Dr. Ali Seckin is double Board Certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology. For over 17 years, Dr. Seckin has been treating and caring for his patients with one simple goal: to help them live their best possible lives, with dignity and quality.
Dr. Seckin specializes in interventional pain management and treatments, primarily non-opioid based pain treatments. He is an expert in the latest minimally invasive, non-surgical techniques including injection therapies and epidural injections, knee and hip nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablations, spinal cord stimulators and other advanced pain relief therapies. His compassion and bedside manner also continues to drive referrals from his peers and patients.
Dr. Seckin has established himself as a foremost practitioner and expert in pain management, and has trained at top medical programs at prestigious institutions including Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Mayo Clinic and Istanbul University. He has been awarded NY – NJ Top Doctor in Pain Medicine every year since 2015 as well as US News Best Pain Management Specialist in New York and New Jersey in 2024, and his successes in treating nerve pain and arthritis-related back, neck, and joint pain has been recited in many publications.
Dr. Seckin is an avid sailor, biker, and runner, and also an Ironman finisher. On the weekends you’ll find him sailing or grilling outside with his three children, wife and two dogs.
Board Certification
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Board Certification, American Society of
Anesthesiologists, 2005 to present
Medical License, Medical Board of New Jersey, New York, 2004 to present
Education and Training
Fellowship
Columbia University, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 2004 – 2005
Pain Fellowship
One of the most prestigious programs in the country for pain medicine specialization
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1998 – 2000
Research Fellowship, Anesthesiology
Residency
University Of Medicine And Dentistry Of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 2003 – 2004
Chief Resident In Anesthesiology
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 2001 – 2004
Anesthesiology Residency
Florence Nightingale Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Istanbul, 1996 – 1998
Anesthesiology Residency
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 2000 – 2001
Surgical Internship
Additional Degrees
Columbia University Business School, New York, NY, 2016 – 2018
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Focused on business side of healthcare with special interest in Strategy Development and Quality
American Society of Anesthesiology, Schaumburg, IL, 2015
Certificate in Business Administration
Memberships
Vice Chair of Pain and Palliative Medicine at the Hackensack University Medical Center, 2005 – 2019
Served for 14 years at one of the top 50 hospitals in the U.S., where he built a pain medicine practice with the highest quality measures and undertook high risk pain/surgical cases.
Board of Medical Examiners and Attorney General’s Office of NJ, 2009 to present
Serves as an expert consult
Member of American Society of Interventional Pain Practitioners (ASIPP), Neuromodulation Society, 2005 to present
Recognized by:
- US News Best Pain Management Specialist in New York and New Jersey, 2024
- NY – NJ Top Doctor in Pain Medicine, 2015-2024
- Nurses Choice Award, 2008
- Best in Healthcare Award, Castle Connolly, 2012
- Board of Governors, Nyack Boat Club
- Board of Wellness Center, Giants Gym, Hackensack Medical Center