Peter Staats, MD, MBA, ABIPP, FIPP

Dr. Staats was founder of the Division of Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, where he was the director for 10 years. Dr. Staats is internationally recognized for his work in inventing, developing, and implementing minimally invasive procedures and therapeutics for chronic pain, COVID as well as other medical disorders. He is currently Chief Medical Officer of National Spine and Pain Centers, the largest pain practice in the United States and is also chief medical officer of electroCore a medical device company which he cofounded.

Dr. Staats received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor and completed his residency and fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a past President of the World Institute of Pain, the North American Neuromodulation Society, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the New Jersey Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and the Southern Pain Society. He was the founding chair of the ASA section on interventional pain, and has served as chair of the board of examination for WIP. He is currently Founder and Chair of the Vagus Nerve Society

Dr. Staats has written or co-edited 14 books and over 500 articles, abstracts, monographs, and book chapters on pain medicine in publications that include the Journal of the American Medicine Association, Pain, Anesthesiology, Lancet Neurology and the Journal of Clinical Oncology. His work has been highlighted on Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, Newsweek, and CNN. He has received numerous awards including the lifetime achievement awards from the New York, New Jersey, and West Virginia branches of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, from American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), the North American Neuromodulation society (NANS) and the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN).