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Daniel S. Bennett, MD, DABPM is an interventional spine/pain medicine physician from Denver, Colorado. He is the Founder and immediate past-Chairman of the Board of Directors of The National Pain Foundation. He has served on the Board of Directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and is actively involved with the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He received his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Miami with honors, and completed post-doctoral training in anesthesiology/pain medicine at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado.

He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and lectures nationally and internationally on pain medicine, in particular on interventional diagnostic/therapeutic techniques, pharmacological interventions, and neuromodulation for control of neuropathic and complex pain syndromes.

Dr. Bennett has been active in clinical research involving electrical neuromodulation of spinal and peripheral nerve structures, and spinal drug delivery systems as applied to chronic pain syndromes. He is also actively practicing interventional diagnostics and therapeutics for both acute and chronic conditions of the spine.

Key Interests: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS), Failed Back Surgical Syndrome, peripheral nerve injury/neuropathy, interstitial cystitis and cervicogenic headache.

Daniel S. Bennett, MD is on the Spine Universe Editorial Board.

SpineUniverse articles from Daniel S. Bennett, MD

• Interventional Pain Medicine: Options for Chronic Pain
  If your primary care physician cannot pinpoint the source of your pain, it may be best to seek the care of a pain specialist such as an interventional pain medicine physician.
• Pain Management: Therapy Targeted to Treat Chronic Pain
  Some patients with chronic back or neck pain should not be discouraged as there are other treatments besides drug therapy to help alleviate pain.
• Spine Specialists On-Call: Pain Management Options for Chronic Pain
  Daniel S. Bennett, MD talks with SpineUniverse about the management of chronic pain, particularly in light of recent controversies of many prescription pain medications.