Juan Mora

Juan Mora, MD

Assistant Professor Of Anesthesiology; Medical Director, Pain Medicine Surgical Center

Department: MD-ANEST-CHRONIC PAIN MED
Business Phone: (352) 265-7777
Business Email: jmora@anest.ufl.edu

About Juan Mora

My name is Juan Mora, MD, and I am the medical director of UF Health Pain Medicine – Ayers, the pain medicine surgical center and assistant professor of anesthesiology in the University of Florida Division of Pain Medicine. I was born and raised in Colombia, where I completed medical school. After graduating I decided to spend some time giving back to my country and did so by being the only physician in a remote town with a population of only 4,000. I was in charge of their primary care and emergencies while developing public health policies with the town mayor and other public figures in order to improve the community’s overall understanding of health and well-being. Later, I volunteered for medical missions in association with the Colombian Air Force, giving me the opportunity to help while traveling all over my country.

During the earlier stages of my career, I felt the need to help those with chronic pain as much as I could to alleviate their suffering, allowing them to regain functionality and return to the activities that brought joy to their lives. That was my motivation to start my training in anesthesiology and later pursue extra training in interventional chronic pain management. Following my time in Colombia, I completed my residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, where I served as chief resident. Afterwards, I completed a pain management fellowship at UF in Gainesville and researched cervical spine contusion at the Mayo Clinic Foundation in Rochester, Minnesota.

The available methods of treatment that we have available nowadays, unthinkable a few years ago, are only getting better and less invasive allowing us to provide better care to the patients we serve. I am involved in a national study looking to determine the best treatment strategies for patients with knee pain (SKOAP), and also in different spinal cord stimulation studies assessing the effects of the delivery of energy (neuromodulation) to the spinal cord and nerve roots and its effect on chronic pain. I have a special interest in neuromodulation and treating patients for chronic pain, complex regional pain syndrome, lumbar stenosis, and low back, neck, radicular and knee pain. In my free time, enjoy scuba diving, riding my bicycle, salsa dancing and soccer.

Accomplishments

Exemplary Teacher Award
2023 · University of Florida College of Medicine
Exemplary Teacher Award
2020 · University of Florida College of Medicine
Outstanding Performance on the Basic Examination
2015 · The American Board of Anesthesiology
Exceptional Education
2014 · University of Florida General Surgery Clerkship Students

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2023
BMS6021 Pain Intensive

Board Certifications

  • Anesthesiology
    American Board of Anesthesiology
  • Pain Medicine
    American Board of Anesthesiology

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Anesthesiology
  • Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation
Areas of Interest
  • Abdominal pain
  • Back pain – when you see the doctor
  • Cervical Herniated Disk
  • Chest pain
  • Chronic pain – resources
  • Complex regional pain syndrome
  • Compression fractures of the back
  • Epidural injections for back pain
  • Face pain
  • General anesthesia
  • Headache
  • Hip pain
  • Intracept
  • 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
  • Spinal fractures
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Vertebroplasty

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-6351-9641

Areas of Interest
  • Neuromodulation
  • Pain
  • Pain Management
  • Spinal Stenosis

Publications

2023
Retrospective Review of the Efficacy of Lumbar Radiofrequency Ablation for Lumbar Facet Arthropathy: The Influence of Gender and Obesity.
Pain physician. 26(6):E695-E701 [PMID] 37847923.
2021
Chronic pain, disease and mortality: will we follow the path of Noah or Pharaoh?
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 46(9):743-744 [DOI] 10.1136/rapm-2021-102949.
2021
Peripheral Nerve Entrapments in Cancer Pain.
Cancer treatment and research. 182:203-223 [DOI] 10.1007/978-3-030-81526-4_13. [PMID] 34542884.
2021
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Using a Head-Mounted Video Display: A Randomized Clinical Study.
Pain physician. 24(1):83-87 [PMID] 33400431.
2018
A Better Way to Evaluate Postoperative Pain?
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 19(12):2334-2335 [DOI] 10.1093/pm/pny193. [PMID] 30339242.
2018
In Response to Comments and Concerns from Dr. Viswanath.
Pain physician. 21(2) [PMID] 29565965.
2018
Knee osteoarthritis: pathophysiology and current treatment modalities.
Journal of pain research. 11:2189-2196 [DOI] 10.2147/JPR.S154002. [PMID] 30323653.
2018
Trends in Anesthesia-Related Liability and Lessons Learned.
Advances in anesthesia. 36(1):231-249 [DOI] 10.1016/j.aan.2018.07.009. [PMID] 30414640.
2017
Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems (IDDS) and Therapy
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2016
Airway Online Module 1 Oxygenation
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2016
The Impact of Midcervical Contusion Injury on Diaphragm Muscle Function.
Journal of neurotrauma. 33(5):500-9 [DOI] 10.1089/neu.2015.4054. [PMID] 26413840.

Grants

Oct 2020 ACTIVE
A Sequenced-strategy for improving outcomes in people with Knee OsteoArthritis Pain (SKOAP Trial)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY via NATL INST OF HLTH NIAMS
Sep 2019 ACTIVE
University of Florida Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Center
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINDS
Jun 2019 ACTIVE
Long-Term Real-World Outcomes Study on Patients Implanted with a Neurostimulator
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: ABBOTT LABORATORIES

Education

Fellowship – Pain Management
2017-2018 · University of Florida Health Gainesville
Residency – Anesthesiology
2014-2017 · University of Florida Health Jacksonville
Medical School
2002-2009 · Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-7777
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
1345 SW Center Drive
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
1345 SW Center Drive, PO Box 100254
Gainesville FL 32610