Pain Medicine Fellowship
Program Director Welcome
Lynn Kohan, MD
Pain Management Division Chief
Program Director
Welcome to the University of Virginia Department of Anesthesiology’s ACGME-Accredited Pain Medicine Fellowship (AAPM), and thank you for your interest. Using a wide breadth of clinical experience as well as an immersive and tailored didactic program, our goal is to train the future educators, innovators, and thought-leaders in pain management.
Clinical experience within the one-year fellowship includes core rotations through the Fontaine Pain Management Center (clinic and interventions), Monticello Surgery Center (interventions), Main hospital (inpatient pain service), and the OR (surgical interventions). The Fontaine Pain Management Center is the recent recipient of the American Pain Society Center of Excellence designation. In addition, fellows rotate within each of their non-core specialties (Neurology, Anesthesia/Airway, PMR, Psychiatry).
The University of Virginia Pain Medicine fellowship has a well-rounded and immersive didactic component that includes system-based pathophysiology, anatomy, ultrasound, journal clubs, problem-based learning, board review, morbidity and mortality conferences, research, simulation and hands-on courses. Pain medicine course topics encompass neuromodulation, kyphoplasty, and Peripheral nerve stimulation cadaver courses. We strive to provide fellows with the insights and skills to manage complex pain management cases. Our fellows develop the aptitude to perform quality improvement projects and research that ultimately improve pain medicine patient outcomes.
Read MoreHow to Apply for the Pain Medicine Fellowship
The Fellowship in Pain Medicine accepts six fellows annually. Please apply through ERAS for the Pain Medicine Fellowship.
Note: We have filled all of our ACGME accredited fellowship positions for the 2025-26 academic cycle. We will begin reviewing applications for the next cycle early in the Spring. For Questions about the Pain Medicine Fellowship, please contact us: anesthesiology-painmanagementfellow@virginia.edu
About
Click here to view the Fellowship Pain Management Division Faculty Bios.
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Jason Guo, M.D.
Wake Forest School of Medicine
University of Virginia
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Aaron Panicker, M.D.
Wayne State University
School of Medicine
Univ of Florida, Gainesville
Emergency Medicine
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Chelsea-Ann Patry, M.D.
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
University of Virginia
Anesthesiology
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Matthew Spinks, M.D.
University of Texas Medical Branch
Eastern Virginia Medical School
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Justine Wergin, M.D.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Emergency Medicine
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Petar Yanev, M.D.
University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio
Georgetown University
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Please review the important fellowship program details in the sections above. We would also like to request a “Current Photo” which can be sent electronically to the fellowship coordinator. This helps our faculty when interviewing.
For additional information, please contact the fellowship program director, Dr. Lynn Kohan or the Pain Medicine Fellowship Coordinator, Lisa Morton, by phone at 434.924-9454. or by email at: PainManagementFellow@virginia.edu.
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Cadaver Lab with Fellows at the January 2020 Workshop