TEAM
MEET OUR TEAM
Led by the Thrivewell’s Medical Directors, Dr. Vikram Sengupta and Dr. Sascha Sengupta, our clinical team collaborates for a caring and compassionate approach toward care for a comfortable patient experience and quality clinical treatment.
Dr. Vikram Sengupta, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Born in Florida, Dr. Sengupta grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and attended Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, majoring in Neuroscience and graduating with honors before moving on to the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, where he earned his MD. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, receiving several awards there for clinical distinction and received fellowship training in interventional pain management at the Spinal & Skeletal Pain Institute of Utica, NY. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and holds licenses to practice medicine in New York and Massachusetts.
Dr. Sengupta is committed to delivering personalized care in a safe, comfortable and convenient setting for all of his patients. He is an active member of the Medical Society of the County of Kings (MSCK), and has written multiple book chapters and abstracts in the fields of internal medicine and pain management. In his spare time he enjoys reading, playing the guitar, and spending time with his family.
Selected Publications:
1) Sengupta V, Qian S, Haider N. Pain Relieving Mechanisms of Neuromodulation. Deer’s Treatment of Pain: An Illustrated Guide. (2019)
2) Qian S, Sengupta V, Haider N. Lumbar Sympathetic Block. Deer’s Treatment of Pain: An Illustrated Guide. (2019)
3) Haider N, Gates C, Sengupta V, Qian S. Cybersecurity of Medical Devices: Past, Present, and Future. Deer’s Treatment of Pain: An Illustrated Guide. (2019)
4) Qian S, Sengupta, V, Francis J. Degenerative Spine Joint Disease. Spine Pain Care: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide (ed. Jianren Mao) (2019)
5) Qian S, Sengupta, V, Bremer N. Gasserian Ganglion Block. Deer’s Treatment of Pain: An Illustrated Guide. (2019)
Abstracts
1) Sengupta V, Qian, Urbiztondo N. Wireless peripheral nerve stimulation for compressive neuropathy of the lower extremity. [abstract and poster] International Neuromodulation Society. (2018)
2) Sengupta V, Haider N, Qian S. Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Fractures Sustained by DRG Stimulator Trial. [abstract and poster]. North American Neuromodulation Society. (2017)
Dr. Sascha Sengupta, MD
Co-Founder & Associate Medical Director
Dr. Sengupta grew up in Atlanta, GA and attended Stanford University, where she completed her bachelors of science in biology with a minor in mathematics, graduating with Phi Beta Kappa and honors before going on to Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, CT where she completed her medical degree. She then completed residency training in anesthesiology at Columbia-New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York, New York, followed by a fellowship in interventional pain management at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA.
She is devoted to helping those suffering from acute and chronic pain and illness and seeks to maximize her patients’ daily functioning and quality of life. In her spare time, Dr. Sengupta enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs in addition to writing chapters for textbooks on chronic pain & interventions.