Charles E. Argoff, MD, is Professor of Neurology at Albany Medical College and Director of the Comprehensive Pain Center at Albany Medical Center in New York. Dr. Argoff received his medical degree from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He completed an internship in the Department of Medicine and a residency in the Department of Neurology at the State University of New York in Stony Brook and a fellowship in developmental and metabolic neurology at the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS).

Dr. Argoff specializes in pain management and chronic headaches, predominately treating patients with chronic and neuropathic pain. He has expertise in several types of pain treatments, including interventional pain management and botulinium toxins.

Dr. Argoff is part of a team of specialists who offer a comprehensive approach to care, while constantly exploring new and innovative ways to diagnose and treat chronic pain. Dr. Argoff’s goal is to offer patients a better quality of life through proper diagnosis and effective treatment: “I pride myself on being compassionate and down to earth toward my patients, while teasing out the complexities of their pain problems,” he explains.

Dr. Argoff is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Academy of Neurology, among other professional organizations. He serves on the editorial board of the Clinical Journal of Pain and as a reviewer for the Journal of Pain, Brain, Journal of the American Medical Association, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, and the Clinical Journal of Pain. He is co-editor of the Neuropathic Pain Section of Pain Medicine.

Dr. Argoff has served as a guest editor for and published articles in the Clinical Journal of Pain and Current Pain and Headache Reports, among other peer-reviewed journals. He has written on many types of pain, including myofascial pain, spinal and radicular pain, and neuropathic pain. He has written on such treatments as topical analgesics, interventional pain management, botulinum toxins, and oral analgesics, and has contributed many book chapters as well. Dr. Argoff had an active role in the development of the diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain guidelines published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and he has contributed to other published neuropathic pain treatment guidelines. He is one of the editors of the textbook Raj's Practical Management of Pain, Fourth Edition. He has also published the third edition of Pain Management Secrets.