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    Vwaire Orhurhu, MD MPH

    Physician
    UPMC

    Vwaire Orhurhu, MD, MPH, is an interventional pain physician at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Williamsport Pennsylvania. He had his medical training at Mayo Medical School and completed his residencies at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School (General Surgery Internship) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School (Anesthesiology). He subsequently completed his chronic pain fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

    He is very vast in the clinical research, diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic pain conditions. Dr. Orhurhu has a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University School of Public Health. His masters focused on quantitative methods (research study designs and statistical analysis). He has published over 170 peer reviewed articles as well as multiple book chapters in the field of anesthesiology and chronic pain management.

    Dr. Orhurhu has received numerous awards, including outstanding resident teaching award at Harvard Medical School as well as numerous “Best Oral Research Presentation” awards at prominent interventional pain meetings. Dr. Orhurhu’s research activities have been accepted into highly regarded journals such as JAMA Surgery, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Spine Journal Pain Medicine, Pain Physician, Neuromodulation and many more. He's also a reviewer for numerous Pain journals.

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