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Our Fellows and Graduates

2024-2025 Pain Medicine Fellows

Albert Chang, MD

Albert Chang, MD

Pre-Med: University of Illinois
Medical School: University of Virginia
Internship:
Ascension St. Francis Hospital
Residency Training:
University of Washington, PMR

Michelle Copley, MD

Michelle Copley, MD

Pre-Med: University of Washington
Medical School: University of Washington
Internship:
University of Washington
Residency Training:
University of Washington, PMR

Pain Medicine Graduates

2024

Gilad Ghanbari, DO
Residency program: Emory University, PMR
Primary specialty: PM&R
Initial practice: Private Practice, Toronto

Nima Yazdanpanah, DO
Residency program: SUNY Downstate Health Science University, PM&R
Primary specialty: PM&R
Initial practice: Inner Peace Medicine, California

2023

Matthew Brown, MD
Residency program: The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare
Primary specialty: PM&R
Initial practice: Virginia Mason, Seattle

Lindsey Cieslinski, DO
Residency program: Tulane University School of Medicine
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Spartanburg Regional Health System, South Carolina

2022

Brian Mugleston, MD
Residency program: University of Washington, Seattle
Primary specialty: PM&R
Initial practice: Kaiser Permanente, Tacoma WA

Alex Nguyen, MD
Residency program:
 Virginia Mason, Seattle
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Columbia, New York

2021

Andrew James, MD
Residency program:
 Virginia Mason, Seattle
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: St. Luke's Medical Center/Comprehensive Anesthesia Care, St. Louis, MO

Eric Yuen, MD
Residency program:
 Virginia Mason, Seattle
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Evergreen

2020

Caroline Harstroem, MD
Residency program: 
Wake Forest, Winston-Salem
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Anesis Spine & Pain, Renton, WA

Lauren Poe, DO
Residency program:
 Vanderbilt, Nashville
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Vanderbilt, Nashville

2019

Jeffrey Rouse, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Virginia Mason, Seattle

Joseph Strunk, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Virginia Mason, Seattle

2018

Jeffrey McLaren, MD
Residency program: Brigham and Women's, Boston

Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Kaiser, Seattle

Eric Steinman, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Kaiser, Seattle

2017

David Chang, CO
Residency program:
John's Hopkins Hospital Baltimore
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Evergreen

Darshan Vairavamurthy, MD
Residency program: 
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Primary specialty: PM&R
Initial practice: Private practice, NY

2016

Brendan Thelen, MD
Residency program: 
University of Nebraska
Primary specialty:
 Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Private practice, N. Calif.

Pezhman Mehrabian, MD
Residency program: 
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Private practice, Canada

2015

Andrew Manolides, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle
Primary specialty:
 Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Valley Medical Center, Seattle

Christine Oryhan, MD
Residency program: 
University of Chicago
Primary specialty: Anesthesiology
Initial practice: Virginia Mason, Seattle

2014

C. Tag Veal, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

Brian Strachan, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

2013

D. Christina Stafie, MD
Residency program: 
University of Washington

MariJo Wienkers, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

2012

Russell Kinder, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

Jay L. LaFleur, MD
Residency program: 
University of Texas Medical School at Houston

2011

Matthew Birnbaum, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

James Babington, MD
Residency program: 
University of Washington

2010

Lorenzo Hughes, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

Sidharth Panchamia, MD
Residency program: 
University of Miami

2009

Christine Anderson, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

Jeffrey Staack, MD
Residency program: 
University of Tennessee

2008

Robert Hackworth, MD
Residency program: 
Naval Medical Center San Diego

Bruce Johnson, MD
Residency program: 
University of Tennessee

2007

Darren Schuhmacher, MD
Residency program: 
Scott and White Memorial Hospital

Dennis Yun, MD
Residency program: 
University of North Carolina

2006

Thomas Moshiri, MD
Residency program: 
University of Illinois

Brent Richardson, MD
Residency program: 
St. Louis University

2005

Scott Branting, MD
Residency program: 
Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Daniel Warren, MD
Residency program:
Virginia Mason, Seattle

2004

Robert Ain, MD
Residency program: 
University of Iowa

Matthew Vance, MD
Residency program:
University of Tennessee

2003

Irakli Soulakvelidze, MD
Residency program: 
University of Washington

2002

K. Elizabeth Garr, MD
Residency program: 
University of Washington

Ellen Ramsey Olson, MD
Residency program: 
University of California, San Francisco

2001

Andrea Ference, MD
Residency program: 
University of Pittsburgh

Ichiro Otsu, MD
Residency program: 
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York

2000

Julian Klos, MD
Residency program: 
University of Washington

Philip Melmed, MD
Residency program:
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

1999

Peter Ackerman, MD
Residency program: 
Yale University Shool of Medicine

Julie Sramcik, MD
Residency program: 
Yale - New Haven Hospital

1998

Amy Luo, MD
Residency program: 
St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York

Walter Trautman, MD
Residency program: 
Virginia Mason, Seattle

1997

Gabriele-Monika Koschorke, MD
Residency program: 
University of Maryland

Craig Nairn, MD
Residency program: 
University of Chicago