Philip J. Wagner, M.D.
Attending Anesthesiologist

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.

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Academic Appointment

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
• Weill Medical College of Cornell University
• Associate Director, Acute Pain Service

Specialty
Regional Anesthesia
Chronic Pain Management 
Postoperative Pain Control

Board Certification

• Internal Medicine - 1991, Recertified - 2002
• American Board of Anesthesiology - 1998
• Pain Management - 2000

Medical School
University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Residency
Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, San Diego, CA - Internal Medicine
Yale University, New Haven, CT - Anesthesiology

Fellowship
Tri-Institutional Fellowship in Pain Management, Hospital for Special Surgery/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center

Society Membership

• American College of Physicians
• American Society of Anesthesiology
• International Association for the Study of Pain
• International Anesthesia Research Society
• New York State Society of Anesthesiologists