Joshua Prager (doctor) explained

Joshua Philip Prager
Birth Place:Queens, New York, United States
Education:Stony Brook University, Harvard University, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences
Profession:Physician
Field:Pain medicine
Work Institutions:UCLA Medical Center

Joshua Philip Prager M.D., M.S. is an American physician. Prager specializes in pain medicine and is the executive director of Center for the Rehabilitation Pain Syndromes (CRPS) at UCLA Medical Plaza.

Early life and education

Joshua P. Prager was born in New York City, the son of Julian Arthur Prager (1914–1981) and Eleanor Vernon Goldsmith (; 1917–2008). Joshua is the son of a New York City police officer, and later, a public school mathematics teacher, and a United Cerebral Palsy shelter workshop supervisor. Prager was educated in the New York City public school system[1]

He studied as an undergraduate at Stony Brook University,[2] completed his premedical education, and was a graduate student at Harvard University.[3] Prager graduated from Stanford University with M.D. and attended Stanford Graduate School of Business receiving an M.S. in Management/Health Services Research in 1981.[4]

Prager financially put himself through college and medical school. He was a Resident Fellow at Stanford running an undergraduate residence.

He completed training in internal medicine at University of California, Los Angeles before completing training in anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) at Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine.[5]

Career

Prager served on the full-time faculty at MGH at Harvard Medical School and at UCLA School of Medicine where he served as Director of the UCLA Pain Medicine Center. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.[6]

In 2005, Prager was elected as president of the North American Neuromodulation Society,[7] and served two consecutive, one-year terms as president until 2007. Until 2012, he served as Director at Large of the International Neuromodulation Society.[8]

He has served two consecutive 2-year terms as Chair of the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Group of the International Association for the Study of Pain.[9] He is also the Editor and Chair of the Pain and End-of-Life CME program from the California Society of Anesthesiologists.[10]

Prager is one of the few physicians in the US to perform Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for CRPS.[11]

Prager is a recognized expert who speaks nationally and internationally in the administration of Ketamine for depression, CRPS and other pain problems.[12] In 2016, he was involved in writing guidelines for Ketamine treatment under the aegis of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA).[13] Dr. Prager is also a member of the Board of Directors for the RSDSA.[14]

He has been interviewed on ABC News,[15] CBS News,[16] The Doctors,[17] Lifestyle Magazine,[18] LA Times,[19] National Public Radio,[20] and Medscape.[21]

Public service

In 2005, he organized the first meeting of a coalition of pain organizations and all three manufacturers of spinal cord stimulator systems to collaborate on issues of patient access and reimbursement for neuromodulatory procedures.[22] The same year, Prager joined the Medical Evidence Evaluation Advisory Committee (MEEAC), a group appointed by the Governor of California to develop treatment guidelines for medical care of the injured worker. He continued in the role for six years.

He is a Medical Expert for the Medical Board of California, the California Attorney General and the District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles.and the City Attorney of the City of Santa Monica[23] [24] [25]

He helped establish or reorganize several inner-city health centers and provided volunteer internal medicine care at Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. He also provided volunteer anesthesia for children in the developing world who need corrective surgeries for congenital anomalies.

He serves as the volunteer director of pain management and as a volunteer physician for Veterans in Pain (VIP)[26]

Personal life

Prager plays blues harmonica under the pseudonym Dr. Lester "Les" Payne. He has played with the late James Govan in Memphis, as well as with Jimmy Burns in Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles and has three children.

Awards and distinctions

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Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr Joshnua Prager . Powerpoint . 2016-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170327153418/http://be28c3cac255e022b969-1758690e580f5f157d1c533c59a0ab16.r22.cf1.rackcdn.com/10-Caraway_Introduction%20of%20Award.pptx . 2017-03-27 . live .
  2. Web site: Notable Alumni . Stony Brook University . 7 September 2016 . 3 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913144643/http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/forms/alumni . 13 September 2016 . dead .
  3. Students 1976-77: First-Year Class . Cornell University Announcements . 1976 . 68 . 9 . 132 . 2016-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170724160919/https://archive.org/stream/cornelluniversit1976corn#page/n139/mode/2up . 2017-07-24 . live .
  4. Web site: Alumni Weekend Events . Stanford Medicine . The Dean's Newsletter . 13 May 2002 . 7 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170327153154/http://deansnewsletter.stanford.edu/archive/05_13_02.html#9.3 . 27 March 2017 . dead .
  5. Web site: Volunteer Physicians . ULCA . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160909204913/http://www.anes.ucla.edu/volunteerphysicians.php . 9 September 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: Dr. Joshua Prager M.D., M.S. . California Pain Medicine Center . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918083312/http://www.californiapainmedicinecenter.com/dr-joshua-prager/ . 18 September 2016 . live .
  7. Web site: The History of the International Neuromodulation Society . International Neuromodulation Society . 10 June 2016 . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160911203855/http://www.neuromodulation.com/history---ins . 11 September 2016 . live .
  8. Web site: A Message from the President . International Neuromodulation Society . 13 October 2015 . 8 September 2016 . Thomson, Simon . https://web.archive.org/web/20160912002609/http://www.neuromodulation.com/ins-newsletter-spring-2012 . 12 September 2016 . live .
  9. Web site: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome . International Association for the Study of Pain . 5 November 2015 . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913032658/http://www.iasp-pain.org/SIG/CRPS . 13 September 2016 . live .
  10. Web site: Online CME Programs . California Society of Anesthesiologists . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160913134806/http://www.csahq.org/cme2/course.module.php?course=3&module=4&terms=show . 2016-09-13 . dead .
  11. Web site: Patients . St. Jude Medical . 20 September 2016.
  12. Ketamine for CRPS . YouTube . 25 September 2015 . 3 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170512041927/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Pii3kBqTg . 12 May 2017 . live .
  13. Web site: Ketamine: The State of the Art and the Science . RSDSA . 20 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160927024527/http://rsds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Ketamine-conference-agenda-final-8-29-16.pdf . 27 September 2016 . live .
  14. Web site: 2022-12-16 . About - RSDSA . 2024-04-15 . rsds.org . en-US.
  15. Web site: No Pain -- and Without a Warning System . ABC News . 13 December 2006 . 8 September 2016 . Nilsson, Siri . https://web.archive.org/web/20160411203841/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2722954&page=1 . 11 April 2016 . live .
  16. Web site: There's No Cure For Complex Regional Pain Syndrome But Doctors Say Treatment Offers Hope . 4 February 2014 . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160601150305/http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/02/04/theres-no-cure-for-complex-regional-pain-syndrome-but-doctors-say-treatment-offers-hope/ . 1 June 2016 . live .
  17. Web site: Ways to Lessen RSD Symptoms . 21 October 2013 . The Doctors . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160909115824/http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/ways-to-lessen-rsd-symptoms . 9 September 2016 . live .
  18. Web site: McDougall Program Archives . 8 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170327153338/http://www.lifestyle.org/article/28/mcdougall/mcdougall-archives . 27 March 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
  19. Web site: The Mystery of RSD . Los Angeles Times . 9 March 1998 . 8 September 2016 . Olmos, David R. . https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165436/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/09/health/he-26961 . 27 March 2017 . live .
  20. Web site: Doctors Reconsider Treatments with Painkillers . NPR . All Things Considered . 8 April 2005 . 8 September 2016 . Norris, Michele . https://web.archive.org/web/20160414231547/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4583253 . 14 April 2016 . live .
  21. Web site: Highlights of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine . WebMD . Medscape . February 2006 . 8 September 2016 . Bennett, Daniel S..
  22. Web site: Spinal Cord Stimulator Systems Offer Advantages in CRPS Treatment . CRPS Advisory . 27 February 2006 . 9 September 2016 . Prager, Joshua P. . https://web.archive.org/web/20160708231655/http://www.crpsadvisory.com/crpsa_scs_crps.html#.V9LELZgrKhc . 8 July 2016 . live .
  23. Evans v. Dart Transit Co . 2:12-CV-186-JVB-PRC. . D.C. Indiana . 9 June 2015 . http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%2020150610C31/EVANS%20v.%20DART%20TRANSIT%20COMPANY# . 9 September 2016 .
  24. Yu Zhang v. Li . B218013 . Cal.App.2nd . 16 November 2010 . http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20CACO%2020101116014/YU%20ZHANG%20v.%20LI# . 9 September 2016 .
  25. Mendoza v. McDonald's Corp . No. 1 CA-CV 07-0903. . Ari.App.1st . 7 June 2009 . http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20AZCO%2020090707000/MENDOZA%20v.%20McDONALD'S%20CORP. . 9 September 2016 .
  26. Web site: Veterans in Pain (V.I.P.) - Board Members, Nonprofit, Pain Physicians .
  27. Web site: An Overview of the Decade of Pain Lecture From AAPM 2008 . WebMD . Medscape Neurology . 2008 . 7 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150202133300/http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/570384 . 2 February 2015 . live .
  28. Web site: Hassenbusch Lectureship . Texas Pain Society . 7 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923142451/http://www.texaspain.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:lectureship-award&catid=20:site-content&Itemid=128 . 23 September 2016 . live .
  29. NANS 16th Annual Meeting: Overview and Highlights . Oluigbo, Chima . North American Neuromodulation Society Newsletter . 2013 . 8 . 1 . 4 . 2016-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314152130/http://www.neuromodulation.org/Portals/0/Gallery/Publications/Newsletters/nans13_springnewsletter_final.pdf . 2017-03-14 . live .
  30. Web site: North American Neuromodulation Society 22nd Annual Meeting . North American Neuromodulation Society.

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