Meet the Team
Meet the Team
Seroos Salavati, MD Nicole Spence, MD
Director of Regional Anesthesia
Director of Acute Pain Service
Nicole Spence, MD joined our Department in 2019, and her contributions thus far speak to her substantial energy and capability as a physician. Dr. Spence enjoys educating patients and colleagues alike; through her work, she hopes to foster an environment of inquiry and growth.
Seroos Salavati, MD joined our Department during the summer of 2019, and regional anesthesia has since had a resounding resurgence across every canal of our institution.
Dr. Salavati finished his residency training at New York Medical Center (Westchester) and a Fellowship in Acute and Regional Anesthesia at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. Before joining our Department, Dr. Salavati was an attending anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. A devout academic, Dr. Salavati’s rigorous enthusiasm for education and patient care is palpable in all of his actions. For his work in this facet of our profession, he was recently appointed Director of Regional Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Salavati spearheads and oversees our regional anesthesia activities, including providing the best learning experiences for our students and residents. Working closely and in synergy with Dr. Nicole Spence, Dr. Salavati is an integral member of the Acute Pain Service. Over the last year, Dr. Salavati has influenced clinical care and has persuaded surgeons and nurses about the benefits of regional anesthesia. With great enthusiasm, he has submitted IRB applications and has laid the foundation for embarking on exciting regional anesthesia-related research activities. Most recently, he was appointed as a Member-at-Large on the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Industry Relations Committee. It is through Dr. Salavati’s unwavering commitment to networking, participation and contribution in our field that we encourage all members of our team to pursue similar avenues of professional development and growth.
Dr. Nicole Spence obtained a BS in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University and a MD from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her residency in anesthesiology at Columbia University, followed by a fellowship in Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Management at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Before joining our Department, much of her clinical practice as an attending anesthesiologist focused on orthopedic anesthesia, obstetric anesthesia, regional anesthesia and acute perioperative pain management. Dr. Spence developed materials to aid patient education and championed innovative hospital protocols and has always been actively involved in residency recruitment and education. In addition to daily teaching, she has published various book chapters and taught at the Harvard Medical School Ultrasound Review Course. Dr. Spence is the Director of BMC’s Acute Pain Service. The Acute Pain Service seeks to increase the availability of targeted, interventional analgesic therapies, decrease overall opioid use, and establish an interdisciplinary, collaborative communication platform to optimize patient care. One multidisciplinary protocol, aimed at patients admitted to the ICU with rib fractures, proved reduced rates of pneumonia after implementation of an ICU admission checklist. As Director of Acute Pain Service, Dr. Spence works in close union with Dr. Seroos Salavati, our Director of Regional Anesthesia. Outside of her clinical work, she also enjoys exercising and traveling whenever she gets the opportunity.
At the time of publishing this annual report, Dr Salavati is relocating to California.
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