Thursday, October 6, 2011

Meet Doctor Gary Yen


Gary L. Yen, M.D. is Board Certified in Physical Medical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. Dr. Yen grew up in Long Island, NY and subsequently received his medical degree from Ross University. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine Dr. Gary Yenat Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Stony Brook University. Dr. Yen went on to complete a pain medicine fellowship at RehabNY in Buffalo, NY. During his fellowship training, he was the assistant athletic trainer to the Buffalo Bison which is the Minor League AAA Baseball Team for the Cleveland Indians and the Niagara University Men’s and Women’s Collegiate Hockey team.


Dr. Yen focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with joint, muscle, nerve, spine and sports related pain and works closely with his patients to achieve maximum pain relief to enhance quality of life. He provides patients with an individual program of integrated pain management therapies, drawing on his expertise in pain medicine and the wide range of treatments available. Dr. Yen has successfully treated thousands of patients without the use of surgery. 

Dr Yen offers a full range of treatments for acute and chronic pain, including interventional spine procedures, electrodiagnostic studies, manipulation under anesthesia, trigger point injections, joint injections, epidural steroid injections, facet joint injections, sacroiliac steroid joint injections, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency neurolysis, discography, lumbar endoscopic discectomy, spinal cord stimulation and P-Stim a form of acupuncture. 

Interventional pain management is one of the newest and most exciting specialties in medicine for managing back and neck pain. It represents an exciting frontier and follows the trend of minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Yen is committed to the relief of pain, whether the patient is a long-term sufferer or newly injured. 

When not attending to his patients, Dr. Yen is an avid golfer and gourmet cook with a passion for playing the saxophone. He is the proud father of two boys Ethan and Sawyer.