I decided to practice medicine differently.
I have practiced medicine for more than twenty years — across internal medicine, geriatrics, palliative care, and integrative medicine. The breadth is deliberate. I have never believed that any single discipline holds all the answers, so I trained across several — and when one road closes for a patient, I know others.
My practice is independent of insurance plans — a structure I chose so that nothing stands between my patients and the full measure of my attention. Time to hear the whole of your story. Time to think carefully, and without hurry. Time to draw on every modality I know — conventional, integrative, and everything between — and shape it into a plan that belongs to you alone.
I see patients on Main Street in Tuckahoe. If this is the kind of medicine you have been searching for, I would be glad to talk.
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No single tool is the answer.
Whatever the diagnosis, suffering tends to arrive, in the end, as pain — and conventional medicine has remarkably little to offer there beyond narcotics. I could not accept that as the final word, so over more than twenty years I built a wider approach.
For neuropathic pain — complex regional pain syndrome above all — I offer carefully supervised ketamine therapy, which can quiet nerve pain that opioids never reach. Every course begins with a full evaluation, individualized dosing, and structured follow-up. It is medicine, not a drip bar.
I also offer physician-guided infusions — glutathione, NAD+, and high-dose vitamin C — and I draw on Ayurvedic herbs where they genuinely serve. Each is assessed individually and offered only when your history and my judgment suggest real benefit, and declined when they don't. I am a certified medical cannabis practitioner in New York, and for patients who have spent years on opioids, I taper slowly and safely while building other supports in their place.
No single tool is the answer. The answer is a physician who regards the whole of a person's suffering — physical, emotional, and everything between — and keeps looking until something helps.
Conditions I treat
Complex and chronic pain
Complex regional pain syndrome, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, phantom limb pain, postherpetic neuralgia — the conditions that resist easy answers. My approach combines supervised ketamine therapy, medical cannabis where appropriate, integrative treatments, and careful opioid tapering.
Read about my approach to pain →Care for older adults
Geriatric medicine is where I trained most deeply — untangling several conditions and several medications at once, with dementia support and pain management that protects both safety and independence.
Read about geriatric care →Palliative and supportive care
For those facing serious illness, comfort and dignity are not luxuries — they are medicine. I work alongside your existing specialists to manage refractory cancer pain, chronic migraines, and the symptoms that steal quality of life.
Read about palliative care →Integrative medicine & IV therapies
Physician-guided infusions — NAD+, high-dose vitamin C, glutathione, the Myers' Cocktail — alongside lifestyle medicine. Always individually assessed, always part of a larger plan, never a menu of wellness add-ons.
Read about integrative therapies →What patients have said
"I was in terrible shape when I came to him — constant, terrible back and hip pain from an 11-hour back surgery which left me using a cane, in non-stop pain, unable to sleep at night. Dr. Buddha is one of the most caring, attentive, accessible and most intelligent doctors I have. He is always just a text away — actually providing me with his cell phone, which is unheard of in today's world of medicine. I love his combination of Eastern and Western medicine. Dr. Buddha gave me my independence and my quality of life back, and I will be forever grateful having him on my side."
"We first connected while I was in an inpatient facility recovering from multiple surgeries and quickly built the kind of doctor–patient relationship I value: collaborative. Dr. Buddha is easy to reach and receptive to my input as an informed patient. He tailors our plan of care to my symptoms while keeping my long-term goals in sight. When I returned home out of state, I was relieved to continue under his care. His responsiveness and flexibility make this key part of recovery far less stressful."
Every patient relationship begins with a conversation.
There is no obligation in reaching out. Call or write, tell me a little about what you're facing, and we'll see together whether my practice is the right fit for you. If it isn't, I'll do my best to point you toward someone who is.