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
Vice Chair Business Affairs & Director Multidisciplinary Pain Program
Physicians
Melinda A. Aquino, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Moorice A. Caparo, MD
Associate Director, Pain Fellowship Program
Shooka Esmaeeli, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Andrew I. Gitkind, MD, MHA
Medical Director, Montefiore Spine Center
Karina Gritsenko, MD
Program Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship
Elisa M. Ma, DO
Physiatrist
Rebecca B. Siegel, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Bryan Tan, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Johnny P. Tran, MD
Anesthesiologist
Amaresh Vydyanathan, MD
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Sayed E. Wahezi, MD
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship