Scientific/Education Planning Committee
Anuj Bhatia, MD, PhD, FRCPC; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2025 Co-Meeting Chair
Sandy Christiansen, MD; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2025 Co-Meeting Chair
Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, FASA; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Moorice Caparo, MD; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, Resident Section Advisor
Katherine Cloud, MS, PA-C; Mayo Clinic, St. Johns, FL, PA-NP-Nurse Representative
Steven P. Cohen, MD; Northwestern, Walter Reed, Clarksville, MD, Board Liaison
Ryan D’Souza, MD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2027 Meeting Chair
Tina Doshi, MD, MHS; John Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, 2026 Co-Meeting Chair
Vinny Francio, MD; WashU Pain Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Stuart Grant, MD, ChB, MMCI; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, Ex-Officio CME Committee Chair
Christine Hunt, DO; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2024 Meeting Chair
Heather Jackson, MSN, APRN-BC; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, PA-NP-Nurse Representative
Crystal Joseph, MD, MS; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Lynn Kohan, MD; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Samer Narouze, MD, PhD; University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Akron, OH, Ex-Officio CME Committee Co-Chair
Ariana Nelson, MD; University of California, Laguna Beach, CA, 2026 Co-Meeting Chair
Anishinder Parkash, MD; Tower Health, West Reading, PA, Resident Section Chair
Brian D. Sites, MD; Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Plainfield, NH; Editor-in-Chief, Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
Kevin Vorenkamp, MD; Duke University, Durham, NC, Practice Management Representative
Faculty
Nirmala Abraham, MD; Kettering Health, Miamisburg, OH
Magdalena Anitescu, MD, PhD; University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
Ehtesham Baig, MSc, MD, FRCPC; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Victoria Bains, MSN; University Health Network, Ancaster, ON, Canada
Meredith Barad, MD; Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Redwood City, CA
Anuj Bhatia, MD, PhD, FRCPC; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, FASA; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Shane Brogan, MB BCh; Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Chad Brummet, MD; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Aaron Calodney, MD; Precision Spine Care, Tyler, TX
Kenneth Candido, MD; Thorek Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, FAAPMR, FAAOE; Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI
Andrea Chadwick, MD; University of Kansas School of Medicine, Leawood, KS
Sandy Christiansen, MD; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Hance Clark, MD, PhD; Toronto General Hospital / University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Katherine Cloud, MS, PA-C; Mayo Clinic, St. Johns, FL,
Steven Cohen, MD; Northwestern & Walter Reed, Clarksville, MD
Kraig de Lanzac, MD, FASA; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Tina Doshi, MD, MHS; Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD
Ryan D’Souza, MD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Shravani Durbhakula, MD; Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Maxim Eckmann, MD; University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX
Dalia Elmofty, MD; University of Chicago, Naperville, IL
Trent Emerick, MD, MBA; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Mars, PA
Yashar Eshraghi, MD; Ochsner Health System, Metairie, LA
Michael Fettiplace, MD, PhD; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Vasudha Goel, MBBS; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Stuart Grant, MD; UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Jay Grider, DO; University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Maged Guirguis, MD; Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
Amitabh Gulati, MD; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Rajnish K. Gupta, MD; Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Brentwood, TN
Jennifer Hah, MD, MS; Stanford University, Sunnyvale, CA
Michael Hanes, MD; Jax Spine and Pain Centers/Centurion Spine and Pain Centers, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Stephen C. Haskins, MD; Hospital for Special Surgery, Brooklyn, NY
Yasmine Hoydonckx, MD, MSc; University Health Network, University of Toronto, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Christine Hunt, DO, MS; Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Rebecca Johnson, MD, FASA; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Hari Kalagara, MD, FCARCSI, EDRA; Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Narayan Kissoon, MD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD; Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Lynn Kohan, MD; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Sandra Kopp, MD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Karim Ladha, MD, MSc; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Usman Latif, MD, MBA; The University of Kansas Health System, Leawood, KS
Fassil Mesfin, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS, FCNS; University of Texas Health, San Antonio, TX
Maged Mina, MD; University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Ameet Nagpal, MD; Medical University of South Carolina, Mt Pleasant, SC
Samer Narouze, MD, PhD; University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Akron, OH
Ariana Nelson, MD; University of California, Laguna Beach, CA
Ehren Nelson, MD; Stanford School of Medicine/ VA Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA
Amy Pearson, MD; Advocate Aurora Health Care, Cudahy, WI
Philip Peng, MBBS; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Carlos Pino, MD; Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
David Provenzano, MD; Pain Diagnostics and Interventional Care, Sewickley, PA
Manikandan Rajarathinam, MBBS, MD, MSc, FIPP, CIPS, ASRA-PUMC; Western University, London, ON, Canada
Richard Rosenquist, MD; Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Gary Schwartz, MD, FASA, AABP; Maimonides Medical Center, Melville, NY
Shalini Shah, MD, MBA; University of California Irvine Health, Irvine, CA
Hariharan Shankar, MBBS; Clement Zablocki VA Medical Center/Medical College of Wisconsin, Brookfield, WI
Harsha Shanthanna, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC; McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Cynthia Shum, DNP, MEd, RN, CHSE-A, NPD-BC, NEA-BC; VA Palo Alto Health Care, San Jose, CA
Vinita Singh, MD, MSCR; Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Vishal Uppal, MBBS, MSc, FRCA; Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Kevin Vorenkamp, MD, FASA; Duke Raleigh Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
Gina Votta-Velis, MD; University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Sayed Wahezi, MD; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Nafisseh Warner, MD; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Associate Faculty
Anuj Aggarwal, MD; Stanford University, San Mateo, CA
Abeer Alomari, MD; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Alex Bautista, MD, MBA; University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Nicholas Bremer, MD; Jax Spine and Pain, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Irvan Bubic, MD; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Moorice Caparo, MD; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Nu Cindy Chai, MD; UCSF, San Francisco, CA
Yian Chen, MD; University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Heejung Choi, MD; Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Ketan Chopra, MD; Henry Ford Health, Birmingham, MI
Kathryn Curtis, PhD, CPsych; University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Vinny Francio, MD; WashU Pain Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Arun Gupta, MD; Infini Health, Burlington, ON, Canada
Sahil Gupta, MD; Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Paul Ryan Haffey, DO; Columbia University Irving Medical Center, East Hampton, NY
Nasir Hussain, MD; The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Saba Javed, MD; MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Crystal Joseph, MD, MS; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Yehia Kamel, MD, MSc, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPPP, CIPS, FRCPC, EDRA; Saskatchewan Health Authority, Regina, SK, Canada
Jay Karri, MD; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Chris Mallard, MD; University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Howard Meng, MD, FRCPC; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Robert L. Mousselli, DO; Ascent Pain Solutions, Austin, TX
Kristen Noon, MD; The Ohio State University Department of Anesthesiology, Columbus, OH
Dare Olatoye, MD; Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN
Arti Ori, MD; Mass General Brigham, Newton, MA
Kanishka Rajput, MD, FASA; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Stephen Rodriguez, MD; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Fairfax Station, MD
Puneet Sayal, MD, MSc; University of Toronto, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Neilesh Soneji, MD, FRCPC; University Health Network, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
Tolga Suvar, MD; Rush University, Chicago, IL
Tejinder Singh Swaran Singh, MBBS, MD, DNB; University of Iowa Healthcare, Iowa City, IA
Paul Tumber, MD, FRCPC; Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada