Robert W. Hurley, MD, PhD
Education
| 2002 | MD (Honors) | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine | Chicago, IL |
| 2000 | PhD, Neurobiology | University of Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| 2003 | Internship | University of Chicago-MacNeal Hospital | Chicago, IL |
| 2006 | Residency, Anesthesiology | Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions | Baltimore, MD |
| 2007 | Fellowship, Pain Medicine | Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions | Baltimore, MD |
Interests
| Research Interest | Acute pain, persistent pain, cancer pain, Neuropathic pain Spinal Cord Stimulation therapies |
Special Accomplishments
| 2009 | Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Blaustein Pain Treatment Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD |
| 2009 | Medical Director, Center for Neuromodulation at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD |
| 2009 | Co-Chair, Institutional Task Force on Pain Management, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD |
Biography
Robert W. Hurley, MD/PhD is an Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry, and Neurology.
Dr. Hurley is an associate editor of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (RAPM) and an editor for Anesthesia and Analgesia (A&A). He is a frequent reviewer of publications for the journals Pain, Spine, Spine Journal and Anesthesiology among other publications. He has served on the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Research. Dr. Hurley has been involved in research on the topic of pain for over 16 years and has published more than 45 articles, reviews and book chapters on a wide range of topics involving pain conditions and their treatment. He has been a presenter at several national and international meetings and won several research awards. Dr. Hurley is a member of the American Pain Society, International Association for the Study of Pain, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Society for Neuroscience, International Anesthesia Research Society, and American Society of Regional Anesthesia.
Dr. Hurley completed his Bachelor of Arts in Neuropsychology from McGill University, Montreal Canada. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Neuroscience and his Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from the University of Chicago where he was elected to the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and graduated with Honors. Dr. Hurley completed his internship at the MacNeal Hospital-University of Chicago and his anesthesiology residency at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He completed his fellowship in pain medicine at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He joined the faculty of the department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he was the Director of the JH Blaustein Pain Treatment Center and the JH Center for Neuromodulation. Dr. Hurley came to the University of Florida in July of 2009 to become the Director of Pain Medicine for the University of Florida and develop a multidisciplinary/multidepartmental Division of Pain Medicine.
Leadership and Service
Dr. Hurley is involved national and local leadership. Dr. Hurley is among the leaders of the American Society for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine as well member of the Board of Directors for the Alachua County Medical Society. Dr. Hurley leads the Shands Healthcare pain medicine committee and is involved on many other important committees at UF& Shands.
Interests
His clinical interests involve interventional management of acute and chronic pain management especially acute and chronic radicular (leg and/arm) pain, acute or chronic radicular pain after spine surgery (aka failed back or post-laminectomy syndrome), post-thoracotomy pain, post-mastectomy pain, chest pain (angina pectoris) refractory to medical management, low back pain, cancer pain, complex regional pain syndrome (reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD)), post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles), and post-amputation pain. His procedural and research interests include spinal cord stimulation, and peripheral nerve stimulation in treatment of chronic pain conditions.
Board Certification:
- Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine