Stony Brook University Department of Anesthesiology

Residency Program

Division of Pain Management

   During their CA-2 and CA-3 years, residents will get experience in Chronic Pain Management when they rotate in the Pain Center and in Acute Pain Management in University Hospital.

  The Pain Management at University Hospital in the Department of Anesthesiology consists of the Acute and Chronic Pain Service. While different physicians are involved with different aspects of this service, the faculty work together to provide optimal patient care.



Carole Agin, MD
 Chronic Pain Service
  • Peter Glass, M.B., Ch.B., Director
  • Carole Agin, M.D., Anesthesia Pain Fellowship Program Director
  • Irina Lokshina, M.D.
  • Farrokh Maneksha, M.D.
  • Julie Scheuermann, N.P.
  • Brian Durkin, D.O.

  The Chronic Pain Service utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to pain management. This includes nerve blocks, medical, physical therapy and psychological interventions. Interventional techniques are used including nerve blocks (fluoroscopic guided epidurals, transforaminal, facet, S-I joint injections etc.) radiofrequency neurolysis, Spinal Cord Stimulators and Intrathecal Pumps. The CA-2 rotation is generally for one month and there is a 3-month elective rotation in the CA-3 year. We also have an accredited Pain Management Fellowship available.


Brian Durkin, D.O.
Chief of Acute Pain Service
 Acute Pain Service
  The Acute Pain Service rotation offers many opportunities to learn modern pain management techniques, including but not limited to, patient controlled analgesia, thoracic and lumbar epidural catheter placement and management, peripheral nerve and plexus blockade, peripheral nerve and plexus catheter placement and management, ultrasound guided techniques, cancer pain management (narcotic therapy, radiologically guided nerve blockade including neurolytic blocks, spinal opioid therapy, adjuvant therapies, etc.), and acute pain management for patients with chronic benign pain.

  During the CA-1 year, residents will gain experience during their PACU Rotation starting PCA’s, epidurals and peripheral nerve catheters and will be introduced to the placement of thoracic epidural catheters and peripheral nerve blocks. During the CA-2 year, the residents have a 4-week rotation where they will improve their thoracic epidural catheter skills, and become proficient at beginner and intermediate level nerve blocks. There is an additional CA-3 elective rotation that is reserved for those residents who display superior skills and wish to develop advanced regional anesthesia techniques and gain opportunities for research.

  Didactics include a yearly regional anesthesia workshop, anatomy lab dissection course focusing on peripheral nerve and plexus blocks, faculty lectures, visiting professors and journal club.

See our webpages for more details on these rotations.


Drs. Moller and Izrailytan presenting their poster at the 2003
New York State Post Graduate Assembly.

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