Critical Care
Director, Army Critical Care Fellowship: LtCol Christian Popa, MD
Email: christian.popa@na.amedd.army.mil
National Capital Consortium Program
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Critical Care Medicine
6900 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20307-5001
Phone: (202) 782-3891 or (202) 782-5043
Interested United States military anesthesiologists should contact LtCol Popa at the address above or call (202) 782-5043.
Pain Medicine
Pain Medicine
Director, NCC Pain Management Fellowship: MAJ Scott Griffith, MD
Email: scott.griffith@na.amedd.army.mil
National Capital Consortium Program
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Pain Management Clinic (Attn: Fellowship Director)
6900 Georgia Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20307
Phone: (202) 782-0039 or (202) 782-66166
Interested United States military anesthesiologists and physiatrists should
contact MAJ Griffith at the address above or call (202) 782-0039
Department Chairman: Paul Mongan, M.D.
Number of Fellowships: 3
Salary: Military Rank Pay
Number of Pain Clinics: 2
Length of Training: 12 months
Available for: PGY-5 Only
ACGME Approved Fellowship: Yes
Approximate Number of Patient Follow-up Visits
per Month:
Chronic: 375
Cancer: 50
Percentage of Patient Follow-up Visits per Month Acute: 25 %
Inpatients: 15%
Approximate Number of New Patients per
Month:
Chronic: 140 Cancer: 30
Percentage of New Patients per month Acute: 20 % Inpatients: 20%
Pediatric Experiences Available: Acute, Chronic, Cancer
Services Directly Available in the Program:
Fluoroscopy, Xray, CT, MRI, Lab, Psychiatry testing, Physiatry,
EMG, PT, OT, Neurosurgery, Orthapedic Spine Surgery, Neuroradiology, Psychology, Psychiatry
Names of Faculty
Full Time: Dominique Schiffer, M.D., Thomas Larkin, M.D., Scott Griffith, M.D., Clarence Shannon, M.D., Mark Kobelja,
M.D., Terry Stambaugh, M.D.
Part Time: Steven Cohen, M.D., Gary Collins, M.D., John Chiles, M.D., Chester Buckenmaier, M.D., James Winkley,
M.D., John Dunford, M.D., James Ecklund, M.D., Michael Rosner, M.D., Timothy Kuklo, M.D., Paul Pasquina, M.D.,
Leslie Foster, M.D., Harold Wain, M.D.
Special Features, Requirements, Comments about
program:
Applicants must have completed anesthesia or physical medicine training and be an active duty military officer to
apply. There is a strong focus on interventional pain management. Training offered in all aspects of interventional
pain management to include: acupuncture, prolotherapy, cold laser, epidural steroids, sympathetic blockade and
denervation, radiofrequency ablation, pulsed radiofrequency, cryoneurolysis, discography, IDET, IDEA, vertebroplasty,
Kyphoplasty, epiduroscopy, target catheters, "Racz" adhesiolysis, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation
and intrathecal pumps.
Regional Anesthesia
Director, Army Regional Anesthesia Fellowship: LTC Chester Buckenmaier III, MD
Email: chester.buckenmaier@na.amedd.army.mil
National Capital Consortium Program
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Critical Care Medicine
6900 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20307-5001
Interested United States military anesthesiologists should contact LTC Buckenmaier at the address above or call
(202) 782-0039.