* First pain specialist in Staten Island and one of the first pain specialist in Brooklyn

* First pain specialist in Staten Island to be board certified in Pain Management by the American Board of Anesthesiology

* First pain specialist in Staten Island to be board certified by the American Board of Pain Medicine

* First pain specialist in Staten Island to be recertified in Pain Management by the American Board of Anesthesiology

* Board Certified in Anesthesiology

* Established and directed the first Pain Management Center in Staten Island at Bayley Seton Hospital in 1987

* Has performed the most pain management procedures in Brooklyn and Staten Island with more than 19,000 procedures for neck and back pain performed since 1981

* Pioneer in Pain Management- one of the first to perform implantation of spinal cord stimulators for back pain in New York City in 1988

* Former Director of Anesthesiology at Bayley Seton Hospital

* Former Director of Pain Relief Center at Victory Memorial Hospital

* Former Director of Pain Management at Doctors Hospital