Pain Management - Lower Manhattan
156 William Street
11th Floor
New York, NY 10038
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About Lisa R. Witkin, M.D., M.S.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Dr. Witkin attended Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, where she earned a B.S. in engineering science, magna cum laude, with honors in bioengineering. She earned her M.D. at Johns Hopkins University and then completed a general surgery internship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Following her internship, Dr. Witkin completed an anesthesiology residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She then completed a pain management fellowship at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Tri-Institutional Fellowship Program (Weill Cornell Medical College, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center).
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Board Certifications
- Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine
Expertise
- Acute Pain Management
- Back Pain
- Cancer Pain Management
- Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
- Chronic Pain Management
- Chronic Pain Management In Elderly Patients
- Joint Pain
- Knee Pain
- Kyphosis
- Kyphosis Deformity of Spine
- Low Back and Neck Pain
- Minimally Invasive Procedures For Back/Neck Pain
- Muscle Pain
- Myofascial Pain
- Neck and Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Ablation for Chronic Pain
- Nerve Pain Due to Spinal Stenosis
- Neuropathic Pain
- Non-Surgical Approach to Back Pain
- Non-Surgical Spine Treatments
- Pain Following Surgery or Procedure
- Scoliosis
- Scoliosis Deformity of Spine
- Spine
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Pain
- Spine Tumors
Education
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Internship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Residency: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Associate Attending Anesthesiologist
- Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital
- Och Spine At NewYork-Presbyterian
Education
- Residency: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Internship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Awards & Honors
- Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor since 2019
- Top Doctors New York Metro Area: since 2019
- Exceptional Women In Medicine: since 2019
- Certificate: "Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives", The Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, 2015
- NewYork-Presbyterian Teacher of the Year, 2014-2015, Tri-Institutional Pain Medicine Fellowship
- Weill Cornell Medical College Healthcare Leadership Fellow, 2015-2016
- Super Doctors New York Rising Stars list, 2015
- Mentored Clinical Research Training Program Recipient, July 2014
- Scholarship recipient to attend the “Fundamentals of Pain Management: Principals and Practice” course and the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, May 2012.
- 2nd Place Award: Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Resident Research Conference, 2011 Annual Meeting, for Witkin, Lisa R, Patel, Rishin A, Slevin, Kieran A. “Left Stellate Ganglion Blockade for the Management of Drug Resistant Electrical Storm.”
- Deans List Honor (2000-2004)
- Howard J. Waltemeyer, Sr. Scholarship-College of Engineering (2002-2004)
- Morrow Scholarship-College of Engineering (2001-2004)
- Petrick Engineering Scholarship (2000-2004)
- Academic Excellence Scholarship (2000-2004)
- Member of Phi Gamma Phi Honor Society -top 5% (Spring 2002-2004)
- Golden Key International Honour Society (Fall 2001- 2004)
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Spring 2001-2004)
- Gamma Sigma Alpha Honors Society (Spring 2001-2004)
Titles & Positions
- Associate Attending Anesthesiologist
- Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Board Certifications
- anesthesiology
- pain medicine
Languages Spoken
- english