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Office
2001 santa monica blvd
Ste. 1280
Santa Monica, CA 90404Phone+1 310-264-7246
Summary
- Dr. Joshua Prager is a Pain Specialist in Los Angeles, CA and is affiliated with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine and a Masters degree from Stanford having attended the Graduate School of Business.and has been in practice 36 years. He has been on the faculty at UCLA School of Medicine since 1992 and previously held a position on the faculty at Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital. He holds four Board certifications. He specializes in pain medicine and is experienced in complex regional pain syndrome, spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, intrathecal pump implantation and management, precision spinal diagnostics and therapeutics, and ketamine infusions for pain and depression. He directs a comprehensive inter-disciplinary functional rehabilitation program. He is past President of the North American Neuromodulation Society and remains active in the Society's leadership. He is past chair of the complex regional pain group of the International Association for the Study of Pain.
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 1984 - 1986
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Pain Medicine, 1986
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1984 - 1984
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1982
- Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1981
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1982 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 1984 - 1987
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Pain MedicineComplex Regional Pain Syndrome
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Americas
- America's Top Doctors Digital Version Castle Connolly, 2016-2020
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 51 citationsPrevention of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Catheter‐Related ComplicationsKenneth A. Follett, Kim J. Burchiel, Timothy R. Deer, Stuart DuPen, Joshua P. Prager
Neuromodulation. 2003-01-01 - 89 citationsThe Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference (PACC): Recommendations for Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Guidance for Improving Safety and Mitigating Risks.Timothy R. Deer, Jason E. Pope, Salim M. Hayek, Tim J. Lamer, Ilir Elias Veizi
Neuromodulation. 2017-02-01 - 332 citationsThe Appropriate Use of Neurostimulation of the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Ischemic Diseases: The Neuromodulation A...Timothy R. Deer, Nagy Mekhail, David Provenzano, Jason E. Pope, Elliot S. Krames
Neuromodulation. 2014-08-01
Journal Articles
- Complications related to sedation and anesthesia for interventional pain therapiesJP Prager, C Aprill, Pain Medicine,, 2008
Press Mentions
- The 41 Best Books and Podcasts on Health and Science to Check Out This SummerJuly 6th, 2022
- The BeastNovember 9th, 2017
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