Steven D. Waldman

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Steven D. Waldman, M.D., J.D
Steven D. Waldman
Waldman in 2019
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City,
University of Kansas
Known forInterventional Pain Management
Scientific career
FieldsPain Management
Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Medical Education
InstitutionsUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City
School of Medicine

Steven D. Waldman is a pain management specialist, author and a pioneer[1] in the sub-specialty of interventional pain management.[2] He holds joint academic appointments as 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 Vice Dean and Chairman of the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics.[3]

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[4] 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.[5]

Career

Waldman was one of the first pain management specialists in the region, founding pain clinics at numerous Kansas City area hospitals.[1] 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.[6]

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.[5] 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.[7]

Waldman currently serves as Vice Dean at the UMKC School of Medicine.[8] He is a Committee Chair of the Academy of Professionalism in Healthcare as well as the President of the Osler Society of Greater Kansas City.[9]

Publications

He is the author of more than twenty-five textbooks and numerous academic articles on pain management.[10]

Select bibliography

  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2019). Optimizing Medical Education With Instructional Technology (5th ed.). Amsterdam: IGI Global Academic Press. ISBN 9781522562894.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2019). Atlas of Interventional Pain Management (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier. ISBN 9780323244282.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2019). Comprehensive Atlas of Ultrasound Guided Pain Management Techniques (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott. ISBN 9781451186703.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2018). Uncommon Pain Syndromes (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2018). Common Pain Syndromes (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2016). Comprehensive Atlas of Diagnostic Ultrasound of Painful Conditions. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams Wilkins. ISBN 9781496302892.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2016). Comprehensive Atlas of Diagnostic Ultrasound of Painful Foot and Ankle Conditions. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams Wilkins. ISBN 9781496345462.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2016). Pain Review (2nd ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 9780323448895.
  • Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2016). Atlas of Pain Management Injection Techniques (4th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 9780323414159.

He contributed the "Pain practice management" subsection to the book Operating room leadership and management.[11] Waldman's Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes[12] has been translated into Spanish, Italian and Polish.[13][14][15]

Awards and recognition

Waldman was Mayo Clinic Fellows Association President and has been the recipient of several accolades and awards:[5]

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society[4]
  • UMKC Alumni Achievement Award for service to the University and School of Medicine.[16]
  • UMKC Medical Humanities Award in recognition of his role in helping found the Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the UMKC School of Medicine and his teaching efforts in this area.
  • UMKC Legacy Award (as a member of the Waldman family)[17]
  • UMKC School of Medicine Humanities Award
  • UMKC Alumni Achievement Award[18]
  • Society For Pain Practice Management Distinguished Service Award

References

  1. ^ a b "Where else would you study?". UMKC Today. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Steven D Waldman, MD". Menorah Medical Center. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Edwards, Kelly (17 April 2019). "Dr. Waldman appointed vice dean for strategic initiatives and stewardship". UMKC.
  4. ^ a b "National and chapter news". Alpha Omega Alpha. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Kelly Edwards (31 January 2011). "Dr. Steve Waldman appointed Director of Statewide Outreach Programs". University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. ^ Kloth, David; Tescot, Andrea; Riegler, Francis (2011). Pain-Wise. Hatherleigh Press. ISBN 9781578264100.
  7. ^ "Medical Humanities and Bioethics Advisory Board Committee". UMKC. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. ^ Kelly Edwards (17 February 2016). "School appoints Dr. Steven Waldman as Associate Dean for International Programs". University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ "SAS Journal of Medicine: Editorial board". SAS Society. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Collections of the National Library of Medicine > Waldman, Steven D." United States National Library of Medicine. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  11. ^ Alan D. Kaye; Charles J. Fox III & Richard D. Urman (2012). "Pain Practice Management". Operating Room Leadership and Management. Contributed by Steven D. Waldman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 194–200. ISBN 9781107017535. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  12. ^ "Atlas of common pain syndromes / Steven D. Waldman". United States National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  13. ^ Steven D. Waldman. "Atlas de sindromes dolorosos frecuentes". Casa del libro. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  14. ^ Steven D. Waldman. "Il trattamento del dolore". Verduci Editore. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  15. ^ Steven D. Waldman. "Atlas zespołów bólowych". Medbook.com.pl. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  16. ^ "Eighty Years of Alumni Excellence" (PDF). Perspectives. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  17. ^ Chandra Blackwell (2014). "2014 Alumni Award Winners". Perspectives. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  18. ^ Edwards, Kelly (25 April 2014). "UMKC honors School of Medicine alumns". UMKC.

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