SomaticNerveBlock near Astoria, NY

Biography: Baxter Ballantine Allen, MD, a neurologist and neurocritical care specialist, is an attending neurologist and neurointensivist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Queens, and an assistant professor of clinical neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Board certified in neurology, Dr. Allen has a special focus on stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, traumatic brain injury, seizures, and neurological conditions.Active in research, Dr. Allen is currently studying traumatic brain injury leading to post-traumatic epilepsy, effective therapies for head injuries, and the detection of seizures. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology,the American Epilepsy Society, and the Neurocritical Care Society, and sits on the medical advisory board for Women's Voices For Change.Dr. Allen has published research articles, editorials, reviews, and abstracts in various medical journals, including Neurocritical Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and Neurosurgery, and has presented at annual conferences and medical meetings.After graduating from Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Allen remained at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine to serve his internship, neurology residency, and clinical neurophysiology fellowship. He completed his neurocritical care fellowship training at the David Geffen School of Medicineat UCLA.

Biography: Erica Eldon, DO is an Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. She specializes in treating patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal and spine injuries. Dr. Eldon is board eligible in both Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. She completed her undergraduate education at University of California Los Angeles, received her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) from Midwestern University-Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, underwent residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital where she also served as Chief Resident, and completed a multidisciplinary pain medicine fellowship at Weill Cornell/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital.