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Office
30 E 40th St
Suite 1100
New York, NY 10016Phone+1 212-532-7999Fax+1 212-532-5957
Summary
- I am a board certified Pain Medicine physician specializing in soft tissue pain. I started the first pain center in NYC @ Montefiore Hospital and the second in-patient center @ Lenox Hill Hospital. I ran a pain center in the UK @ the Princess Margaret Hospital in Windsor. I am a past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. I am currently Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry @ NYU/Langone School of Medicine and director of the division of Muscle Pain Research. I have authored 2 books with Simon and Schuster: Freedom From Pain and in June, 2012, End Back Pain Forever.
I have authored this year (2012) 2 chapters on Muscle Pain in academic textbooks.
Education & Training
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Gynecologic Oncology, 1972 - 1974
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineChief Residency, Psychiatry, 1970 - 1971
- Lincoln Hospital1969 - 1970
- Lincoln Hospital1968 - 1969
- University of California (San Francisco)Internship, Psychiatry, 1967 - 1968
- SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1967, MD, Gillette, Merck
- New York State Public Health Service1966
- Queens CollegeBS, 1962
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1968 - 2025
- CA State Medical License 2006 - 2019
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Pain MedicineSoft tissue pain
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Pain Management in NY Metro Area 2012
- Back Pain Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2012-2014
- New York Magazine Top Doctors in Pain Medicine 2010
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsEffective Doses of Low-Dose Naltrexone for Chronic Pain - An Observational Study.Norman J Marcus, Lexi Robbins, Aya Araki, Edward J Gracely, Theoharis C Theoharides
Journal of Pain Research. 2024-01-01 - 3 citationsIs It Time to Consider Soft Tissue as a Pain Generator in Nonspecific Low Back PainAnn E Hansen, Norman J. Marcus
Pain Medicine. 2016-08-27 - 9 citationsA preliminary study to determine if a muscle pain protocol can produce long-term relief in chronic back pain patients.Norman J. Marcus, Allyson A. Shrikhande, Bill McCarberg, Edward J. Gracely
Pain Medicine. 2013-08-01
Journal Articles
- Rationale for the Treatment of Acute Intractable Pain.Marcus, Norman, Lenox Hill Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Newsletter
- Work-Place Injuries - Ignoring Muscles.Marcus, Norman, New York Times
- Technological Advance and Humanistic Decline.Marcus, Norman, New York Times
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- A Comparative Review of Addiction Treatment in Two Different Communities.American Orthopsychiatric Convention, Galveston, TX
- Psychological Treatment of the Dying Patient.Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY
- Biofeedback and Self Control.Dept. of Psychiatry, White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY
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