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Meet the Team

The World Academy of Pain Medicine United (WAPMU) is a nonprofit medical society dedicated to advancing interventional pain medicine through education, research, innovation, and advocacy. For over 20 years, we have brought together multidisciplinary teams of physicians and specialists to promote evidence-based approaches to acute and chronic pain care — from hands-on surgical training with cadavers, models, and ultrasound to CME-accredited courses and annual meetings. The people below are the leaders and educators driving that mission forward.

Executive Board of Directors

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Amitabh Gulati, MD

WAPMU President

Director, Chronic Pain at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Assistant. Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

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Einar Ottestad, MD

WAPMU Past President

Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Stanford University Medical Center

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Scot H Sarver

WAPMU Founder

WAPMU Executive Director

Michael Gofeld, MD, PHD

WAPMU Founder and Past President

Director: Industry Relations Committee

Medical Director of Clinical Services

Silver Centre for Pain Care

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Jake Sarver

WAPMU Director

Board of Directors

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WAPMU Chairman, Foundation of Innovative Spine Procedures

Nomen Azeem, MD, FAAPMR

Founder & CEO - Florida Spine & Pain Specialists

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WAPMU Director - Foundation of Ultrasound Education (FUE)

Neal Rakesh, MD, MSE

Attending Physician- Acute and Chronic Pain Medicine

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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WAPMU Co-Director - Foundations of Innovative Spine Procedures (FISP)

Ali Valimahomed, 
MD, FAAPMR

Interventional Pain Medicine / Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Advanced Orthopedic Sports Medicine Institute Board of Directors, American Society of Pain & Neuroscience

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WAPMU Director of Faculty Affairs

Mark Friedrich Hurdle, MD

Founder & CEO - Florida Spine & Pain Specialists

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WAPMU Director of Faculty Affairs

Matthew Pingree, MD

Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

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WAPMU Director of Faculty Affairs

​Scott Pritzlaff, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis

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WAPMU Director of Research

Jennifer Hah, MD, CIPS

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Stanford University Medical Center

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WAPMU Director 

Nicole Falconite

Founder Lotus Workflow Solutions

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WAPMU Director-Foundation of Interventional Spine Procedures

Mark Jones, MD

Founder & CEO-Pain Medicine of the South

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WAPMU Team

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WAPMU Founder

Scot H Sarver

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WAPMU Director

Jake Sarver

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Event Venue Director

Todd Gagnon

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WAPMU Office Manager

Sarah M. Sarver

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WAPMU Director

WAPMU Webmaster

Nicole Falconite

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WAPMU Educational Grant Liaison

Kimberley Meegan

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WAPMU Office Manager

Sarah M. Sarver

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WAPMU Director

WAPMU Webmaster

Nicole Falconite

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WAPMU Educational Grant Liaison

Kimberley Meegan

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WAPMU
25 Main Street, Suite 2, #209
North Reading, MA 01864
ssarver@wapmu.org

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