Erica Bial

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About Erica Bial

Physician, dual-board certified in Pain Management and Internal Medicine, with sub-speciality fellowship in Interventional Pain Management and residency training in both Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine through Harvard University. Additional experience includes proposal, oversight, and conduction of clinical research, critical evaluation of medical publications, and cost-functional leadership, communication, and scientific expertise. Earned additional non-clinical degrees: Post-graduate degree certificate in the science of Pain and Pain Research from University of California San Francisco, and Masters degree in Occupational and Environmental Health Engineering from Tufts University, including coursework in Engineering Management, Epidemiology, and public health. Prior experience as site PI for stage II and stage clinical trials, including IRB process. Recipient of Zucker Research Award from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2019, including grant proposal and IRB approval processes. Clinical expert in pain management, with particular interest in non-opioid modalities, neuropathic pain disorders and spine pain, with 20 years of clinical experience. Highly proficient in broad range of pain management modalities, including experience in use of pharmaceuticals, interventions, and devices for the treatment of pain. Demonstrated excellence in interdisciplinary collaboration and communication, including across range of expertise and environments. Featured master lecturer and expert in safer use of chronic opioids and multimodal therapies for pain. Author of Pain section of NEJM Knowledge+ Review course. Critical evaluation skills, as longtime reviewer for the journal, Pain Physician. Award-winning medical educator, including recipient of the Charles Hatem Award for Excellence in Teaching from Harvard University. Proposed, designed, and taught the highly reviewed undergraduate course, PAIN, at Tufts University. Prior Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Tufts Medical School, and member of the Admissions Committee of the Tufts Medical School, during tenure as Director of Non-Surgical Spine Care at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. Seasoned media expert regarding the humanitarian impact of COVID-19 crisis on physicians, featured widely including MotherJones, The Washington Post, the New York Times, The Guardian, and The Today Show. Honored 2021 Nominee for Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year Award