Nationality American Name Steven Waldman | Role Author Fields Pain management | |
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Born December 29, 1951 (age 72) ( 1951-12-29 ) Institutions University of Missouri–Kansas CitySchool of Medicine,The Headache & Pain Center,Doctors Hospital, Leawood Books Atlas of Interventional Pain Man, Atlas of Pain Manage, Atlas of common pain synd, Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syn, Physical Diagnosis of Pain | ||
Steven D. Waldman is a pain management specialist, author and a pioneer in the sub-specialty of interventional pain management. He holds joint academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine where he currently serves as Associate Dean and Chairman of the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics.
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Background
Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geosciences from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and was one of the first 100 students to be admitted in 1973 to its new medical school, the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. He was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and earned his MD in 1977, completed his internship at Mayo Clinic in 1978 and did his residency in anesthesiology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.
Waldman received Masters in Business Administration In Healthcare Administration from City University in 1993 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1996.
Career
Waldman was one of the first pain management specialists in the region, founding pain clinics at numerous Kansas City area hospitals.
He holds joint academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. He serves as the Inaugural Chairman of the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics and a member of the Humanities Advisory Committee in the School of Medicine. He is a founding member of the Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, helping raise the initial funding for the William Sirridge lectureship, and he is on the advisory board of the Sirridge Office.
Waldman currently serves as Associate Dean at the UMKC School of Medicine. He is Chief Editor of SAS Journal of Medicine.
Publications
He is the author of more than twenty-five textbooks and numerous academic articles on pain management. The books include:
He contributed the "Pain practice management" subsection to the book Operating room leadership and management.
Waldman's Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes has been translated into Spanish, Italian and Polish.
Awards and recognition
Waldman was Mayo Clinic Fellows Association President and has been the recipient of several accolades and awards:
Personal life
Waldman is married to Kathy Waldman, with whom he has four children: David, Corey, Jennifer, and Reid.