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Joseph Tasker Gundy, M.D.

Joseph Tasker Gundy, M.D.

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

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About Me

Professional Background

A graduate of Oberlin College and Weill Cornell Medical School, Dr. Gundy completed residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he was recognized for distinction in research. He is double-board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, with interests that include a...
A graduate of Oberlin College and Weill Cornell Medical School, Dr. Gundy completed residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he was recognized for distinction in research. He is double-board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, with interests that include acute traumatic and postsurgical pain management, prevention of persistent postsurgical pain, opioid-sparing anesthesia and opioid risk reduction, geriatric anesthesia and geriatric pain, ”greengional” anesthesia and environmental sustainability in health care.

Dr. Gundy’s fellowship in pain medicine coincided with the apex of our national opioid epidemic, and he carried with him into practice an advocacy for opioid-sparing treatment strategies. After fellowship he directed a hospital-based outpatient pain center, applying a conservative philosophy that promoted low-risk treatment approaches aimed at reducing pain with minimal adverse effects, and emphasized wellness strategies to restore function. Acknowledging the need for a collaborative approach to the opioid dilemma, he spearheaded a comprehensive opioid safety referral program, which—integrating input from colleagues in hospital administration, primary care, addiction medicine, psychiatry and social work—was incorporated into the network’s pain referral infrastructure.

Dr. Gundy joined the faculty of URMC in 2019, completing a second fellowship in Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine. As a physician who now routinely treats patients with acute postoperative pain—having previously cared for countless others with persistent postsurgical pain—he is uniquely suited to be piloting the division’s new interdisciplinary Transitional Pain Service, motivated by the opportunity to redirect the postsurgical pain trajectory before it develops chronicity.

Certified Specialties

Anesthesiology - American Board of Anesthesiology

Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine - American Board of Anesthesiology

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Fellow, Strong Memorial Hospital/University of Rochester. 2019 - 2020

Fellowship, Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine, Brigham & Womens Hospital. 2014 - 2015

Residency, Anesthesiology, Brigham & Womens Hospital. 2011 - 2014

Internship, Anesthesiology, Brigham & Womens Hospital. 2010 - 2011

Education

MD | NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. 2010

Awards

Geriatric Faculty Scholar Award. 2021 - 2022

Strong Stars, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2020

First Place Resident Poster Award, American Geriatrics Society 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting. 2014

Resident Graduate with Distinction in Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pai. 2014

MSTAR Summer Fellowship in Geriatrics Research. 2007

Publications

Journal Articles

Postoperative "Rescue" Use of Erector Spinae Plane Block After Lumbar Spine Fusion: A Report of 2 Cases

Kianpour, DN; Gundy, JT; Nadler, JW; Lindenmuth, DM.

Local Reg Anesth. 2020; 13(95-98).

Adverse Drug Reaction: Midazolam Induced Extrapyramidal Symptoms: A Case Report

McConn, MM; Gundy, JT; Karan, SB; Lindenmuth, DM.

A&A practice. 2020; 14(8): e01248.

Books

Anesthesiology In-Training Exam Review: Regional Anesthesia and Chronic Pain (2021)

Chapter: Superficial cervical plexus block for awake carotid endarterectomy

Authors: Webber, EJ; Gundy, JT.

Publisher: New York: Springer Publishing 2021

Pain Medicine: An Essential Review (2017)

Chapter: Pain in older adults

Authors: Gundy, JT

Publisher: Switzerland: Springer International 2017

Pain Medicine: An Essential Review (2017)

Chapter: Cancer pain: pharmacological treatment

Authors: Gundy JT

Publisher: Switzerland: Springer International 2017

Surgical Pain Management (2016)

Chapter: Applied spinal anatomy

Authors: Gundy JT

Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press 2016

Surgical Pain Management (2016)

Chapter: Surgical Instruments

Authors: Gundy JT.

Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press 2016

Essential Clinical Anesthesia Review (2014)

Chapter: Complications associated with interventions in pain medicine

Authors: Gundy JT, Rickerson E.

Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press 2014

Essential Clinical Anesthesia Review (2014)

Chapter: Back Pain

Authors: Gundy JT, Zhou J.

Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press 2014

Essential Clinical Anesthesia Review (2014)

Chapter: Complex regional pain syndrome

Authors: Gundy JT, Rickerson E.

Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press 2014

Essential Clinical Anesthesia Review (2014)

Chapter: Cancer pain

Authors: Gundy JT, Rickerson E.

Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press 2014