Arun Kalava MD, EDRA

Founder, TampaPainMD

Our medical director, Dr. Arun Kalava, is Board Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and European Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Therapy [EDRA]. He completed a post-residency fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine from Mayo Clinic. Also, he is an internationally renowned researcher. He is the Chairman & Founder of American Society For Post Surgical Pain (ASPSP).

He also is the founder of Ultrasound Experts, an educational company, that teaches other physicians essential ultrasound skills. Dr. Kalava currently has a faculty appointment at the University of South Florida (USF), University of Central Florida (UCF)- College of Medicine and NOVA Southeastern University as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain. He is consistently ranked among the TOP FIVE pain management physicians in Tampa.

To learn more about his teaching, numerous publications, awards and accomplishments, please click below.

Awards and Honors

  • Founder & Chair, American Society For Post Surgical Pain (ASPSP), 2023
  • Secretary, Hillsborough County Medical Association (HCMA) 2022-23
  • Diplomat, European Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Therapy [EDRA], 2019
  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Central Florida-School of Medicine (2019)
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (2018)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Pain Medicine, StatPearls Publications, Florida (2018)
  • Best Anesthesiology Resident, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (2014)
  • Chief Anesthesiology Resident, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
  • The Brokenshire-Forsythe Memorial Award for Best Original Scientific Paper Presented by the Physicians Alumni Association of the Methodist Hospital (2013)
  • 2nd Prize, Oral Presentation, Anesthesiology Residents’ Night New York Academy Of Medicine, New York, NY
  • Best Anesthesiology Resident, New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (2013)
  • The Brokenshire-Forsythe Memorial Award for Best Original Scientific Paper Presented by the Physicians Alumni Association of the Methodist Hospital (2012)
  • 1st place, American College of Physicians (ACP) Pennsylvania Southeastern 2010 Poster Competition; Title: Excessive Test Ordering (2010)

Professional Memberships

  • American Society For Post Surgical Pain (ASPSP)
  • International Society for Ultrasound Guided Cryoneurolysis (ISUGC)
  • American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (ASRA)
  • Hillsborough County Medical Association (HCMA)

Hospital Affiliations

  • Tampa General Hospital
  • HCA Florida, South Tampa Hospital
  • Medical Village Surgery Center
  • Center for Advanced Surgical Specialists

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