Affiliation: National Spine & Pain Center

Dr. Staats founded the Division of Pain Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, where he was the director for 10 years, and was the first academic anaesthesiologist to implant spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pumps. Dr. Staats is internationally recognized for inventing, developing, and implementing minimally invasive procedures and therapeutics for chronic pain, COVID-19, and other medical disorders.  

Dr. Staats 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 is currently the 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 and neuromodulation. 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, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) and the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN).