Benjamin A Howie, MD
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Overview
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.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Spine Care
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Male
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Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
- NYP Employee Plan
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Workers Compensation
- Workers Comp-Board of NY
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan