Dr. Joshua Philip Prager, MD

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At my first appointment with Dr. Prager he said, "You've been suffering." I had been for years. From there Dr. Prager outlined a plan and I gained back my life. Dr. Prager works with a team approach. One excellent team member is Kelly Castellanos, an empathetic and knowledgable Nurse Practitioner. Cynthia and the front office staff are always friendly and helpful. You will get the best care at CPMC as Dr. Prager has seen it all, and with his vast experience and knowledge, and team approach, you will get the best pain management.

I love, love, love Dr. Joshua Prager and his care team! I have been a patient of his for over 15 years, and in that time I have seen employees come and go due to various circumstances, but not once have I ever been made to feel "less than". Dr. Prager's method of pain management is Gold Medal top tier, Diamond level, Platinum standard. There isn't another doctor like him anywhere! He has treated my chronic pain in a manner that I'm able to live a somewhat "normal" life, despite the idiot Workers' Compensation Insurance Company's worst efforts to undermine him. I swear, the insurance company couldn't give a rat's ass if my pain was properly managed, but Dr. Prager did all he could with the limitations the ins co handcuffed him with - and he still succeeded! I am truly grateful for his matchless superior medical expertise and his extremely compassionate nature. I need to give honorable mention to Nurse Practitioner Erica Jenkins, along with Andrew Dearn and Celine who field my telephone… calls with pleasurable tones and smiles in their voices. If a modeled structure of a doctor's office was ever needed, this is it! I highly recommend anyone who suffers from chronic pain to seek out Dr. Prager. It would be the best choice by far for anyone to make!

Dr. Prager has been my pain management doctor for many years, together with Erica Jenkins. I had CRPS go into remission while under their care. It returned after six years and now with their help the pain is once again under control. I have had Dr. Prager perform numerous procedures to target specific areas for pain, including neuro-stem implant, various types of blocks, and ketamine infusion. The doctor and his staff are kind, considerate and professional. Dr. Prager is the “gold standard” in the field of pain management!

Dr Prager and Erica are the most caring and have the most compassion of any medical providers I’ve seen. Highly recommend .

Once we had the initial evaluation with Dr. Prager and his whole team, they recommended that our son would benefit by enrolling in the four week long program in which each day he would meet with each specialist to develop the skills, tools, and techniques that he would need to cope with this condition. We agreed and signed up for the program. Each week we would meet with Dr. Prager as well as Erica and Dr. Robinson to assess our son’s progress. He made very good progress going through the rigorous program. When he first began with the program, he could not wear shoes because of the intense foot pain. Shortly after starting the program, he was able to wear shoes again. This was a huge milestone because now he felt confident that he could go back to work and begin the process to lead a normal life. I would like to personally thank Dr. Prager and his amazing staff and team for their professionalism, expertise, knowledge, and overall kindness and sympathy during this process.

There are few words to adequately express the gratitude I feel for Dr Joshua Prager, and the enduring support and healing I have experienced over the past 8 years. As a wife and mother of four, devastating pain levels after a spine surgery complication, left me bed bound. When I first saw Dr Prager, I had been to a dozen physicians searching for an answer to the devastating loss of use of my legs, labor-type contractions in my spine, and the numerous other symptoms which accompany the condition he was finally able to diagnose - Arachnoiditis (noted by Dr Prager on an MRI) complicated by CRPS of the spine. After completing their chronic pain program, for the first time I felt there was hope. But even more importantly, the awareness of chronic pain as a systemic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Now I had an answer. And like most suffering an intractable and unresponsive pain condition, having the answer to this can be the most empowering and validating step toward… healing of all. It has been a journey through which Dr Prager has never let me down. My intrathecal pain pump quite literally saved my life, allowing me to dive into adjunct measures in and out of traditional western medicine, all with Dr Prager’s support. But most of all, and this is where Dr Prager separates from the pack - he fought for me. With my case being one of the most difficult in regard to suicidal levels of break through pain, he had taken the time and care to understand my case not just from what he saw on a scan or a report, but as a human being completely reliant on his expertise and judgement. Dr Prager would go to bat for me while in hospital to ensure they comprehended the unusual nature of my condition and that my pain relief measures were secured. I recall waking from surgery with my family around me, and Dr Prager’s hand on my shoulder waking me gently, a moment so small and yet it still stays with me to this day. A day without a stairlift in our home or mobility can in our garage, where my wheelchair sits collecting dust. Treating chronic pain is rarely a one-measure journey, but a dance of multi-disciplines of which mine were ten fold - none of which could have been possible without the scaffolding and support I received from Dr Prager, Erica Jenkins and his team. Each has engrained in me a renewed hope in the state of medicine, and that their truly are physicians who still approach medicine and healing as an art reliant on experience, intuition, and heart. I will never be able to thank Dr Prager adequately for all he has done for me, for my family, and my ability to contribute to the community I love, but it is my hope that this one way I am able to begin. Micaela Bensko

I saw Dr. Prager at the end of May for a degenerative condition to my neck. One doctor had recommended surgery. Dr. Prager did a thorough examination, had excellent bedside manner, and a wealth of knowledge. I ended up having a successful surgery but with reassurance from him that I was on the correct course. I cannot recommend Dr. Prager highly enough. Tom Zaret

Dr. Prager is a miracle worker. My daughter was 16, and a dancer, when she injured her heel. A year and half, 40+ doctors later, she was finally diagnosed with an unusual nerve entrapment. Her surgeon, who finally diagnosed her, performed a minimally invasive surgery in the hopes of releasing enough pressure on the nerve. Sadly, not only was it unsuccessful, but it brought on complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Most painful disease and no cure. 9 months later, a second very invasive surgery, was successful fixing the nerve injury, but the CRPS pain in her foot was excruciating. At this point, she not only lost her senior year in high school but dance and the ability to walk for 3 years. Thankfully, Dr. Prager came highly recommended to us and answered her prayers. Due to his expertise and desire to help his patients become either pain free or as close to that as possible, she is now walking with NO pain. He is our hero and we will forever be grateful for what he did for her.

How many physicians sing to you when they are doing a procedure to put you at ease. Well, he does. I am a professional musician and couldn't use my hand because of CRPS and after a few months with him, I am better and playing keyboards again. I saw 7 other pain doctors and got nowhere.I thank god and vitals.com for helping me find "the healer"