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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman of the Board and CEO

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, ASIPP, SIPMS
Co-Founder and Director, PMCOA 
Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Louisville, Kentucky
Professor of Anesthesiology-Research
Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
LSU Health Sciences Center
2831 Lone Oak Road
Paducah, KY 42003
Phone: (270) 554-9412
Fax: (270) 554-5394
[email protected]

OFFICERS

PRESIDENT

Salahadin (Sal) Abdi, MD, PhD
Tenured Professor and Chair
Department of Pain Medicine
Helen Buchanan & Stanley Joseph Seeger Endowed Research Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
[email protected]

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Christopher Gharibo, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology 
Orthopedics Medical Director of Pain Medicine
NYU Langone-Hospital for Joint Disease
NYU Center for Muskuloskeletal Care
333 East 38th St, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10012
[email protected]

FIRST EXECUTIVE
VICE-PRESIDENT

Mahendra Sanapati, MD
Co-Director,
Pain Management Centers of America
1101 Professional Blvd
Evansville, IN 47714
[email protected]

SECOND EXECUTIVE
VICE-PRESIDENT

Annu Navani, MD

Annu Navani, MD
Medical Director, Comprehensive
Spine & Sports Center
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
3425 S. Bascom, Ste 200
Campbell, CA 95008
[email protected]

SECRETARY

Sukdeb Datta

Sukdeb Datta, MD
Medical Director
Professorial Lecturer
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology
5 E 98th St.
New York, NY 10029
[email protected]

TREASURER

Devi Nampiaparampil, MD
Assistant Professor
Anesthesiology and Rehabilitation
NYU School of Medicine
315 West 33rd Street #28G
New York, NY 10001
[email protected]

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Sheri Albers, DO
2178 Morley Way
Sacramento, CA 95864
[email protected]

Lifetime Directors

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Co-Founder and Director, 
Pain Management Centers of America
2831 Lone Oak Road
Paducah, KY 42003
[email protected]

Cyrus Bakhit, MD
National Spine & Pain Centers
1316 S Jefferson St
Roanoke, VA 24016
[email protected]

 

Mahendra Sanapati, MD
Co-Director,
Pain Management Centers of America
1101 Professional Blvd
Evansville, IN 47714
[email protected]

Vijay Singh, MD
Executive Committee Chair
Spine Pain Diagnostics Associates
1601 Roosevelt Road
Niagara, WI 54151
[email protected]

Amol Soin, MD
Ohio Pain Clinic
8934 Kingsridge Drive, Suite 101
Centerville, OH 45458
[email protected]

Academic Directors

Miles Day, MD
Medical Director
Grace Health System
Pain Management Center
Pain Medicine Fellowship Program Director and Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Texas Tech
4515 Marsha Sharp Freeway
Lubbock, TX 79407
[email protected]

Joshua Hirsch, MD
Vice Chief of Interventional Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Affiliate Senior Research Fellow
Neiman Health Care Policy Institute
55 Blossom St. Gray 241B
Boston, MA 02114
[email protected]

Shalini Shah, MD

Shalini Shah, MD
Vice Chair, Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
Director
School of Medicine
Professor, Anesthesiology
School of Medicine
UCI Health
101 The City Drive South
Orange, CA 92868
[email protected]

Directors-At-Large

Allen Dennis, MD

Allen Dennis, MD
Advanced Pain Care
3316 Williams Dr Suite #150
Georgetown, TX 78628
[email protected]

Andrew G Kaufman, MD

Andrew G. Kaufman, MD
Rutgers NJMS
University Hospital
90 Bergen Street,
Suite 3400
Newark, NJ 07901
[email protected]

Peter Staats, MD

Premier Pain Centers, LLC

167 Avenue at the Common, Suite 4

Shrewsbury, NJ 07702

[email protected]

Deborah Tracy, MD
Institute of Interventional Pain Management
11319 Cortez Blvd.
Brooksville, FL 34613
[email protected]

Young Physician Directors

Ken Ehrhardt, MD
Advanced Pain Institute
42131 Veterans Ave. #100
Hammond, LA 70403
[email protected]

Radomir Kosanovic, MD
Pain Management Centers of America
2831 Lone Oak Road
Paducah, KY 42003
[email protected]

Kunj G. Patel, MD
Founder, SafeBeat Rx
San Francisco, CA
[email protected]

Director Emeritus

Sudhir Diwan, MD
President, Park Avenue Spine and Pain
115 East 57th St., Suite 610
New York, NY 10022
Tel:646-434-0551
[email protected]

Gabor Racz, MD
Co-Director Pain Center
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
3601 4th Street, MS 8182
Lubbock, TX 79430
[email protected]

David Schultz, MD
Founder and CEO
Nura Pain Clinics
2104 Northdale Boulevard NW
Suite 220
Minneapolis, MN 55433
[email protected]

Resident/Fellow Directors

Alexander Nurre, MD
Ochsner Health
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans, LA 70121
[email protected]

 

Allan Parr, III, MD
Tulane Medical Center
1415 Tulane Ave
New Orleans, LA 70112
[email protected]

 

AMA HOD Delegates

Lee T. Snook, Jr., MD
AMA Delegate
Sacramento, CA
[email protected]

Sunny Jha, MD
AMA Delegate
Indian Harbour Beach, FL
[email protected]

Michael Lubrano, MD, MPH
AMA Delegate Alternate
Boston, MD
[email protected]

Kunj G. Patel, MD
AMA Delegate Alternate
San Francisco, CA
[email protected]

AMA RFS Sectional Delegates

Allan Parr, III, MD
Delegate
New Orleans, LA
[email protected]

Alexander Nurre, MD
Alternate
New Orleans, LA
[email protected]

AMA RUC Representatives & AMA CPT Advisory Committee

Allen Dennis, MD

Allen Dennis, MD
AMA RUC Member

Georgetown, TX
[email protected]

Michael Lubrano, MD, MPH
Alternate AMA RUC Member
Boston, MD
[email protected]

Mahendra Sanapati, MD
AMA CPT Advisory Committee
Evansville, IN
[email protected]

 

Sheri Albers, DO
AMA CPT Advisory Committee Alternate
Sacramento, CA
[email protected]

AMA-YPS Representatives

Kunji G Patel MD

Kunj Patel, MD – Chair
San Francisco, CA
[email protected]

Michael Lubrano, MD, MPH
Boston, MD
[email protected]

Editor-in-Chief of Journals

Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Pain Physician Journal
Committee on Education and Research
Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, and Provost,
Pain Program Fellowship Director,
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neurosciences,
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
2020 Gravier St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
[email protected]
[email protected]

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH
Editor-in-Chief, Pain Medicine Case Reports
Medical Director of Pain Services, UW-Madison
1102 S Park St.
Madison, WI 53715
[email protected]

American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP)

Salahadin (Sal) Abdi, MD, PhD
Executive Director
Tenured Professor and Chair
Department of Pain Medicine
Helen Buchanan & Stanley Joseph Seeger Endowed Research Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
[email protected]

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Secretary
Co-Founder and Director,
Pain Management Centers of America
2831 Lone Oak Road
Paducah, KY 42003
[email protected]

Executive Committee

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Co-Founder and Director,
Pain Management Centers of America
2831 Lone Oak Road
Paducah, KY 42003
[email protected]

Salahadin (Sal) Abdi, MD, PhD
President
Tenured Professor and Chair
Department of Pain Medicine
Helen Buchanan & Stanley Joseph Seeger Endowed Research Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, TX 77030
[email protected]

Christopher Gharibo, MD
President-Elect
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology 
Orthopedics Medical Director of Pain Medicine
NYU Langone-Hospital for Joint Disease
NYU Center for Muskuloskeletal Care
333 East 38th St, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10012
[email protected]

Mahendra Sanapati, MD
First Executive Vice-President
Co-Director,
Pain Management Centers of America
1101 Professional Blvd
Evansville, IN 47714
[email protected]

 

Annu Navani, MD

Annu Navani, MD
Second Executive Vice-President
Medical Director, Comprehensive
Spine & Sports Center
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor,
Stanford University School of Medicine
3425 S. Bascom, Ste 200
Campbell, CA 95008
[email protected]

Amol Soin, MD

Amol Soin, MD
Lifetime Director
Ohio Pain Clinic
8934 Kingsridge Drive, Suite 101
Centerville, OH 45458
[email protected]

Joshua Hirsch, MD
Academic Director
Vice Chief of Interventional Care
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Affiliate Senior Research Fellow
Neiman Health Care Policy Institute
55 Blossom St. Gray 241B
Boston, MA 02114
[email protected]

Past Presidents

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
1999-2005

David S. Kloth, MD
2005

Vijay Singh, MD
2006

Andrea Trescot, MD
2007


Ramsin Benjamin, MD
2008

David M. Schultz, MD
2009

Allan T. Parr II, MD
2010

Standiford Helm II, MD
2011

Frank J. Falco, MD
2012

Hans C. Hansen, MD
2013

Ramsin Benyamin, MD
2014

Peter Staats, MD
2015

Aaron Calodney, MD
2016

Francis Reigler, MD
2017

Hans C. Hansen, MD
2018

Sudhir Diwan, MD
2019

 

Harold Cordner, MD
2020

Amol Soin, MD
2021

Sheri Albers, DO
2022

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