Dr. Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, M.D., Pain Management Specialist
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Dr. Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, M.D.

Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine

5/5(307)
19 Beekman St New York NY, 10038
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Dr. Douglas Schottenstein practices Pain Medicine in New York, NY. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Schottenstein serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.

Education and Training

Ohio State University College of Medicine And Public Health,Columbus, Ohio, United States 2000

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  • Pain Management at New York Presbyterian Hospital  

Dr. Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, M.D.'s Practice location

Practice At 19 Beekman St

19 Beekman St -
New York, NY 10038
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New patients: 212-721-4353

18 East 48th St. Ste 901 -
New York, NY 10017
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Dr. Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, M.D. has a rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 307 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Pain Management Specialist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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Get to know Pain Management Specialist Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, who serves patients in New York, New York. 

Dr. Schottenstein is one of only 200 physicians in the nation who is double board-certified in neurology and interventional pain management. He opened his own private practice in New York City, NY Spine Medicine so that he could deliver the highest quality of care in an advanced, self-contained center. 

He and his expert staff at NY Spine Medicine treat patients suffering from a variety of acute and chronic painful conditions. The doctor performs a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and surgeries, including epidurals, transforaminal nerve blocks, sympathetic blocks, facet and sacroiliac joint injections, radiofrequency lesioning, provocative discography, annuloplasty, nucleoplasty, spinal cord stimulation, and intrathecal pumps. 

In addition to leading NY Spine Medicine, Dr. Schottenstein is an attending physician at New York-Presbyterian affiliated hospitals, the top-rated hospital system in the region. He is a highly active member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Society of Anesthesiology, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia, the International Spine Intervention Society, and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

After earning his medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine, he went on to complete his interventional pain management training at Columbia University/ New York-Presbyterian Hospital, rated one of the top five hospitals in the nation. Thereafter, he completed his residency in neurology at Emory University, the highest-ranked department in the South and one of the leading programs in the nation. 

Named to the prestigious Top Doctors List compiled by New York Magazine and Castle Connolly, Dr. Schottenstein is board-certified in both neurology and interventional pain management by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to promoting high-quality patient care for the public through the initial and continuing certification of psychiatrists and neurologists.

Pain management is a branch of medicine employing an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those living with chronic pain. A pain management specialist is a doctor who specializes in pain medicine, focusing on the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of pain.

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