Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, FASA
Professor Of Anesthesiology; Chief, Pain Medicine Division; Director, Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Fellowship, Interim Associate Chair For Research
About Rene Przkora
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 and the interim associate chair for research in the Department of Anesthesiology. 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.Â
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.Â
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.
Teaching Profile
Board Certifications
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AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
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Pain ManagementAmerican Board of Anesthesiology
Clinical Profile
- Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 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
- 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
- Vertiflex Procedure for Spinal Stenosis
Publications
Grants
Education
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 265-7777
- Business:
- rprzkora@anest.ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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1345 SW Center Drive
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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1345 SW Center Drive, PO Box 100254
GAINESVILLE FL 32610