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 small by intention, and 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 in a quiet office on Main Street in Tuckahoe, shared with my friend and mentor, Dr. Peter Zheng. If this is the kind of medicine you have been searching for, I would be glad to talk.
Hospice & Palliative Medicine, and Integrative Medicine
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Nearly all suffering converges on one path — pain.
Two decades of practice led me to a conclusion that has shaped everything since: whatever the disease, whatever the diagnosis, suffering tends to arrive, in the end, as pain. And conventional medicine — for all its considerable power — has remarkably little to offer here beyond narcotics. I could not accept that as the final word.
So I went searching. More than half of palliative training is, in truth, the study of pain, and over the years it became my deepest clinical pursuit. I found that ketamine, carefully supervised, can quiet neuropathic pain — complex regional pain syndrome above all — in ways opioids never could. I found genuine value in medical cannabis, for which I am a certified practitioner; wisdom worth honoring in the Ayurvedic tradition; and the humility to know when the right answer is not my hands but another's — like-minded, integrative colleagues, or PRP and acupuncture with Dr. Zheng down the hall.
For patients who have spent years on opioids and feel imprisoned by them, I have developed a particular approach: tapering slowly and safely, while building other supports in their place — so that relief is never traded away for safety. 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.
"No single tool is the answer. The answer is a physician who keeps looking until something helps."
Conditions I treat
Complex and chronic pain
The conditions that resist easy answers: complex regional pain syndrome, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, phantom limb pain, postherpetic neuralgia. My approach combines supervised ketamine therapy, medical cannabis where appropriate, integrative treatments, and careful opioid tapering.
Read about my approach to painCare for older adults
Geriatric medicine is where I trained most deeply. Older adults often carry several conditions, several medications, and a life that doesn't pause for illness. I help untangle that complexity — including dementia support and pain management that protects safety and independence.
Read about geriatric carePalliative 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 careIntegrative 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.
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A quiet room on Main Street.
I see patients at 69 Main Street in Tuckahoe — a calm, private office in the heart of the village, an easy walk from the Metro-North station. No crowded waiting room, no fluorescent hurry. When you arrive, the time is yours.
What it means to be my patient
What my patients are paying for is not time or access — those are the vessel, not the substance. What fills them is the judgment of a physician with four board certifications, twenty-five years of practice, and recognition by Castle Connolly as a Top Doctor.
Small, by choice
My patient panel is deliberately small, so each person receives the attention their case deserves. My patients reach me directly — by phone or message — and when they need me, they find me.
Independent of insurance
I do not participate in insurance plans; my patients pay for their care personally. In exchange, no one but the two of us decides how long a visit lasts or which treatments we consider.
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."
"The treatment has helped me grow my spiritual nature, move further along the continuum of something like an increasingly authentic self. There have been short periods that felt kind of fearless, where I might sit at the piano and the music would flow."
"With Dr. Buddha, I always feel heard and cared for in a true professional and personal way. He takes the time to explain everything, with his super knowledge and dedication, which makes all the difference."
Every patient relationship begins the same way — 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.