Joshua Prager (doctor)

Joshua P. Prager was born in New York City, the son of Julian Arthur Prager (1914–1981) and Eleanor Vernon Goldsmith ({{italic correction|maiden}}; 1917–2008). Joshua is the son of a New York City police officer, and later, a public school mathematics teacher, and a United Cerebral Palsy shelter workshop supervisor. Prager was educated in the New York City public school system{{cite AV media | url=http://be28c3cac255e022b969-1758690e580f5f157d1c533c59a0ab16.r22.cf1.rackcdn.com/10-Caraway_Introduction%20of%20Award.pptx | title=Lifetime Achievement Award - Dr Joshnua Prager | medium=Powerpoint | access-date=2016-09-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327153418/http://be28c3cac255e022b969-1758690e580f5f157d1c533c59a0ab16.r22.cf1.rackcdn.com/10-Caraway_Introduction%20of%20Award.pptx | archive-date=2017-03-27 | url-status=live }}

He studied as an undergraduate at Stony Brook University,{{cite web |url= http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/forms/alumni |title= Notable Alumni |publisher= Stony Brook University |access-date= 7 September 2016 |pages= 3 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160913144643/http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/forms/alumni |archive-date= 13 September 2016 |url-status= dead }} completed his premedical education, and was a graduate student at Harvard University.{{cite journal |url= https://archive.org/stream/cornelluniversit1976corn#page/n139/mode/2up |title= Students 1976-77: First-Year Class |journal= Cornell University Announcements |year= 1976 |volume= 68 |issue= 9 |pages= 132 |access-date= 2016-09-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170724160919/https://archive.org/stream/cornelluniversit1976corn#page/n139/mode/2up |archive-date= 2017-07-24 |url-status= live }} Prager graduated from Stanford University with M.D. and attended Stanford Graduate School of Business receiving an M.S. in Management/Health Services Research in 1981.{{cite web |url= http://deansnewsletter.stanford.edu/archive/05_13_02.html#9.3 |title= Alumni Weekend Events |publisher= Stanford Medicine |work= The Dean's Newsletter |date= 13 May 2002 |access-date= 7 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170327153154/http://deansnewsletter.stanford.edu/archive/05_13_02.html#9.3 |archive-date= 27 March 2017 |url-status= dead }}

Prager financially put himself through college and medical school. He was a Resident Fellow at Stanford running an undergraduate residence.

He completed training in internal medicine at University of California, Los Angeles before completing training in anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) at Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine.{{cite web |url= http://www.anes.ucla.edu/volunteerphysicians.php |title= Volunteer Physicians |publisher= ULCA |access-date= 8 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160909204913/http://www.anes.ucla.edu/volunteerphysicians.php |archive-date= 9 September 2016 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}

Prager served on the full-time faculty at MGH at Harvard Medical School and at UCLA School of Medicine where he served as Director of the UCLA Pain Medicine Center. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.{{cite web |url= http://www.californiapainmedicinecenter.com/dr-joshua-prager/ |title= Dr. Joshua Prager M.D., M.S. |publisher= California Pain Medicine Center |access-date= 8 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160918083312/http://www.californiapainmedicinecenter.com/dr-joshua-prager/ |archive-date= 18 September 2016 |url-status= live }}

In 2005, Prager was elected as president of the North American Neuromodulation Society,{{cite web |url= http://www.neuromodulation.com/history---ins |title= The History of the International Neuromodulation Society |publisher= International Neuromodulation Society |date= 10 June 2016 |access-date= 8 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160911203855/http://www.neuromodulation.com/history---ins |archive-date= 11 September 2016 |url-status= live }} and served two consecutive, one-year terms as president until 2007. Until 2012, he served as Director at Large of the International Neuromodulation Society.{{cite web |url= http://www.neuromodulation.com/ins-newsletter-spring-2012 |title= A Message from the President |publisher= International Neuromodulation Society |date= 13 October 2015 |access-date= 8 September 2016 |author= Thomson, Simon |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160912002609/http://www.neuromodulation.com/ins-newsletter-spring-2012 |archive-date= 12 September 2016 |url-status= live }}

He has served two consecutive 2-year terms as Chair of the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Group of the International Association for the Study of Pain.{{cite web |url= http://www.iasp-pain.org/SIG/CRPS |title= Complex Regional Pain Syndrome |publisher= International Association for the Study of Pain |date= 5 November 2015 |access-date= 8 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160913032658/http://www.iasp-pain.org/SIG/CRPS |archive-date= 13 September 2016 |url-status= live }} He is also the Editor and Chair of the Pain and End-of-Life CME program from the California Society of Anesthesiologists.{{cite web |url= http://www.csahq.org/cme2/course.module.php?course=3&module=4&terms=show |title= Online CME Programs |publisher= California Society of Anesthesiologists |access-date= 8 September 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160913134806/http://www.csahq.org/cme2/course.module.php?course=3&module=4&terms=show |archive-date= 2016-09-13 |url-status= dead }}

Prager is one of the few physicians in the US to perform Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for CRPS.{{cite web | url=https://sjm.com/en/patients | title=Patients | publisher=St. Jude Medical | access-date=20 September 2016}}{{dead link|date=August 2017}}

Prager is a recognized expert who speaks nationally and internationally in the administration of Ketamine for depression, CRPS and other pain problems.{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Pii3kBqTg | title=Ketamine for CRPS | publisher=YouTube | date=25 September 2015 | access-date=3 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512041927/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Pii3kBqTg | archive-date=12 May 2017 | url-status=live }} In 2016, he was involved in writing guidelines for Ketamine treatment under the aegis of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association (RSDSA).{{cite web | url=http://rsds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Ketamine-conference-agenda-final-8-29-16.pdf | title=Ketamine: The State of the Art and the Science | publisher=RSDSA | access-date=20 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927024527/http://rsds.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Ketamine-conference-agenda-final-8-29-16.pdf | archive-date=27 September 2016 | url-status=live }} Dr. Prager is also a member of the Board of Directors for the RSDSA.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-16 |title=About - RSDSA |url=https://rsds.org/about/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=rsds.org |language=en-US}}

He has been interviewed on ABC News,{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2722954&page=1 | title=No Pain -- and Without a Warning System | publisher=ABC News | date=13 December 2006 | access-date=8 September 2016 | author=Nilsson, Siri | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411203841/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2722954&page=1 | archive-date=11 April 2016 | url-status=live }} CBS News,{{cite web | url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/02/04/theres-no-cure-for-complex-regional-pain-syndrome-but-doctors-say-treatment-offers-hope/ | title=There's No Cure For Complex Regional Pain Syndrome But Doctors Say Treatment Offers Hope | date=4 February 2014 | access-date=8 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601150305/http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/02/04/theres-no-cure-for-complex-regional-pain-syndrome-but-doctors-say-treatment-offers-hope/ | archive-date=1 June 2016 | url-status=live }} The Doctors,{{cite web | url=http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/ways-to-lessen-rsd-symptoms | title=Ways to Lessen RSD Symptoms | date=21 October 2013 | publisher=The Doctors | access-date=8 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909115824/http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/ways-to-lessen-rsd-symptoms | archive-date=9 September 2016 | url-status=live }} Lifestyle Magazine,{{cite web | url=http://www.lifestyle.org/article/28/mcdougall/mcdougall-archives | title=McDougall Program Archives | access-date=8 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327153338/http://www.lifestyle.org/article/28/mcdougall/mcdougall-archives | archive-date=27 March 2017 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} LA Times,{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-09-he-26961-story.html | title=The Mystery of RSD | work=Los Angeles Times | date=9 March 1998 | access-date=8 September 2016 | author=Olmos, David R. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165436/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/09/health/he-26961 | archive-date=27 March 2017 | url-status=live }} National Public Radio,{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4583253 | title=Doctors Reconsider Treatments with Painkillers | publisher=NPR | work=All Things Considered | date=8 April 2005 | access-date=8 September 2016 | author=Norris, Michele | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414231547/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4583253 | archive-date=14 April 2016 | url-status=live }} and Medscape.{{cite web | url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/531729_3 | title=Highlights of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine | publisher=WebMD | work=Medscape | date=February 2006 | access-date=8 September 2016 | author=Bennett, Daniel S.}}

In 2005, he organized the first meeting of a coalition of pain organizations and all three manufacturers of spinal cord stimulator systems to collaborate on issues of patient access and reimbursement for neuromodulatory procedures.{{cite web | url=http://www.crpsadvisory.com/crpsa_scs_crps.html#.V9LELZgrKhc | title=Spinal Cord Stimulator Systems Offer Advantages in CRPS Treatment | publisher=CRPS Advisory | date=27 February 2006 | access-date=9 September 2016 | author=Prager, Joshua P. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708231655/http://www.crpsadvisory.com/crpsa_scs_crps.html#.V9LELZgrKhc | archive-date=8 July 2016 | url-status=live }} The same year, Prager joined the Medical Evidence Evaluation Advisory Committee (MEEAC), a group appointed by the Governor of California to develop treatment guidelines for medical care of the injured worker. He continued in the role for six years.

He is a Medical Expert for the Medical Board of California, the California Attorney General and the District Attorney of the County of Los Angeles, and the City Attorney of the City of Santa Monica.{{cite court |litigants=Evans v. Dart Transit Co | opinion=2:12-CV-186-JVB-PRC.

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He helped establish or reorganize several inner-city health centers and provided volunteer internal medicine care at Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. He also provided volunteer anesthesia for children in the developing world who need corrective surgeries for congenital anomalies.

He serves as the volunteer director of pain management and as a volunteer physician for Veterans in Pain (VIP).{{cite web | url= https://veteransinpain.org/team-v-i-p |title=Veterans in Pain (V.I.P.) - Board Members, Nonprofit, Pain Physicians }}

Prager plays blues harmonica under the pseudonym Dr. Lester "Les" Payne. He has played with the late James Govan in Memphis, as well as with Jimmy Burns in Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles and has three children.

• Bounty of Hope Award, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Society of America (RSDSA) for Patient Care and contributions to the RSD community. (2007)
• Decade of Pain Lecture, American Academy of Pain Medicine. (2007){{cite web | url=http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/570384 | title=An Overview of the Decade of Pain Lecture From AAPM 2008 | publisher=WebMD | work=Medscape Neurology | date=2008 | access-date=7 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202133300/http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/570384 | archive-date=2 February 2015 | url-status=live }}
• Texas Pain Society, Samuel Hassenbusch Lecture. (October 2009){{cite web | url=http://www.texaspain.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:lectureship-award&catid=20:site-content&Itemid=128 | title=Hassenbusch Lectureship | publisher=Texas Pain Society | access-date=7 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923142451/http://www.texaspain.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:lectureship-award&catid=20:site-content&Itemid=128 | archive-date=23 September 2016 | url-status=live }}
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society (December 2012){{cite journal | url=https://www.neuromodulation.org/Portals/0/Gallery/Publications/Newsletters/nans13_springnewsletter_final.pdf | title=NANS 16th Annual Meeting: Overview and Highlights | author=Oluigbo, Chima | journal=North American Neuromodulation Society Newsletter | year=2013 | volume=8 | issue=1 | pages=4 | access-date=2016-09-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314152130/http://www.neuromodulation.org/Portals/0/Gallery/Publications/Newsletters/nans13_springnewsletter_final.pdf | archive-date=2017-03-14 | url-status=live }}
• Distinguished Service Award, Presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society (October 2018){{cite web |title=North American Neuromodulation Society 22nd Annual Meeting |url=https://amc-nans.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9NzA4MTM0NiZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9ODI5NzMzNjU2 |website=North American Neuromodulation Society}}

• {{cite journal | doi=10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00915.x | author=Prager JP | title=What does the mechanism of spinal cord stimulation tell us about complex regional pain syndrome | journal=Pain Med | year=2010 | pages=1278–1283 | issue=8 | pmid=20704677 | volume=11| doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal | author=Prager JP | title=Neuraxial Medication Delivery: The Development and Maturity of a Concept for Treating Chronic Pain of Spinal Origin | journal=Spine | year=2002 | pages=2593–2605 | volume=27 | issue=22 | pmid=12435999 | doi=10.1097/00007632-200211150-00037| s2cid=30191791 }}
• {{cite journal | author=Prager J, Deer, T, Levy R, Bruel B, Buchser E, Caraway D, Cousins M, Jacobs M, McGlothlen G, Rauck R, Staats P, Stearns L | title=Best practices for Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain | journal=Neuromodulation | year=2014 | pages=354–372 | volume=17 | issue=4 | doi=10.1111/ner.12146 | pmid=24446870| s2cid=25935175 }}
• {{cite journal |vauthors=Connolly SB, Prager JP, Harden RN | title=A Systematic Review of Ketamine for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome | journal=Pain Medicine | year=2015 | pages=943–969 | volume=16 | issue=5 | doi=10.1111/pme.12675| pmid=25586192 | doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |vauthors=O'Brien SL, Pangarkar S, Prager JP | title=The Use of Ketamine in Neuropathic Pain | journal=Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports | year=2014 | pages=128–145 | volume=2 | issue=5 | doi=10.1007/s40141-014-0045-2 | s2cid=39466500 | doi-access=free }}
• {{cite journal |vauthors=Deer TR, Prager J, Levy R, Rathmell J, Buchser E, Burton A, Caraway D, Cousins M, De Andrés J, Diwan S, Erdek M, Grigsby E, Huntoon M, Jacobs MS, Kim P, Kumar K, Leong M, Liem L, McDowell GC, Panchal S, Rauck R, Saulino M, Sitzman BT, Staats P, Stanton-Hicks M, Stearns L, Wallace M, Willis KD, Witt W, Yaksh T, Mekhail N | title=Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference 2012: Recommendations for the Management of Pain by Intrathecal (Intraspinal) Drug Delivery: Report of an Interdisciplinary Expert Panel | journal=Neuromodulation | year=2012 | pages=436–466 | volume=15 | issue=5 | doi=10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00476.x | pmid=22748024| s2cid=10011197 }}
• {{cite journal |vauthors=Prager J, Deer T, Levy R, Bruel B, Buchser E, Caraway D, Cousins M, Jacobs M, McGlothlen G, Rauck R, Staats P | title=Best practices for intrathecal drug delivery for pain | journal=Neuromodulation | year=2014| pages=354–372 | volume=15 | issue=5 | doi=10.1111/ner.12146 | pmid=24446870| s2cid=25935175 }}

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• {{cite book | title=Binney St. Bridge: A study exploring the implications of a bridge connecting Longwood area Harvard teaching hospitals | publisher=Beth Israel Hospital Association | author=Prager, Joshua P. | year=1977 | asin=B0006YNXPE}}
• {{cite AV media | url=http://aapm.confex.com/aapm/2007am/techprogram/P1753.HTM | title=Four Decades of Neuromodulation | publisher=The American Academy of Pain Medicine | date=8 February 2007 | people=Prager, Joshua P. | medium=WebEx | location=New Orleans}}

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