Dr. Sayed Wahezi is a Professor and a Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus is in interventional pain medicine. A graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, he earned his Doctor of Medicine in 2005. He completed his internal medicine internship at Cornell University, New York Hospital, Queens, in 2006, and 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, he completed his interventional spine and musculoskeletal fellowship at Spine Technology and Rehabilitation and then returned to Montefiore to complete a pain medicine fellowship in 2013 and created the clinical and academic foundation for Pain Medicine at Montefiore. His research interests include innovative percutaneous pain treatments, and his basic science interests include the physiology of neuropathic and orthopedic pain. He 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 (AAP), Eastern Pain Association (EPA), and Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD).
