Physician-Led Ketamine Infusion Therapy in New York

Delivered by a Pain Management Practice, Not a Standalone Clinic

Most ketamine clinics in Manhattan are standalone operations — built around the molecule rather than the patient. They administer infusions and little else. At The Family Pain & Wellness, ketamine infusion therapy is one tool within a full interventional pain management practice that already treats the conditions ketamine is most indicated for.

For chronic pain patients, ketamine infusion therapy may offer relief where nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, epidurals, and oral medications have plateaued. Dr. James evaluates candidacy in the full clinical context of your pain history — not in isolation, and not as a first-line offering.

For mental health patients, ketamine offers a different neurological pathway for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and severe anxiety — delivered in a medical setting, supervised by board-certified anesthesiologist, with clinical precision.

For every patient, the infusion is one part of an integrated plan. We coordinate directly with your psychiatrist, therapist, or referring pain specialist. We do not replace your care team. We add to it.

Where Ketamine Has the Strongest Evidence

Not every condition responds to ketamine, and not every patient is a candidate. Dr. James evaluates each case individually and will recommend treatment only when the clinical evidence supports it.

Pain Indications

Chronic & Neuropathic Pain

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS / RSD)
• Fibromyalgia
• Refractory neuropathic pain
• Post-herpetic neuralgia
• Phantom limb pain
• Chronic migraine and cluster headache
• Post-surgical pain syndromes

Mental Health Indications

Mood & Trauma Disorders

• Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)
• Major Depressive Disorder with suicidal ideation
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Severe anxiety and OCD
• Bipolar depression (in coordination with psychiatrist)
• Postpartum depression (when medically appropriate)

What to Expect, From First Call to Final Infusion

• Consultation: A complimentary 15-minute physician-led conversation. We review your history, screen for candidacy, and give you an honest answer about whether ketamine is the right next step.
• Medical Intake: For candidates moving forward, a comprehensive intake covering cardiac, hepatic, and psychiatric screening. We coordinate with your referring physician and confirm protocol selection.
• The Infusions: Each session is delivered in a private suite at 67 Park Avenue under board-certified anesthesiologist. Continuous monitoring throughout. Dosing is protocol-specific — pain doses run higher and longer than mental health doses.
• Integration & Follow-Up : Post-protocol physician assessment. We share clinical notes with your psychiatrist or pain specialist and structure maintenance boosters only when clinically indicated.

What Treatment Costs at 67 Park Avenue, New York

We publish our rates because pricing in this category should not be a phone call. Our pricing sits at a measured premium to the NYC ketamine clinic market — and we are direct about why: every infusion is supervised by board-certified anesthesiologist within an established interventional pain management practice. That is not the model at most NYC clinics, and the cost reflects it.

The consultation is complimentary. If we do not believe ketamine is the right next step for you, we will tell you — and refer you to whatever is.

Core Services

Per-session pricing for consultation and individual infusions

Protocol Packages

Multi-session courses priced below the per-session rate

Add-Ons & Programs

We Are the Infusionist. You Remain the Quarterback

Psychiatrists in Manhattan have a legitimate concern about ketamine clinics: many of them are designed to capture the patient’s full mental health relationship — medication management, therapy referrals, ongoing care — once the infusion course begins.

That is not our model. We do one thing, and we do it under your direction.

Our Commitments to Your Practice

• We do not provide ongoing psychiatric medication management.
  Your patient returns to you for SSRIs, mood stabilizers, and ongoing pharmacotherapy. We do not write prescriptions outside the infusion protocol itself.
• We share clinical notes after every protocol.
  Full infusion records, response assessments, and PHQ-9/GAD-7 trajectory delivered directly to your office. No fax retrieval, no chasing.
• We coordinate maintenance directly with you.
  Booster schedules are recommended only with your input and the patient’s broader treatment plan in mind — not on a fixed commercial cadence.
• We refer back, not away.
  If a patient asks us to take over their psychiatric care, we decline and reinforce the value of staying with the referring physician.
• Expedited candidacy review.
  Direct physician-to-physician scheduling for your patients. Same-week consultations available for established referring practices.