Dr. Kenneth Chapman, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine ·
Male ·
Age 43
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Dr. Kenneth Chapman, MD is an interventional pain medicine specialist in New York, NY and has been practicing for 12 years. He graduated from St George'S University School Of Med St George'S Grenada in 2001 and specializes in interventional pain medicine, pain medicine, and more.Read his story
The Spine & Pain Institute of New York
860 5th Ave
New York, NY 10065
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Herniated Disc
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more than 99% of peers
Spondylosis
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Steroid Injection
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Dr. Chapman's bio
This content was provided by Dr. Chapman "Dr. Chapman, the Director of the Spine & Pain Institute of New York is a board certified physician in Pain Management and Anesthesiology. He completed his Anesthesiology residency at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Interventional Pain Management Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and Dr. Chapman has privileges at Staten Island University Hospital in addition to NYU Langone Medical Center. He is the current director of pain management at Staten Island University Hospital which is connected to the North Shore LIJ system, where he leads a team of seven pain physicians. Dr. Chapman teaches residents and fellows the field of pain management and is actively involved in lecturing nationally and internationally. Dr. Chapman frequently serves as a pain management board examiner for certification on the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice Pain Boards. He has won numerous peer validated awards including “America’s Best Anesthesiologists” and “Most Compassionate Doctors.” While in the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Chapman won the “Ethlene R. Smith’s Most Outstanding Fellow” award. He was voted to be a NYS Interventional Pain Society delegate and also serves as an interventional pain management representative on the advisory board to the NYS Worker’s Compensation Board, where he is writing the current worker’s compensation guidelines. Dr. Chapman is also the president of the NYS Pain Management PAC. Dr. Chapman volunteers two days a month on Staten Island at the Medical Arts Pavilion clinic in Staten Island Hospital North and the Community Health Center on Port Richmond Avenue at clinics for uninsured or underinsured patients. As a native Staten Islander he gets great satisfaction from helping in the care of its underserved communities. When treating patients with pain, he works in close collaboration with referring physicians including neurologists, internists, and surgeons in an effort to potentially delay or avoid surgery, whilst also facilitating in making an unavoidable surgery more precise. Dr. Chapman is recognized for his expertise in minimally invasive treatment modalities for spinal stenosis and herniated discs. His practice was involved in the pivotal study on the MILD (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression) procedure and is also at the forefront of pain management treatments such as endoscopic discectomy for painful herniated discs and endoscopic radiofrequency ablation for patients that have failed conventional radiofrequency. Dr. Chapman is considered a thought leader in spinal cord stimulation and an expert in stimulation (SCS) for the treatment of pelvic pain. Dr. Chapman also treats painful peripheral neuropathies including occipital neuralgia, painful lateral femoral cutaneous neuralgia (meralgia paresthetica), facial neuralgias, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) and other intractable pain syndromes. Dr. Chapman is a sports enthusiast, closely following the NFL and NBA. He also speaks Chinese (Mandarin)."
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This content was provided by Dr. Chapman "When treating pain patients, Dr. Chapman works in close collaboration with referring physicians including neurologists, internists, and surgeons in an effort to avoid or potentially delay surgery, as well as to facilitate in making an unavoidable surgery more precise."
3 Specialties
- Interventional Pain Medicine
- Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine
2 Board Certifications
- AnesthesiologyAccredited by: American Board of Anesthesiology*
- Pain MedicineAccredited by: American Board of Medical Specialties*
40 Conditions Treated
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Benign Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Facet Joint Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Fracture
- Headache
- Herniated Disc
- Intervertebral Disc Disease
- Knee Disorders
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Disc Degeneration
- Migraine
- Neck Pain
- Nerve Injury
- Nerve Pain
- Osteoarthritis of Hip
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome or Knee Pain
- Pathological Spine Fracture
- Pelvic Neuralgia
- Peripheral Autonomic Neuropathy
- Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
- Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Sciatica (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Deformities
- Spine Disorders
- Spine Fractures, Traumatic
- Spondylitis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Upper Back Pain
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19 Procedures
- Botox® Injection
- Cryoablation
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
- Epidural Steroid Injections
- Facet Joint Injection
- Kyphoplasty
- Medical Branch Block
- Myofascial Trigger Point Injection
- Nerve Block, Sympathetic
- Occipital Nerve Block
- Pain Pump
- Peripheral Nerve Block
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection (PRP)
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Nerve Block
- Steroid Injection
- Trigger Point Injection
- Tumor Ablation
Background Check
0 Malpractice Claims
No malpractice history found for New York.
0 Sanctions
No sanctions history found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
0 Board Actions
No board actions found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
Education
- Columbia CollegeUndergraduate School | Graduated 1997
- St George'S University School Of Med St George'S GrenadaMedical School | Graduated 2001
- Lenox Hill HospitalInternship Hospital | Completed 2002
- New York Presbyterian-ColumbiaResidency Hospital | Completed 2005
- Cleveland ClinicFellowship Hospital | Completed 2006
Awards & Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Healthgrades Honor Roll
Media & Publications
Dr. Chapman has no media or publications listed.
Languages Spoken
- Chinese
- Spanish
- English
Memberships & Professional Affiliations
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Darwing in Bronx , NY – Oct 20, 2018
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My visit today to see Dr. Chapman was great. Everything went well. He is an excellent doctor. The staff at the Manhattan office are very professional and very nice as his Staten Island office. They made me feel very comfortable. He is the BEST! Thank you Dr. Chapman for everything.
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Sallie Murray in Staten Island , NY – Oct 13, 2018
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Amazing doctor and staff . Everyone is friendly and caring . Very clean office . They show genuine concern for their patients and follow up often to make sure there is improvement. I highly recommend Dr Chapman and his staff to anyone seeking pain relief.
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Kyle bluth in Staten island, NY – Sep 28, 2018
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everybody inside is friendly and kind you will get the help you need as for me dr chapman is the best
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Armend guci in staten island – Sep 28, 2018
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Very professional. Very caring. Great place for good care
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Diane stanleyq???? in Monroe, NJ – Sep 28, 2018
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