Shakil Ahmed
Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral
Office
(888) 922-2257
504 West 35th St New York, NY 10001
About
Shakil Ahmed
Dr. Shakil Ahmed is a board-certified pain physician with over two decades of experience at Weill Cornell Medicine. After completing six years of surgical training in the United Kingdom and earning his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Dr. Ahmed pursued residency training in anesthesiology at Columbia University, followed by a quad-institutional Pain Fellowship program at New York-Presbyterian, Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan Cancer Center and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Since joining the Anesthesiology department in 2001, Dr. Ahmed has been dedicated to advancing pain management through clinical care, teaching, and research. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and has held significant roles such as Interim Director and Associate Director of the Tri-Institute Pain Medicine Fellowship Program.Dr. Ahmed's expertise spans chronic pain management, including chronic back pain, acute pain, neuropathic pain, post-herpetic neuralgia, phantom limb pain, pelvic pain, post-laminectomy pain syndrome, and chronic pain from degenerative joint diseases. He is adept at performing diagnostic and therapeutic spinal injections, discography, percutaneous discectomy, implantation of spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps, and pulsed and thermal radiofrequency neurolysis. Integral to his practice is the pursuit of cutting-edge pain techniques including spinal cord stimulation, radiofrequency neurolysis, intrathecal pain therapies, percutaneous disc decompression, and non-invasive laser therapy. Additionally, he has a special interest in developing a comprehensive cancer pain program in collaboration with his oncology colleagues.Dr. Ahmed is actively involved in medical research and is the principal investigator in research collaboration for the advancement of state-of-the-art pain technologies. He has co-authored several publications on cancer pain and regional anesthesia techniques and is actively involved in the fellowship training program, resident training, grand rounds, and case conferences. His contributions to medical education and patient care have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Best Medical Student Teacher Award at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Ahmed's expertise has also been internationally recognized, as he has been invited by The American-Austrian Foundation as a visiting professor to teach pain medicine to physicians from eastern European countries.With a strong commitment to mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration, Dr. Ahmed continues to lead and innovate in the field of pain medicine.
Primary Specialty
Pain Management Specialist
Practice
Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral
Gender
Male
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
AETNA, UnitedHealthcare, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Oxford Health Plans, Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP), United Healthcare, GHI, CIGNA, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus, Aetna - NYP, VNSNY CHOICE, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Office Name
Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral
Languages
English
Services
Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral provides pain management in New York, NY. A Pain Management Specialist is a physician who has four extra years learning anesthesiology and pain medicine to help patients with pain management.
Please call Shakil Ahmed at (888) 922-2257 to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information. Additional Services Sports Medicine Specialist
Please call Shakil Ahmed at (888) 922-2257 to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information. Additional Services Sports Medicine Specialist
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