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Office
200 Delafield Road
Suite 2070
Pittsburgh, PA 15215- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Alter is a physician-scientist practicing Pain Medicine and studying pain modulation in an effort to improve pain management. He is Assistant Professor and Director of Translational Pain Research in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at University of Pittsburgh. Research projects focus on the role of endogenous pain modulation in chronic pain and identifying ways to leverage pain dampening systems for novel pain therapies and biomarkers.
Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2017 - 2018
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Anesthesiology, 2012 - 2017
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2014 - Present
PA State Medical License 2018 - 2024- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Test Retest Reliability of OA and OH Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 05
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
- Brain Biomarker of Endogenous Analgesia in Patients With Chronic Knee Pain Start of enrollment: 2021 Nov 18
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
- Offset Mechanisms in Evaluation of Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks Start of enrollment: 2023 Jul 05
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Hierarchical Clustering Applied to Chronic Pain Drawings Identifies Undiagnosed Fibromyalgia: Implications for Busy Clinical Practice.Benedict J Alter, Mark Moses, Rebecca DeSensi, Brian O'Connell, Cheryl Bernstein, Sean McDermott, Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Ajay D Wasan> ;The Journal of Pain. 2024 Feb 12
- 4 citationsManaging Vasovagal Reactions in the Outpatient Pain Clinic Setting: A Review for Pain Medicine Physicians Not Trained in Anesthesiology.Ron Vidri, Trent Emerick, Benedict Alter, Scott Brancolini> ;Pain Medicine. 2022 May 30
- 2 citationsOffset analgesia is associated with opposing modulation of medial versus dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activations: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Benedict J Alter, Hendrik Santosa, Quynh H Nguyen, Theodore J Huppert, Ajay D Wasan> ;Molecular Pain. 2022 Jan 27
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Press Mentions
Chronic Pain Has 9 Distinct Types, According to a Large New Body Mapping StudyAugust 6th, 2021
Hospital Affiliations
UPMC St. MargaretPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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