George William Pasvankas MD
Pain Medicine
Clinical Professor, Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, UCSF School of Medicine
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520 Illinois StUCSF Center for Pain MedicineSan Francisco, CA 94158
Phone+1 415-885-7426
Fax+1 415-885-7575
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Summary
- Dr. George Pasvankas is an anesthesiologist based in San Francisco, CA, with a subspecialty in pain medicine. He completed his pain medicine fellowship at the University of California San Francisco from 2007-2008 and his anesthesiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital from 2003 to 2006, preceded by an internal medicine internship at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island (then Winthrop University Hospital) in 2002-2003. He earned his medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2002. Dr. Pasvankas has contributed to multiple publications, including research on preoperative acetaminophen in reducing opioid use and topics in neuropathic pain management. He received the CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification from Epic Systems Corporation in 2013. He was the Program Director for the UCSF Pain Medicine Fellowship from 2011 to 2022.
Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 2003 - 2006
NYU Grossman Long Island School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2003
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2006 - 2027
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology- American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Preoperative Acetaminophen For Microsuspension Laryngoscopy Reduces Postoperative Opioid Use.Antonia Lagos-Villaseca, James J Lappin, Claire E Perrin, Yue Ma, VyVy N Young
The Laryngoscope. 2024-11-01 - 4 citationsEpidural Spinal Electrogram Provides Direct Spinal Recordings in Awake Human Participants.John F. Burke, Nikhita Kunwar, Maria S. Yaroshinsky, Kenneth H Louie, Prasad Shirvalkar
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2021-10-26 - 12 citationsTopical capsaicin formulations in the management of neuropathic pain.Mark Schumacher, George Pasvankas
Progress in Drug Research. Fortschritte Der Arzneimittelforschung. Progres Des Recherches Pharmaceutiques. 2014-01-01
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