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Best Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Doctors in Bethesda & Montgomery County (2026)

Anesthesiologists with fellowship training in pain medicine, treating chronic back and neck pain, nerve pain, joint pain, and cancer pain with interventional procedures. Our editorial team ranks these 4 doctors on credentials, training, peer recognition, and verified patient-review data.

Stuart W. Hough, MD

Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Rockville

Chairman of the pain management division at Shady Grove Medical Center, dual-certified in anesthesiology and pain management, and a repeat Washingtonian and Bethesda Magazine Top Doctor.

Board certified Accepting patients Washingtonian Top Doctor (pain management), multiple years
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Thomas M. Larkin, MD

Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Bethesda

A retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who ran the pain clinics at Walter Reed and Landstuhl before entering private practice — and one of the first four physicians in the country certified in interventional headache medicine.

Board certified Accepting patients Among the first four physicians in the country board certified by the American Board of Interventional Headache Medicine
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Peju Olajide Adekoya, MD

Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Bethesda

A Johns Hopkins interventional pain physician with a Mass General fellowship who sees patients in Bethesda — one of the few pain specialists in the county who consults in Yoruba as well as English.

Board certified Accepting patients
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Ramani Peruvemba, MD

Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Rockville

Dual-certified in anesthesiology and pain management with a Mount Sinai interventional fellowship and nearly three decades in practice — the deep-bench experience that complex, long-running pain problems usually need.

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Stuart W. Hough, MD

Thomas M. Larkin, MD

Peju Olajide Adekoya, MD

Ramani Peruvemba, MD

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