Vinay Puttanniah, MD

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Pain
  • Acute pain
  • Chronic pain

My Specialties

  • Pain management
  • General anesthesia
  • Regional anesthesia
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Get to Know Me

I am a board-certified anesthesiologist with additional expertise and training in pain medicine. As a member of both the Anesthesiology Service and the Pain Service in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, my clinical work involves delivering anesthesia as well as treating postoperative pain. I also treat cancer pain using medications, nerve blocks, intrathecal drug delivery systems, radiofrequency techniques, and neurolytic blocks. I regularly supervise and teach clinical fellows.

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What I Do at MSK

I'm an anesthesiologist at MSK. An anesthesiologist (a-nes-THEE-zee-AH-loh-jist) is a doctor with special training in medicine to make you drowsy or sleep during your surgery or procedure. They monitor your vital signs while you're asleep. 

I'm a pain management doctor, with special training in diagnosing and treating pain.

  • Director, Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Pain Medicine
Areas of Expertise

Conditions I Treat

  • Pain
  • Acute pain
  • Chronic pain
  • Post-operative pain

My Specialties

  • Pain management
  • General anesthesia
  • Regional anesthesia
Education & Honors

Education

  • MD, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Residencies

  • St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Fellowships

  • Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship: (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/ Weill Cornell Medical Center/Hospital for Special Surgery)

Board Certifications

  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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Contact and Location

Dr. Puttanniah sees patients at two locations.

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Montvale, NJ
New York, NY
225 Summit Avenue Montvale NJ 07645
1275 York Avenue New York NY 10065

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Disclosures

Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

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Vinay Puttanniah discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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