Sayed E. Wahezi, MD

Sayed Emal Wahezi, MD, is Professor and Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship at Montefiore/Einstein. Dr. Wahezi’s clinical focus is in Interventional Pain Medicine.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Long Island University, Dr. Wahezi attended Boston University’s, Masters in Medical Sciences program in 2001. He then earned his Doctor of Medicine in 2005 from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Wahezi completed his internal medicine internship at Cornell University, New York Hospital, Queens in 2006, then came to Montefiore to complete his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation in 2009, serving as chief resident in his final year. In 2010, Dr. Wahezi completed his interventional spine and musculoskeletal fellowship at Spine Technology and Rehabilitation, then returned to Montefiore to complete a pain medicine fellowship in 2013, and has since created the clinical and academic foundation for Pain Medicine at Montefiore.

Dr. Wahezi’s research interests include innovative percutaneous pain treatments and his basic science interests include the physiology of neuropathic and orthopedic pain. He is actively involved in basic science and clinical studies in pain management. Dr. Wahezi has authored more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed pain journals, book chapters, abstracts, and poster. Many of Dr. Wahezi’s publications have led to the innovation of novel interventional pain procedures. He has given more than 200 academic lectures in pain management across the country. He is a reviewer and editor for several Pain journals.

Dr. Wahezi is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a long-standing member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), American Academy of Pain Medicine, New York Pain Society (NYPS), Association of Academic Physiatrists, and Eastern Pain Association. He is a nominated American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) delegate representative for the American Medical Association’s Expert Panel on Pain Management, nominated representative on ASIPP’s expert lumbar stenosis panel and the Board of Directors for the NYPS. He is also a graduate of the Academy of Academic Physiatrists’ (AAP) Program for Academic Leadership (PAL) and Montefiore’s Physician Leadership Program (PLP), a past president of the of the Academy of Pain Program Directors (APPD), Board of Directors for American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), Educational Council for the Association of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN), and a co-director for the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) membership council. He is currently the President-elect for the AAPM.