RobertWHurleyMDPhD

Pain Medicine, Regional Anesthesiology

Associate Dean, Faculty Development; Editor-in-Chief, Pain Medicine Professor, Anesthesiology; Executive Director, Pain and Non-Op Spine Service Line Wake Forest University School of Medicine/Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

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Office
Medical Centet Blvd Anesthesiology
Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone+1 336-716-2255

Summary

Dr. Robert Hurley is a Pain Physician in Winston Salem, NC and is affiliated with Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Atrium Health). Dr. Hurley is an academic triple threat with leadership in research, education, and administrative domains across acute and chronic pain. He specializes in developing systemwide pain programs and pain policy advocacy at the state and national level and is currently practicing at Wake Forest. His pain training started at McGill in undergrad, includes MD/PhD from U. Chicago and clinical training at Johns Hopkins. His publications include over 120 papers and book chapters (Miller, Barash, Bonica). He is also the Editor-in- Chief of the journal, Pain Medicine, the premier journal of multi-disciplinary pain, spine and neuromodulation medicine.

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2006 - 2007
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 2003 - 2006
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 2002
University of ChicagoPhD, Neurobiology, 1996 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2017 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2009 - 2019
WI State Medical License 2014 - 2019
MD State Medical License 2006 - 2018
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Board of Directors, Director at Large American Academy of Pain Medicine
Editor in Chief Pain Medicine
Associate Editor Pain Practice, 2013-2020
Associate Editor Regional Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 2006-2020
Co-Chair Committee on Research American Academy of Pain Medicine, 2012-2019
Associate Editor BMC Anesthesiology
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
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Clinical Trials

Resistance Exercise Effects on Fear Avoidance and Physical Function in Obese Older Adults With Low Back Pain Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Study of a Multimodality Pain Management Protocol on Postoperative Neurosurgical Pain Start of enrollment: 2012 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Integrating Patient Reported Outcomes (I-PRO) Study for Multidisciplinary Pain Care Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Lateral Branch Cooled Radiofrequency Denervation vs. Conservative Therapy for Sacroiliac Joint Pain Start of enrollment: 2018 Jun 29
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Connecting Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Clinical Trials Through Data Harmonization: Wake Forest IMPOWR Dissemination, Education, and Coordination Center (IDEA-...
Meredith C B Adams, Robert W Hurley, Umit Topaloglu
Substance Use & Addiction Journal. 2025-01-01
Barriers, facilitators, and recommendations to increase the use of a clinical decision support tool for managing chronic pain in primary care.
Pablo Cuadros, Emma McCord, Cara McDonnell, Nate C Apathy, Lindsey Sanner
International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2024-12-01
6 citations
Addition of dexamethasone to prolong peripheral nerve blocks: a ChatGPT-created narrative review.
Christopher L Wu, Brian Cho, Rodney Gabriel, Robert Hurley, Jiabin Liu
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2024-11-04

Journal Articles

Stellate Ganglion Local Anesthetic Blockade and Neurolysis for the Treatment of Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
David F. Hulata, MD, Linda Le-Wendling, MD, Andre P. Boezaart, MD, PhD, Robert W. Hurley, MD, PhD, Anesthesia and Analgesia Case Reports
Pneumocephalus after Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: A case report and review of the literature
Aubrey Verdun, MD; Steven P Cohen, MD; Bryan Williams, MD; Robert W. Hurley MD, PhD, Anesthesia and Analgesia Case Reports, 2014

Press Mentions

Consensus Practice Guidelines Developed for Neck PainDecember 10th, 2021

Grant Support

Pain Assessment & Management Initiative (PAMI): A Patient Safety ProjectFMMJUA2014–Present
Nudging Primary Care Providers Toward Guideline-Recommended Opioid Prescribing Through Easier and More Convenient EHR Information DesignNIH- NIDA2019–2022
Designing User-Centered Decision Support Tools for Primary Care Pain ManagementAHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality2015–2020
Reducing the transition from prescription opioid abuse to heroin abuse through clinical provider educationFaye-McBeath Foundation2015–2016
Education of Comprehensive Pain Medicine FellowsSt. Jude Medical2015–2016
Education of Comprehensive Pain Medicine FellowsMedtronic, Inc2015–2016
Integrating Patient Reported Outcomes (I-PRO) Study for Multidisciplinary Pain CarePfizer2013–2015
Education of Comprehensive Pain Medicine FellowsMedtronic2012–2014
Education of Comprehensive Pain Medicine FellowsBoston Scientific2011–2014
Education of Comprehensive Pain Medicine FellowsSt. Jude Medical2011–2014
NIH RO3 - Resistance exercise effects on fear avoidance beliefs and physical function in obese, older adults with chronic low back painNIH - NIAMS2010–2013
NIH - F30: ANALGESIA, SUPRASPINAL OPIOIDS AND INFLAMMATORY PAINNIH - NIDA1996–2002