Mellacheruvu, Smitha MD

Dr. Francis Porreca earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by surgical residency at Montefiore Medical Center and vascular surgery fellowship at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia. During his years of clinical practice, prior to joining the staff of NYP and CUMC, he served as Director of Vascular Surgery and Medical Director of the Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Porreca maintained academic appointments at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Long Island University and Montefiore Medical Center. He served on multiple hospital committees including the Residency Review Committee. He also held clinical appointments at St. Barnabas Hospital, New York Westchester Square Medical Center and Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center.

New York Spine & Sport Rehabilitation Medicine PC is dedicated to bringing patients back to their optimal level of function through a multi-disciplinary approach providing individualized pain management solutions. Our focus is on the quality of the patients care with an emphasis on communication with both the patient and their referring provider to facilitate continuation of care in the patients home community.Our team of board certified, pain specializing MDs and PAs of physical medicine, rehabilitation medicine and anesthesiology background bring decades of clinical expertise to specialize in the non-operative treatment options related to spine, sports, joints, musculoskeletal, nerve and regenerative medicine.Our philosophy is to not only specialize in the clinical management of most acute, subacute and chronic pain conditions, but also understand why the patient is suffering from pain. Each patient at New York Spine and Sport is managed using a multidisciplinary approach, with treatment targeted at not only the condition causing the pain but also the related co-morbidities of chronic pain such as: sleep, mood, emotional disorders, lifestyle modifications, etc.