Benjamin A Howie, MD

Pain Medicine/Management
Anesthesiology
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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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Location(s)

5 Columbus Cir
Floor 15th, Suite 1500
New York, NY 10019

Insurance Accepted

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

*Before your appointment, please contact the doctor’s office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.