the Pennsylvania pain society
2025/2026 Board of Directors

Dr. Leonard B. Kamen, DO

president

Clinical Director, Outpatient
Moss Rehab Physical Medicine Associates
Einstein Center One
Philadelphia, PA 19115

Dr. Steven M. Falowski, MD

president-elect

Advanced Surgery Center of Lancaster
Lancaster, PA 17601

PAPAIN

Mark A. Wells, DNP, PMGT-BC,
FNP-C, ANP-BC

secretary

WVU Medicine
Martinsburg, WV 25401

Dr. Rishin Patel, MD

treasurer

Board Certified in Pain Medicine
Board Certified in Anesthesiology
Greater Philadelphia Spine & Pain
Havertown, PA 19083

Thomas Vissering RPh, MBA

director

Opioid Stewardship Pharmacist
The Penn State Health
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA 17033

Dr. Justin Davanzo

director

functional Neurosurgery
Neurocritical Care
Neurosurgery
Monroeville, PA 15146

Dr. Sadie E. Smith, MD

director

Assistant Professor,
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Penn State University
Hershey, PA 17033

Dr. Saloni Sharma, MD

director

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Bryn Mawr, PA, 19010

Dr. Nestor D. Tomycz, MD

chair, program committee

Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Dr. Philip Sung Han Kim, MD

immediate past president

Chief Executive Officer
Center for Interventional Pain & Spine
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Dr. Yeshvant A. Navalgund, MD

past president

DNA Advanced Pain Treatment Center
Greensburg, PA 15601

Dr. Vitaly Gordin, MD

past president

Director, Pain Medicine Division
Medical Director, Spine Center
Professor of Anesthesiology
Hershey, PA 17033

Dr. Bruce D. Nicholson, MD

past president

Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Pain Specialists of Greater Lehigh Valley PC
Allentown, PA 18103

robin l. hoyle, JD

executive director

Dr. Lawrence F. Kobak, DPM, JD

general counsel

Frier Levitt PLLC
New York, NY 10006