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Houman Danesh, MD
Pain Management
About Me
Dr. Danesh is a Professor and Director of Outpatient Pain management at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Danesh’s background as a physiatrist and his approach to pain management provide an individualized integrative approach to helping patients in pain. He evaluates musclar imbalances which may be the underlying issue leading to herniated disc, headaches, neck pain and back pain.
Dr. Danesh was named a New York Times Rising Star Best Doctor award in 2018, 2019 and 2020. New York Times Super Doctor Award in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. and Castle Connolly Top Doctor Award in 2021 and 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
He has appeared in over 100 media outelts including Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS News, ABC news, Fox5 News, NY1 and others.
He has also been cited in the New York Times, Bloomberg news, Everyday Health, Shape Magazine, Men's Health, US News and World Report.
Keywords: PAIN MANAGEMENT, INTERVENTIONAL HEADACHE, NECK PAIN, MIGRAINE, TMJ PAIN, LOWER BACK PAIN, LOW BACK PAIN, UPPER BACK PAIN, SHOULDER PAIN, EPIDURAL INJECTION, FACET JOINT INJECTION, MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCKS, RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION, TRIGGER POINT INJECTION, NERVE BLOCK
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation and Human Performance
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Derfner Foundation Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Headache
- Herniated Disk
- Knee Pain
- Kyphoplasty
- Lateral Epicondylitis
- Low Back Pain
- Medial Epicondylitis
- Migraine
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Pulsed Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures For Control Of Pain
- Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures For Control Of Pain
- Rehabilitation Management
- Sciatica
- Spinal And Epidural Anesthesia
- Spinal Corticosteroid Injection
- Spinal Stenosis
- Sports Medicine
- Stem Cell Therapy
- Tennis Elbow
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Education
MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School
Internship, Internal Medicine
Long Island College Hospital
Residency, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Fellowship, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Certifications
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehab
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cell Collection and Banking. Roy R. Liu, Houman Danesh.
- Battlefield acupuncture to treat low back pain in the emergency department. Lindsay M. Fox, Mikiko Murakami, Houman Danesh, Alex F. Manini. American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- History of regenerative medicine. Houman Danesh, Lee P. Hingula.
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
4.7 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.7 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.7 out of 5
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Danesh has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.