Program at a Glance

The Pain Management Fellowship Program is affiliated to the Department of Anesthesiology and is a 12 month ACGME accredited experience based at Baystate Medical Center. The fellowship offers a longitudinal experience in multidisciplinary pain management and provides comprehensive training in acute, chronic, cancer pain management with a strong emphasis on Interventional Pain Management.The Pain Center is well equipped with an onsite Fluoroscopic suite and state of the art ultrasound machine for interventional procedures and Operating Room facility at the main hospital for Spinal Implants.

Fellowship Director: Ashish Malik, MD email: ashish.malik@baystatehealth.org

Fellowship Coordinator: Maria Lopez email: Maria.Lopez@baystatehealth.org phone: 800-959-4233 or 413-794-4326

Program Metrics

Facility: Pain Center located within the campus
Number of fellows: 3
Number of Faculty: 11
Number of Interventionalists: 10
Specialties Involved: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry

Baystate Statistics

Tertiary care referral center
Level 1 trauma center
Hospital beds: 716
Number of residency programs: 10
Number of fellowship programs: 22

Departmental Statistics (annual)

Pain Center outpatient visits: >13000
Interventional Procedures: > 5000
Medical Management: > 3400
Acute Pain Patients: >2600

Fellow Benefits & Facilities

We have attempted to maintain salaries in the 75th percentile nationally, and here in western Massachusetts, we enjoy a lower cost of living than in major urban areas. View our complete list of salaries and benefits.
4 weeks vacation/year | 1 week for educational conference
Disability/Malpractice/Health/Life Insurance
Fellows share an office with a dedicated computer for each fellow
Comprehensive electronic patient record/Office dictations via escription.
On-campus Library with robust e-medicine resources (up-to-date, Ovid, Science direct etc)