John  D.  Loeser , M.D.

Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Univeristy of Washington

John D. Loeser, M.D., is professor of Neurological Surgery and Anesthesiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. A faculty member there since 1969, he directed the University's Multidisciplinary Pain Center from 1983 to 1997 and served 5 years as assistant dean for curriculum. He is author of more than 100 original papers, contributor to nearly 100 book chapters, and author and/or editor of five books on pain and the human nervous system. Dr. Loeser is a past president of the American Pain Society and the International Association for the Study of Pain. He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Australia (1989 to 1990), and received the University of Washington Medical School Award for Teaching Excellence and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Pain Society. He received his undergraduate degree (magna cum laude) from Harvard University and his medical degree from the New York University Medical School.

Date Last Modified Monday, September 18, 2006