Our Providers

Matthew S. Schocket, M.D.
Founder and President, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Matt Schocket is board certified in both anesthesiology and pain management after completing his residency at UT-Southwestern in Dallas and fellowship at the University of California.

Raimy Amasha, M.D.
Austin Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Raimy Amasha joined Capitol Pain Institute after completing his pain management fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a research internship in stem cell therapy at Stanford University.

Kevin C. Andres, M.D.
Louisville Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Andres grew up in southern Indiana and is thrilled to be practicing in the Louisville area. He enjoys working with patients and other providers to optimize patient functioning and care for the musculoskeletal system, especially utilizing outpatient interventional options. Dr. Andres is board certified in Pain Management and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In addition, he is also a member of several national organizations.

Aletha Bault, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Aletha was born and raised in Kentucky and graduated with her Master of Science in Nursing in May of 2022 from Eastern Kentucky University. Prior to, she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Louisville.

Jeffrey Beck, M.D.
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Beck is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician. A native of northeast Indiana, he completed both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Indiana University with high distinction. Dr. Beck also obtained his medical degree from Indiana University in 2007 and continued his training as a physical medicine and rehabilitation resident at the University of Wisconsin

Steven Bhutra, M.D.
Columbus Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Steven Bhutra is a board-certified anesthesiologist, with subspecialty training in interventional pain medicine. After undergraduate education at Stanford University, he earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Residency in anesthesiology at the University of Washington and fellowship training in interventional pain medicine at the University of Virginia.

Neal Blauzvern, D.O.
Austin Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Neal Blauzvern is the most senior Pain Management Physician in Central Texas, with more than 35 years of continuous Pain Management practice​. He is Fellowship-trained in Pain Management, and Board-certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology . In his practice, Dr. Blauzvern strives to personalize treatment plans for each patient depending on their individual needs and preferences. Dr. Blauzvern’s primary goal is always to relieve pain, improve function, and restore his patients’ ability to enjoy life. Dr. Blauzvern is currently accepting new patients at our North Austin location.

Arman Borhan, M.D.
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Borhan, raised in Bedford, Indiana, completed his undergraduate studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He later went on to St. George’s University for his medical studies. He received certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at University of Louisville and finished his medical training with a fellowship in Pain Management at Georgia Pain Physicians. Dr. Borhan is currently both board certified in Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Jonathan Church, M.D.
Austin Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Jonathan Church is a board-certified anesthesiologist and has completed subspecialty training in interventional pain medicine. After completing his undergraduate education at The University of Texas, he earned his medical degree at the University of Texas School of Medicine in San Antonio.

Iden Cowan, M.D.
Austin Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Iden Cowan is dual board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management. She is passionate about providing customized multimodal treatment plans that directly target her patients’ sources of pain, with a special interest in lumbar spinal stenosis, pelvic pain, and sacroiliac joint pain. Dr. Cowan enjoys working to improve her patients’ functional status and helping them achieve their goals. Dr. Cowan is excited to offer several minimally invasive procedures including spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, Superion and Zipp for lumbar spinal stenosis, sacroiliac stabilization, as well as a variety of nerve blocks. Dr. Cowan is accepting new patients at our North Austin and Georgetown locations.

Anjuli Desai, M.D.
Austin Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Anjuli Desai is dual board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. She has served as Chief Resident as well as Clinical Instructor at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia where she completed her training. Dr. Desai serves as a Clinical Site Director for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residents from University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical Program. She also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Texas A & M University Health Science Center. Dr. Desai’s areas of expertise include performing diagnostic EMG (electromyography) and NCS (nerve conduction studies) to evaluate numbness, pins and needles or burning pain in the arms or legs. She also specializes in the treatment of spine pain, joint disorders and occipital neuralgia, and offers a variety of outpatient pain management procedures.

Kenneth Finn, M.D.
Colorado Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Kenneth Finn is a graduate of the University of Texas at Houston in 1990 and he completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in 1994. He is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. He has been on the Exam Council for the American Board of Pain Medicine since 2001 and is also Level II accredited to perform impairment ratings for injured workers in the State of Colorado.

Thomas Freels, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Thomas is board-certified family nurse practitioner since May 2016. He has received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and Masters of Science in nursing from the University of Louisville.

Selina Gawriluk, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Selina Gawriluk is a native Texan and a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She has earned a BS in Biology, BS in Nursing from UTHSCSA, and a Masters of Science in Nursing from Texas State University.

Breann Goldsmith, APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Bre has been a practicing nurse since 2007. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing from Ohio University. Bre is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Jessica Hagan, NP-C
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Jessica, an Indiana native from Wabash Valley, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Indiana State University in 2009 and went on to receive her Master of Science degree in Nursing at Indiana State University in 2017. Jessica has worked in pain management since 2017. As a registered nurse, she really loved working with surgical patients and went on to work in the operating room.

Krista Jacobs, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Krista is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Sarah Johnson, APRN
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Sarah Johnson is a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2010 and her Master of Science in 2017; both from Mt. Carmel College of Nursing.

Anna Kessler, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Anna Kessler is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Kentucky University and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Louisville.

Angie Lovins, FNP-BC
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Angie has been a Registered Nurse since 1986 and has a variety of experience. She obtained an Associate Degree at Indiana Central University, a Bachelor degree at Purdue and a Master’s Degree at Ball State University in Administration. Angie completed my Family Nurse Practitioners Program at the University of Indianapolis in 2011 and has been practicing Pain Management ever since.

Lauren Crider, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Lauren is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Texas State University and her Master of Science in Nursing at University of Texas at Arlington.

Christina Martin, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Christina Martin is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as a family nurse practitioner. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky in 1997 and her Master of Science Degree in Nursing from the University of Louisville in 2002.

Sherri Mathies, FNP-BC
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Sherri received her Associates in Nursing as an Honors Graduate from Vincennes University. She received her Bachelors in Nursing as an honors Graduate from IU Southeast. She received her Masters in Nursing from University of Southern Indiana and has since completed her Post-Master’s Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in July 2018 from University of Southern Indiana.

Mark Meyer, M.D.
Colorado Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Meyer was born in Nebraska and later moved to Colorado Springs and attended Air Academy High School. He did undergraduate studies at Colorado State University where he received a B.S. degree in Animal Biology. He then attended Medical School at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after working in cancer research. After completing an Internship in General Surgery, he fulfilled his Anesthesiology Residency at Kansas University Medical Center where he was chosen by his peers as the Chief Resident. Completing residency, he elected to further specialize in Pain Management and completed a fellowship at UT Southwestern in Dallas.

Dwight E. Mosley, M.D.
Columbus Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Dwight E. Mosley received his Bachelor’s degree from The University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Mosley received his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He completed a general surgery internship at Riverside Methodist Hospital, in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Mosley returned to The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, to complete a residency in anesthesia, and a fellowship in interventional pain management.

Ed Negovetich, M.D.
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Negovetich, a native of Indiana, attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville for his bachelor’s degree. He later went on to earn his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He chose to specialize in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) in part because it was a nice blend of sports medicine, orthopedics, and neurology, all of which interested me as a medical student. I did my specialty training in PM&R also at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Raj Patel, M.D.
Austin Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Raj Patel is a dual board-certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician. He has completed subspecialty training in interventional pain medicine. He completed his Anesthesiology residency and Pain Management fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Patel received his medical degree and completed a surgical internship at Thomas Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. While at Rush University, he trained directly under national thought-leaders in pain medicine, honing a diverse skillset ranging from joint injections and radiofrequency ablations to advanced procedures such as spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion stimulation, indirect spinal decompression, and percutaneous joint fusion.

Andrew Phillips, M.D.
Texas Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Andrew Phillips is a board-certified physiatrist and fellowship trained in Interventional Pain Management. After completing his undergraduate education at The University of Texas at Austin, he received his medical degree at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia. He then completed an Internal Medicine internship at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown and went on to complete residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of California in Los Angeles. Following his residency, he completed fellowship training in Interventional Pain Management at Hudson Medical in New York City.

Suzzie Pistole, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Capitol Pain Institute
Suzzie is a board certified Physician Assistant. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine from Marietta College in 2005 and her Master of Physician Assistant Studies from the same institution in 2007.

Drew Robertson, M.D.
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
After graduating in 1986 from Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Drew Robertson completed his residency in Family Medicine at St. vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.He then entered anesthesia residency at Indiana University Medical Center, which he completed in 1994. From 1994 to 2005, Dr. Robertson practiced anesthesia and pain management in Columbus, IN.

Mallory Salazar, FNP-B
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Mallorie is a Graduate of Baylor University, there she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Science and Nursing with honors. She went on to get her masters degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Texas at Arlington and achieved board certification shortly after.

Timothy V. Sandell, M.D.
Colorado Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Dr. Timothy V. Sandell has expertly treated the Colorado Springs community for many years. He has been board certified in Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine as well as Level II accredited by the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation for over 20 years. As a 1991 graduate of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, he has advanced his specialty practice through a higher level of continuing education to produce superior treatment results that set him apart as one of Colorado Springs’ Top Doctors. Dr. Sandell’s professional interests include sports and spine injuries, neuromuscular medicine and pain management.

Gwen Thomas, NP
Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Gwen attended high school in Colorado, and then moved east to earn her degree as a nurse practitioner from Indiana Wesleyan. Gwen has been a nurse for over 20 years, and has 7 years of experience in pain management as a NP. Her previous medical experience includes hematology and oncology.

Katie Wright, FNP-BC
Indiana Pain Doctor, Capitol Pain Institute
Katie earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Indiana University in 2011. She went on to receive a Master of Science in Nursing from University of Southern Indiana in 2016. She has experience in both inpatient care as an RN and Family Practice as a Nurse Practitioner.

Sarah Zoeller, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Capitol Pain Institute
Sarah is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Texas Tech University and her Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.