Overview
Dr. Ronen Shechter is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has expertise in managing a wide variety of chronic and acute pain conditions. He believes in a multi-modal approach to pain management that utilizes physical, behavioral, interventional and pharmacologic therapies. He is also passionate about setting realistic functional goals with his patients. Dr. Shechter earned his medical degree in 1999 from the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. He completed his training in anesthesiology and a fellowship in pain medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and subsequently remained on the faculty in the Department of Anesthesiology there. In 2012, Dr. Shechter joined the Division of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a research fellow and part-time faculty member. He joined the department as a full-time assistant professor in 2014. His current research investigates a novel treatment for chemotherapy-induced nerve pain. Dr. Shechter is a faculty member in the Acute Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia Fellowship and the Pain Medicine Fellowship programs at the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Shechter is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Pain. His top areas of expertise are Acute Pain, Neuralgia, and Chronic Pain.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 15 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Acute Pain.
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- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
Suite 3062, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Acute PainDr. Shechter isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Pain.
- Advanced
- NeuralgiaDr. Shechter isAdvanced. Learn about Neuralgia.
- Experienced
- Chronic PainDr. Shechter isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Pain.