My bio
Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, MMS, joined the University of Florida faculty as an associate professor in anesthesiology and pain medicine in 2014. Currently, he is the associate division chief and the fellowship director of the multidisciplinary pain medicine fellowship program at UF. Before arriving at UF, Dr. Przkora spent time at the University of Texas Medical Branch, or UTMB, as an assistant professor in anesthesiology and pain medicine. While there, he also served as the assistant director of the pain medicine fellowship program and the education director of the patient simulation center.
In 1999, Dr. Przkora received a medical degree from the University of Wurzburg in Germany. He then went on to obtain a PhD in 2000 from the University of Bonn in Germany. He received training in general and orthopaedic surgery while in Germany. In 2006, Dr. Przkora finished a two-year, post-doctoral research fellowship at the UTMB. He arrived at UF in 2006 and completed his residency in anesthesiology in 2010. Dr. Przkora was a fellow in pain medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, and graduated in 2011. He finished his post-doctoral training by receiving a certificate in business administration from the American Society of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Przkora is board-certified in pain medicine and anesthesiology. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the International Anesthesia Research Society. Dr. Przkora is a junior editor for the American Board of Anesthesiology and a reviewer for various scientific journals. Dr. Przkora has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he has obtained independent research funding for studies relating to pain medicine.
Board certifications
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Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology
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Pain Management
American Board of Anesthesiology
Education
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Fellowship - Pain Management
Massachusetts General Hospital, 2011
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Residency - Anesthesiology
University of Florida, 2010
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Medical Degree
Julius Maximilians University, 1999
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Ph.D. in Neuroscience
University of Bonn, 1998
My areas of focus
- Abdominal pain
- Back pain - when you see the doctor
- Cervical Herniated Disk
- Chest pain
- Chronic pain rehabilitation
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Compression fractures of the back
- Epidural injections for back pain
- Face pain
- General anesthesia
- Headache
- Hip pain
- Joint pain
- Knee pain
- Kyphoplasty
- Leg pain
- Low back pain - acute
- Low back pain - chronic
- Lumbar Herniated Disk
- Neck pain
- Neuralgia
- Shoulder pain
- Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spondylolisthesis
- Vertebroplasty
Specialties
Gender
Male