Our providers Joshua Greenspan, MD
Joshua Greenspan, MD

greenspan_joshua_webTreatment Philosophy

 "Laughter is the best medicine. Life is most worth living when you are able to derive pleasure from it. I believe everyone, especially those afflicted by pain, should make the most out of his or her life, and humor is a vital part of that process."

Special Interests

Occipital neuromodulation for migraines, fibromyalgia, traumatic brain injury; spinal cord stimulation for intractable neck/back pain and peripheral vascular disease; discography and spinal diagnostic procedures; percutaneous disc decompression for bulging and herniated discs; vertebroplasty for vertebral compression fractures; trigeminal nerve blocks and radiofrequency ablation of the trigeminal nerve for trigeminal neuralgia.

I’m a third generation doctor. My father and grandfather inspired me to go into medicine. I also majored in poetry and drama in college as I have always found meaning in the human condition. I wanted my work to be a source of personal growth and I have learned much from my patients... perspective, humility, and the importance of love and laughter.

Professional Journey

 "Before joining PainCare, I was the Director of the Pain Management Fellowship program at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn and also taught the specialty of pain management to medical students, resident physicians, and fellows in the Department of Anesthesiology." The fellowship program encompassed four major academic hospitals and, at the time, Dr. Greenspan was the youngest pain program director in the country. He was also the Director of Pain Management at Long Island College Hospital, Lutheran Medical Center, and Downstate Medical Center.

The biggest challenge Dr. Greenspan faces as a pain management doctor...
About PainCare's goal of helping people GET THEIR LIVES BACK!
Long-term pain deserves long-term solutions...
Understanding the mental anguish people go through when they are in pain...
The importance of establishing good communication with patients in pain...
About Dr. Greenspan's philosophy of pain medications and some of the new options available...
Dr. Greenspan talking about the ways chronic pain can affect people’s lives...
When patients have been told they will have to live the rest of their lives in pain...
Dr. Greenspan talking about the things that his patients can do now that they are pain free again...

 

Professional Certifications & Associations

Member of the International Spinal Injection Society and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians; Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification

Education

  • B.A. from Cornell University
  • Pre-Med studies at Columbia University
  • M.D. from SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
  • Internal Medicine Internship at Danbury Hospital, a Yale affiliate
  • Anesthesia Residency and Pain Management Fellowship at The New York-Presbyterian Hospital. The Fellowship included rotations at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University, and the Hospital for Special Surgery.

"When not with my patients, I enjoy . . . my four children! Who has time for hobbies? If I had a hobby, I guess it would have to involve children."

Joined the PainCare family: 2005

Can be seen in: Somersworth and Newington, NH

 

 
 
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