NAME:

Francisco A. Naveira, MD, DABPM, DABA, FIPP, DASIPP

CURRENT TITLE:

CEO, Medical Director

SPECIALTY:

Anesthesiology

SUB-SPECIALTY:

Interventional Pain Management

Location:

North Carolina

Business:

NC Pain Management Services, PA

Business Address:

Alamance Regional Medical Center

1236 Huffman Mill Rd.

Suite 2100

Burlington, NC 27215               

Telephone:

(336) 538-7180

FAX:

(336) 538-7739

Summary:

Naveira, MD completed his Pain Management Fellowship at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, of the Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1994. His merits and abilities earned him a position with the rank of Assistant Professor, at the University Fellowship Program. He proceeded to specialize in Interventional Pain Management techniques, and to teach at the institution, until late 1998, when he transitioned from the academic to the private practice. Although he no longer works in academics, he continues to donate his time and to lecture at Bowman Gray’s Pain Management Fellowship Program. Naveira, MD has written several articles published in the medical literature, including chapters on “Blocks of the Sympathetic Nervous System” and “Facet Blocks”.

Medical Memberships:

·        American Medical Association (1984)

·        American Society of Anesthesiologists (1990)

·        American Society of Regional Anesthesia (1990)

·        International Anesthesia Research Society (1990)

·        Puerto Rico Medical Association (1991)

·        Anesthesia Component Society of Puerto Rico (1991)

·        American Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists (1992)

·        Center for Investigative Neuroscience (1995)

·        American Pain Society (1996)

·        American Academy of Pain Medicine (1996)

·        International Spinal Injection Society (1996)

·        North American Spine Society (1996)

·        Physician Advisory Committee for CompRehab (1997)

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Journal Articles:

·        Naveira FA, Morales A. Treatment of persistent cough after stellate ganglion block. Reg Anesth 1993;18:312-314.

·        Rauck RL, Naveira FA, Speight KL, Smith BP. Refractory idiopathic erythromelalgia. Anesth Analg 1996;82:1097-1101.

·        Naveira FA, Speight KL, Rauck RL, Carpenter RL. Meningitis after injection of intrathecal baclofen. A case report. Anesth Analg 1996;82:1297-9.

·        Naveira FA, Snell JA, Rauck RL. Blocks of the sympathetic nervous system. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: State of the Art Reviews 1996;10:245-88.

·        Naveira FN, Speight KL, Rauck RL. Atheromatous Aortic Plaque as a Cause of Resistance to Needle Passage During Transaortic Celiac Plexus Block. Anesth Analg 1996;83:1327-1329.

·        Naveira FA, Copeland S, Anderson M, Speight K, Rauck R. Transient neurologic toxicity after spinal analgesia, or is it myofascial pain? Two Case Reports. Anesthesiology, 1998;88(1):268-270.

·        Naveira FA, Rauck RL, Speight KL. Blocks of the sympathetic nervous system. Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, Progress in Anesthesiology, 1999.

·        Naveira FA, Rauck RL, Speight KL. Zygapophysial (Facet) Joint Arthropathy. Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, Progress in Anesthesiology: Volume XIII / Chapter 6, P87-107.March 1999

Abstracts:

·        Naveira FA, Speight KL, Rauck RL, James RL. Epidural spinal cord stimulators cause an acute increase in blood flow as measured by cold stress laser doppler flowmetry. Anesthesiology 1996;85:A799.

·        Miscellaneous:

·        Speight KL, Rauck RL, Naveira FA. Regional versus general anesthesia--are we asking the Wright questions? North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists Newsletter, June 1994.

·        Naveira FA, Speight KL, Rauck RL. Transient neurologic toxicity? Anes Analg 1996;887-888 (Letter).

LECTURES & SPEECHES

Presentations:

·        Reflex sympathetic dystrophy--new treatment modalities. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Workshop, Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses, Roanoke Medical Center. Roanoke, Virginia, May 21, 1994.

·        Epidural anesthesia. St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, Missouri, August 30, 1994.

·        Pre-emptive analgesia. William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, September 6, 1994.

·        Chronic pain. Morehead Memorial Hospital, Eden, North Carolina, September 27, 1994.

·        Commonly misdiagnosed peripheral pain syndromes. Section on Rheumatology, Division of Continuing Education, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University and The Arthritis Foundation of North Carolina, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 30, 1994.

·        Moderator. North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, October 2, 1994.

·        Post-Op pain management. Physicians at Northside and Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta. Atlanta, Georgia, November 22, 1994.

·        Sympathetically maintained pain. Triad Chapter of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 17, 1995.

·        Regional anesthesia. Tarrant County Society of Anesthesiologists. Fort Worth, Texas, November 28, 1994.

·        Invasive mode of treatment for the patient with pain. Grand Rounds, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, September 4, 1996.

·        Interventional pain management. Durham Academy of Medicine. Durham, North Carolina, September 18, 1996.

·        Pain Management for the Primary Care Provider. Wilmington Healthcare. Wilmington, NC. July 7th and 9th, 1998.

·        Intrathecal Pumps for Cancer and Nonmalignant Pain. North Carolina Society of Anesthesiologists. Fall Session XX. Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, September 15 - 17, 2000.

·        Implanted Epidural and Intrathecal Catheter Delivery Systems for Cancer Pain Management. Pain Killers in Paradise. Winter 2001. Second Meeting. Vessel "Bonac Witch", Tortola, British Virgin Islands, Tuesday, January 30, 2001.

·        "Interventional Pain Therapies for Cancer Pain" - Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, NC. March 22, 2001.

·        "Setting up a Private Practice" - Pain/Regional Anesthesia Journal Club - Wednesday, May 2 at 8:00 a.m. - 8th floor, Clinical Sciences Building, in the Psychiatric Conference Room #2. North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of the Wake Forest University.

·        "Pain Management in the New Millennium" - Alamance County Medical Society - Tuesday, June 5th, 2001. - Alamance Country Club, 2402 Pineway Drive, Burlington, NC . Sponsored

·        Private Pain Management Practice - Bowman Gray School of Medicine - Wednesday, February 19, 2002. - Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC.

Disclaimer: The above is not an official CV.