Vinnidhy H. Dave, DO
Dr. Dave is the Director of Medical Pain Management at Hospital for Special Surgery. He specializes in treating complex, chronic, neuropathic and post-surgical pain conditions using individualized therapies with multi-modal regimens and a multidisciplinary approach. Dr. Dave focuses on pharmacological management of a variety of pain syndromes and helps patients titrate off pain medications after surgery. His goal is to improve the quality of life for his patients by alleviating pain and improving their functional condition.
Dr. Dave trained at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School for Internal Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Pain and Palliative fellowship. Prior to joining HSS Dr. Dave worked at a Mount Sinai affiliate hospital in New Jersey where he helped the Pain Management program grow to number one in NJ by Castle Connolly. Dr. Dave joined Hospital for Special Surgery to help patients with chronic pain conditions and patients with pain in the post-surgical period.
Back in the Game Patient Stories
Appointments
Director of Medical Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Specialty
Pain Management Division
Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Management
Internal Medicine
Special Expertise
Chronic pain syndromes
Neuropathic pain syndromes
Post-surgical pain
Complex regional pain syndrome
Chronic spine and musculoskeletal pain
Cancer pain
Phantom pain
Chronic pain for rheumatological disease
Post-herpetic neuralgia
Languages
English
Insurance Information
Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO HMO POS
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathway
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathway Enhanced
Cigna
Connecticare
Emblem Selectcare
HIP
Medicare
Oxford
Oxford Medicare
United Healthcare
United Healthcare Compass
Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. You may still have coverage subject to the availability of 'out-of-network' benefits.
Education
Internship
Residency
Fellowship
Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
State Licensure
New York, New Jersey
Patient Education by Dr. Dave on HSS.edu
Selected Publications
N. Moryl, V. Dave, P. Glare, V. T. Malhotra, A. Gulati, J. Hung, V. Puttanniah, Y. Griffo, R. Tickoo, A. Wiesenthal, J. Nelson C. Johnson, S. Horn and C. E. Inturrisi.The Influence of Age and Gender on Opioid Dosage in Cancer Pain Clinic Patients, American Pain Society Austin, TX May 2016, The Journal of Pain April 2016 V.17 S71.
Dave V, Roberts R, Griffo Y, Moryl N, et.al. Association of severe pain with poor response to opioids, psychological distress and aberrant drug taking behaviors in a large cohort of cancer patients. American Society of Clinical Oncologist Chicago,IL May 2015 Journal of Clinical Oncology 33: 9600.
Wiesenthal A, Dave V, Thaler HT, Glare PA. Evaluation of the MPM2 score versus clinical predictions of mortality in a tertiary cancer center. American Society of Clinical Oncologist Chicago,IL May 2015 Journal of Clinical Oncology 33: 9547.
Selected Presentations
Ketamine an old medication with new uses - Supportive Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY 2016
Updates in Pain and Palliative Medicine - Medicine Grand Rounds, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ 2017
Cancer Pain Management - Oncology Rounds, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ 2017
Research Description
Chronic pain modalities
Chronic opioid management
Non-opioid treatments
Cancer pain