Melinda A. Aquino

Melinda Aquino, MD, FASA, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesiology at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus lies in pain management, both chronic and acute, and regional anesthesiology in both outpatient and inpatient settings. She has a special interest in quality improvement and safety.

After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in biomedical sciences from the City University of New York in 1989, Dr. Aquino earned her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo in 1992. She then attended SUNY Stony Brook, completing an internship in internal medicine in 1993 and her anesthesiology residency in 1996. Following this, Dr. Aquino completed a fellowship in pain management at Montefiore Einstein in 1997.

Dr. Aquino’s research interests focus on acute and chronic pain management and quality improvement and patient safety. Her work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and invited presentations.

Dr. Aquino is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and the National Board of Medical Examiners. She is a member of several professional societies including the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Pain Society and the Society for Education in Anesthesiology, among others. In 2023, she won the Anesthesiology Excellence Award for Quality from Montefiore Einstein.