- Acute and Post-Operative Pain
- Cancer-related Pain
- Chronic Noncancer Pain
- Comorbid Conditions
- Fibromyalgia
- Headache
- Interventional Modalites
- Low Back Pain
- Medico-Legal-Ethical Issues
- Neuropathic Pain
- Nonopioid Pharmacotherapy
- Nonpharmacologic Treatment
- Opioid Pharmacotherapy
- Osteoarthritis
- Palliative Care
- Risk Management
- Scientific Perspectives
- Special Patient Populations
Founder
Chronic Pain Management Program
Kaiser Permanente San Diego
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
Douglas Schottenstein, MD, opened his own private practice so that he could deliver the highest quality of care in an advanced, self-contained center. He is one of only 200 physicians in the nation who is double-board certified in neurology and interventional pain management.
Dr Schottenstein and his expert staff at NY Spine Medicine treat patients suffering from a variety of acute and chronic painful conditions. Dr Schottenstein 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.
Dr Schottenstein received his interventional pain management training at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, rated one of the top five hospitals in the nation. He received his neurology training at Emory University, the highest ranked department in the South, and one of the leading programs in the nation.
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.
Dr Schottenstein 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.
Continuing Education Activities
NY Spine Medicine
Attending Physician
New York Presbyterian
New York, New York
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Nov 19.
STUDY...
Racial disparity in analgesic treatment for ED patients with abdominal or back pain.
Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Apr 30.
OBJECTIVE: Research on...
Severity of Acute Pain After Breast Surgery Is Associated With the Likelihood of Subsequently Developing Persistent Pain.
Clin J Pain. 2010 Jul 15.
OBJECTIVES: Persistent...
Racial and ethnic disparities in pain: causes and consequences of unequal care.
J Pain. 2009;10(12):1187-204.
The purpose of our review...
Creation of a Novel Recuperative Pain Medicine Service to Optimize Postoperative Analgesia and Enhance Patient Satisfaction
HSS J. 2009 Sep 17.
Many patients have difficulty...
Postoperative incisional pain is a unique and common form of acute pain. Despite evidence for reduced morbidity and improved outcomes with effective postoperative pain management, pain remains under-treated after surgery.
A review of the recent literature suggests that racial and ethnic disparities in pain assessment, analgesic treatment, and patient outcomes continue to exist across various acute and chronic pain conditions.
Virtual reality is a multisensory technology that allows participants to become immersed and participate in a virtual world.
The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has taken a number of important steps to improve postoperative pain management practices.
Meta-analysis of studies addressing hypnotic analgesia for both clinical and laboratory pain suggest that this modality is highly efficacious compared with standard care or no treatment.
Newly established guidelines for the treatment of low back pain help codify evidence supporting interventional procedures and surgery and promise to improve access to multidisciplinary care.