• 1982-1986, Medical School, University of Manitoba (Canada)
• 1986-1987, Rotating Internship, University of Manitoba (Canada)
• 1993-1994, Regional Anesthesia Fellowship, Virginia Mason Medical Center
• 1998-1999 Pain Medicine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

• 2001-03, Director, Regional Anesthesia Program, University of Michigan Health System
• 2003-Present, Chief, Pain Medicine Service, University of Michigan Health System
• 2003-Present, Director, Back & Pain Center

• Cancer pain, back pain, regional anesthesia and it's applications to chronic pain management.

• Evidence based medicine for pain management
• Regional anesthesia and its use in postoperative pain management

• 1998-2002, Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2002-2003, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, Methodist Hospital Transitional Medicine Internship Program
• 2003-2006, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Residency
• 2006- 2007,  Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pain Medicine Fellowship

Academic

• 2007, Locums Tenens, Anesthesiology, Metro Health Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• 2007-Present, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Anesthesiology, Back & Pain Center, University of Michigan Health System,  Ann Arbor, MI

Clinical Interests

• Back and spine pain
• Spinal cord stimulators and neuromodulation
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS, RSD)
• Research Interests
• The effects of opioids on sexual function in pain patients.
• Needle depth of lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections as it relates to body mass index. 
• Characteristics and outcomes of chronic pain patients presenting for surgery.
• The prevalence and predictors of perioperative nerve injury.
• The use of dexmedetomidine in spine surgery.    
• Can a fall in baseline heart rate be used as a reliable predictor of successful epidural catheter placement.
• The effects of intravenous clonidine on pain management after laproscopic tubal ligation.
• The effect on duration of analgesia and anesthesia of dexmedetomidine as an additive to local anesthetics for interscalene brachial plexus blocks for shoulder surgery. 

Srinivas Chiravuri, MBBS, MD

Training

• MBBS, Adichunchunagari Institute of Medical Sciences, Mysore University
• 1998-99, Internship, General Surgery, Metropolitan Group Hospitals, Chicago
• 1999-02, CA-I, Illinois Masonic Medical Center
• 2000-03, CA-II, III, University of Michigan Health System
• 2002-03, Fellowship, Pain Medicine, University of Michigan Health System
• 2003-04, Fellowship, Cardiac Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System

• Cardiac patients, facial pain; trigeminal neuralgia, refractory angina, PVOD

• Neuromodulation for chronic pain management
• Dorsal horn receptors and pharmacology
• Augmentation/Inhibition of various neural pathways
• Neuro Anatomy

• 1998, M.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 1998 - 1999, Internship, Family Practice, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
• 1999 - 2002, Medical Service Corps, United States Navy
• 2002 - 2005, Residency, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2005 - 2006, Fellowship, Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Regional Anesthesia, cancer pain, facial pain

• 1987, M.D., Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
• 1988, Internship, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
• 1989, Residency Program, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
• 1989, Residency Program, Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical Center
• 1992, Fellowship, Pain Management Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical Center
• 1996, Anesthesiology, Pain Management Certification

• Pain Management (Acute and Chronic), Obstetrical Anesthesiology, Ambulatory Anesthesia, Quality Assurance and education.

• Health services research, acute pain, chronic pain, gender, ethnic, racial and aging variables
• Physician education and quality improvement in pain management

• 2000 - 2001, M.D., St. Eustatius School of Medicine, Glen Cove, New York
• 2001 - 2002, Internship, Transitional, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
• 2002 - 2005, Residency, Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
• 2005 - 2006, Fellowship, Interventional Pain Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Cancer Pain, adolescent pain, oncologic pain

• 1992, MD University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
• 1991-1992, Internship, Internal Medicine, Hayat, Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan
• 1992, Internship, General Surgery, Hayat Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan
• 1993-1994, Surgical Internship, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
• 1994-1997, Residency, Anesthesiology, University Of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
• 1997-1998, Fellowship, Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1998, Clinical Scholar, Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1999, Medical Director, Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic Health System Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio
• 1999-2000, Medical Director, Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic Health System Euclid Hospital, Euclid, Ohio
• 2000-2005, Director, Interventional Pain Medicine, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

• Acute and chronic pain medicine, regional anesthesia techniques and applications, neuromodulation

• Regional anesthetic outcomes
• Cognitive effects of pain medication
• Interventional pain medicine

• 1974-78, Doctoral, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1978-79, Internship, Internal Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• 1979-81, Resident, Internal Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• 1981-83, Fellow, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1987-89, Fellow, Nuclear Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1995-96, Associate in Healthcare Risk Management and Quality Review, Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan

Academic

• 1982-83, research Associate, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1983-84, Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1984-87, Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1985-Present, Clinic Faculty, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Clinical Interests

• Clinical interest in addictive illness, opioid and sedative dependence, nicotine dependence treatment, 12 step recovery process.

• Medical management of chronic pain syndrome, buprenorphine pharmacodynamics, sedative withdrawal management, multi disciplinary treatment of chronic pain syndromes.

• 1989-1995, B.A. Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
• 1997-2002 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
• 2002-2003, Intern, Department of Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
• 2003-2005, Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
• 2005 - 2006, Fellowship, Interventional Pain Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Clinical interest are treatment of back and peripheral nerve pain.

• Research interest is peripheral nerve field stimulation.

• 1985, M.D. Wayne State University School of Medicine
• 1985-86, Internship, Internal Medicine, University of Illinois
• 1986-89, Residency, Anesthesiology, University of Illinois
• 2000, Fellowship, Pain Management Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical Center

• Pediatric pain, cancer pain, head and neck pain and medical legal review.

• Pain management

• 1973-1977, B.S. with Honors (Zoology and Microbiology), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 1977-1980, M.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
• 1980-1981, Intern, Categorical Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, University of Michigan Affil., Detroit, Michigan
• 1981-1983, Resident, Henry Ford Hospital, University of Michigan Affil., Detroit, Michigan

Academic

• 2006-present, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• 2005-2006, Visiting Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
• 1997-2005, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science (formerly, The Chicago Medical School), North Chicago, Illinois

Research Interests

• Clinical pathways development and practice quality, particularly in the area of pain management
• Variations in delivery of health care

Wade M. Cooper, D.O.

Training

• July 2000–2001, Traditional Rotating Internship, Michigan State University, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, Michigan
• July 2001–2003, General Neurology Resident, Michigan State University, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, Michigan
• July 2003–2004, Neurology Resident in Chief, Michigan State University, Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, Michigan
• July 2003–June 2004, Headache Fellow, Michigan Head Pain and Neurologic Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Academic

• 1996, B.S. Physiology, Cum Laude, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
• 2000, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
• 2005, General Neurology Board Certification, American Board of Osteopathic Neurology and Psychiatry
• 2006, Diagnostic MRI and CT Certification, American Society of Neuroimaging

Clinical Interests

• Clinical interests include chronic daily headache, neck related headache disorders, and cluster headache.

Research Interests

• His research interests are in diagnostic imaging and interventional treatment options for patients with advanced headache.

Ross Halpern, PhD, LP

Training

• Bachelors of Science in Psychology from University of Michigan
• Masters and PhD degrees in Clinical Psychology from the University of Detroit
• Internships at The Detroit Psychiatric Institute, Oakland University Psychology Clinic and Windsor Western Hospital.

Clinical Interests

• His interest in chronic pain started when he worked on his PhD dissertation, which involved teaching people relaxation strategies.

Research Interests

• His research provides understanding that not only does relaxation training reduces anxiety, but also lowers blood pressure and helps patients cope with chronic pain.