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Charles E.  Argoff, MD

Charles E. Argoff, MD, is a Professor of Neurology at Albany Medical College and the Director of the Comprehensive Pain Program of Albany Medical Center.

Dr Argoff is board certified in pain medicine and neurology and is a member of the American Pain Society, the quality standards subcommittee of American Academy of Neurology, International Association for the Study of Pain, National Headache Foundation, American Society of Neurorehabilitation, American Academy of Pain Medicine, and International Headache Society. His research interests include the use of topical analgesics for pain management, the use of botulinum toxin for the pharmacologic management of chronic pain, and the development of treatment guidelines for these and other therapies.

Dr Argoff is the author of numerous articles that have been published in the Journal of the American Osteopath Association, Neurosurgery, and Neurology, among others. He serves on the editorial board of the Clinical Journal of Pain and is a reviewer for the Journal of Pain, Journal of the America Medical Association, Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, and Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. After earning his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois, Dr Argoff completed a medicine internship and neurology residency at the State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical School, followed by a fellowship in developmental and metabolic neurology at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.