Chronic and Cancer Pain Consults

Acute Perioperative Pain Consults

Chronic and Cancer Pain Consults
24 hours of receipt of consult for inpatients with chronic pain.

I. UPMC Pain Medicine Program

UPMC Presbyterian

Please call 412-647-1034 for the Chronic Pain Service.

For the Cancer Pain Service (Palliative Care), please call 412-647-PAGE (7243) and page 8511.

UPMC Shadyside

Monday – Friday:
M-F (7 AM to 4 PM): Page Fellow on Call.
M-F (4 PM to 7 AM): Call Answering Service, 412-665-8030.

Weekends:
Call Answering Service, 412-665-8030.

UPMC St. Margaret

Monday – Friday:
M-F (7 AM - 4:30 PM): Call Clinic x5119.
M-F (4:30 - 10 PM): Page Call Fellow (or Operator).
M-F (10 PM - 7 AM): Only page Call Fellow for emergencies. Leave message for routine consults x5119.

Weekends:
Do not call Clinic. Call Operator to page Call Fellow.

Telephone Operators:
Follow distributed monthly call protocol.

II. David S. Zorub, M.D., PC (UPMC Shadyside)

Drs. Zorub, Acevedo and Weinberger will see patients in consultation with acute and chronic pain that may require neurosurgical intervention. Please call their office at 412-623-2972 to request a consultation.

III. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Experts

Monday-Friday, 9-5, call 412-681-1638 for back or neck pain consults.

Marc J. Adelsheimer, M.D.
Paul S. Lieber, M.D.

Acute Perioperative Pain Consults
Additional Information

Acute Headache Consults (PUH/MUH, WPIC, MWH)

Call Operator at each hospital to page Neurology Consult Service

UPMC Presbyterian

Director: David Metro, M.D.
Pager: 4395

Raed Abdullah, M.D.
Patrick Forte, M.D.
Theresa Gelzinis, M.D.
Joseph Luther, M.D.
Dale MacMurdo, M.D.
Li Meng, M.D.
Harish Ramakrishna, M.D.
Erin Sullivan, M.D.
Joseph Talarico, M.D.
Randy Wood, M.D.
Pager: 7246

Nurses:
Colleen Dunwoody, R.N.
Jeanne Peitz, R.N.
Pager: 7246

UPMC Shadyside

Acute Interventional Postoperative Pain Service
To contact AIPPS, please call the AIPPS answering service at 412-692-2333.

Director: Jacques E. Chelly, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Cell: 412-623-4977

Bruce Ben-David, M.D., Associate Director
Rama Joshi, M.D.
Jack Scott, M.D.
Arie Kandel, M.D.
Rita Merman, M.D.
Carl Rest, M.D.
Anna Uskova, M.D.
Sudhakar Yennam, M.D.

Acute Pain Nurses:
Patricia Telesz, R.N.
Cell: 412-623-4347

Julia Billigen, R.N.
Cell: 412-623-2145

Pain Coordinator: Lois Pizzi, R.N.
Pager: 412-263-9720
Tel: 412-623-4468

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Acute Pediatric Pain Service

Page 412-647-5838 for the pain physician on call.

Director: Charles I. Yang, M.D.
Pager: 412-958-2041
Wireless: 412-692-3969

Barbara Brandom, M.D.
Pager: 412-640-2245
Wireless: 412-692-3964

Franklyn P. Cladis, M.D.
Pager: 412-958-6093
Wireless: 412-692-3979

Vikram Patel, M.D.
Pager: 412-958-6136
Wireless: 412-692-3989

David Rymer, M.D.
Pager: 412-958-5039
Wireless: 412-692-7835

UPMC St. Margaret

Call Operator, 412-784-4000, to page the Nurse Anesthetist.

Magee-Womens Hospital

Director: Kelly T. Shannon, M.D.
Pager: 412-917-9261

VA Medical Center, Oakland

Call 412-688-6988 and page the Nurse Practitioner at 2330.