Meet Dr. Sharma

Best Pain Doctor: 5 Powerful Reasons to Choose Dr. Amit Sharma

Dr. Amit Sharma’s Background
Training and Education
Areas of Expertise
Publications
Textbook Chapters
Editorial Experience
Electronic Publications

Endoscopic & Interventional Spine Surgery and Pain Management

Board Certified in Interventional Spine Surgery & Pain Management
Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor: 2016-2025
Top Doctors New York Metro Area: 2016-2023
New York Magazine Top Doctors: 2017-2023
Newsday Top Doctors on Long Island: 2016-2023
Completed residency from Columbia University and fellowship at Johns Hopkins University
Assistant professor at Columbia University (2007-09)
Founder of SpinePain Solutions
Chief, Division of Pain Management at Good Samaritan University Hospital
Medical Director, Minimally Invasive Center of New York

Dr. Amit Sharma is widely recognized as one of the best pain doctors in the New York region. He leads the Division of Pain Management at Good Samaritan University Hospital and directs SpinePain Solutions, a premier interventional spine center.

Recognized by his peers for his skills, commitment, and outstanding professional path, Dr. Sharma has been honored by Castle Connolly, New York Magazine, and Newsday as a top doctor in pain management for several years. He has also received “Patients Choice Awards” and “Compassionate Doctor Award.” As the best pain doctor in his field, he is a lifetime member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and other major pain societies.

Training and Education

Dr. Sharma completed his residency in anesthesiology at Columbia University and was named Best Resident of the Year. He pursued fellowship training in interventional pain at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, earning Pfizer’s Best Fellow of the Year award. As one of the best pain doctors with a strong academic foundation, he also served as Assistant Professor at Columbia before entering private practice.

Areas of Expertise

With over 25,000 interventional procedures performed, the best pain doctor, Dr. Sharma, has expertise in:

Endoscopic spine surgery
Neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulation)
Intrathecal drug delivery systems
Minimally invasive spine procedures: Kyphoplasty, Intradiscal Electrothermy, MILD, Intracept, and Rhizotomy

As the best pain doctor on Long Island, he also advocates non-surgical care like physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, and acupuncture.

Publications (In Peer Review Literature)

Gharibo C, Sharma A, Soin A, Shah S, Diwan S, Buenaventura R, Nampiaparampil DE, Aydin S, Bakshi S, Abdi S, Jha SS, Cordner H, Kaye AD, Abd-Elsayed A, Candido KD, Knezevic NN, Atluri S, Wargo BW, Sanapati MR, Datta S, Hirsch JA, Manchikanti L, Rajput K. Triaging Interventional Pain Procedures During COVID-19 or Related Elective Surgery Restrictions: Evidence-Informed Guidance from the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). Pain Physician. 2020 Aug;23(4S):S183-204. PMID: 32942785.
Sharma A, Agarwal S, Broatch JW, Raja SN. A Web Based Epidemiological Survey of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2009 Mar-Apr; 34(2):110-5.
Sharma A, Williams K, Raja SN. Advances in treatment of complex regional pain syndrome: recent insights on a perplexing disease. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2006 Oct;19(5):566-572.
Sharma A, Pagel PS, Bhatia A. Intraoperative iatrogenic acute pericardial tamponade: use of rescue transesophageal echocardiography in a patient undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2005 Jun;19(3):364-6.
Jooste EH, Sharma A, Zhang Y, Emala CW. Rapacuronium Augments Acetylcholineinduced Bronchoconstriction via Positive Allosteric Interactions at the M3 Muscarinic Receptor. Anesthesiology. 2005 Dec;103(6):1195-1203.
Christo PJ, Hobelman JG, Sharma A. Aging and the Neurobiology of Addiction. J Geriatrics & Aging, 2005 Nov/Dec;8(10):48-52.

Textbook Chapters

Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain (McGraw-Hill, 2007)
Multiple contributions in Marcucci: Avoiding Common Anesthesia Errors (LWW, 2008)
Sympathetic Blocks, In: The Senses (Elsevier, 2007)
CRPS: Diagnosis and Therapy, In: IASP Press (2005)