University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University (Brigham & Women’s Hospital), and University of Massachusetts medically-trained and award-winning clinician with extensive clinical practice experience in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Management. Former Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Cincinnati, Huntington & Lake City VA acute care medical centers. Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology (1988) with subspecialty certification in Interventional Pain Management (2029), certified Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) of the World Institute of Pain (2012) and certified by the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (2010) and the American Board of Pain Medicine (2001).  Expert witness in several personal injury cases. Presently, providing Independent Medical Examinations and Expert Witness Consulting in medical malpractice and personal injury fields. Specialization in fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided cervicothoracic & lumbosacral intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic techniques for both acute and chronic pain management. Expertise in radiofrequency ablation, cryoanalgesia, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) trials, implantable drug delivery system (IDDS) trials, minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD), disc biacuplasty, and intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty (IDETA) with workshop certification in percutaneous sacroiliac joint fusion.

HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES

Ramoscenter for Interventional & Functional Pain Medicine, Bradenton, FL  2014-present 

Interventional Pain Specialist

Provision of consultative pain care, controlled substance pain medication and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies for primarily chronic pain outpatients. Expertise includes radiofrequency ablation, cryoanalgesia, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) trials, implantable drug delivery system (IDDS) trials, minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD), disc biacuplasty, and intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty (IDETA) cases.

Advanced Pain Care, Inc. Tampa, FL 2012-2014

Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Tampa, FL 2012-2014

Interventional Pain Specialist

Provision of consultative pain care, controlled substance pain medication and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to both acute and chronic pain inpatients with strategic case management advice to attending physicians.

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Brandon Regional Medical Center, Brandon, FL 2012-2014

Interventional Pain Specialist

Provision of consultative pain care, controlled substance pain medication and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to both acute and chronic pain inpatients with strategic case management advice to attending physicians.

Town & Country Hospital, Tampa, FL 2012-2014

Interventional Pain Specialist

Provision of consultative pain care, controlled substance pain medication and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to both acute and chronic pain inpatients with strategic case management advice to attending physicians.

Kindred Hospital Central & South Divisions, Tampa, FL 2012-2014

Pain Specialist 

Provision of consultative pain care, controlled substance pain medication to rehabilitative chronic pain inpatients and case management guidance to attending physicians

NF/SG VHS, Lake City Division, Lake City, FL 2009-2012

Staff Anesthesiologist & Interventional Pain Specialist

Responsible for delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care VA hospital system in addition to provision of controlled substance pain medication, case management guidance and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to Veterans in acute or chronic pain on an inpatient & outpatient basis.

NF/SG VHS, Lake City Division, Lake City, FL 2008-2009

Anesthesiologist-in-Chief

Worked collaboratively & seamlessly with CRNAs as their supervisor treating Veteran surgical patients in an outpatient surgicenter setting. 

CINVAMC, Cincinnati, OH 2006-2008

Anesthesiologist-in-Chief

Solo directed and worked collaboratively & seamlessly with a team of eight CRNAs in an urban acute care VA hospital treating inpatient & outpatient Veteran surgical patients. Organized, researched & conducted monthly educational Morbidity & Mortality (M & M) Anesthesiology Conferences. Researched & presented at conjoint Surgery & Anesthesiology Departmental M & M conferences.

CINVAMC, Cincinnati, OH 2003-2005

Staff Anesthesiologist & Interventional Pain Specialist

Responsible for delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care VA hospital system in addition to provision of controlled substance pain medication, case management guidance and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to Veterans in acute or chronic pain on an inpatient & outpatient basis.

HUNVAMC, Huntington, WV 1999-2003

Anesthesiologist-in-Chief & Interventional Pain Specialist

Responsible for supervision of CRNAs and for the personal delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care VA hospital system. In addition, provided controlled substance pain medication, case management guidance and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to Veterans in acute or chronic pain on an inpatient & outpatient basis.

Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA 1998-1999

Locum Tenens Acting Director Pain Control Center

Provision of consultative pain care, controlled substance pain medication and intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to both acute and chronic pain inpatients with strategic case management advice to attending physicians.

Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA 1997-1998

Locum Tenens Anesthesiologist

Responsible for delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care private hospital system.

Milford-Whitinsville Regional Hospital, Milford, MA 1992-1997

Staff Anesthesiologist & Pain Clinic Director

Responsible for delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care UMASS-affiliated hospital system in addition to provision of consultative pain care, controlled substance pain medication, case management guidance and specialized fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided intraspinal and extraspinal regional anesthetic therapies to acute and chronic pain patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis.

Marlborough Hospital, Marlborough, MA 1991-1992

Locum Tenens Anesthesiologist

Responsible for delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care private hospital system.

Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA 1990-1991

Locum Tenens Anesthesiologist

Responsible for delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care private hospital system.

Worcester City Hospital, Worcester, MA 1989-1990

Anesthesiologist-in-Chief

Responsible for supervision of CRNAs and for the personal delivery of ‘hands on’ operating room general & regional anesthesia in an acute care UMASS hospital system. In addition, provided tactical guidance on hospital system quality assurance (QA) & risk management (RM) measures with streamlining of operating room efficiency as a member of the QA/RM and Operating Room Committees.

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA 1988-1989

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Responsible for teaching & supervision of CA-1 & CA-2 anesthesiology residents at Central Massachusetts’s major trauma center, UMASS Medical Center (UMMC). Provided guidance in formulating UMMC’s emergency response system as a member of the Faculty Council and Disaster Committees.

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA  1974-1980

Doctor of Medicine

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1970-1974

B.A. Biology, Magna cum laude

POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING

University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC), Worcester, MA 7/87-12/87

Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship

University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC), Worcester, MA 1/87-6/87

Anesthesiology Pain Fellowship

University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC), Worcester, MA 7/86-12/86

Anesthesiology Residency

Harvard University, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA  7/81-3/83

Anesthesiology Residency

Harvard University, The Waltham Hospital, Boston, MA  7/80-6/81

Flexible Medicine-Surgery Internship

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

American Board of Anesthesiology (DABA) 2029

· Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine 

Diplomate

Florida Board of Medicine 2027

Active Medical License No. xxxx8497

American Heart Association (AHA)

ACLS & BLS Certification 2026

Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) 2012

Diplomate

American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP) 2010

Diplomate

American Board of Pain Medicine (ABPM) 2001

Diplomate

American Board of Anesthesiology (DABA) 1988

Diplomate

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL 2008-2011

Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, Cincinnati, OH 2003-2008

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV 1999-2003

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA 1992-1997

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology 1988-1990 

MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Position, Operating Room Utilization Committee, CINVAMC 2006-2008

Position, Anesthesiology Department, CINVAMC  2006-2008

· Acute Perioperative Pain Service Development Planning Committee

· Morbidity & Mortality Committee

Position, Quality Assurance/Risk Management Committee, Worcester City Hospital 1989-1990

Position, Operating Room Committee, Worcester City Hospital 1989-1990

Position, Faculty Council, UMass Medical Center 1988-1989

Position, Disaster Committee, UMass Medical Center 1988-1989

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 1981-present

American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (ASRAPM) 1990-present 

World Institute of Pain (WIP) 2011-present

Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (FSIPP) 2011-present

Florida Medical Association (FMA) 2011-present

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) 2010-2025

American Society of Pain & Neuroscience (ASPN) 2022-2025

Florida Society of Anesthesiologists (FSA) 2009-2013

International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) 1987-2013

AWARDS AMD HONORS

Ten Years Distinguished Service Award, Ramoscenter for Interventional & 

Functional Pain Medicine 2024

Ten Years Distinguished Service Award, Department of Veterans Affairs

North Florida/South Geogia VHS 2009

Goal Sharing Award: Reduction of Missed Opportunities in O.R. Utilization,

Department of Veterans Affairs

Cincinnati VAMC 2006

Goal Sharing Award: Optimize Availability & Efficient Use of Resources for Acute

Perioperative Pain Management Department of Veterans Affairs

Cincinnati VAMC 2005

WHO’s WHO in America 2003

Special Contribution Award to the Mission of the Department 

Department of Veterans Affairs

Huntington VAMC 2002

Designated Question Writer for Pain Certification Examination

American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)  1994

National Cancer Institute Fellowship Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, N.Y. 1977

TEACHING AND CLINICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

A. Clinical Supervisory Responsibilities

a. Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, NF/SG VHS, Lake City Division 2008-2009

i. Educational Lectures to Pain Fellows & Attendings

(see Presentations)

b. Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, Cincinnati VAMC 2004-2006

i. Monthly Mortality & Morbidity Conference: clinical case

research and teaching to team of eight CRNAs

ii. Quarterly Mortality & Morbidity Conference: clinical case 

research & presentations to conjoint Surgery/Anesthesiology Service

iii. Educational Lectures to CRNA Team (see Presentations)

c. Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, Huntington VAMC 1999-2003

i. Monthly Mortality & Morbidity Conference: clinical case

research and teaching to CRNA Team

ii. Educational Lectures to CRNA Team (see Presentations)

d. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, UMass Med Ctr (UMMC) 1987-1989

i. Educational Lectures to Anesthesiology Residents & Fellows

(see Presentations)

B. Local Invited Teaching Presentations

e. Staff Interventional Pain Specialist, Advanced Pain Care, Inc., Tampa, FL 2012

i. Life Care Communities, Tampa, FL (see Presentations)

PRESENTATIONS

1. Acute Neck & Low Back Pain Injuries, Advanced Pain Care, Inc., Tampa, FL 2012

2.  Controversial Diagnoses: RSD, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Advanced Pain Care, Inc. 2012 

3.  Disc Biacuplasty in the Management of Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain, NF/SG VHS 2009

4.  Sacroiliac Joint Neurotomy Utilizing Cooled Radiofrequency Lesioning for Relief of  2009

Chronic Sacroiliitis, NF/SG VHS 

5. Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (OSAHS) in the Perianesthetic Period 2006

Cincinnati VAMC 

6. Perineural Anesthesia & Analgesia: The Forefront of Pain Management, Cincinnati VAMC 2004

7. Neuropharmacology of Pain: Implications for Perioperative Care using Regional Anesthesia & Analgesia 2003

Huntington VAMC

8. Update: Interventional Pain Management in the New Millennium, Huntington VAMC 2001

9. Effect of Perioperative Anesthetic Technique on Clinical Outcome, Huntington VAMC 1999

10. Intraoperative Monitoring: Respiratory Gas & Cerebral Function, UMass Med Ctr (UMMC) 1989

11.  Acid-Base Balance: Comparative Physiology, Normothermic CPR vs. Hypothermic CPB, (UMMC) 1989

12. Cardiomyopathies: Hypertrophic, Restrictive & Dilated, (UMMC)  1988

13. Myocardial Metabolism, UMass Med Ctr (UMMC) 1988

14. Left Ventricular Performance, Fellowship Thesis, UMass Med Ctr (UMMC) 1987

15. Biophysical Mechanisms of Volatile Inhalational Anesthetics, Resident Thesis, Brigham & 1982

Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

PUBLICATIONS

D’Auria J, Lipson S, Garfield JM. Fatal Iodine Toxicity following Surgical Debridement of a Hip Wound: Case Report.

J Trauma 30(3): 353-355, 1990

* A sentinel publication on fatal postoperative wound care utilizing continuous iodine irrigation therapy which forever changed the biomedical industry and clinical medical practice thereby saving countless patient lives since its publication in 1990. As first author, it highlights Dr. Dauria's commitment to excellence in understanding & disseminating untoward outcomes in acute care & clinical pharmacology practice from his medical school training in clinical pharmacology and biophysics.