Meet Your Multidisciplinary Pain Management Team

Our Multidisciplinary Pain Management Program (MPMP) team includes physicians, anesthesiologists, psychiatrists and nurse practitioners who collaborate with our clinical teams throughout Montefiore Einstein. We take a patient-focused, individualized approach to care, understanding that chronic pain can be a highly challenging condition that interferes with daily life. Our team is committed to thoroughly understanding every patient’s condition and developing a safe, effective, individualized plan that helps to reduce pain, increase functionality and improve quality of life.

Team Leader / Division Director

Naum Shaparin, MD

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Naum Shaparin, MD

Vice Chair Business Affairs & Director Multidisciplinary Pain Program

Physicians

Melinda A. Aquino, MD

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Melinda A. Aquino, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Moorice A. Caparo, MD

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Moorice A. Caparo, MD

Associate Director, Pain Fellowship Program
Shooka Esmaeeli, MD

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Shooka Esmaeeli, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Andrew I. Gitkind, MD, MHA

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Andrew I. Gitkind, MD, MHA

Medical Director, Montefiore Spine Center
Karina Gritsenko, MD

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Karina Gritsenko, MD

Program Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Elisa M. Ma, DO

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Rebecca B. Siegel, MD

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Rebecca B. Siegel, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Bryan Tan, MD

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Bryan Tan, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Johnny P. Tran, MD

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Amaresh Vydyanathan, MD

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Amaresh Vydyanathan, MD

Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Sayed E. Wahezi, MD

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Sayed E. Wahezi, MD

Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
kerrie Wemmer, NP

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