Karina Bouffard

Karina Bouffard, MD, MPH

Position Attending Physician
Practicing since 2014
Joined staff in 2014
Phone Number Description Phone

Telephone Number

312-238-7800
Accepting
New Patients

About Me

About Me

Karina Bouffard, MD, has been an attending physician at Shirley Ryan ³Ô¹ÏÌìÌÃ91 since 2014. Her primary clinical work is with adults with subacute and chronic pain. She is on the board of directors for the Midwest Pain Society and is a co-editor of the society's newsletter. Her interests include cancer pain, cancer prehabilitation, fluoroscopic guided injections and neuromodulation. She is a member of the Cancer Pain Research Consortium and is on the Young Physician's Council within the Consortium. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Location

Pain Management Center

345 East Superior Street

Floor 12

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Training

  • Education

    1995 ¨C 1999

    Bachelor in Science, Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    2002 ¨C 2006

    Doctor of Medicine, University of the East

    2007 ¨C 2008

    Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

  • Residency

    2008 ¨C 2009

    Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts

    2009 ¨C 2012

    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Fellowship

    2012 ¨C 2013

    Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Honors & Awards

  • Best Poster
    Amercian Academy of Ophthalmology, 2006
  • William H. Donovan Award
    Baylor College of Medicine, 2010

Certificates + Licenses

  • Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
  • Physician and Surgeon License
    State of Illinois

Research Interests

  • Cancer Pain
  • Neuromodulation
  • Fluoroscopic Guided Injections