Bedside Pain Management Interventions

Dr. Kohan is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at the University of Virginia. She obtained her medical degree from Georgetown University where she also completed her residency in anesthesia. She completed her pain medicine fellowship at the University of Virginia where she has since stayed on as faculty. She has been serving as the Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship for the past several years. She also serves as the Division Chief of Pain Medicine. She is actively involved in pain committees on the localand national level. She is a founding member of the Virginia Pain Society and currently serves as the Treasurer of the Society. She also serves on editorial boards for several pain journals.

Dr. Lerman earned his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he also obtained a master's degree in physiology and biophysics. He completed his neurology residency at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Lerman completed a research fellowship through the Center for Stress and Mental Health at the VA San Diego; his clinical fellowship in pain management at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is triple Board-Certified in neurology, pain medicine, and headache medicine (United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties). As an associate professor in both the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Anesthesiology Departments at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, Dr. Lerman carries out numerous clinical trials at UC San Diego Medical Center, the Altman Clinical Trial Research Institute, the VA San Diego Healthcare System, the Radiology Imaging Center and in the Jacobs Medical Center. Dr. Lerman is a Board Member of the American Interventional Headache Society, faculty and Founding Member of the Regenerative Medicine special interest group within the American Society of Regional Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, ex-Vice-Chair of this group, and Faculty Member for the World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography.