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    Magdalena ANITESCU, MD, PhD, FASA (she/her/hers)

    Professor
    University of Chicago Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Dr Anitescu, Professor of Anesthesia&Pain Medicine, is Section Chief of Pain Management Services and Program Director for the Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship Program at the University of Chicago. Following surgical internship at the University of Iowa, anesthesia residency at University of Pittsburgh and interventional pain medicine fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation she joined faculty at the University of Chicago. During her tenure, her academic accomplishments included: peer review articles, textbooks author, book chapters contributor, member of scientific planning committees and invited lecturer at national and international meeting (ASRA, ASA, ESRA, NANS, INS, AAPM, SAAAPM). She chaired national meetings for both ASRA and NANS. She is an accomplished educator and mentored many generations of pain physicians. Previous board member for both NANS and INS, dr Anitescu currently serves as NANS Secretary. She is Past-President of the Association of Pain Medicine Program Directors and of the Anesthesia Subspecialty Fellowship Programs. Dr Anitescu’s main research focuses on various mechanisms of action of neuromodulation devices in improving clinical outcomes and she is a PI for several clinical trials on this topic. Other research topics: infusion therapies, neuromodulation in vascular diabetic changes, novel OA pain treatments, psychiatric co-morbidities in chronic pain.

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