Our Leadership

Our various leadership boards play an integral role in the direction of ASPN

Timothy Deer, MD
Timothy Deer, MD
Executive Board President Emeritus, Founder and Chairman
Dawood Sayed, MD
Dawood Sayed, MD
Executive Board Immediate Past President and Vice Chairman
Jason E. Pope, MD
Jason E. Pope, MD
Executive Board President
Erika Petersen, MD, FAANS
Erika Petersen, MD, FAANS
Executive Board President Elect
Krishnan Chakravarthy, MD, PHD
Krishnan Chakravarthy, MD, PHD
Executive Board Vice President
Kasra Amirdelfan, MD
Kasra Amirdelfan, MD
Executive Board Vice President Clinical Affairs
Jon Carlson, MD
Jon Carlson, MD
Executive Board Treasurer
Jackie Weisbien, MD
Jackie Weisbien, MD
Executive Board Chair of Diversity and Outreach
Natalie Strand, MD
Natalie Strand, MD
Executive Board Vice President of Social Media
David Lee, MD
David Lee, MD
Executive Board Vice President of Social Media
Michelle Byers-Robson
Michelle Byers-Robson
Executive Board
Dipan Patel, MD
Dipan Patel, MD
Executive Board
Steven Falowski, MD, FAANS
Steven Falowski, MD, FAANS
Executive Board Secretary
Pankaj Mehta, MD
Pankaj Mehta, MD
Executive Board Vice President of Translational Research

Armed Forces Division

David E. Reece, DO
David E. Reece, DO
Chief, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation/Pain – Walter Reed
Pain Specialty Consultant, White House Medical Unit
Mike Verdolin, MD
Mike Verdolin, MD
CEO/Medical Director – Pain Consultants of San Diego
Brian McClean, MD
Brian McClean, MD
Chief, Pain – Landsthul Medical Center (Germany)
Pain Consultant to Army Surgeon General
Alane Costanzo, MD
Alane Costanzo, MD
Associate Program Director, Pain Fellowship – Balboa Naval Medical Center (San Diego)
Adam Soto, MD
Adam Soto, MD
Deputy Chief, Pain – Tripler Army Medical Center (Hawaii)

Directors at Large

Jay S. Grider, DO, PhD, MBA

Jessica Jameson, MD, FASA

Kathleen W. “Kate” Meacham, MD, PhD

Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD

Louis J. Raso, MD, PA

Mark N. Malinowski, DO

Peter Staats, MD, MBA

Ramo K. Naidu, MD

Richard M. “Rick” Paicius, MD

Sean Li, MD

Stanley Golovac, MD

Timothy Lubenow, MD

Timothy T. Davis, MD

Leadership Council

Aaron K. Calodney, MD, FASA, FIPP, ABIPP

Ahn Ngo, MD, MBA

Ajay Antony, MD

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH, FASA

Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH

Alyson M. Engle, MD

Amit Gulati, MD

Anish S. Patel, MD, MBA

Chad B. Stephens, DO

David Reece, DO

Harry P. Sukumaran, MD

Hemant Kalia, MD, MPH

Jay M. Shah, MD, FAAPMR

Jennifer Hah, MD

Johnathan H. Goree, MD

Jonathan M. Hagedorn, MD

Lawrence Poree, MD, PhD, MPH

Mark N. Malinowski, DO

Marshall Bedder, MD, FRCPC

Michael Gesquiere, MD

Michael Verdolin, MD

Neel Mehta, MD

Nomen Azeem, MD, FAAPMR

Paul J. Lynch, MD, DABA

Pooja R. Chopra, MD

Rany T. Abdallah, MD, PhD, MBA

Sachin “Sunny” Jha, MD, MS

Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD

Shachi Patel, MD

Shravani Durbhakula, MD

Vincent Galan, MD, MBA, DABPM