Benjamin A Howie, MD

Pain Medicine/Management
Specialties
Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine/Management, more

Locations and Appointments


Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral

504 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001
US

ColumbiaDoctors - Columbus Circle

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


Specialties & Expertise

  • Spine Care

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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