Dr. Sammarone is a Fellowship Trained, Triple Board-Certified Pain Physician, with over 20 years of Clinical Experience.
Prior to his present solo private practice which he founded in 2011, he spent 13 years at St. Barnabas Med. Center in Livingston, NJ. There he practiced Pain Management and Anesthesiology while also Teaching for the Residency Program.
In Italy, his native country, he graduated from Medical School at the top of his class of over 700 students: “110 e Lode”/Summa cum Laude.
He then came to the U.S. after serving for the Italian Army and completed 2 Residencies: Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology and then was chosen and completed a Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management in New York.
His extensive experience and knowledge, combined with the use of cutting edge techniques and equipment, allows him to obtain the best possible results.
He performs a full range of minimally invasive procedures, including epidural steroid injections, radiofrequency ablation, endoscopic facet denervation, percutaneous disc decompression, sympathetic blocks, PRP (Platelets Rich Plasma) injections, spinal stimulator, discograms, vertebroplasty, trigger point injections and joint injections.
EDUCATION:
- Università degli Studi ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ di Chieti
Doctor of Medicine – MD
1977-1983
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Residency: IM – Internal Medicine
1989-1992
- Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: AN – Anesthesiology
1992-1993
- Harvard University – Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Residency AN – Anesthesiology
1992-1993
- The State University of New York
Residency: Anesthesiology Program
1994-1996
- The State University of New York
Fellowship: AN – Interventional Pain Management
1996-1997
ACGME Credited
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Post-Graduate – Interventional Pain Management
2007-2007
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
- ABA (American Board of Anesthesiology)
- ABPM (American Board of Pain Medicine)
- AAPM (American Academy of Pain Management)
