DR. DAVID BENELIYAHU
Clinical Director of Chiropractic Care
Dr. David J. BenEliyahu an award winning Doctor of Chiropractic who has been a licensed NYS Chiropractor since 1983. He has the distinction and honor of being the Director of the Chiropractic Chiropractic Collaboration Program at Mather Hospital / Northwell Health in Port Jefferson, NY. The community program coordinates patient care between Chiropractors, MD's, and Mather Hospital to enhance the quality of care patients receive through inter-professional collaboration and communication.
Dr BenEliyahu is founder and Administrative Director of the Back and Neck Pain Center at Mather Hospital. The Back and Neck Pain Center is a unique integrative and interdisciplinary spine care program that is patient centered and evidenced based. Dr BenEliyahu coordinates and moderates the Orthopedic and Spine Grand Rounds at Mather Hospital as well as other interdisciplinary educational programs such as the Neurospine Summit, and The Non-Pharmacology Symposium for chronic pain.
Dr. BenEliyahu has been helping the community through his work at Mather Hospital, in addition to helping all of his his patients at the Coram-Selden Chiropractic Office. He has helped patients with pain relief, functional restoration, spinal rehabilitation and improved quality of life. As a dedicated Chiropractor with over 36 years of experience, he is committed to promoting the health and well being of his patients. He was selected to "Guide to America's Best Chiropractors', and he was selected to intern at the USA Olympic Training center in 1996, where he spent 3 weeks treating elite USA athletes in Colorado Springs.
He received a national recognition award for his paper on the effectiveness of chiropractic care for disc herniations of the cervical and lumbar spine, showing that chiropractic care can reduce the size of herniations. He has been published in over 50 articles in both medical and chiropractic journals, and has lectured extensively on chiropractic care. He has been invited twice to speak at the national convention of the Americas Chiropractic Association on collaborative care and population spine health.Dr BenEliyahu was awarded the 2019 Community Honoree Award by Mather Hospital/Northwell Health.
