<p><strong>Education</strong></p>
<p>Medical School: Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai <br />Residency and Fellowship: New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, Hospital of Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan Kettering (Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine)</p>
<p><strong>Professional Activity</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Gritsenko is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine. She is a member of several professional societies including the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia. Dr. Gritsenko was a national ASIPP Legislative Awareness, Healthy Policy, and Advocacy Fellow, where she worked in Congress on pain medicine affairs following her pain medicine fellowship year. Internationally, she has explored different approaches to healthcare at Oxford University, England; Valladolid, Spain; and as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) partnership in Russia. Dr. Gritsenko has won numerous awards including the ASIPP Rising Star Award, Outstanding Pain Physician of the Year, and has been listed several times in the New York Times Magazine list of Super Doctors.</p>
<p><strong>Clinical Activity</strong><br /><br />Dr. Gritsenko strongly believes in treating her patients like she would want her family treated. She is an interventional pain physician with an outpatient chronic pain practice and also as anesthesiologist with an interest in regional anesthesia techniques and the acute pain service. She is particularly passionate about the development of systems of care, cancer pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, sympathetic mediated pain, spinal cord stimulation, spinal pain, compassion, substance abuse, and professionalism. She is board certified in anesthesiology, pain medicine, and hospice and palliative care medicine. <br /><br /><strong>Teaching</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Gritsenko is Professor of Anesthesiology, Family & Social Medicine, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; She is Program Director for the ACGME-accredited Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship and Educational Director for the Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesiology residency rotations. She has a passion for teaching and spends a significant portion of her clinical time training residents and fellows.</p>
<p>Regionally and nationally, Dr. Gritsenko speaks and teaches at meetings and is involved in the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), New York Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (NYSIPP), American Society of Anesthesiologists (AMA), Post-graduate Assembly of Anesthesia (PGA), American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) , and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) , and various other academic organizations. Internationally, Dr. Gritsenko has been a part of the World Institute of Pain (WIP) and the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) and enjoys working with colleagues around the world towards the innovation of pain medicine.</p>
<p><strong>Research</strong></p>
<p>Dr. Gritsenko has authored multiple textbooks and articles on topics related to chronic pain topics, regional anesthesiology, and acute pain medicine.</p>
Dr. Gritsenko strongly believes in treating her patients like she would want her family treated. She is an interventional pain physician with an outpatient chronic pain practice and also as anesthesiologist with an interest in regional anesthesia techniques and acute pain service. She is particularly passionate about the development of systems of care, cancer pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, sympathetic mediated pain, spinal cord stimulation, spinal pain, compassion, substance abuse, and professionalism. She is passionate about teaching and mentorship. She is board certified in anesthesiology, pain medicine, and hospice and palliative care medicine.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
Dr Gritsenko is very interested in acute pain, perioperative pain, regional anesthesia and chronic pain topics. She is passionate about medical education, mentorship, and organization of care.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>
<p>Karina Gritsenko, MD, is Program Director, Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship and Professor, Anesthesiology, Family & Social Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Gritsenko is an interventional pain physician with an outpatient chronic pain practice and also an anesthesiologist with an interest in regional anesthesia techniques and acute pain service. She is particularly passionate about the development of systems of care, cancer pain, acute pain, chronic pain, neuropathic pain, sympathetic mediated pain, spinal cord stimulation, spinal pain and substance abuse. She strongly believes in treating her patients as she would want her family treated, with compassion and professionalism.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Arts at Brandeis University in 2002, Dr. Gritsenko attended the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 2006. She began her postgraduate training with a transitional medicine, surgery and anesthesiology internship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, followed by an anesthesiology residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, which she completed in 2010. She continued her training with a tri-institutional fellowship in acute and chronic pain medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Hospital of Special Surgery, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, completing it in 2011.</p><p>Dr. Gritsenko’s research focuses on acute pain, perioperative pain, regional anesthesia and chronic pain topics. She also has particular interest in medical education, mentorship, and the organization of care. Dr. Gritsenko has shared her work through many peer-reviewed journals, textbooks, and international, national and regional presentations. She is also a reviewer for several journals including <em>Neuromodulation, Pain Practice</em>, and <em>Pain Medicine Case Reports</em>.</p><p>Dr. Gritsenko is board certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine. She is a member of several professional societies including the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia. Dr. Gritsenko has won numerous awards including the ASIPP Rising Star Award, Outstanding Pain Physician of the Year, and has been listed several times in the <em>New York Times Magazine</em> list of <em>Super Doctors</em>.</p>