Steven D. Waldman Explained

Steven D. Waldman, M.D., J.D
Nationality:American
Fields:Pain Management
Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Medical Education
Workplaces:,
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Alma Mater:,
University of Kansas
Known For:Interventional Pain Management

Steven D. Waldman is a pain management specialist, author and a pioneer[1] in the specialty of interventional pain management.[2] He holds an academic appointment as Professor of Anesthesiology at Kansas City University where he currently serves as Senior Vice Provost of Strategic Initiatives.

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[3] and earned his MD in 1977. He completed his internship at Mayo Clinic in 1978 and did his residency in anesthesiology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota where he also served as President of the Mayo Clinic Fellows Association.[2] 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.[4]

Career

Waldman was one of the first pain management specialists in the region, founding pain clinics at numerous Kansas City area hospitals. Waldman is credited with coining the term interventional pain management to describe this new subspecialty of pain management that was focused on the use of interventional procedures to treat pain.[5] 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.[4] 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.[6] Waldman currently serves as Professor of Anesthesiology and Senior Vice Provost of Strategic Initiatives at Kansas City University.  

Publications

He is the author of more than fifty-three textbooks on topics ranging from interventional pain management, ultrasound, case-based learning, and medical imaging as well as numerous scholarly publications on interventional pain management., opioids, practice management, instructional technology, and medical bioethics and humanities[7]

Select bibliography

He contributed the "Pain practice management" subsection to the book Operating room leadership and management.[8] Waldman's Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes[9] has been translated into Spanish, Italian and Polish.[10] [11] [12]

Awards and recognition

Waldman was Mayo Clinic Fellows Association President and has been the recipient of several accolades and awards:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Where else would you study? . UMKC Today . 12 March 2014 . 20 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Steven D Waldman, MD . . July 15, 2013.
  3. Web site: National and chapter news . Alpha Omega Alpha . 19 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Dr. Steve Waldman appointed Director of Statewide Outreach Programs . Kelly Edwards . . 31 January 2011 . 20 March 2016.
  5. Book: Kloth . David . Tescot . Andrea . Riegler . Francis . Pain-Wise . 2011 . Hatherleigh Press . 9781578264100 .
  6. Web site: Medical Humanities and Bioethics Advisory Board Committee . UMKC . 20 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Collections of the National Library of Medicine > Waldman, Steven D. . . July 15, 2013.
  8. Book: Operating Room Leadership and Management . Alan D. Kaye . Charles J. Fox III . Richard D. Urman . amp . . . Contributed by Steven D. Waldman . 9781107017535 . Pain Practice Management . 194–200 . yes . 2012 . July 15, 2013.
  9. Web site: Atlas of common pain syndromes / Steven D. Waldman . . 19 March 2016.
  10. Web site: Atlas de sindromes dolorosos frecuentes . Steven D. Waldman . Casa del libro . 19 March 2016.
  11. Web site: Il trattamento del dolore . Steven D. Waldman . Verduci Editore . 19 March 2016.
  12. Web site: Atlas zespołów bólowych . Steven D. Waldman . Medbook.com.pl . 19 March 2016.
  13. Web site: Eighty Years of Alumni Excellence . Perspectives . 19 March 2016.
  14. Web site: 2014 Alumni Award Winners . Chandra Blackwell . Perspectives . 2014 . 20 March 2016.
  15. News: Edwards . Kelly . UMKC honors School of Medicine alumns . UMKC . 25 April 2014.

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