Program Director Welcome
The Pain Medicine Fellowship at Westchester Medical Center exists to train the next generation of expert consultants.
The mission of the Pain Medicine Fellowship is to train physicians who exhibit compassion towards those who endure pain, professionalism in their demeanor, scholarship in their pursuits, competence in their ability, and advocacy for their community. The program's purpose is to treat all those impacted by pain and to improve their function and quality of life so that they may live with dignity. Fellows will be educated to the highest level of clinical expertise, in the full scope of pain medicine, to treat the broadest range of patients and their pain - from benign to malignant, acute to chronic, and curative to palliative. Our faculty actively participate in both clinical and didactic teaching in order to train fellows in a supportive and patient-oriented environment. In addition, the active Inpatient, Outpatient, and Interventional Services provide an exceptional and educational clinical experience.
We welcome your interest in our training program.
Sincerely,
Cameron Marshall, MD
Attending Physician Division of Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor New York Medical College
Program Director, Pain Medicine FellowshipProgram Overview
The Pain Medicine Fellowship at Westchester Medical Center is designed to train fellows for independent practice in pain medicine. The fellowship is focused on patient care, through which fellows will become expert consultants in acute, chronic, and oncologic pain management.
Accreditation
The Pain Medicine Fellowship at Westchester Medical Center is an ACGME-accredited program.
Curriculum
The Pain Medicine curriculum involves robust clinical experiences, conferences (such as Spine Conference, Journal Club, and Case conference), and dedicated didactics covering relevant topics in pain medicine. Fellows will also gain experience in teaching both residents and medical students as they rotate through the services.
Didactics
The Fellow will attend dedicated didactic lectures covering a wide range of topics related to the practice of pain medicine, which are designed to cover all pertinent topics as outlined by the ACGME. In addition, the fellow is expected to attend the Pain Quality Council to learn about quality assurance, Case Conferences to discuss challenging or unique cases, Journal Club to review historically important and current literature, and departmental Grand Rounds.
Clinical Experience
The Pain Medicine Program at Westchester Medical Center treats a wide range of conditions. In addition, attendings regularly perform a variety of procedures. For more information, please visit WMCHealth Physicians Advanced Physician Services Pain Management page.
Rotations
At Westchester Medical Center, Pain Medicine fellows will rotate through a wide range of services, including three months of inpatient pain (which includes consultation on pediatric patients), three months of outpatient pain, three months of Interventions, and two weeks of acute pain. Additional specialty rotations include two weeks of neurology, two weeks of psychiatry, two weeks of physical medicine and rehabilitation, two weeks of palliative care, one week of neuroradiology, and one week of surgery.
Scholarly Activity
Fellows are required to participate in scholarly activities during their fellowship. This may include Grand Rounds presentations, case reports, preparation and publication of review articles, book chapters, manuals for teaching or clinical practice, and clinical research investigations. In addition, fellows are encouraged to present abstracts and interesting cases at major professional meetings.
Evaluation
Fellows will receive feedback on performance from faculty members via a confidential online system. In addition, fellows will receive feedback from multi-source evaluations by faculty, peers, residents, and nurses. This information is shared with the Clinical Competency Committee, and used to assess the fellow’s Milestones. With this information, the program director can meet with the Fellows to provide formative written feedback at least semi-annually resulting in a written summative evaluation.
Current Fellows
Stephen Dunay, MD
Medical School: Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences (UMDNJ)
Residency: Madigan Army Medical Center Emergency Medicine
Faculty
Cameron Marshall, MD
Attending Physician Division of Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor New York Medical College
Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
Dr. Marshall joined Westchester Medical Center in 2021. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BA with Honors from Williams College in 2005. He received his MD from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2009, where he graduated with AOA distinction, and completed his Anesthesiology Residency and Chronic Pain Fellowship at the Columbia University Medical Center. He is the Program Director for the Pain Medicine Fellowship.
Nitin Sekhri, MD
Medical Director of Pain Management
Attending Physician Division of Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor New York Medical College
Dr. Nitin Sekhri joined Westchester Medical Center in January of 2014 as the Medical Director of Pain Management and is currently an Associate Professor at New York Medical College and Castle Connolly Top Doctor. Dr. Sekhri earned his Chemical Engineering Degree from Manhattan College before attending Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at Columbia University Medical Center, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. He went on to complete his fellowship in pain medicine at Columbia and was a Virginia Apgar Research Scholar. His clinical focus is on interventional pain management, in particular radiofrequency ablation for chronic joint pain, spinal tumor ablation, and comprehensive treatment of cancer pain. He is an active researcher focusing on inpatient opioid safety and integrative medicine.
Maureen Cooney, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, PMGT-BC, AP-PMN, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner, Division of Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor New York Medical College
Adjunct Associate Professor, Pace University, Lienhard School of Nursing
Immediate Past President, American Society for Pain Management Nursing
Dr. Maureen Cooney is a nurse practitioner in pain management at Westchester Medical Center and an associate professor in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Pace University. She received a doctorate in Nursing Practice from Case Western Reserve University and Masters and undergraduate degrees from Pace University. Dr. Cooney is board certified as a family nurse practitioner, and also in pain management and palliative care. She is the Immediate Past President of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN). Dr. Cooney has authored numerous pain management publications and has lectured extensively, locally, nationally and internationally. In 2021, along with Dr. Ann Quinlan-Cowell, she was the co-author of a book entitled Assessment and Multimodal Management of Pain: An Integrative Approach, which was voted book of the year by the American Journal of Nursing.
Ammar Siddiqui, MD
Attending Physician Division of Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor New York Medical College
Dr. Siddiqui joined Westchester Medical Center in 2021. He received his MD and MS from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and completed his Anesthesiology Residency and Chronic Pain Fellowship at the Columbia University Medical Center also in New York. He serves as Vice Chair of the Anesthesiology Residency Clinical Competency Committee, as a member of the Westchester Medical Center Cancer Consortium, and has a clinical interest in peripheral nerve injuries. Dr. Siddiqui practices a mix of chronic pain, regional anesthesia, acute pain and OR anesthesia.
Nigel Knox, MD
Attending Physician Division of Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor New York Medical College
Dr. Nigel Knox joined Westchester Medical Center in June 2018 as a pain management physician and is currently an assistant professor at New York Medical College. Dr. Knox earned his respiratory therapy degree before attending St. George's University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at New York Medical College, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. Dr. Knox went on to complete his Fellowship in Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Knox continued on to become a pain medicine specialist and anesthesiologist specializing in non-opioid based interventional pain management techniques to alleviate patient suffering.
Ann Sheehy, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner Pain Management
Ann Sheehy earned her master’s degree at Pace University, NY, and became a nurse practitioner in 1992. She previously worked in primary health care and corporate occupational health care. Ann joined the Pain Management Team at Westchester Medical Center in 2019 with a focus on outpatient pain management.
Su Haeng Hur, MSN-RN, FNP-C, PMGT-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Pain Management
Ms. Hur is board-certified as a family nurse practitioner by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She has had a wide range of health care experience; first as a registered nurse in a neurosurgery unit, a med/surgical unit and a bedside recovery room nurse before receiving a Master of Science in nursing from City University of New York-Lehman College in family nurse practitioner, allowing her to care of patients across the spectrum of ages. Ms. Hur joined the pain management team at Westchester Medical Center in September 2015, practicing in the clinical care of all age group patients with acute and chronic pain, life-threatening illness, and end-of-life care. Ms. Hur takes pride in working with patients with challenging pain management issues, promoting function and quality of life during an acute illness or following trauma.
How to Apply
Residents who are completing or who have completed an ACGME-accredited residency are eligible to apply for a fellowship in pain medicine. The Pain Medicine Fellowship participates in the National Resident Matching Process. (Our NRMP Program Number is 2157530F0). Applications are accepted through ERAS. More information can be found at:
AAMC.org
NRMP.org
Please direct all questions regarding the application/interview process to:
Dorian Dubois
Fellowship Coordinator
Dorian.Dubois@WMCHealth.org
For all other information, please contact the Fellowship Program Director at Cameron.Marshall@WMCHealth.org.