Pain Medicine Fellows

Current Fellows

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

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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 Training: Residency: Anesthesiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine

Timothy Murphy, MD
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine

Jennifer Stone, MD
Medical School: American University of Antigua College of Medicine
Post-Graduate Training: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, New York Medical College (Metropolitan)

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

Brendan O'Donovan, DO
Residency: Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Parth Patel, DO
Residency: Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

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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