Karan Arul, MD

Karan Arul, MD

Physician

Physical Medicine & Interventional Pain
(607) 547-7664

Locations Where I Practice

About Me

As a physiatrist, Dr. Arul helps patients with conditions that affect their movement, function, and pain, including back and neck pain, arthritis and joint pain, and sciatica and nerve pain. His treatment and care includes procedures such as epidural steroid injections, nerve blocks, and radiofrequency ablation.

Education

Education:
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, MD

Residency:
Ohio State University College of Medicine - Columbus, OH

Fellowship:
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA, Pain Medicine

Board Certifications

American Board of Pain Medicine

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Insurances Accepted

  • Aetna
  • Aetna (Medicare Advantage)
  • Blue Shield of Northeastern NY – HealthNow (BSNENY)
  • Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP)
  • Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP) (Medicare Advantage)
  • Emblem Health
  • Empire BCBS
  • Empire BCBS (Medicare Advantage)
  • Empire Plan for NYS Employees (NYSHIP)
  • Excellus BCBS
  • Excellus BCBS (Medicare Advantage)
  • Fidelis Care (does not include NYS Exchange Metal products)
  • Fidelis Care (Medicare Advantage)
  • Humana (Medicare Advantage)
  • Martin’s Point
  • Medicaid
  • Multiplan
  • MVP Health Care
  • MVP Health Care (Medicare Advantage)
  • Nascentia Health (Medicare Advantage)
  • PHCS
  • United Healthcare Commercial
  • Univera
  • Veterans Health Administration (VA approval required for all services)
  • Wellcare (Medicare Advantage)
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Conditions Treated

  • Arthritis & Stiffness
  • Back & Neck Pain
  • Degenerative Disc
  • Herniated Disc
  • Joint Pain - Chronic
  • Nerve Pain
  • Pinched Nerves - Radiculopathy
  • Sciatica

Procedures Performed

  • Electromyography - EMG Testing
  • Epidural Steroid Injections
  • Joint Injections
  • Nerve Blocks
  • Nerve Stimulator Implant
  • Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - OMM
  • Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
  • Sacroiliac Injections
  • Spinal Cord Stimulators
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