Joshua Prager (doctor)

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Joshua Philip Prager MD MS (December 4, 1949 – ) is an American physician. Dr. Prager specializes in pain medicine. He is the current president of the North American Neuromodulation Society.

1 Life and research
2 Current position
3 Outside interests
4 Trivia
5 Select articles
6 External links

[edit] Life and research

Dr. Prager graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1981. He received training in internal medicine at UCLA before completeing training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals and Stanford University School of Medicine.

Dr. Prager has authored numerous scientific publications and book chapters in pain management, especially on complex regional pain syndrome, intrathecal pumps, and spinal cord stimulators.

[edit] Current position

Dr. Prager is the current director of California Pain Medicine Center and Center for Rehabilitation of Pain Syndromes at UCLA and is also the Editor of the CSA Pain and End-of-Life CME Program.

[edit] Outside interests

Dr. Prager is an award winning amateur blues harmonica player who goes by the name of Dr. Lester “Les” Payne.

[edit] Trivia

First person to perform a spinal cord stimulator trial in People's Republic of China
Proposed to his wife on stage while playing at a blues concert in Memphis, Tennessee

[edit] Select articles

Prager JP (2002). "Neuraxial Medication Delivery: The Development and Maturity of a Concept for Treating Chronic Pain of Spinal Origin". Spine 27 (22): 2593-2605. PMID 12435999.