Paul Christo, M.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty

Dr. Christo is a board certified, Harvard-trained anesthesiologist and Hopkins-trained pain medicine specialist. He directs the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and directed the Pain Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins for 5 years. Dr. Christo is an international lecturer, reviewer for pain journal editorial boards, teacher, and published author in areas relating to pain medicine. He has coordinated several CME (continuing medical education) programs that focus on educating both specialists and generalists on important aspects of pain diagnosis and treatment.  He specializes in treating patients with chronic pain: spine pain (low back and neck pain), cancer pain, disc herniations and degenerative disc disease, neuropathic pain (reflex sympathetic dystrophy or complex regional pain syndrome), shingles pain (post herpetic neuralgia), thoracic outlet syndrome, and post surgical pain. Further, Dr. Christo is experienced in performing implantations of pain pumps and spinal cord stimulators for the treatment of unrelenting pain. He has recently been selected as a Mayday Foundation Pain and Society Fellow during which he will engage in media and policy initiatives for the advancement of pain control.

Dr. Christo is recognized in the "Guide to American's Top Physicians’ for Pain Medicine, "America's Top Anesthesiologists: Guide to American's Top Anesthesiologists", and "The Baltimore Magazine, Top Doctors in Pain Medicine/Anesthesiology". He has appeared as a guest on Dr. Mehmet Oz’s Oprah and Friends XM Satellite Radio Show , Voices in the Family Radio Program hosted by Dr. Dan Gottlieb, and Retirement Living Television’s, Healthline, hosted by Dr. Kevin Soden.  His credentials in pain medicine include subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology and board certification by the American Board of Pain Medicine. He has also earned an MBA from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School focusing on health care management.

Dr. Christo has published on such topics as the procedural elements of pain medicine, post herpetic neuralgia (shingles-related pain), opioid effectiveness in chronic pain, aging and addiction, cancer pain, and complex regional pain syndrome.  He is currently investigating novel therapies for the treatment of chronic pain syndromes such as thoracic outlet syndrome, sexual side effects of chronic opioid therapy, pain medication prescription errors, and online educational modules for pain education.