Get to know Pain Management Specialist Dr. Thomas P. Ragukonis, who serves patients throughout the State of New Jersey.

Attributing his success to hard work, Dr. Ragukonis is a top pain management specialist serving as the Medical Director of Bergen Pain Management. It is a premiere minimally invasive pain management practice with four convenient locations in New Jersey. Known for achieving dramatic improvement in pain without major surgery, Dr. Ragukonis’ patients acknowledge him to be a compassionate, caring physician with an excellent bedside manner. He is dedicated to decreasing pain in the most comprehensive and minimally-invasive fashion. With an emphasis on minimally invasive spinal techniques, he is board-certified in pain medicine by the American Board of Pain Medicine, and in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Growing up in New Jersey, Dr. Ragukonis earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He then attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he graduated with his medical degree in 1991. After completing his residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, he immediately began his private practice in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Thomas P. Ragukonis, MD, is a 1991-graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. His postgraduate training includes his internship in internal medicine, which he served at the University Hospital at UMDNJ in Newark, NJ (1991 – 1992), as well as his anesthesiology residency with concentration in pain management and critical care served at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, NY (1992 – 1995). Dr. Ragukonis completed his undergraduate education, i.e., his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology, at Rutgers University, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He attained board certification in anesthesiology with the American Board of Anesthesiology. Furthermore, he is a member of the American Academy of Pain Management, the Royal Society of Medicine, the North American Spine Society, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the American Pain Society, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the International Association for the Study of Pain, the Medical Society of New Jersey, and the Bergen County Medical Society. Over the years, vitals.com honored Dr. Ragukonis with the Patients’ Choice Award (2008, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020), the Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020), and the On-Time Doctor Award (2014, 2015, 2018, 2020). For more information about Dr. Thomas P. Ragukonis, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/8137175-Thomas-Ragukonis-Paramus-NJ-07652.