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National Program Director, Pain Management, Opioid Safety and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
Veterans Health Administration
Uniformed Services University
Bethesda, Maryland
Dr. Friedhelm Sandbrink is the National Program Director for Pain Management, Opioid Safety and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in the Veterans Health Administration. He joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2001 and since then has been leading the comprehensive interdisciplinary Pain Management Program at the Washington VA Medical Center. He became the National Program Director in September 2018. He is board certified in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology and Pain Medicine. He is Clinical Associate Professor in Neurology at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD and Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at George Washington University in Washington DC.