Dr. Elsahy will be starting with CPSS in December 2026.

Dr. Ahmed Elsahy is a board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain management specialist with extensive experience in advanced pain therapies, medical education, and clinical leadership. He serves as Program Director of the Indiana University Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program, a position he has held since 2020. He is also Associate Director of Advanced Pain Therapy at Indiana University Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Indiana University.

Clinical Expertise and Leadership

From 2006 to 2021, Dr. Elsahy served as Director of Interventional Pain Management at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. In this role, he led chronic pain management initiatives supporting patients across multiple surgical specialties.

Dr. Elsahy specializes in a broad range of advanced interventional pain procedures and therapies, including:

• Kyphoplasty
• Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
• Cooled radiofrequency ablation
• OsteoCool ablation
• Vertiflex
• VIA Disc
• Sacroiliac joint fusion
• Peripheral nerve stimulation
• Intracept
• Spinal cord stimulation
• ReActiv8 restorative neurostimulation
• Intrathecal pump therapy

Education and Training

Dr. Elsahy earned his medical degree (M.B., B.Ch.) and a master’s degree in plastic and general surgery from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. Following surgical training and clinical practice in Egypt and Georgia, he completed his anesthesiology residency from 1996 to 1999 and his pain management fellowship from 1999 to 2000 at Indiana University.

He is board-certified in both anesthesiology and pain medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology.

Academic and Professional Contributions

In addition to leading Indiana University’s multidisciplinary pain fellowship, Dr. Elsahy directs the Medical Student Chronic Pain Management Elective and the Chronic Pain Resident Rotation.

He serves as a mentor through the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Mentorship Program and participates in several ASRA special interest groups, including leadership, regenerative medicine, and pain abstract review and education planning.

Dr. Elsahy frequently lectures at national and international conferences, conducts research involving interventional pain therapies, and serves as a peer reviewer in medical malpractice cases. His career reflects a longstanding commitment to patient care, physician education, mentorship, and the advancement of interventional pain management.