Meet the CTPM Faculty William Maixner, DDS, PhD Director, Center for Translational Pain Medicine
Jongbae Jay Park, PhD, LAc Director, Acupuncture and Asian Medicine
Aurelio Alonso, DDS, MS, PhD Director, Orofacial Pain
Richard L. Boortz-Marx, MD, MS Medical Director
Andrey Bortsov, MD
Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology
Thomas E. Buchheit, MD Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Ru-Rong Ji, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Chief, Pain Research Director, Pain Signaling and Plasticity Laboratory
Sven-Eric Jordt, PhD
Director, Chemical Sensing, Pain and Inflammation Research Laboratory
Francis J. Keefe, PhD
Professor in Anesthesiology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Medicine
“There are very few places in the world that are dedicated to putting substantial resources toward pain. Duke has provided that home.” William Maixner, DDS, PhD
Wolfgang Liedtke, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Neurobiology
Andrea G. Nackley, PhD Director, The Nackley Laboratory
Director, Center for Translational Pain Medicine
Duke Anesthesiology offered the opportunity to broaden the horizon and create a clear view of how to integrate research, education and patient care for the first time.” According to Dr. Maixner, about one-tenth of chronic pain patients are suffering from opioid addiction and abuse due to excessive exposure to opioids which are often misappropriated. He believes the only way to deal with the abuse and addiction is to discover new medications and innovative pain therapies which require research. “Our society does a very poor job of funding fundamental discovery work in this area that could impact both pain patients and alleviate the opioid epidemic.
Shad B. Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology
Thomas J. Van de Ven, MD, PhD Director, Nerve Injury and Pain Mechanism Laboratory
David S. Warner, MD
Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine Vice Chair, Research Chief, Division of Basic Sciences