Dr. Eric Fanaee, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist with subspecialty certification in Pain Management. He received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, graduating with honors. After completing his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Chicago, he finished fellowship training in Pain Medicine at the prestigious NYU Langone Medical Center. He currently serves as the Director of Interventional Pain Medicine at Long Island Brain and Spine. Dr. Fanaee is a lifetime member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), and is a member of the Spine Intervention Society (SIS). He has been recognized yearly since 2017 as a “Leading Healthcare Practitioner of the World” by the International Association of Healthcare Practitioners’. He also has an impressive history as an educator in the field of pain management. He has co-authored a textbook chapter for surgeons who specialize in pain management and has directed formal educational pain medicine courses for residents, fellows, primary care doctors, and local emergency room, physicians. He was the co-executive medical writer for the, now mandatory, pain medicine course required of all incoming NYU residents and attending physicians. He is a part of the medical staff at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip and Saint Catherine of Sienna Medical Center in Smithtown.