Christine Peterson, MD
Christine Peterson, MD is the Director of Inpatient Pain Medicine Services in the Department of Anesthesiology at Hospital for Special Surgery. She provides inpatient pain management services to chronic and recuperative pain patients and provides consultations to evaluate, diagnose and treat inpatients with complex pain conditions. Dr. Peterson also coordinates interdisciplinary pain services throughout the hospital. She is a graduate of Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Pain and Palliative Care fellowship program. Dr. Peterson completed an internal medicine residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York and received her medical degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine. Dr. Peterson is board-certified in internal medicine and hospice and palliative medicine.
Appointments
Director of Inpatient Pain Medicine Services, Hospital for Special SurgeryAssistant Attending Physician, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery
Clinical Instructor of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Specialty
Musculoskeletal and Interventional Pain ManagementAnesthesiology
Special Expertise
Chronic pain
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Industry Relationships |
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As part of the disclosure process, this website lists physician collaborations with outside companies if payments were received during the prior year, or if the HSS physician currently receives payment. The disclosures are provided by information provided by the physician and other sources and are updated regularly. Further information may be available on individual company websites.
Below are the healthcare industry relationships reported by Dr. Peterson as of April 15, 2013.
- Medtronic - Education; Travel stipend
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Education
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
Internship
Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Residency
Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital
Fellowship
Pain and Palliative Care, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Certification
Internal Medicine (2005), Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2010)
State Licensure
New YorkSelected Publications
For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Contact Information
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