Eastern Pain Association Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President
Peter Lascarides,, DO
Pain Medicine Clinician, Northern Westchester & Phelps Hospital
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Clinical Professor of Physiatry,
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Executive Commitee
President Elect
Lisa R. Witkin, MD
Site Director of Pain Medicine
at New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York NY
Executive Commitee
Secretary
Yili Huang DO,MBA
Director, Phelps Pain Management Center
Northwell Health
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Executive Committee
Treasurer
Baruch Kim, DO
Pain Management
Physician, ALL OF PAIN
Founder of BestDocz
New York, NY
Executive Committee
Immediate Past President
Neel Mehta, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Division Chief, Weill Cornell Pain Management
Co-Director, Weill Cornell Center for Comprehensive Spine Care
Executive Committee
Parliamentarian
William K. Schmidt, PhD
Psychologist, Writer
Past President of the EPA
President NorthStar Consulting, LLC
Northeast Ambassador, EPA
Jason Yong, MD, MBA
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School
Director At Large
Charles Argoff, MD
Professor of Neurology
Albany Medical College
Director, Comprehensive Pain Center
Albany Medical Center
Director At Large
Meera Kirpakar , MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and
Pain Medicine
NYU Langone
New York, NY
Director At Large
Daniel Pak , MD
Associate Program Director, Weill Cornell Pain Fellowship
Director of Practice Innovations,
Weill Cornell Pain Management
Director At Large
Nitin Sekhri, MD
Medical Director, Pain Management
Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
New York Medical College
Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Director At Large
Hillary D. White, PhD
Neuroendocrine Immunologist
Founder and Chief Scientific Advisor
White Mountain Pharma Inc
Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Lebanon, NH
Director At Large
Nima Yazdanpanah, DO
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Class of 2023
Inner Peace Medicine, Founder & CEO; NY Society of PM&R / Program Director
Eastern Pain Assoc. Social Media Committee
Executive Committee
Past President
Christopher Gharibo, MD
Medical Director of Pain Medicine
New York University - Langone Orthopedic Hospital
Langone Medical Center
New York, NY
Executive Committee
Past President
Naum Shaparin, MD, MBA
Director, Pain Service, Montefiore Medical Center Director, Montefiore Multidisciplinary Pain Center
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and
Associate Professor of Family & Social Medicine and
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Past-President Director
Charles Inturrisi, PhD
Pharmacology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Past-President Director
Michael L. Weinberger, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
CUMC, Columbia University
Director, Pain Management Center
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Past-President Director
Donald C. Manning, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer and Head of R&D, Travecta Therapeutics
Past-President Director
Alexander Mauskop, MD, FAAN
Director, New York Headache Center
Professor of Clinical Neurology, SUNY, Downstate
New York NY
Michelle H. Byers
Executive Director