Sassan Hassassian, MD
Education
- Residency
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NYU Medical Center
United States
New York, NY
1996
- Medical School
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Eastern Virginia Medical School
United States
Norfolk, VA
1992
- Internship
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Eastern Virginia Medical School-General Surgery
Norfolk, VA
1993
- Fellowship
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University of Maryland Medical Center
United States
Baltimore, MD
1997
About
Primary Specialties:
Anesthesiology,
Pain Management,
Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine (Board Certified)
Dr. Hassassian is an interventional pain specialist who firmly believes in multi-modality treatment protocols for treatment of pain. Prior to joining National Spine & Pain Centers, he was the Director of the Division of Pain Management at the Center for Advanced Orthopedics & Pain Management.
Board certified in Pain Medicine as well as in Anesthesiology, Dr. Hassassian earned his medical degree at Eastern Virginia Medical School, after which he completed an internship in General Surgery at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at New York University (NYU) Medical Center.
After completing fellowship training in Pain Medicine at the University of Maryland (UMD) Medical Center, he stayed on as a faculty member of the School of Medicine’s Department of Anesthesiology and served as an attending physician at the UMD Pain Center. Prior to his departure from UMD, he was an assistant professor of Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology. He was also the principal investigator of multiple research projects focusing on the treatment of different pain disorders.
Preeminent in his field, Dr. Hassassian has authored various articles and presentations on a multitude of pain disorders and various treatment strategies. He has extensive experience in all aspects of multi-disciplinary pain management including treatments of acute, chronic, benign, and malignant pain through the use of neuroablative, implantable, radiofrequency, endoscopy, and minimally invasive surgery techniques in outpatient and inpatient settings.
An advocate for timely, compassionate patient care, Dr. Hassassian has been recognized for his excellence by his colleagues and has repeatedly been selected as a “Top Doctor” by Washingtonian Magazine and Northern Virginia Magazine. He is a contributor to HealthTap’s online medical resource and is lauded as an expert “thought leader” in Pain Management.
Dr. Hassassian is an active member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). He also holds the post of Vice President for the Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and is an education faculty for Medtronic.


Affiliations
Manassas,
National Harbor
Awards
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Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
2023
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Top Doctors, Northern Virginia Magazine
2022
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Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
2022
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Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
2021
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Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
2020
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Top Doctors, Northern Virginia Magazine
2020
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Top Doctors, Northern Virginia Magazine
2018
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Top Doctors, Northern Virginia Magazine
2017
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Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
2017
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Top Doctors, Washingtonian Magazine
2016
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Top Doctors, Northern Virginia Magazine
2016
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Top Doctors, Northern Virginia Magazine
2015
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Top Doctors, Washingtonian Magazine
2015
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Top Doctors, Washingtonian Magazine
2014
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Castle Connolly's Top Doctors
2013
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Patients' Choice Award
2013
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Compassionate Doctor Recognition
2013
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Compassionate Doctor Recognition
2012
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Patients' Choice Award
2012
Reviews
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05/25/2023
The epidural to my cervical spine WORKED. My left arm, hand and fingers are no longer numb!!
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05/18/2023
I always feel very welcomed whenever I come there for anything.
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05/12/2023
Experience was greatly improved since my last visit several years ago
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05/11/2023
I feel better the injection are working. I can move better, sleep and get up feeling good.