One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Michael Laurence Weinberger, MD

Pain Medicine/Management
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Cancer Care, Anesthesiology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Pain Medicine/Management, more

Locations and Appointments


ColumbiaDoctors - Columbus Circle

5 Columbus Cir
New York, NY 10019
US
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Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/The Spiral

504 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    EPO
    PPO
    POS
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Vytra
    HMO
    EPO
    POS
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    POS
    Empire Plan
    Compass (Exchange)
    HMO
    PPO
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford Liberty
    Medicare Managed Care
    Workers Comp-Board of NY
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    EPO
    PPO
    POS
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Vytra
    HMO
    EPO
    POS
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    POS
    Empire Plan
    Compass (Exchange)
    HMO
    PPO
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford Liberty
    Medicare Managed Care
    Workers Comp-Board of NY
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Michael Laurence Weinberger, MD


Dr. Weinberger graduated from Clark University with a BA in biology. He earned his MD in 1983 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, followed by a residency in anesthesiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and a fellowship in pain medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.


Dr. Weinberger is the division chief of pain medicine. He is director of the Pain Management Center and program director for the pain medicine fellowship. An associate professor of anesthesiology at CUMC, he has been with the department since 2001. He practices all aspects of pain medicine and has a special interest in the spine, cancer pain, palliative medicine, and chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS).


Board Certifications

  • Anesthesiology
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pain Medicine

Specialties & Expertise

  • Acute Pain Management
  • Cancer Pain Management
  • Facial Pain
  • Headache
  • Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Implantation
  • Palliative Care (Hospice Care)
  • Spinal Cord Nerve Stimulator Implantation
  • Spinal Nerve Root Block
  • Spine Care
  • Ultrasound

Education

  • Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Residency: St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center
  • Internship: St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center
  • Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at CUMC
  • Co-Chief, Pain Medicine
  • Director, Pain Medicine Center

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Och Spine At NewYork-Presbyterian

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