Dr. Joel Kreitzer MD
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1540 York Ave New York NY, 10028About
Dr. Joel Kreitzer is an anesthesiologist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Kreitzer ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Kreitzer also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1985
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Awards
- 2009 Best Doctors, New York Magazine
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Opiate Dependence
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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