Dr. Christopher Gleis was born in Bay Shore, NY and graduated with high honors from Colorado State University. He obtained his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine and completed his internship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Gleis then began his residency training in Anesthesiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he served as the Chief Resident. Residency was followed by a postgraduate fellowship in preoperative pain management and regional anesthesia at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, American Board of Anesthesiology. Licensed in Florida and Pennsylvania, he is involved with multiple organizations, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and the Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Research Society.