Seth A. Waldman, M.D.
Director, Division of Pain Medicine

Dr. Seth Waldman is a board-certified anesthesiologist who has specialized in Pain Medicine since 1994. He is an expert in the field of non-surgical treatment of spinal and neurologic pain.  Dr. Waldman is the Director of the Division of Pain Medicine at HSS.

Academic Appointment

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
  Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Specialty
Pain Medicine
Non-Surgical Treatment of Spinal and Neurologic pain

Faculty Position
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Weil Medical College of Cornell University

Faculty, Tri-institutional Pain Medicine Fellowship Program
New York Hospital, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery

Medical School
Albany Medical College of Union University

Internship and Residency
General Surgery
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

Internal Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Chief Resident Anesthesiology & Critical Care
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Fellowship
Pain Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital & Beth Israel Hospital

Current Research

• Trial of Memantine for the Prevention of Past Laminectomy Syndrome and Neuropathic Pain
• Paratracheal Approach to Brachial Plexus Anesthesia

Special Clinical Interests
Neuropathic Pain Syndromes
Non-Surgical Treatment of Spinal Pain
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Spinal Injection Procedure
Radiofrequency Ablation-Osteoid Osteomas

Awards/Accolades

• Donald P. Todd Golden Needle Award, Outstanding Fellow in Pain Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1993
• Best Doctors in New York, Castle Connolly Guides, 2001-2007

Board Certification

• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners-1988
• Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology-1993
• Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pain Management - 1994
• Recertification of Added Qualifications in Pain Management-2004

Hospital Appointments 
Winifred Masterson Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Consultant in Pain Medicine
Co-chariman Special Procedures Committe

Professional Society Memberships 

• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American College of Sports Medicine
• American Medical Association
• American Pain Society
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Regional Anesthesiologists
• International Association of the Study of Pain
• New York State Society of Anesthesiologists
• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
• Westchester County Medical Society