
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 the business side of healthcare with a 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
Languages
- English
- Turkish (Fluent)