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200 Delafield RdSte 2070Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Phone+1 412-784-5119
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Summary
- Dr. Alter is a physician-scientist practicing Pain Medicine and studying pain modulation in an effort to improve pain management. He is Assistant Professor and Director of Translational Pain Research in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at University of Pittsburgh. Research projects focus on the role of endogenous pain modulation in chronic pain and identifying ways to leverage pain dampening systems for novel pain therapies and biomarkers.
Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2017 - 2018
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Anesthesiology, 2012 - 2017
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2014 - Present
PA State Medical License 2018 - 2026
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology- American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Test Retest Reliability of OA and OH Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 05
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
- Brain Biomarker of Endogenous Analgesia in Patients With Chronic Knee Pain Start of enrollment: 2021 Nov 18
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
- Offset Mechanisms in Evaluation of Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks Start of enrollment: 2023 Jul 05
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Ipsilateral stimulation shows somatotopy of thumb and shoulder auricular points on the left primary somatosensory cortex using high-density fNIRS.Ernest C Okorie, Hendrik Santosa, Benedict J Alter, Jacques E Chelly, Keith M Vogt
Biorxiv. 2024-09-16 - Hierarchical Clustering Applied to Chronic Pain Drawings Identifies Undiagnosed Fibromyalgia: Implications for Busy Clinical Practice.Benedict J Alter, Mark Moses, Rebecca DeSensi, Brian O'Connell, Cheryl Bernstein
The Journal of Pain. 2024-07-01 - Enhancing chronic low back pain management: an initial neuroimaging study of a mobile interoceptive attention training.Irina A Strigo, Sergio Garcia Guerra, Salvatore Torrisi, Emily Murphy, Tiffany Toor
Frontiers in Pain Research. 2024-01-01
Press Mentions
Chronic Pain Has 9 Distinct Types, According to a Large New Body Mapping StudyAugust 6th, 2021
Grant Support
- Integrating brain and behavioral measures of central pain inhibition to personalize treatment in chronic pain managementUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2022–2027
- University of Pittsburgh Hub and Spoke Pain Clinical Trial NetworkUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2019–2025
- University of Pittsburgh Hub and Spoke Pain Clinical Trial NetworkUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2019–2025
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