Interventional pain fellow
Resume:
Sepideh Allahdadian, MD
Pain Medicine Fellow/ Neurology Background
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Hershey, PA
SEPTEMBER 2026
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Pain Medicine Fellow completing an ACGME-accredited fellowship at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (expected June 2027), with a neurology residency background. Seeking a full-time interventional / chronic pain medicine position starting August 2027. J1 visa — requires Conrad 30
(or federal) waiver sponsorship; committed
to a 3-year position serving underserved patient populations. Practice limited to interventional and chronic pain medicine.
EDUCATION
● Pain Medicine Fellow Hershey, PA
Department of Anesthesia and Pre-operative medicine, Division of Chronic Pain Management Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre July 2026- June 2027 (Expected)
● Resident physician Hershey, PA
Department of Neurology July 2022 – June 2026
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Doctor of Medicine (MD), Azad University of Najafabad Isfahan, IR 2011 - 2018
BOARD CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE
● American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology — Neurology: examination completed, result pending (2026)
● Pain Medicine subspecialty board examination planned for 2027
● Pennsylvania Graduate Medical Training License: [MD496282]
● DEA registeration: Active
● Eligible for medical licensure in WA, OR, and CA; DEA registration upon employment INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PROCEDURAL SKILLS
Fellowship-trained in the following fluoroscopy- and ultrasound-guided procedures:
● Lumbar, thoracic, and cervical interlaminar & transforaminal epidural steroid injections
● Facet joint injections and medial branch blocks (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
● Radiofrequency ablation (lumbar, cervical, sacroiliac joint)
● Sacroiliac joint injections
● Trigger point injections
● Peripheral nerve blocks and ultrasound-guided nerve blocks
● Spinal cord stimulator trials
● Peripheral nerve stimulation (SPRINT system) — SPRINT PNS training course, Johns Hopkins, Aug 2026
● Sacral Joint Fusion (Genesys), Austin, Texas, September 2026
● Botulinum toxin injections for chronic migraine
● Lumbar puncture (diagnostic)
CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING
● Abbvie training Botox injection for chronic migraine 2025
● Abbvie training Botox injection for spasticity 2025
● Abbvie training Botox injection for dystonia 2025
● ACLS, BLS certified 2022
● Genesys Sacral Fusion Certification 2026
● SPRINT Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) training course, Johns Hopkins 2026 LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
● Member of Intealth /ECFMG Resident Board of Trustees Philadelphia,PA Advancing the Global Health Workforce 2024 - Present
(https://www.intealth.org/news/2024/10/14/intealth-board-elects-new-trustees-for-2025/)
As a part of this organization, we shape policies and initiatives to support international medical graduates, advocate for medical education standards, and contribute to global healthcare workforce development
● Principal Research Coordinator Vancouver, BC
Canadian Open Parkinson Network 2019 – 2022
Communicated and represented the project to the neurology faculty and clinical staff
● Research Group Co-leader Vancouver, BC
Capstone project September 2019- April 2020
Led and managed the group of 5 students for develop of sleep EEG headband
Delivered and supervised a comprehensive clinical training of sleep physiology EXPERIENCE (TEACHING)
● Grand round presentation Hershey, PA
Department of Neurology May 2026
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre Audience: multidisciplinary faculty
● Clinical Educator Track Resident Hershey, PA
Department of Neurology
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre July 2024 – July 2025
● Exceptional Teaching Recognition and award Hershey, PA Recognized as an exceptional teacher by a medical students Dec 2023- July 2024 Department of Neurology,
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Research coordinator Vancouver, BC
Taught research, project related orientation and patient related questionnaires to multiple researcher and medical students during their research electives Movement Disorder Clinic, University of British Columbia(UBC) 2019-2022
● Project Co-Leader Vancouver, BC
Taught clinical research and sleep disorders to PHD students of electrical engineering on Capstone project to develop an EEG sleep headband for home sleep monitoring of Parkinson’s patients September 2019- April 2020
EXPERIENCE (REASEARCH)
● Research Track Resident Hershey, PA
Department of Neurology
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre July 2024 – July 2026
● Neurology Department Resident Research Scholar of the year Hershey, PA Received a resident research award by Neurology Department June 2025 Department of Neurology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Study coordinator Vancouver, BC
Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN) 2019 – 2022
● Post Doctoral Researcher Vancouver, BC
Parkinson Research Centre (PPRC), University of British Columbia(UBC) November 2018 – May 2022 EXPERIENCE (CLINICAL)
● Fellow physician, Chronic Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesia July 2026 - Present
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre Penn State Health, Hershey & Lancaster, PA — outpatient interventional pain clinic: evaluation and longitudinal management of chronic pain patients; fluoroscopy-guided procedures.
● Resident physician Hershey, PA
* Department of Neurology July 2023 - Present
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
* Department of Internal Medicine July 2022 – July 2023 Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Chronic Pain Medicine clinic Hershey, PA
Department of Anesthesia, Pain Clinic July 2022 – present Penn State Health Lancaster and Hershey Medical Centre
● Multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology clinic Hershey, PA Department of Anesthesia, Pain Clinic July 2022 – present Penn State Health Hershey Medical Centre
● Lumbar Puncture clinic Hershey, PA
Penn State Health Neurology clinic, Department of Neurology July 2022 – present Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Botox clinic Hershey, PA
Penn State Health Neurology clinic, Department of Neurology July 2022 – present Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Headache clinic Hershey, PA
Penn State Health Neurology clinic, Department of Neurology July 2022 – present Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Clinical experience (Hands-on) Vancouver, BC
UBC Movement Disorder Clinic March 2018 – May 2022 University Of British Columbia, Canada, BC
● Clinical experience (Hands-on) Vancouver, BC
Vancouver General Hospital(VGH) March 2018 – May 2018 MEDICAL LICENSURE
● Graduate Medical Training Licence PA
2022– Present
SELECTED HONOURS AND AWARDS
● Neurology Department Resident Research Scholar of the year Hershey, PA Received a resident research award by Neurology Department June 2025 Department of Neurology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Resident Educator Of the Quarter Award Hershey, PA Recognized as an exceptional teacher by Residency program July-September2024 Department of Neurology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Exceptional Teaching Recognition Hershey, PA
Recognized as an exceptional teacher by medical students 2023 Department of Neurology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Exceptional Teaching Recognition Hershey, PA
Recognized as an exceptional teacher by medical students 2024 Department of Neurology, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Stroke Champion Hershey, PA
Department of Neurology, Stroke Division 2024
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Centre
● Research Grant for Designing of a Sleep Monitoring Headband Vancouver, BC Grant received for a research project to assess the sleep patterns and quality in Parkinson Patients 2018 Parkinson Research Centre (PPRC), University of British Columbia(UBC)
● Young researcher award Nice, France
Movement Disorder Society annual conference 2019
● Isfahan University Research Scholarship/Award Isfahan, Iran, Received Scholarship as a medical student to support my research and ideas based on my 2016 proposal
Isfahan Neuroscience Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS) MEMBERSHIP
● Member of Intealth /ECFMG board of Trustees 2024 - Present Advancing the Global Health Workforce
(https://www.intealth.org/news/2024/10/14/intealth-board-elects-new-trustees-for-2025/)
● Member of American Academy of Pain Medicine 2023 - Present
● Movement Disorder Society(MDS) 2016 - Present
● American Academy of Neurology(AAN) 2015 - Present
● Member of Isfahan Neuroscience Research Centre 2015 - 2018
● Member of Isfahan Multiple Sclerosis Research centre 2015 - 2018 PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED)
● Hendrix, P., Gross, B, A., Allahdadian, S., Sioutas, G, S., Koul, P., Tarbay, A, C., Sirnivasan, V ., Jiang, L., Noto, A., Burkhardt, JK., Zand, R., Schirmer, C, M., “Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase before Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Endovascular Treatment: Multicenter Experience after Stroke system-Wide Transitions in Pennsylvania'' Published in the Journal of Neurology, August 2024.
● Hendrix, P., Gross, B, A., Allahdadian, S., Sioutas, G, S., Koul, P., Tarbay, A, C., Lang, M., Sirnivasan, V ., Al-Bayati, A., Li, J., Noto, A., Nogueira, R., Burkhardt, JK., Zand, R., Schirmer, C, M., “TE-230 Tenecteplase versus alteplase before stroke thrombectomy: outcomes after system-wide transitions in Pennsylvania'' Published in the Journal Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, July 2024.
● Emami, M, H., Najafi, M, R., Allahdadian, S., Mohammadzadeh, S., Jamali, N., Lalazarian, A., Shaygan Nejad, V., Maghool, F. “Evaluation of the Prevalence of Anti-transglutaminase 2 and 6 Antibodies in Patients with Sero-Positive Multiple Sclerosis'' Published in the Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases, January 2024.
● Mamarabadi, M., Fafoutis, E., Walsh, S., Geronimo, A., Allahdadian, S., Simmons, Z. “Relyvrio Access Rate in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Experience at One Center)'' Published in the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Northeast ALS Consortium, October 2023.
● Mojtahed, M., Esmaeili, S., Allahdadian, S., Chaibakhsh, A., Mojtahed, A., Tahapour Khotbesara, S., Eskandari Delfan, S., Naderkhani, M., Mirzaasgari, Z. “Factors related to Early versus Late Hospital Arrival in Acute Ischemic Stroke'' Published in the European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. July, 2023
● Arasteh, E., Mirian, S. M., Verchere, D. W., Surathi, P., Nene, D., Allahdadian, S., Doo, M., Park, W, K., Ray, S., McKewon, J, M., “An Individualized Multi-Modal Approach for Detection of Medication
“Off” Episodes in Parkinson’s Disease via Wearable Sensors” Published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. January, 2023.
● Yargholi, E., Allahdadian, S., Rafipoor, H., Mirian, S. M., Garg, S., Gao, L. L., McKeown. M. J.
“Compensatory Role of the Amygdala During Motor Timing and Selection in Parkinson's Disease“ Published in the “ 2022 29th National and 7th International Iranian Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME)”. December 2022.
● Esmaeili, S., Alizadeh, M., Abdi, Y., Allahdadian, S., Chaibakhsh, S., Naderkhani, M., Maroufi, S. F., Bahravand, F., Mirzaasgari, Z., JoghataeiMojtahed, M. T. “Evaluating the correlation between migraine and subclinical atherosclerosis.” Published in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. September, 2022.
● Zia, N., Ravanfar, P., Allahdadian, S., Ghasemi, M. “Impact of COVID-19 on Neuropsychiatric Disorders” Published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. August, 2022.
● Barzegar, M., Allahdadian, S., Mirmosayyeb, O., Azarbayejani, R., Badihian, S., Nehzat, N., Daryanavardi, S., Barzegar, S., Shaygannejad, V., “Assessment of coping strategies in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis Short report: assessment of coping strategies in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis”. Published in the Psychology, Health & Medicine, July, 2022.
● Esmaeili, S., Mojtahed, M., Mirzaasgari, Z., Alavi, S. N. R., Abolmaali, M., Masoumi, G. R., Chaibakhsh, S., Naderkhani, M., Famouri, A., Allahdadian, S., Gholami, S., Mojtahed, A., Nejati, A., Joghataei, M. T., Motamed, M. R., Zabeti, A., Shirani, P. “An Assessment on the use of Infra-Scanner for the diagnosis of the Brain Hematoma in Head Trauma” Published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine (AJEM). May, 2022.
● Maroufi, SF., Rafiee Alavi, SN., Abbasi, M. H., Famouri, A., Armaghan, S., Allahdadian, S., Shahidi, A., Nazarian, H., Esmaeili, S., Bahadori, M., Motamed, M. R., JoghataeiMojtahed, M. T.
“Comparison of Doppler Ultrasound and Digital Subtraction Angiography in Extracranial Stenosis” Published in the Annals of Medicine and Surgery. February 2022.
● Locke, JA, Macnab, A, Nigro, MK, Garg, S, Allahdadian, S, McKeown, MJ, Stothers, L.
“Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging assessment of brain networks associated with visually evoked urgency urinary incontinence(VE-UUI)” Published in the Canadian Association Urological
(CUA), June, 22-26, 2020
● Liu, A., Lee, S., Kim, JL., Allahdadian, S., Garg, S., Wang, JZ., McKeown, MJ., “Normalizing effects of galvanic vestibular stimulation and levodopa on altered thalamic subregions in Parkinson disease”. Published in the Brain Stimulation Journal.
● Ebrahimi, H., Najaf Abadi, M.M., Allahdadian, S., Annoni, J.M., Najafinezhad, A.A., Asadolahian Sichani, M.R., Ansari, B., Khodabakhsh, M., “The Impact of migraine attacks on cognition in young Iranian chronic Migraineurs in resting state” Published in the, 12th world conference on controversies in Neurology. Warsaw, Poland, March, 22-25, 2018.
PUBLICATIONS (SUBMITTED OR IN-PRESS PEER-REVIEWED)
● Fisher, T., Chalia, P., Allahdadian, S., Devabhagtuni, H., Daya, A., Katoch., A. “Utilizing Trends in codes in Epilepsy and Exploring Potential Racial Disparities /DEl in Epilepsy'' pending submission
● Nsaka, M., Schettler, A., Lindner, D., Allahdadian, S., Holle, D., Lekoubou Looti, A. “Breaking New Ground: Efficacy of CGRP Inhibitors in Focal Onset Seizures - A Revolutionary Step in Neurological Care'' pending submission.
● Allahdadian, S., Mamarabadi, M.“Distal Tibial and Fibular Nerve Anomalies with Anomalous Innervation to the Extensor Digitorum Brevis'' pending submission.
● Allahdadian, S., Kauffman., Grogan, J. “A case report of Fusarium Central Nervous System Infection” pending submission.
● Bolt, E., Allahdadian, S., Zhou, M., Amanda, S., De Jesus, S., Fisher, T. “Providers’ Perspectives on Neuromodulation in Movement Disorders and Epilepsy in South-Central Pennsylvania'' Submitted to Pennsylvania Neurological Society (PNS) annual conference, Hershey, PA, October 2024. POSTER PRESENTATION
● Allahdadian, S., Mamarabadi, M.“Distal Tibial and Fibular Nerve Anomalies with Anomalous Innervation to the Extensor Digitorum Brevis'' Annual Meeting American Academy of Neurology
(AAN), San Diego, CA, USA, April 5-9 2025.
● Allahdadian, S., Kauffman., Grogan, J. “A case report of Fusarium Central Nervous System Infection” Annual Meeting American Academy of Neurology (AAN), San Diego, CA, USA, April 5-9 2025.
● Yunting Yu, Yunting.., Allahdadian, S., Kumar, A., Kauffman, L., Freeman, M, A., Ermal Aliu, E., Paul, D. “NF2 Variant of Uncertain Significance in Pathologic Presentation of Charcot-Marie-Tooth with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis'' Will be presented at pennsylvania Neurological Society
(PNS) annual conference, Hershey, PA, November 2024.
● Allahdadian, S., Allette, Y., Shah, B. “Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management in Multiple Sclerosis: A Comprehensive Review'' Will be presented at Pennsylvania Neurological Society (PNS) annual conference, Hershey, PA, November 2024.
● Allahdadian, S, Rafipoor, H, Yargholi, E, Mirian, MS, McKeown, MJ. “Compensatory Amygdala Activity during motor timing and selection in Parkinson Patients” Published in Movement Disorder Society (MDS) Congress, Nice, France, September 22-26, 2019.
● Allahdadian, S., Eskandari, N., Research Project on the “Evaluation of OX40L gene expression in Parkinson’s patients” Presented at Asian and Oceanian Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress(AOPMC), Hangzhou, China, April 12-14, 2019.
● Allahdadian, S., Etemadifar M., Alsahebfoul F, “Osteopontin(OPN) serum levels in Relapse-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis patients” Presented at World Ectrims congress. Paris, France, October 26-28, 2017.
● Manouchehri, N., Mirmosayyeb, O., Hashemi, N., Kiani, M., Barzegar, M., Allahdadian, S., Shaygannejad, V “Evaluation of Sleep quality and risk assessments of obstructive sleep apnea among MS patients” published in the Multiple sclerosis Journal, October, 2017 ORAL POSTER PRESENTATION
● Yunting Yu,, Allahdadian, S., Kumar, A., Kauffman, L., Freeman, M, A., Ermal Aliu, E., Paul, D.
“NF2 Variant of Uncertain Significance in Pathologic Presentation of Charcot-Marie-Tooth with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis'' Will be presented at pennsylvania Neurological Society (PNS) annual conference, Hershey, PA, November 2024.
● Allahdadian, S., Allette, Y., Shah, B. “Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management in Multiple Sclerosis: A Comprehensive Review'' Will be presented at Pennsylvania Neurological Society (PNS) annual conference, Hershey, PA, November 2024. PUBLICATIONS (ONGOING/PENDING SUBMISSION )
● Research on efficacy of peripheral nerve stimulation on patients with Multiple sclerosis
● Full case report manuscript in preparation for the previously published abstract“Distal Tibial and Fibular Nerve Anomalies with Anomalous Innervation to the Extensor Digitorum Brevis”
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