Dr. Philip Wagner is a practicing operating room anesthesiologist and pain management specialist. He has lectured extensively in chronic pain management, and has written several articles on this topic. His special interests and expertise include orthopedic and regional ("block") anesthesia, chronic pain management, postoperative pain control, failed back syndrome, spinal stenosis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, pain management for the limb lengthening/reconstruction patient, and cancer pain. He is active in multiple local and national professional societies in Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Internal Medicine.