Sustaining Members

We extend our sincere gratitude to our Sustaining Members for their ongoing support. By making a one-time contribution, Sustaining Members enjoy lifetime membership. Your commitment plays a vital role in advancing our mission, and we truly appreciate your dedication.

Neel Mehta, MD

Executive Committee

Medical Director, Pain Medicine, Weill-Cornell Pain Medicine Center and New York Presbyterian Hosp

Co-Director, Weill Cornell Mutli-Disciplinary Spine Center

New York, NY

David Rosenblum, MD

President, QBazaar.com, LLC

Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Director of Pain Management

Maimonides Medical Center

Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD

Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Montefiore Medical Center

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Karina Gritsenko MD

Faculty Liaison

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology,

Department Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Yu Chiu, DO

Director at Large

Department of Anesthesia

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Nitin Sekhri, MD

Director At Large

Medical Director, Pain Management

Department of Anesthesiology

Assistant Professor New York Medical College

Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Naum Shaparin, MD, MBA

Executive Committee

Pain Service, Montefiore Medical Center Director, Montefiore Multidisciplinary Pain Center

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology; Associate Professor of Family & Social Medicine; Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

John Michalisin Jr, MD

Director At Large

Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Clinical Assistant Professor of PM&R Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine

Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain

NYU Langone Medical Center

Peter Lascarides, DO

Executive Committee

Assistant Clinical Professor, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY

Assistant Clinical Professor of PM&R, NYITCOM

Pain Institute of Long Island, Riverhead, NY

William Schmidt PhD

Executive Committee
Parliamentarian

Psychologist, Writer

Past President of the EPA
President NorthStar Consulting, LLC

Lisa Witkin, MD

Director At Large

Site Director of Pain Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Weill Cornell Medicine

New York NY

Michael 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 CenterNew York, NY

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Scott Maddalo MD

NYU Langone Health Residency - Anesthesiology NYU Langone Health Attending Physician

Hudson Valley Bone and Joint Surgeons

Charles Argoff MD

Director At Large

Professor of Neurology

Albany Medical College

Director, Comprehensive Pain Center

Albany Medical Center

Yili Huang DO

Director, Pain Management Center

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Andrew Duarte MD

UMass Memorial Health

Donald C. Manning, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer and Head of R&D, Travecta Therapeutics

Arthur Kitt MD MPH

Assistant Professor at Zucker School of Medicine/Hofstra Director of Anesthesia Pain Service Staten Island University Hospital

R. Jason Yong, MD

Mass General Brigham

Department of Anesthesiology

David Hao, MD

Mass General Brigham

Department of Anesthesiology

Daniel Pak, MD

Associate Chief of Chronic Pain, Associate Professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Clarence Kong, MD

Associate Director of Interventional Spine and Pain Management, Long Island Brain & Spine

Additional Sustaining Members

Jonathan Avery, MD

Yu Chiu, DO

Robert H Dworkin, PhD

Christopher Gharibo, MD

Robert Griffin, MD

Baruch Kim, DO

Jung "Phil" Kim, MD

Meera Kirpekar, MD

Vladimir Kramskiy, MD

Richard B Lipton, MD

Norman Marcus, MD

Alexander Mauskop, MD

Sarah Moore, PhD

Elena Nehrbass, MD

Ruchi Sharma, MD

Aharon Benelyhahoo, MD

Recognition of Our Life Members

We proudly acknowledge our Life Members for their longstanding commitment and contributions. Life Membership is granted to individuals who have reached the age of 65, maintained Regular Membership in good standing with the EPA for a minimum of 15 years, and have been approved by the Membership Committee. We appreciate their dedication and invaluable support.

Frank S Caruso PhD

Kathleen M Foley MD

Charles E Inturrisi PhD

Charles B Stacy MD