ABOUT LUMINA

We help people live life despite pain, every day

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How we started

Lumina Health was the dream of Dr. André Boezaart, a pain specialist with more than 40 years of experience ranging from austere pain medicine in the military to private practice. Having learned what people need to manage pain and pain conditions more effectively, Boezaart wanted to develop a way to help any person in pain, anywhere in the world, anytime. Lumina Health was born.

As a team of medical, content, tech, commercial, and behavior experts, we've combined our passions for education, innovation, creativity, and positive change to empower people all over the world living with pain.

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Our commitment to pain

We know that pain is personal. We know it can be debilitating. We know it is a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors. We also know it can be overcome, and we are committed to providing each individual living with pain what they need — when and how they need it — to help them live a life beyond pain.

Who we are

Clinical leadership

We want people living with pain to be given the respect, validation, and treatment they deserve.

André
André
Boezaart
,
M.D., Ph.D, FASRA
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Anna
Anna
Woodbury
,
M.D., C.Ac, MSc
MEDICAL ADVISOR
René
René
Przkora
,
M.D., Ph.D.
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Gabrielle
Gabrielle
Adams
,
Ph.D.
Behavioral psychology advisor
Richard (Rick)
Richard (Rick)
Rosenquist
,
M.D., FASRA
MEDICAL ADVISOR
Chester (Trip)
Chester (Trip)
Buckenmaier III
,
M.D.
MEDICAL ADVISOR

Medical Advisors

We want people living with pain to get the most up-to-date, evidence-based treatment there is.

Paul
Paul
Bigeleisen
,
M.D., MBA MS

Professor of Anesthesiology at University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Alain
Alain
Borgeat
,
M.D.

Head of the Department of AnesthesiologyOrthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland.

André
André
Botha
,
M.D., MBChB, DA (CMSA)

Family Physician, Still Bay, South Africa.

Bruce
Bruce
Browner
,
M.D., MHCM, FACS, FAOA

Adjunct Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Mary K.
Mary K.
Bryson
,
MAMS, CMI

Bryson Biomedical Illustration, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, USA.

Adrian
Adrian
Bösenberg
,
MBChB, DA, FFA (CMSA)

Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and Professor of the Anesthesia and Pain Management Department at the University of Washington, Washington, USA.

Kenneth
Kenneth
Candido
,
M.D.

Professor and Head (Emeritus) of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, IL and Owner of MyPainChicago. 

Xavier
Xavier
Capdevila
,
M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Head of Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France.

Vincent W.S
Vincent W.S
Chan
,
B.Sc., MDCM, LMCC, FRCPC, FASRA

Professor (Emeritus) of Anesthesiology at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Steven Paul
Steven Paul
Cohen
,
M.D., FASRA

Edmond I Eger Professor of Anesthesiology (Pain Medicine) at Northwestern University of Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.

Calli
Calli
Cook
,
NP, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and Chair of the Consortium of Neurology Advanced Practice Providers (APP).

José A.
José A.
De Andrés
,
FIPP, EDRA, EDPM, M.D., Ph.D

Professor Valencia University School of Medicine, Valencia, Spain and Chairman of Anesthesia Critical Care Pain Management Department, General University Hospital, Valencia, Spain and Active Researcher and Educator interventional & neuromodulation Pain courses.

Tim
Tim
Deer
,
M.D., DABPM, FIPP

President and CEO, The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, South Charleston, West Virginia, USA.

Paul
Paul
Dell
,
M.D.

Professor (Emeritus) of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief(Emeritus) of Upper Extremity and Hand Surgery at the University of Florida.

David A.
David A.
Edwards
,
Ph.D, M.D.

Past Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Head of the Pain Medicine Division at  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and Co-founder of Paradigm Health.

Nabil
Nabil
Elkassabany
,
M.D., MSCE, MBA

Professor of Anesthesiology and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Alexander
Alexander
Feoktistov
,
M.D.

Founder and President of the Synergy Integrative Headache Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA and President of the American Interventional Headache Society.

Jeff
Jeff
Gadsden
,
M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Chief, Division of Orthopedic, Plastic & Regional Anesthesia at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Rollin (Mac)
Rollin (Mac)
Gallagher
,
M.D., MPH

Former Director for Pain Policy Research and Primary Care, Clinical Professor, Psychiatry & Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA. and Emeritus Investigator at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Philadelphia, VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Nik
Nik
Gravenstein
,
M.D.

Jerome H. Modell Endowed Professor Of Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery and, Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Roy
Roy
Greengrass
,
M.D., FRCP

Professor and Program Director Regional Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Barys
Barys
Ihnatsenka
,
M.D.

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Maryam
Maryam
Jowza
,
M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.

Manoj
Manoj
Karmakar
,
M.D., MBBS, DA (UK), FRCA FHKCA, FHKAM

Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Pediatric Anesthesia at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.

Tigran
Tigran
Kesayan
,
M.D., BS

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Anesthesiology, Department of Neurology, Division of Pain Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, USA.

Jonathan S.
Jonathan S.
Kirschner
,
M.D., RMSK

Attending Physiatrist, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, USA and Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA.

Lynn
Lynn
Kohan
,
M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Director of Pain Management Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.

Anna
Anna
Koren
,
R.N

Registered Nurse specializing in Breathing Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Pain Medicine in Still Bay, South Africa.

Edward
Edward
Mariano
,
M.D., MAS, FASA, FASRA

Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA and Chief of the Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Service at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Livermore, California, USA.

Colin
Colin
McCartney
,
MBChB, Ph.D. FRCA, FCARCSI, FRCPC

Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Samer
Samer
Narouze
,
M.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Chairman of the Center for Pain Medicine at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA and Founder of the American Interventional Headache Society (AIHS).

Joseph A.
Joseph A.
Neal
,
M.D., FASRA

Anesthesiologist and Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Olga (Kiki)
Olga (Kiki)
Nin
,
M.D., MBA

Associate Professor Of Anesthesiology; Assistant Chair, Clinical Services; Medical Director, Florida Surgical Center & The Oaks, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Juan
Juan
Pareja Grande
,
M.D., Ph.D.

Professor at the Department of Neurology and Head of Sleep Medicine, Hospital Universitario, Quirónsalud, Madrid, Spain.

Hari
Hari
Parvataneni
,
M.D.

Past Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Peter Gearen, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Orthopedics, Adult Arthroplasty and Joint Reconstruction, Joint Replacement University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA and Private Orthopaedic Practice at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute, focusing on knee and hip arthroplasty surgery.

Miguel
Miguel
Reina
,
M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology, CEU San Pablo University School of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain and Courtesy Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Xavier
Xavier
Sala-Blanch
,
M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona, Spain.

Brian
Brian
Sites
,
M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA and Editor-in-Chief of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.

Cameron R.
Cameron R.
Smith
,
M.D., Ph.D., DABA

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA and Assistant Director, North American Malignant Hyperthermia Registry.

Peter
Peter
Staats
,
M.D., MBA, FIPP, DABA, ABIPP

Chief Medical Officer, National Spine and Pain Centers and Founder, Division of Pain Medicine ACCM, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Santhanam
Santhanam
Suresh
,
M.D., MBA, FASA

Professor and chair emeritus of pediatric anesthesiology atAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Warrenville, Illinois, USA.

De Quang Hoei
De Quang Hoei
Tran
,
M.D., FRCPC

Professor Department of Anesthesiology, St. Mary's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Richard
Richard
Vaglienti
,
M.D., FASA, MBA, DABA, DABPM

Associate Professor and Medical Director, Center for Integrative Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, and Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA.

Gina
Gina
Votta-Velis
,
M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology; Pain Medicine Fellowship Director; Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Director, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Guy
Guy
Weinberg
,
M.D.

Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Yury
Yury
Zasimovich
,
M.D.

Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Acute and Perioperative Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Sylvia
Sylvia
van Schalkwyk
,
R.N.

Registered Nurse Practitioner, Pain Management, Still Bay, South Africa.

Our Team

We want to put exceptional pain management in the hands of every person living with pain.

Etienne
Etienne
de Villiers
Chairman
Dale
Dale
den Dulk
Chief Executive Officer
Waldi
Waldi
Hoon
Chief Operating Officer, Head of Content
Tim
Tim
Nel
Chief Product Officer
Erik
Erik
Wiersma
Chief Technical Officer
Kim
Kim
Boezaart
Chief Customer Officer
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