Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine

About Us 

The Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship Program is designed to enable physicians to pursue and excel in careers as specialists in Pain Medicine. Our fellows are affiliated with the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, with board certification through the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Board of Anesthesiology. 

This 12-month ACGME accredited fellowship includes interventional, interdisciplinary, and acute, chronic, and cancer pain management on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Our fellows rotate through various ACGME required rotations along with electives integrated in order to enhance the overall educational experience. Fellows have the opportunity to rotate through several different sites in order to work with various patient populations and, on average, participate in a high volume of basic and advanced interventional procedures. 
 
Our didactic program involves a dedicated lecture series, journal club with morbidity/mortality discussion, along with open forums and other opportunities. We also encourage active research participation with the goal of learning the basics of research and publication, with multiple possibilities existing with our teaching faculty across the institution. Our goal is to educate and graduate capable physicians who will also be leaders in our field! 

Participating Clinical Sites

• UT Southwestern University Hospitals
• UT Southwestern Spine Center
• Parkland Health and Hospital System
• Simmons Chronic Pain Management Clinic
• VA North Texas Health Care System
• Children's Medical Center, Dallas and Plano

Benefits  

• 20 Hour of PTO/Discretionary days per ABA
• $1750 in Educational funds (use for conferences, travel, lap tops, lead aprons, books, exam fees, board exam fees, etc) 
• $1300 additional Presentational Funds if approved when accepted to present an abstract at a conference 

For more information on trainee benefits through Parkland Health, please visit our Graduate Medical Education website.

GME Benefits

Our People

Leadership Team:

Current and Recent Fellows

• 2024-2025 Fellows

  Lauren Golino, D.O.
  Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
  Residency: HCA Healthcare Riverside
  Current Position: Bradenton, Florida

  Justin Jackson, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Alabama School of Medicine
  Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  Current Position: Private Practice, Atlanta, GA

  Maneesha Julakanti, M.D.
  Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Emergency Medicine
  Current Position: Baltimore, MD

• 2023-2024 Fellows

  Yasmin Fatemi, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Texas San Antonio
  Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
  Current Position: Quantum Pain & Spine Injury, Arlington/Fort Worth, TX

  Travis Hayden, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Texas San Antonio
  Residency: UVA Health
  Current Position: Private Practice, Addison, TX

  Chris McElrath, M.D.
  Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
  Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  Current Position: US Anesthesia Partners of Texas, Grapevine, TX

• 2022-2023 Fellows

  Chris Hsiao, M.D.
  Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
  Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
  Current Position: Private Practice, Legacy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

  Ramon Li, M.D..
  Medical School: University of Texas Galveston
  Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Anesthesia
  Current Position: Envision Physician Services, Houston, TX

  Alen Michael, M.D
  Medical School: University of Texas Houston
  Residency: Baylor Scott and White, Anesthesia
  Current Position: Private Practice, SEVA Medcare
  

• 2021-2022 Fellows

  Beric Berlioz, M.D.
  Medical School: State Univeristy of NY School of Medicine
  Residency: Mayo Clinic, Florida
  Current Position: Private Practive, Pain Clinic, Florida

  Rosemary De La Cruz, M.D.
  Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana Santo Domingo
  Residency: Cooper University Hospital
  Current Position: El Paso, TX

  Jonathan Le, M.D.
  Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
  Residency: UT Houston McGovern
  Current Position: Locum

• 2020-2021 Fellows

  Lyndsey Bradley, M.D.
  Medical School: University of California Geffen School of Medicine
  Residency: UCLA, Anesthesia
  Current Position: UT Southwestern Medical Center, Anesthesia

  Ali Tareen, M.D.
  Medical School: Texas A&M College of Medicine
  Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Anesthesia
  Current Position: Chronic Pain Relief, Dallas/Plano, TX

  Deryk Walsh, M.D.
  Medical School: University of Texas Houston
  Residency: University of North Carolina
  Current Position: Children's Medical Center, Dallas

Curriculum

Clinical Rotations

Each Pain Medicine Fellow begins his or her rotation at either UT Southwestern University Hospitals, Parkland Health and Hospital System, and VA North Texas Health Care System. Each site rotation is 2 consecutive months, every 6 months, and boasts its own unique clinical rotations: 

 
UT Southwestern University Hospitals 

• Chronic and Acute Pain Management 
• Inpatient and Outpatient 
• Palliative Care 
• Neurosurgery 
• Neurology Clinic 
• Intraoperative Procedures 
• Fellow Continuity Clinic 

Parkland Health and Hospital System 

• Chronic and Acute Pain Management 
• Inpatient and Outpatient 
• Psychiatry 
• Intraoperative Procedure 
• Fellow Continuity Clinic 

Veteran Affairs Medical Center 

• Chronic and Acute Pain Management 
• Inpatient and Outpatient 
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 
• Neurology (Headache Clinic) 
• Fellow Continuity Clinic