- Investigator
- Rene Przkora
- Status
- Accepting Candidates
About me
Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, MMS, joined the University of Florida faculty as an associate professor in anesthesiology and pain medicine in 2014. Currently, he is the associate division chief and the fellowship director of the multidisciplinary pain medicine fellowship program at UF. Before arriving at UF, Dr. Przkora spent time at the University of Texas Medical Branch, or UTMB, as an assistant professor in anesthesiology and pain medicine. While there, he also served as the assistant director of the pain medicine fellowship program and the education director of the patient simulation center.
In 1999, Dr. Przkora received a medical degree from the University of Wurzburg in Germany. He then went on to obtain a PhD in 2000 from the University of Bonn in Germany. He received training in general and orthopaedic surgery while in Germany. In 2006, Dr. Przkora finished a two-year, post-doctoral research fellowship at the UTMB. He arrived at UF in 2006 and completed his residency in anesthesiology in 2010. Dr. Przkora was a fellow in pain medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, and graduated in 2011. He finished his post-doctoral training by receiving a certificate in business administration from the American Society of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Przkora is board-certified in pain medicine and anesthesiology. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the International Anesthesia Research Society. Dr. Przkora is a junior editor for the American Board of Anesthesiology and a reviewer for various scientific journals. Dr. Przkora has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he has obtained independent research funding for studies relating to pain medicine.
My locations
Active clinical trials
The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of the current hard gelatin capsule formulation of NRD135S.E1 80 mg once daily in the treatment of PDPN when administered for 13 weeks.
- Investigator
- Rene Przkora
- Status
- Accepting Candidates
- Ages
- 18 Years - N/A
- Sexes
- All
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CNTX-6970 for the treatment of pain related to OA of the knee compared to placebo. CNTX-6970 is being developed as a new treatment for chronic pain, including painful…
- Investigator
- Rene Przkora
- Status
- Accepting Candidates
- Ages
- 40 Years - 90 Years
- Sexes
- All
My research
Top areas of exploration
- Burns , 24 publications
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I , 7 publications
- Energy Metabolism , 6 publications
- Bone Density , 5 publications
Research activity
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My areas of focus
- Abdominal pain
- Back pain - when you see the doctor
- Cervical Herniated Disk
- Chest pain
- Chronic pain rehabilitation
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Compression fractures of the back
- Epidural injections for back pain
- Face pain
- General anesthesia
- Headache
- Hip pain
- Joint pain
- Knee pain
- Kyphoplasty
- Leg pain
- Low back pain - acute
- Low back pain - chronic
- Lumbar Herniated Disk
- Neck pain
- Neuralgia
- Shoulder pain
- Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Spondylolisthesis
- Vertebroplasty
Stories and news
Peggy’s story: Finding relief from chronic pain
A former nurse practitioner at UF Health, Peggy had severe osteoporosis and was no stranger to chronic pain. A car crash in July 2017 exacerbated her distress.
UF Health researchers receive NIH grants to help combat the opioid crisis
October 1, 2019
For more information, please contact: Diana Tonnesseen at dtonn@ufl.edu or 352-294-5972. UF researchers are poised to help some of the youngest and most…
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