors, even your pain specialist, most likely do not know what more can be done for you. But after 25 years as an acupuncturist, chiropractor, mind/body teacher, nutritional expert, pain specialist, and Ivy-League medical school professor, I may have a few helpful ideas for you.
And I’m not selling any pills or gadgets on this site. This is my life’s work.
I have seen health care from many sides. Formally and uniquely trained in three health professions – acupuncture, chiropractic and conventional medicine, I am an “integrative” physician – one who combines the best of modern medical, surgical, and pharmaceutical care with the best of the Complementary and Alternative therapies.
I am included in New York Magazine’s prestigious listing of New York’s Best Doctors for 2007 through 2015. I am only 1 of 3 doctors cited in New York Magazine for practicing “complementary medicine”.
I served as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for 14 years, and was on the medical staff at the New York-Presbyterian Hospitals Columbia Medical Center. I was an Attending Physician at Beth Israel Medical Center in the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care. I served as the Medical Director of Columbia’s widely-respected Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a National Institutes of Health NCCAM Center-granted research and education center at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons under the direction of Fredi Kronenberg, Ph.D. during my years employed at Columbia University Medical Center.
I was the originator and course co-director with Dr. Kronenberg of Columbia’s ground-breaking and highly successful Continuing Medical Education conference, Integrative Pain Medicine, which educated physicians, nurses, and psychologists from all over the world for six years. I resigned from employment at Columbia in 2006 to go exclusively into private practice in Manhattan and in East Hampton, NY.
I continue to teach actively. I am on the faculty at the annual University of Arizona Nutrition and Health Conference directed by Dr. Andrew Weil, now going into its eighth year. I lecture extensively on the topics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Pain Medicine, Nutrition and Dietary Supplements, Acupuncture, Chiropractic and Manual Medicine, Natural Health, and how to integrate complementary and alternative approaches into conventional medical delivery systems.
I was the Founder and long-term Medical Director for the Oxford Health Plans Alternative Medicine program. My clinical practices focus on integrative pain medicine, pharmacotherapy, acupuncture, nutritional medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, spine pain, and headache, and general complementary and alternative medicine.
I have been widely published, both in print and on the World Wide Web. I am currently the weekly health columnist for the East Hampton Star. My most recent book, The Chronic Pain Solution, is a comprehensive guide on how to integrate the best of conventional and alternative medicine for chronic pain.
I was seen throughout the U.S. in March and June, 2003-2005 during the airing of his PBS special “Chronic Pain Relief”, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Public Broadcasting during national PBS pledge drives.
My many other media appearances have included The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, NPR, ABC World New Tonight, and the CBS Evening News.
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