EellanSivanesanMDFASA

Pain Medicine

Associate Professor and Director of Neuromodulation, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Office
601 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone+1 410-955-7246

Fax+1 410-367-2047

Eellan Sivanesan is faculty of the Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine. He treats patients with chronic back, joint, abdominal, pelvic, headache, neuropathic, cancer, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), post-amputation, and other pain conditions at the Blaustein Pain Treatment Center. He performs fluoroscopically and ultrasound guided interventions such as injections of peripheral nerves, muscles, joints, thermal radiofrequency ablation, pulsed radiofrequency ablation, and various chemodenervation procedures.

Dr. Sivanesan also utilizes advanced neuromodulation techniques to treat a range of chronic pain conditions. He is specialized in all modalities of spinal cord stimulation including the latest technologies such as High Frequency stimulation, Burst stimulation, and High Density stimulation. He is also an expert in Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, and intrathecal drug delivery. He is a committee member of the International Neuromodulation Society (INS), the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA), and the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS).

Appointment Information for Dr. Sivanesan: 410-955-PAIN (7246)

Eellan Sivanesan, M.D.

Appointments

PubMed

Spinal cord stimulation trial-to-implant ratios: relic or requisite?
Jay Karri, Eellan Sivanesan, Ryan S D'Souza
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2025-03-07
ASRA Pain Medicine consensus practice infection control guidelines for regional anesthesia and pain medicine.
David Anthony Provenzano, Michael Hanes, Christine Hunt, Honorio T Benzon, Jay S Grider
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2025-02-11
1 citations
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management: A Survey of Clinical Practice Patterns.
Jay Karri, Eellan Sivanesan, Amitabh Gulati, Vinita Singh, Soun Sheen
Neuromodulation. 2025-02-01

Journal Articles

Neuromodulation for Pain Treatment: Building a Foundation for Future Study
Eellan Sivanesan, Steven P Cohen, Anesthesiology
Supraspinal Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Modulation of Pain: Five Decades of Research and Prospects for the Future
Sivanesan, E., Maher, D.P., Raja, S.N., Linderoth, B. and Guan, Y., Anesthesiology, 7/17/2018

Neuromodulation for Pain Treatment: Building a Foundation for Future StudyJune 2020

Researchers Show How Spinal Cord Stimulation Can Help Chemotherapy-Related Pain, Cancer Treatment, ET HealthWorldApril 30th, 2023

Spinal cord stimulation for the attenuation of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and enhanced chemotherapeutic efficacyJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY2021–2026