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Biography: Dr. Ben Shin is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. His clinical interest focuses on providingpatient-centered care using individualized multidisciplinary team approach to treat a variety of painful musculoskeletal and neurological conditions related to neck, back, joints, nerves, tendons, and muscles. Dr. Shin offers his patients a comprehensive set of potential procedures to alleviate pain using minimally invasive techniques including, but not limited to: fluoroscopically-guided spine/joint procedures, ultrasound-guided peripheralnerve blocks, regenerative medicine treatments, and neuromodulation.Dr. Shin received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He then attended Baylor College of Medicine wherehe earned his medical degree. He completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then completed his ACGME-accredited fellowship in Pain Medicine at UC San Diego Center for PainManagement.Outside of work, Dr. Shin is a competitive soccer player and swimmer. As a lifelong athlete, he understands the importance of returning to an active lifestyle and strives to preserve and restore functional outcomes. Dr. Shinultimately aims to reduce pain in his patients while improving their functional recovery, independence, and quality of life.Dr. Shin is fluent in Korean.

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Biography: Dr. Piracha completed his undergraduate degree with honors at Boston University and earned his medical degree from Chicago Medical School. He completed his internship and anesthesiology residency training at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, then went on to complete the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Tri-Institute Pain Fellowship.

Biography: 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 physiciansCo-Director, Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian at the Weill Cornell Medicine Center for Comprehensive Spine CareFormer Associate Program Director of the Tri-Institutional Interventional Pain Medicine FellowshipAssociate Professor of Clinical AnesthesiologyFormer President, Eastern Pain AssociationDean's Healthcare Leadership FellowQuality Assurance Officer for Pain MedicineWeill Cornell Physician Organization Operations and Planning Committee MemberWeill Cornell Medical School, Course Director in Pain MedicineDr. Mehta has been named "Top Doctor" by Super Doctors New York 'Rising Stars', New York Magazine, and Castle Connolly.Histraining includes:Fellowship in managing health care delivery, Harvard Business School, 2014Fellowship 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 2006Medical 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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