Thiru Mandyam Annaswamy MD (He/Him)

Summary

• Thiru Annaswamy, MD, is a healthcare professional based in Hershey, PA, specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with subspecialties in Neuromuscular and Pain Medicine. He completed his residency at Mass General Brigham/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical School and earned his medical degree from Mysore Medical College. Dr. Annaswamy is the Chair at Penn State Health Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a Professor at Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital. He holds a longstanding position as a Staff Physician at Dallas VA North Texas HCS and served as a Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center until 2022. His expertise includes spinal stenosis, chronic pain, and electrodiagnostic testing, among others, and he has been involved in clinical trials addressing phantom pain and lumbar stenosis. His recent publications focus on topics such as departmental research strengthening and opioid prescribing guidelines.