Benjamin A Howie, MD

Pain Medicine/Management
Specialties
Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine/Management

Locations and Appointments


Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral

504 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001
US
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ColumbiaDoctors - Columbus Circle

5 Columbus Cir
Floor 15th, Suite 1500
New York, NY 10019
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    POS
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Medicaid Managed Care
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    POS
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Vytra
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Select Care (Exchange)
    EPO
    POS
    ConnectiCare
    PPO
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Empire Plan
    PPO
    HMO
    POS
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford HMO
    HMO
    SelectHealth
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Medicare Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    POS
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Medicaid Managed Care
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    POS
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Vytra
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Select Care (Exchange)
    EPO
    POS
    ConnectiCare
    PPO
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Empire Plan
    PPO
    HMO
    POS
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford HMO
    HMO
    SelectHealth
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Medicare Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Benjamin A Howie, MD


Dr. Benjamin Fujita-Howie is an interventional pain anesthesiologist and assistant professor of anesthesiology practicing at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received a master's in public health from the University of Southern California before completing his Doctor of Medicine degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University.


He completed his anesthesiology residency at Yale and his interventional chronic pain fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Fujita-Howie is an active member in the international Neuromodulation Society, North American Neuromodulation Society, New York Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.


His professional interests include treatment of chronic back pain, cervical-related migraine pain, neuromodulation, minimally invasive pain interventions, joint pain, neuropathic pain, and regional anesthesia. His research interests are broad and include retrospective analytics in chronic pain, prospective and retrospective outcome studies in regional anesthesia, medico-legal analysis using closed claims data, and psycho-social pain models in interventional pain.


He is an American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) board-certified anesthesiologist and has interests in clinical research, public health, epidemiology, resident and fellow education, and mentorship in pain and anesthesiology.


Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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