About David Binder, MD
Dr. Binder completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where he was Chief Resident. Upon completion of residency training, he completed a fellowship in Pain Management at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital of Boston and Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is Board Certified in both Pain Management and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Dr. Binder focuses on treating low back pain, neck pain and musculoskeletal conditions. He places emphasis on incorporating a multidisciplinary approach focused on reducing pain, restoring function, and improving quality of life. In addition to providing conservative treatments, he also performs various spine and joint interventional procedures such as epidural steroid injections.
In addition to his clinical roles Dr. Binder is the Director of Innovation at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and serves as the Medical Director for the Spaulding Outpatient Center in Cambridge. Dr. Binder has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Disc herniation
- Epidural steroid injections
- Facet joint pain
- Interventional pain management
- Low back pain
- Lumbar radiculopathy
- Medial branch block
- Neck pain
- Nerve block
- Radiofrequency lesioning
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Spine Care
- Trigger point injections
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Spanish
Locations
Orthopaedic Spine Service
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
Suite 3A
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-8636
Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care
1575 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-876-4344
Medical Education
- MD, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Residency, Tufts Medical Center
- Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Pain Medicine, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
In addition to his leadership positions, Dr. Binder is actively involved in care redesign initiatives at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently involved in research focused on the use of educational decision aids aimed at improving patient understanding of treatment options.
Dr. Binder is also involved in innovation initiatives aimed at discovering healthcare related solutions.
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Binder DS, Nampiaparampil DE. The provocative lumbar facet joint. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2009 Mar;2(1):15-24. PMID: 19468914, PMCID: PMC2684949, Click Here
- Silver JK, Binder DS, Zubcevik N, Zafonte RD. Healthcare Hackathons Provide Educational and Innovation Opportunities: A Case Study and Best Practice Recommendations. J Med Syst. 2016 Jul;40(7):177. PMID: 27277278, PMCID: PMC4899493.
- Brown L, Chen ET, Binder DS. The use of virtual reality for Peri-procedural pain and anxiety at an outpatient spine clinic injection visit: an exploratory controlled randomized trial. Am J Transl Res. 2020;12(9):5818-5826. PMID: 33042461, PMCID: PMC7540157.
- Brown L, DiCenso-Fleming T, Ensign T, Boyd AJ, Monaghan G, Binder DS. Chronic pain education delivered with a virtual reality headset in outpatient physical therapy clinics: a multi-site exploratory trial. Am J Transl Res. 2023;15(5):3500-3510. PMID: 37303618, PMCID: PMC10250992.
Dr. Binder focuses on me and not on the computer. He is always very attentive and listens to me.
Wonderful, respectful and professional. One of the best physicians I have had the pleasure of seeing in a long time.
I have no problem with Dr. Binder at all. I called for an appointment and I got an appointment the very next day I called, which is unusual, but I did get one and I have follow up scheduled as soon as possible. And, like I said, I've been going to him for quite some time and I have no problem at all with him. Thank you.
He seemed rushed and uninterested. I had sent him a message that I wanted to discuss a particular kind of PT and I didn't get to discuss PT at all.
Yeah, when I arrived for my appointment, it was a short wait. The person behind the front desk, the admitting person, was exceptionally good. She was really cool. And I only spent about a couple of minutes waiting to see the doctor, and I was really impressed by the art that was in that waiting area. It was incredible. Really good art. And it ... Read More
I think Dr. Binder is great
Caring and professional
Dr. Binder has the most amazing "bedside manner ". He listened to everything I had to say. He is so patient I feel like I'm his only patient. He is definitely an asset to MGH and his patients.
Dr. Binder was thorough, pleasant, respectful, and I very much appreciated his case.
He explained everything he was going to do, made me feel very comfortable and confident. I have already recommended him to my friends. After years of back pain, I left Spaulding with no pain. I am to continue treatment and have so much confidence in my doctor.