Dr. Schottenstein specializes in a pain treatment called Regenokine, which uses a patient’s own blood.

The Doctor Will Sue You Now

Dr. Douglas Schottenstein manages pain for a living, but even he wasn’t equipped to allegedly be defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars by his own employees

By Matthew Herskowitz

On January 22, 2020, Dr. Douglas Schottenstein, a Manhattan neurologist and pain-management specialist, now 52, was admitted to NYU Langone Health with acute kidney failure.

After nearly two weeks in intensive care, Schottenstein was discharged from the hospital to recuperate at his town house, in Lower Manhattan. (His Doberman pinscher, Ronny, suffered from the same affliction and also made a full recovery.)