Yury Khelemsky
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Yury Khelemsky, MD

Anesthesiology, Pain Management

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About Me

Dr. Khelemsky is the Program Director Emeritus of The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Pain Medicine Fellowship and serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He was also the past- Chair of the Pain Medicine Committee of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists.

His clinical practice focuses on the interventional treatment of headache, neck pain, and low back pain. 

Dr. Khelemsky was recognized as a Metro and Regional Top Doctor in Pain Medicine in 2015- 2023 by Castle Connolly.
He was also named by New York SuperDoctors (New York Times Magazine) as one of the top doctors in New York for 2015-2023. 

He is a 3 time recipient of the Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication - ranking in the top 1% nationally.

His textbook, Academic Pain Medicine, is the standard reference for many pain training programs around the country. 

He has been cited in Consumer Reports, Washington Post, AARP Magazine, Healthline, SELF, Reuters and numerous other publications. 

Keywords:  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, PAIN MANAGEMENT 

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Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Neurology
Hospital Affiliations
  • The Derfner Foundation Ambulatory Surgery Center
  • The Mount Sinai Hospital
Research Topics

Headache, Pain, Rehabilitation, Spine