Valskys Pain & Anesthesia

Cutting-edge Approach to Comprehensive Pain Relief. Our goal is to localize the source of pain and design a treatment plan that works for you. With an individualized, compassionate, and personable approach to care, we diagnose and localize the root of pain and realize pain relief using leading-edge and minimally invasive, non-surgical interventional pain management techniques.

Abtin Tabaee, MD is Associate Professor and full-time faculty member in the Department of Otolaryngology with an expertise in Rhinology, endoscopic sinus surgery and endoscopic skull base surgery. Dr. Tabaee provides specialized medical and surgical care for functional disorders of the nose, paranasal sinuses and skull base including sinusitis, nasal polyps, deviated nasal septum, nasal congestion, nose bleeds (epistaxis), cerebrospinal fluid leak, benign and malignant tumors affecting the nose and paranasal sinuses. He is the director of the fellowship program in Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is board certified by the American Academy of Otolaryngology and is a fellow member of the American Rhinologic Society. Dr. Tabaee embraces a patient centered approach with an emphasis on patient education, active dialogue and shared decision-making throughout the treatment process. Dr. Tabaee graduated magna cum laude from Duke University and received his medical degree with honors from Cornell University Medical College. He completed residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital, the combined Columbia - Cornell University training program. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Rhinology and Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery. He has presented nationally and internationally on the techniques and outcomes of surgical approaches for nasal and sinus disorders and has authored over 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and over 20 book chapters. He has served in leadership positions in the field of rhinology at the regional and national level including visiting faculty for numerous national scientific meetings, committee member for the American Rhinologic Society and journal reviewer for the primary journals in the field of rhinology.

Dr. Daniel Pak is a double-board certified physician in anesthesiology and pain medicine who specializes in interventional pain management. His expertise is in the management of complex back/neck pain, sciatica, spinal stenosis, cancer pain, vertebral compression fractures, arthritis, and neuropathies. His clinical focus revolves around minimally invasive treatments, including injection therapies, vertebral augmentation, spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation, intrathecal pump therapy, and the MILD procedure (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression). He has also published numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and given national lectures on the topics of intrathecal pump therapy and neuromodulation.Dr. Pak earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed his residency in anesthesiology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was the recipient of the Sadel Wortis Klein Award for Excellence in Clinical Performance. He then completed a pain medicine fellowship at Brigham and Womens Hospital/Harvard Medical School and afterwards joined the pain faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where he served as the Director of the Intrathecal Drug Delivery Program and worked closely with patients at the Mass General Cancer Center. He also served as the Director of Resident Education in Pain Medicine and was given the Best Teaching Faculty award in 2019.Currently, Dr. Pak is the Associate Program Director, Tri-Institutional Pain Fellowship and the Director of Practice Innovation for the Division of Pain Management.