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David Walega, MD, Anesthesiology, Columbus, OH

DavidWalegaMD

Anesthesiology Columbus, OH

Pain Medicine

Physician

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  • Office

    1210 Gemini Pl
    Ste 300
    Columbus, OH 43240
    Phone+1 614-383-6450
    Fax+1 312-695-9013

Summary

  • Dr. David Walega is an Interventional Pain Medicine specialist in Columbus, OH. With 26 years of clinical, leadership and academic experience, Dr. Walega is a partner of Integrated Pain Solutions and American Pain Consortium. He has lectured internationally, has more than 100 publications and hundreds of citations in the pain literature, and has a strong media presence in the Midwest.

Education & Training

  • Northwestern University, Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
    Northwestern University, Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteMaster's, Clinical Investigation, 2013
  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
    McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Pain Medicine, 1997 - 1998
  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
    McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1993 - 1997
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine
    Wayne State University School of MedicineClass of 1993
  • Wayne State University
    Wayne State UniversityB.S., Biological Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, 1989

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1992 - 2026
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • GA State Medical License
    GA State Medical License 1998 - 2003
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Presidential Award for Pain Education American Academy of Pain Medicine, 2015
  • 2nd Place Best Abstract for Women’s Health NUFSM Lewis Landsberg Research Day, 2014
  • Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • An exercise in negotiation: the success of the pain medicine fellowship match  
    Walega D, ASRA Newsletter, 1/1/2015
  • Implications of Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia (OIH) in Patients with Low Back Pain  
    Harden RH, Burns J, Kirsling A, Connolly S, Journal of Pain, 1/1/2015
  • Evaluation of Anxiety in Procedure Naïve Patients during Cervical and Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection Procedures  
    Nagpal G. Kendall M, Journal of Pain, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Electrodiagnostic Confirmation of Acute or Chronic Cervical or Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Predict Pain Reduction after Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection? A Mult...
    McCormick, Z, Marciniak C, Press, J, Chu SK, Makovitch S, Patel J, Marshall B, Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1/10/2015
  • Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation of Genicular Nerves for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: A Protocol for Patient Selection and Case Series
    Reddy R, Marshall B, Mattie R, McCormick Z, Midwest Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2015
  • Dexamethasone versus Particulate Steroid Injections for the Treatment of Needle Electromyography-Confirmed Painful Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
    McCormick ZL, MD, Cushman D, Marshall B, Caldwell M, Patel J, MD, Ghannad L, Eng C, Makovitch S, Babu A, MD, Chu SK, Marciniak C, Press J, Plastaras C,Kennedy DJ, International Spine Intervention Society Annual Meeting; Midwest Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2015; Chicago, IL, 2015, 1/1/2015
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Lectures

  • Pain Management in the Emergency Department 
    Chicago, IL - 1/28/2015
  • Pain Bio-skills Cadaver Lab-Spine Injections & Relevant Anatomy 
    San Diego, CA - 1/24/2015
  • Cervical MBB, Cervical ESI, Thoracic MBB and RFA 
    San Diego, CA - 1/24/2015
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Press Mentions

  • Cutting Edge Therapies for Chronic Pain Being Developed in Chicago Hospitals
    Cutting Edge Therapies for Chronic Pain Being Developed in Chicago HospitalsApril 4th, 2022
  • Cutting Edge Therapies for Chronic Pain Being Developed in Chicago Hospitals
    Cutting Edge Therapies for Chronic Pain Being Developed in Chicago HospitalsApril 4th, 2022
  • Cologuard President Explains What Expanded FDA Approval Means for Noninvasive Colon Cancer Test
    Cologuard President Explains What Expanded FDA Approval Means for Noninvasive Colon Cancer TestSeptember 27th, 2019
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