Speakers

Damean W. Freas, DO CEO

Damean Freas, DO, FAAPMR is the Chief Executive Officer for Clearway Pain Solutions LLC. He is Board Certified and Fellowship trained in Pain Medicine. In 2016, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan appointed Dr. Freas as the Chairman, Maryland Board of Physicians. The Maryland Board of Medicine is the third largest in the country in terms of the number of licensed professionals that they oversee. Dr. Freas is the youngest Chairman in the Board’s history. He further serves as the AMA’s multispecialty Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) Advisor for North American Neuromodulation Society. Dr. Freas is listed as one of the “150 Pain Management Physicians to Know” by Becker’s ASC Review. He was also rated one of the “Rising Stars of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation” for Washington DC-Baltimore-Northern Virginia by Washington Post Magazine. Dr. Freas was voted What’s Up Annapolis and What’s Up Eastern Shore magazine TOP DOC by his peers.

Priyanka Ghosh, MD Resident Physician

Dr. Priyanka Ghosh is in private practice in San Francisco, California at Remedy Medical Group.

After graduating Brown University with her dual degree with Honors in both Neuroscience and Literary Arts, she completed her M.D with Distinction at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). During medical school, she completed a yearlong National Institute of Health (NIH) funded research fellowship, in which she independently designed and executed a clinical trial utilizing novel technology to treat pain in patients with head and neck cancer. She continued on to complete her residency at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and completed her training at the Weill Cornell Tri-Institute Pain Fellowship, where she trained at three of the nation's leading hospitals: Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery and New York Presbyterian Hospital. She recently received “Fellow of the Year” Award from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) 2020, which is awarded annually to only one fellow in the country. In addition, given that New York was the epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, her fellowship time also uniquely included time as an intensive care unit physician in the COVID-19 ICUs in Manhattan while continuing her pain medicine training!

She is very involved in numerous organizations, with leadership positions in multiple national and international societies including NANS. Her research is published in numerous prestigious journals, and she also serves as a reviewer on editorial boards of multiple pain journals. Her clinical and research interests include conducting cutting edge research on novel advanced, interventional techniques combined with research interests in advancing health technology to better serve her patients and the medical community as a whole!

Jay S. Grider, MD Professor

Intrathecal Drug Delivery Spinal Cord Stimulation

Casey Grillo, MSN FNP-C Nurse Practitioner

Casey Grillo is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner who provides comprehensive pain management to patients of all ages. Casey performs in office pain assessments, minimally invasive pain interventions and medication management. Her current practice site is The Spine & Pain Institute of NY where she has practiced for eight years. Casey received her Bachelor's degree from Seton Hall University and a Masters' degree in Science of Nursing from Wagner College. She is currently a member of The Nurse Practitioner Association of NYS and The American Pain Society. Casey is dedicated to provide compassionate care to all of her patient's in pain.

Amitabh Gulati, MD Associate Attending

14 years of practice and am an Interventional Cancer Pain Medicine Specialist.

Brittany Grovey, MD Interventional Pain Physician

Dr. Brittany Grovey is an interventional pain physician with Relive You Center for Advanced Pain Management in San Diego, CA. She earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and completed anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at University of California, San Diego. She is board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Grovey serves as co-chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the Pacific Spine and Pain Society (PSPS).

Aysegul Gunduz, PhD Associate Professor

I am an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and have over 15 years of experience working with neurosurgical patients. I am the MPI of two NIH DBS studies.

Jennifer Hah, MD MS Assistant Professor

Dr. Jennifer Hah is triple boarded in anesthesiology, pain medicine, and addiction medicine. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Stanford University. She has practiced pain medicine over a decade educating trainees and clinicians in ultrasound-guided interventions, neuromodulation, and evidence-based treatments at the cutting edge. As a clinical epidemiologist and physician-scientist, she leads NIH-funded research at the intersection between mood, pain and medication use. She is the director of the Stanford Pelvic Pain program with a clinical focus on treating both men and women suffering from a wide range of conditions including endometriosis, pelvic floor myalgias, vulvodynia and painful bladder syndrome.

Michael Hanes, MD Physician

Dr. Hanes is a board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain medicine physician. He completed his pain medicine fellowship in June 2015.

Colleen A. Hanlon, PhD Professor

Dr. Colleen A. Hanlon is a professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, wherein she leads a new Electromagnetic Therapeutics Research Program. She has spent her career identifying neural circuit irregularities in patients with drug and alcohol use disorders, and modulating these circuits with non-invasive brain stimulation. She leads 3 NIH-supported R01 awards and is part of two NIH P50 centers interested in translating preclinical brain stimulation knowledge into a treatment that can be delivered to patients with alcohol and substance use disorders. In 2015, she was honored with the Early Career Investigator award from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Recently she served as the senior author on the first “Consensus Paper” published by a group of over 70 scientists from over 10 countries outlining the path forward for Non-Invasive Therapeutic Development for Addiction. She loves science and being a scientist (!!) – the process and the privilege. Perhaps more than the actual data analysis and writing however, she is finds a unique joy in mentoring and nurturing the creative ideas among her students and her colleagues. She participates in the research training and education community at both a local level (serving as a mentor to over 50 medical, graduate, post-graduate, and fellowship trainees since 2005 on a national and international scale) and national level.

Travis Hassell, MD PhD Assistant Professor

Dr. Travis Hassell is an Assistant Professor of Neurology specializing in Movement Disorders at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical practice and research focuses both on movement disorders and biomedical engineering, with an emphasis on developing new device technologies for neuromodulation such as adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS). Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Hassell completed a Movement Disorders Fellowship at VUMC in 2017. He earned his MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 2012, and subsequently completed his neurology residency training at Indiana University (Indianapolis, IN), serving as Chief Resident his final year in 2016. Dr. Hassell earned his doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN), graduating summa cum laude with a thesis studying devices for real-time monitoring of central nervous system recovery and modulation. Dr. Hassell is currently involved as a site primary investigator (PI) for the ADAPT-PD trial with Medtronic.

Salim M. Hayek, MD PhD Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve University

20 years of experience Fellowship trained Pain Medicine Fellowship Program Director Chief, Division of Pain Medicine University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Bryan C. Hoelzer, MD Pain Management Physician

Bryan Hoelzer completed his medical degree at Tulane University in New Orleans. Following medical school he completed his internship, residency and fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. After completing his training, Dr. Hoelzer was honored to stay on Staff at the Mayo Clinic where worked in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. While at Mayo he served as the Director for the Pain Medicine Fellowship, the Director of Neuromodulation, and was the recipient of the Karis Award. Nationally, Dr. Hoelzer has served as the President of the Association of Pain Program Directors and the Co-chair of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) Cadaver Workshops. Currently, he is on the Board of Directors for NANS. Dr. Hoelzer has authored over 36 peer reviewed medical articles and book chapters. Dr. Hoelzer has a special interest in utilization of spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation to treat chronic pain. He also serves as a national instructor in minimally invasive surgical techniques to treat spinal stenosis. In 2017 Dr. Hoelzer relocated from Minnesota to Provo Utah where he works at Southwest Spine and Pain Center.

Chelsey Hoffmann, RD PA-C Physician Assistant

Chelsey has been a PA for nearly 7 years with the Mayo Clinic Division of Anesthesiology, Department of Pain Medicine, practicing pain management in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She is Clinical Co-Director of Evaluation for the Mayo Physician Assistant Program and she is also Co-Director for the annual Mayo Clinic Physician Assistant Board Review Course. Her current research interests include: student wellness in PA education, spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain, management of temporary peripheral nerve stimulators, and controlled substance agreement policies for patients with implanted intrathecal drug delivery devices.

Diane F. Hoffman, CRNP RNFA Nurse Practitioner, RN First Assistant

Diane Ferrara Hoffman, CRNP, RNFA, has nearly 25 years of perioperative nursing practice at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has worked with the Neurosurgeons as a Nurse Practitioner and RN First Assistant in the operating room for the last 18 years. Diane has BSN, MSN, and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Degrees from Thomas Jefferson University. Our Jefferson Neurosurgery team has been placing deep brain stimulators for 17 years.

W. Michael Hooten, MD Professor

Pain medicine specialist with a clinical research interest in the influence of mental health disorders on pain outcomes.

Christine L. Hunt, DO Assistant Professor

Dr. Hunt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Pain Medicine Division at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She completed residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation prior to completing Pain Medicine fellowship at Mayo Clinic. Although she treats a wide variety of pain conditions, she has particular clinical and research interests in regenerative medicine, neuromodulation, and treatment of neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury, brachial plexus avulsion injury and complex regional pain syndrome.

Corey W. Hunter, MD Executive Director

Corey W. Hunter, M.D. is an interventional pain management physician practicing in New York City, holding board certifications in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as well as Pain Medicine. Dr. Hunter is the Executive Director of the Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management in New York City and also holds an appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Icahn School of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Hunter continues to be active in clinical research, serving as the principle investigator on a number of clinical trials on emerging neuromodulation technologies and regenerative medicine. Dr. Hunter also has keen interest in teaching and writing; he is well-published with his work appearing in a number peer-reviewed journals and textbooks on a wide variety of topics that includes DRG Stimulation, pelvic pain, regenerative medicine, amputee pain, advanced spinal cord stimulation techniques, and targeted drug delivery to name a few.

Zohra Hussaini, MSN FNP-BC MBA Nurse Practitioner

Zohra Hussaini, MSN, FNP-BC, MBA is a board-certified family nurse practitioner specializing in pain management at the University of KS Health System. She is the lead coordinator of the advanced practice providers in the Interventional Pain clinic. She finds professional growth through serving on the board of her local chapter of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and participating in shared governance in her institution as a member of the Opioid Stewardship Committee and Chair of the Advanced Practice Provider Council. Zohra stays engaged in the field of pain management through membership and participation in various pain societies, serving as faculty for ASRA and ASPN and on the planning committee in recent years for both groups. She enjoys engaging in speaking and education opportunities locally and nationally, and participation in ongoing research and quality improvement opportunities.

Mark Jones, MD Clinical Fellow

Dr. Jones received a Bachelor of Arts in screenwriting from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was then awarded a Medical Doctorate degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Following medical school, Dr. Jones completed a general surgery internship and a residency in anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, respectively. He is now completing a fellowship in interventional pain medicine at Weill Cornell College of Medicine, and will be joining his father's practice in Knoxville, TN afterwards.

Bryan Johnson, PA-C Neurosurgery PA

Bryan Johnson, PA-C, MPAS received a Bachelor of Science Biology from the University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX. He completed his Master of Physician Assistant Studies at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Midland, TX. He is board certifies by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. He is part of numerous professional organizations, including Texas Academy of Physician Assistants, Central Texas PA Society, and NANS Member/Faculty speaker for APPs. Chief Neurosurgery PA for Advanced Pain Care, Neurosurgery department. Physician Assistant for 17 years. Spent entire 17 year career in surgery with experience in Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgery, Neurosurgery, and Orthopedic Trauma surgery. Prior to becoming a Physician Assistant, he worked in pre-hospital emergency medicine as a Licensed Paramedic with 911 and as a Helicopter Paramedic. Participates in Ironman distance triathlons and marathons. Volunteers as a youth baseball coach. UIC (Umpire in Charge) for a local youth baseball league of over 800 players in age divisions 4-14U, and a high school baseball umpire. Lives in the Austin, TX area with his wife and four children.

Hemant Kalia, MD MPH FIPP Program Director, Interventional Spine & Pain Fellowship

Dr. Kalia specializes in interventional spine, cancer pain rehabilitation and advanced neuromodulation procedures. He earned his medical degree from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore; India and Master’s degree in Public Health from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY. His first residency was in Preventive Medicine & Public Health followed by Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at University of Rochester. He subsequently completed an ACGME approved Pain Medicine fellowship at University of Rochester and currently leads the Pain Program at Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, NYHe is Board Certified in Preventive Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. He also has an added FIPP (Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice) certification from World Institute of Pain. Dr. Kalia is a member of numerous national/international professional societies and sits on various sub-committees. He is the program director of interventional spine & pain fellowship program at Unity Hospital and is part of the faculty at various courses conducted by national/international professional societies. He also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of an open access journal Advances in Clinical Medical Research & Healthcare Delivery. Dr. Kalia has presented his work on cancer pain and advanced neuromodulation at multiple national and international conferences including publications in peer-reviewed journals in the field of Pain Medicine.

Jennifer Kiser, PA Physician Assistant

Jennifer Kiser, P.A. is a certified physician assistant, earning both her undergraduate degree and completing the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Ms. Kiser began her career assisting in Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1991 and transitioned to Pain Management in 1997. As a Surgical and Interventional Specialist, she has worked alongside the world’s leading physician in intrathecal drug delivery, Dr. Stearns, for nearly 17 years implanting Intrathecal Pain Pumps and Neurostimulation Systems, monitoring and maintaining the devices, seeing patients, and contributing to both research and educational articles. Ms. Kiser brings unique insight, experience and expertise along with compassion for those suffering the debilitating effects of pain. It is her primary focus to ensure the well-being of her patients and that each person receives the utmost in care and comfort. She is recognized as an expert in the field of Intrathecal Therapy and manages these devices with a careful balance of finesse and aggressiveness. Ms. Kiser is praised for her knowledge, determination, thoughtfulness and heart-felt dedication to her field. Jennifer Kiser is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and often speaks as an expert at local and national medical conferences on the topic of pain and symptom management. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Ms. Kiser assists in identifying and following research participants and has been a co-author of articles on intrathecal drug delivery for patients with cancer-related pain.

Kristen A. Klein, RN AGNP-C Nurse Practitioner

Kristen is a native Long Islander. She attended Adelphi University for her undergraduate, where she received a Bachelor in Science in Nursing in 2007. After graduating, she worked in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Stony Brook Medicine for eight years. She completed her Masters of Nursing, graduating in 2015 at Stony Brook University with a certificate in Adult Gerontology. Kristen continued to work for Stony Brook Medicine as a Nurse Practitioner for the division of trauma surgery for the next three years. She joined the Pain Institute of Long Island in 2018. She is currently working as a Nurse Practitioner beside Dr. Brian Durkin treating patients for various pain conditions, providing the most cutting edge and minimally invasive therapies. Kristen has a passion for providing competent and compassionate care to her patients. She enjoys the challenge of pain medicine, the innovation in treatment and procedures, as well as the interactions and relationships she develops with her patients.

Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD PhD Vice Chair for Research and Education

Dr. Nebojsa Nick Knezevic is the Vice Chairman for Research and Education at the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, and also a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery at the College of Medicine, the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Knezevic has extensive expertise in basic and clinical research, and he has published more than 130 highly-cited, peer-reviewed scientific articles. He also serves as a reviewer for many anesthesia and pain journals. Dr. Knezevic is the Section-Editor of the Pain Physician and the Pain Practice journals; Associate Editor of the BMC Anesthesiology and Assistant Editor of the Anesthesia & Analgesia journal. He is serving as a Vice-Chair of the ASA Abstract Review Subcommittee on Chronic and Cancer Pain and served as Chair or Committee member for many national and international meetings, including NYSORA, AAPM, ASIPP, NWAC, MARC, etc. Dr. Knezevic was the Co-Chair of the NANS 2021 Annual Meeting. Dr. Knezevic has developed many research and educational anesthesia and pain programs for residents, fellows, and attending physicians. Dr. Knezevic manages multiple U.S. and global clinical trials (phases I-IV) for the testing of different pain medications and innovative medical devices for acute and chronic pain. Dr. Knezevic is a recognized lecturer in many national and international conferences with multiple awards for outstanding academic achievements.

Peter E. Konrad, MD PhD Professor of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience

Professor of Neurosurgery and Bioengineering. Performing neuromodulation implants for 20+ years. Now Executive Director of Clinical Translational Research at Rockefeller Neuroscience Center, West Virginia University.

Daniel Kraft, MD Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry, Brown University
• Medical Doctor, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Residency: Harvard Combined Residency in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
• Fellowships: Stanford Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplantation
• Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow: Member of Inaugural class.

Daniel Kraft is a Stanford and Harvard-trained physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and innovator and is serving as the Chair of the XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance Task Force. With over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research and healthcare innovation, Kraft has served as faculty chair for Medicine at Singularity University since its inception in 2008, and is founder and chair of Exponential Medicine, a program that explores convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their potential in biomedicine and healthcare. Following undergraduate degrees from Brown University and medical school at Stanford, Daniel was Board Certified in both Internal Medicine & Pediatrics after completing a Harvard residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital & Boston Children's Hospital, and fellowships in hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplantation at Stanford.

He is often called upon to speak to the future of health, medicine and technology and has given four TED and two TEDMED Talks and has delivered keynotes to a diverse array of organizations.

He has multiple scientific publications (including in Nature and Science) and medical device, immunology, and stem cell-related patents through NIH-funded faculty positions with Stanford University School of Medicine and as clinical faculty for the pediatric bone marrow transplantation service at the University of California San Francisco.

Daniel is a member of the Kaufman Fellows Society (Class 13) and a member of the Inaugural (2015) class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship.

Daniel's academic research has focused on: stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, stem cell-derived immunotherapies for cancer, bioengineering human T-cell differentiation, and humanized animal models. His research has been published in journals that include Nature and Science. His clinical work has focused on: bone marrow / hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for malignant and non-malignant diseases in adults and children, medical devices to enable stem cell based regenerative medicine, including marrow derived stem cell harvesting, processing and delivery.

He is heavily involved in digital health, founded Digital.Health, and is on the board of Healthy.io and advises several Fortune-50 and digital health-related startups. Daniel recently founded IntelliMedicine, focused on personalized, data-driven, precision medicine. He is also the inventor of the MarrowMiner, an FDA-approved device for the minimally invasive harvest of bone marrow, and founded RegenMed Systems, a company developing technologies to enable adult stem cell-based regenerative therapies.

Daniel is an avid pilot and has served in the Massachusetts and California Air National Guard as an officer and flight surgeon with F-15 & F-16 fighter Squadrons. He has conducted research on aerospace medicine that was published with NASA, with whom he was a finalist for astronaut selection.

Other professional activities:

• Founder RegenMed Systems and inventor of the FDA approved MarrowMiner
• Adviser to the XPRIZE Foundation (Life Sciences): Helped develop the Medical Tricorder & Rapid Covid Testing Xprize
• Board member, Healthy.io, investor and advisor to several leading life sciences and digital health companies.

AWARDS

• 40 of the Smartest People in Healthcare
• The Top-10 Internet Smart Doctors in the World (2013)
• Pharma Voice 100: Annual list recognizes the most inspiring leaders in Life Sciences, as determined by their readers.
• Digital Health Top-50 (2016)
• NIH K-08 Physician-Scientist Award
• NIH SBIR Phase I / Phase II Award
• HHMI Continuing Studies Scholarship

Elliot S. Krames, MD Retired

Elliot S. Krames, MD, is a board-certified anesthesiologist who has been practicing pain medicine solely since 1982. He is a pioneer and one of the leading thought leaders in the field of pain and neuromodulation. He has written extensively on implantable technologies for pain management and has conducted national and international symposia related to this topic. Dr. Krames, from 1987 to 2014, was the Medical Director of Pacific Pain Treatment Centers in the San Francisco Bay Area, an organization of pain clinics dedicated to interdisciplinary pain medicine and is now retired from clinical medicine. He is co-founder of the National Pain Foundation, a founding member of the North American Neuromodulation Society and has participated on the boards of the North American Neuromodulation Society, the International Neuromodulation Society, the World Institute of Pain, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Board of Pain Medicine. Among his awards and honors, he received the President’s Award for Outstanding Service from the North American Neuromodulation Society in 2003 and Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011; the International Neuromodulation Society’s Giant of Neuromodulation Award in 2013, and the American Academy of Pain Medicine’s President’s Award for Promoting the Science of Pain Medicine in 2014. Dr. Krames has published more than 180 research papers, serves on several editorial boards, and co-edited a number of books, including Operative Neuromodulation: Volume 1: Functional Neuroprosthetic Surgery in 2007 with Professor Damianos Sakas and Brian Simpson, MA, MD, FRCS, and Neuromodulation, Volumes 1 - 2 in 2009 with professors P. Hunter Peckham and Ali Rezai. Dr. Krames was the founding editor of Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, the journal of the International Neuromodulation Society, serving as Editor-in-Chief from 1998 until September 2009, when he became Emeritus Editor-in-Chief. Dr. Krames served as INS President from 2006 to 2009, as Immediate Past President from 2009 to 2011, and since has devoted the remainder of his career to advance the basic science of neuromodulation. He is founder and co-chair of the annual meeting, NEUROMODULATION THE SCIENCE. He is retired from the practice of medicine since 2014.

Tim J. Lamer, MD Professor of Anesthesiology

30 years of neurostimulation and pump implant and management experience in an academic medical center. Experience includes clinical practice, research, and teaching residents and pain medicine fellows. Neurostimulation experience includes SCS, DRG stimulation, PNS, & PfNS. IDDS implant and management experience includes noncancer pain, cancer pain, and spasticity (baclofen) management. Member of the INS Therapy Consensus Committee (NACC and PACC), NANS Scientific Program Committee, Immediate Past-President-American Academy of Pain Medicine, Neuromodulation Section Co-Editor for Pain Medicine, the journal.

Gemayel Lee, MD Interventional Pain Physician

Dr. Gemayel Lee practices interventional pain medicine at Relive You Center for Advanced Pain Management in San Diego, CA. He received his medical degree from UC San Francisco, and completed anesthesiology residency at UC San Diego. He completed additional fellowship training in Pain Medicine at UC San Diego Center for Pain Medicine.

Timothy R. Lubenow, MD Professor of Anesthesiology

Dr. Lubenow has 34 years of practicing interventional pain medicine. He is a professor of anesthesiology, section chair of pain medicine at Rush University Medical Center and program director of the pain medicine fellowship training program.

Kip A. Ludwig, PhD Associate Professor

Dr. Ludwig is the Co-Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Translational Neuroengineering (WITNe) and leads the Ludwig Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin within the WITNe structure. The primary focus of his lab is developing next-generation neuromodulation therapies that use minimally invasive strategies to hack the nervous system to treat circuit dysfunction and deliver biomolecules to target areas with unprecedented precision. Prior to Wisconsin Dr. Ludwig served as the Program Director for Neural Engineering at the National Institutes of Health. He co-led the Translational Devices Program at NINDS, led the NIH BRAIN Initiative programs to catalyze implantable academic and clinical devices to stimulate and/or record from the central nervous system, and led a trans-NIH planning team in developing the ~250 million dollar S.P.A.R.C. Program to stimulate advances in neuromodulation therapies for organ systems. Dr. Ludwig also worked in Industry as a research scientist, where his team conceived, developed and demonstrated the chronic efficacy of a next-generation neural stimulation electrode for reducing blood pressure in both pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. Through his industry work he oversaw Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP studies enabling clinical trials in Europe and the United States, as well as participated in the protocol development and execution of those trials, leading to approval for sale in twenty countries including the United States. Dr. Ludwig connects his academic research to the neuromodulation industry and clinical translation through multiple consulting and advisory roles. He serves as the Chair of the NeuroOne Scientific Advisory Board on Artificial Intelligence, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Abbott, Battelle, Blackfynn, Cala Health and the National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies, and is a co-founder of Neuronoff, Inc. Dr. Ludwig is also a paid consultant for Galvani Bioelectronics and Boston Scientific.