General Info

John Akhnoukh, M.D. is a board-certified pain management specialist at NYSI. A native New Yorker, Dr. Akhnoukh has expertise in interventional acute, chronic and cancer pain; neuromodulation; psychological counseling; alternative therapies; medical ethics; and hospice and palliative care. Dr. Akhnoukh uses multiple modalities to reduces pain, including minimally invasive decompression therapies, spine and joint injections, radiofrequency ablation, cryotherapy, PRP/stem-cell therapy, and spinal cord stimulation. Persistent or chronic pain may cause feelings such as anger, hopelessness, sadness and anxiety. With a mission to improve the function and quality of life of his patients and to treat pain effectively, Dr.