Pain management fellows are recruited through the ERAS system. The candidate is expected to satisfactorily complete a residency in anesthesiology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Neurology, or Psychiatry, and be board eligible. Following screening of all candidates by the Director and partial review by other faculty, appropriate candidates are scheduled for interviews. The interview process consists of a panel interview with the Director of Pain Management, one or two other Pain Management Attendings and present Pain Management Fellows. Candidates who express continued interest, after this section of the process are reviewed and subjectively discussed.

The following procedures are available within the institution

• Radiographic study, fluoroscopy, CAT scanning, laboratory facilities, psychiatric, psychological testing, physiatry, EGG, MRI
• Conference facilities and research space and opportunity also are abundant within the institution
• In addition to a comprehensive Anesthesiology library, the fellows have full access to the institution library

Multi-Disciplinary Pain Faculty

• Vandana Sharma, MD, Professor, Director, Pain Fellowship Program
• Michael Vertino, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology
• Dorothy Hwang, MD, Assistant Professor, Pain Attending VA Medical Center
• Angela Mahajan, MD, Assistant Professor, Pain Attending
• Susan Samudre, DO, Instructor, Anesthesiology

 

Multi-Disciplinary Guest Lecturers

• Michael Vertino, MD, Neurology
• Evangeline Koutalianos, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Amar Swarnkar, MD, Radiology
• Suman Swarnkar, MD, Palliative Care
• Adam Rufa, PT, DPT, PhD, OSC, Physical Therapy
• Jeffrey Romans, PT, Physical Therapy
• Theresa Baxter, NP, Addiction Medicine
• Ross Sullivan, MD, Addiction/Emergency Medicine