Neel Mehta, M.D.
Neel Mehta, M.D.
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Rated one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors

Neel Mehta, M.D.

Pain Medicine/Management
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Rated one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors
Specialties
Pain Medicine/Management, Sports Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pain Management, Interventional Pain Management, more

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Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care

240 East 59th Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10022
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  • AETNA
  • Aetna - NYP
  • Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus
  • GHI
  • Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • United Healthcare
  • VNSNY CHOICE

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About Neel Mehta, M.D.

Dr. Neel Mehta is both board-certified in anesthesia, and fellowship trained, board-certified in interventional pain medicine.


He holds several positions including: Division Chief, Pain Management at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, overseeing outpatient and inpatient services together with a large team of dedicated pain and regional anesthesia physicians Co-Director, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine Care Former Associate Program Director of the Tri-Institutional Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology Former President, Eastern Pain Association Dean's Healthcare Leadership Fellow Quality Assurance Officer for Pain Medicine Weill Cornell Physician Organization Operations and Planning Committee Member Weill Cornell Medical School, Course Director in Pain Medicine


Dr. Mehta has been named "Top Doctor" by Super Doctors New York 'Rising Stars', New York Magazine, and Castle Connolly.


His training includes: Fellowship in managing health care delivery, Harvard Business School, 2014 Fellowship in interventional pain medicine in the Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Hospital for Special Surgery and Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2010. Anesthesia residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2009. Medicine internship at Caritas Carney Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts 2006 Medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, 2005. He is an active member of the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA), American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), the North American Neuromodulation Society, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), Eastern Pain Society, and the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists (NYSSA). He resides on the Executive Board of the New York Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and the Eastern Pain Society. He has been featured in the New York Times, Prevention Magazine, NY One, ABC, and CBS News. He has published numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, and poster presentations and is a frequent invited speaker and educator at pain conferences across the world.


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Expertise

  • Arthritis

  • Cancer Pain Management

  • Chronic Pain

  • Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

  • Joint Pain

  • Neck and Back Pain

  • Nerve Pain Due to Spinal Stenosis

  • Neuropathic Pain

  • Pediatric Pain Management

  • Radiofrequency

  • Spinal Cord Stimulator Implants

  • Spinal Stenosis of Lumbar Region

  • Spinal Stenosis of Thoracic Region

  • Spinal Stenosis Surgery

  • Stenosis of Lumbosacral Spine

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Education

  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

  • Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

  • Residency: Hospital for Special Surgery

  • Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

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Titles & Positions

  • Associate Attending Anesthesiologist

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

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Hospital Affiliations

  • Och Spine At NewYork-Presbyterian

Education

  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Residency: Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine

Titles & Positions

  • Associate Attending Anesthesiologist
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Languages Spoken

  • English