Vladimir N. Kramskiy, MD

Dr. Vladimir Kramskiy is board certified in neurology and pain medicine. As Director of the Ambulatory Recuperative Pain Medicine Program, he uses a comprehensive approach to treat acute and chronic spine and musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, headaches and complex regional pain syndromes. His clinical goal is to restore optimal physical function by developing an individualized treatment plan for his patients.

Dr. Kramskiy specializes in minimally invasive fluoroscopically guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of the spine, such as epidural steroid injections, facet joint injections and discography, as well as advanced interventional methods such as radiofrequency neuroablation and implanted spinal cord stimulators. Dr. Kramskiy is also trained in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation, a novel treatment aimed at improving symptoms of chronic regional pain syndrome.

After earning his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Kramskiy completed a neurology residency at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and a Pain and Palliative Care fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He then continued his training through the Tri-Institutional Pain Medicine fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Hospital for Special Surgery, where he served as a chief fellow.

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Departments

Specialized Centers

Center for Brachial Plexus and Traumatic Nerve Injury

Special Expertise

Neuropathic pain
Acute and chronic spine and musculoskeletal pain
Diagnostic and therapeutic spinal injection procedures
Migraine
Tension and cluster headache
Cervicogenic headaches
Complex regional pain syndrome
Phantom limb pain
Central post stroke pain
Cancer pain

Procedures

Diagnostic and therapeutic spinal injections
Advanced interventional neurolysis and radiofrequency neuroablation
Diagnostic discography and minimally invasive intradiscal techniques
Implantation of spinal cord stimulators