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Pain Medicine Fellowship

Learn more about the Pain Medicine Fellowship.

We are committed to providing each fellow with the highest quality experience and education through our ACGME-accredited fellowship with both faculty expertise and a diversity of training experiences.

Our fellowship trains and mentors future pain medicine physicians to excel both clinically and in the fields of education and research. Our fellows are in charge of their experience, taking turns creating the call and weekly schedule for themselves, residents and medical students that rotate with us. We offer a broad-based clinical experience that includes such environments as:

  • Acute pain
  • Chronic pain
  • Cancer pain
  • Interventional procedures
  • Multidisciplinary pain medicine
  • Neuroscience experience
We offer three positions each year. Clinical training takes place through UNMC's primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, whose large clinical volume provides our fellows with abundant experience and personalized training. 

Fellows participate in pain training that varies depending on their level of expertise as soon as they begin training. Our fellows exceed the minimal requirements of pain procedures established for sub-certification in Pain Medicine from the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Pain fellows present a self-selected article in a monthly Journal Club along with an interesting case that has occurred in the clinic. Fellows will also jointly present Grand Rounds to the department of anesthesiology on a topic of interest. 
 
We encourage active participation in ongoing research and case reports by facilitating your attendance at a national meeting. We also engage in a quarterly quality improvement conference with two other pain fellowship programs, have cadaver and ultrasound labs, and case conferences with neurosurgery and neuroradiology. 

We excel in teaching advanced procedures, including:
  • peripheral stimulators—temporary and permanent
  • spinal cord stimulator trials/permanent placements
  • intrathecal pump trials/permanent placement
  • kyphoplasties and basivertebral nerve ablations
  • regenerative medicine   
We are continuing to add to our patient products as new devices come to market. 
 
 

Rotations

  • Chronic pain clinic 
  • Acute pain
  • Neuroscience experience with neurosurgery, orthopedic spine surgery, neurology
  • Physical medicine & rehabilitation
  • Multidisciplinary pain program

Lecture Series

  • Pain assessment, evaluation
  • Pain treatment
  • Interventional procedures
  • Fluoroscopy safety
  • Medication management
  • Psychiatric co-morbidities
  • Neurology
  • Physical medicine, rehabilitation
  • Pain anatomy, physiology
  • Surgical options
  • Research

Application Process

  • Positions available each academic year: 3
  • All applicants who have successfully completed an Anesthesiology, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, or Psychiatry residency at an ACGME-accredited residency program and are interested in Pain Medicine are encouraged to apply.
  • Applications are accepted through ERAS only. We participate in the NRMP for placement of our Pain Medicine Fellowship positions and submit our rank list in compliance with their deadlines.
  • Those applicants selected for a formal interview will be extended an invitation during May or June.

Chronic Pain Faculty

Madhuri Are, MD

Robert Lieberman Professor in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Division Chief, Pain Medicine, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Director, Cancer Pain Medicine, Nebraska Medicine

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Redgy Fuller, DO

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Chronic Pain Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine

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Kimberley K. Haynes-Henson, MD

Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor
Chronic Pain Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine
Addiction Medicine Specialist

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Marshall Ladd, DO

Associate Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine

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Michael J. Lankhorst, MD

Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine

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Robert (Bobby) Muelleman, MD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine

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Peter Ricci Pellegrino, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine

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Acute Pain Services Faculty

Nicholas E. Heiser, MD

Director, Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine (RAAPM) Fellowship Program, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor
Director of Anesthesiology, Lauritzen Outpatient Center/Fritch Surgery Center, Nebraska Medicine
Director, Outreach and Fundraising, Strategic Plan
Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist

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Austin Adams, MD

Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Section Head, Anesthesia for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Nebraska Medicine
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist

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Rafael Arsky Lombardi, MD

Associate Director, Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine (RAAPM) Fellowship Program, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
Acute Pain Medicine, Nebraska Medicine

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Andrew Ingemansen, MD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Critical Care Anesthesiologist
Director of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Medical Center, Nebraska Medicine

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Cale Kassel, MD

Associate Director, Residency Program for Rotations and Operations, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Co-Director, Anesthesiology Quality Assurance Committee
Associate Professor
Section Head, Abdominal Organ Transplant Anesthesiology, Nebraska Medicine
Multispecialty Anesthesiologist

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Kyle Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine

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Andrew Maresch, MD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Anesthesiology, Village Pointe Health Center, Nebraska Medicine
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist

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Platt Niebur, MD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine Anesthesiologist, Nebraska Medicine

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Current Fellows

Jordan Cruz, MD

Medical School - University of Missouri School of Medicine
Residency - University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

Kyle McCauley, MD

Medical School - University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Residency - University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

Alexander Schoofs, MD

Medical School - University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency - Naval Medical Center- San Diego (Gen Surg Intern)
Residency - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Fellowship - University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Program (Family Medicine - Sports Medicine)

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Michelle Rooney

GME Senior Program Coordinator

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