William Ackerman

Dr. William E. Ackerman MD conveys considerable pain management experience. He is a clinician, academician, lecturer, author and researcher. Dr. Ackerman is: Board certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology, is a Graduate of the University of Louisville School Of Medicine, did a Residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Kentucky, and did a Fellowship in Pain Medicine at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Ackerman was: nominated previously for the Southern Medical Society Medical Research Award, Bristol-Meyers Squibb award for distinguished achievement in Pain Research was a recipient of the Karl Koehler research grant from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. He has been a Guest speaker at Medical school department meetings and academic symposiums throughout the country and at international meetings. He published sixteen books and many chapters in multiple textbooks including the AMA best seller: The AMA Guides to Injury and Disease Causation (First and Second editions).

He authored 136 scientific articles in prestigious medical journals such as: Anesthesia Analgesia, Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, The Journal of Hand Surgery etc.

He was a Lt. Col in the US Army and Chief of Anesthesiology of two Army medical Center Hospitals and was director of pain management at two private hospitals. Dr. Ackerman was Director of Pain Management at a University Hospital pain clinic and was an Associate Professor. He was director of pain management at two private hospitals and was selected to "Who's Who in International Medicine".

Dr. Ackerman has expertise in the treatment of a variety of painful conditions including neck, back, neuropathic, shingles, joint pain, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, RSD, whiplash and cancer pain. He emphasizes proper nutrition, smoking cessation as well as exercise in addition to the standard pain management modalities. A poor diet, cigarette smoking and obesity contribute to chronic inflammation which in turn contributes to chronic pain.