Pain Medicine Fellows

Current Fellows

Deepthi Ganta, MD
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation-Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Program

Rishita Jessu, DO
Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation-SUNY Upstate Medical University

Nikolaos Sarantopoulos, DO
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona Campus
Post-Graduate Training: Emergency Medicine-Riverside University Health

Past Fellows

2025

Lara Dean, MD
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: One Anesthesia Servicing Group, Baptist Health, Louisville, KY

Timothy Murphy, MD
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Ayer Neuroscience Institute, Hartford Healthcare, West Hartford, CT

Jennifer Stone, MD
Medical School: American University of Antigua College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Position: Outpatient Pain and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Canada

2024

Sai Prashanth Kumar Beeraka, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Ascension Saint Joseph (Anesthesiologist), Stellar Pain and Spine (Pain Specialist), Chicago, IL

Jorge Caceres, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Pain Specialist, Puerto Rico Spine Center, San Juan, PR

Samantha Sabban, DO
Post-Graduate Position: Pain Specialist, Complete Pain and Spine Institute, Ridgewood, NJ

2023

Ruslan Abdukalikov, DO
Residency: Anesthesiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
Post-Graduate Position: Director of Interventional Pain Medicine, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington, ME

Brendan O'Donovan, DO
Residency: Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
Post-Graduate Position: Pain Management Physician, University Pain Medicine Center, Somerset, NJ

Parth Patel, DO
Residency: Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
Post-Graduate Position: Anesthesia and Pain, Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

2022

Robert Dematteo, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Anesthesiologist & Pain Physician, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MD

Adam Goldenberg, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Pain Physician, Interventional Spine Medicine, Great Barrington, NH

Jacob Ogden, DO
Post-Graduate Position: Pain Physician, Private Practice, Pittsburgh, PA

2021

Swati Choudhary, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Anesthesiologist and Pain Attending, Springfield Anesthesia Service, Springfield, MA

Karthik Dwarki, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Anesthesiologist and Pain Attending, Keystone Anesthesia Consultants (affiliated with Washington Hospital and St. Clair Hospital), Pittsburgh, PA

Jonathan Vechhiarelli, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Pain Attending, Sussex Pain Center, Georgetown, DE

2020

Amruta Desai, DO
Post-Graduate Position: Undecided

Neil Patel, MD
Post-Graduate Position: Pain Attending, Centers for Pain Management, Orlando, FL

Long-Chau Van, DO
Post-Graduate Position: Anesthesiologist/Pain Attending, Springfield Anesthesia Service, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

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