Benjamin A Howie, MD
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.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Male
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Affinity Health Plan
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- HMO
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- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
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- HMO
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
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Fidelis Care
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- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
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- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
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- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
MVP Health Care
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- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
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- Special Needs
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- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
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- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan