Robert Valentz, MD

Arrived in Alaska August 2000
Anesthesiologist, Fairbanks, AK
Joined Alaska Spine Institute March 2004
Director of Anesthesiology, ASI - Surgery Center

Medical Expertise and Interests
Interventional Pain Management
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - CRPS
Peripheral Nerve blocks
Epidural steroid injections - all types.
Facet nerve injections
Sacroiliac joint injections
Discography
Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)
Radiofrequency Annuloplasty (discTRODE)
Disc Nucleoplasty
Implantable devices for pain control
Spinal Cord Stimulation
Sympathetic nerve blocks
Radiofrequency Neuroablation
Epidural lysis of adhesions

Certifications
Diplomate American Board of Anesthesiology
Diplomate American Board of Pain Medicine
Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine
Fellow Interventional Pain Management

Education
M.D. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 1995.
M.B.A., University of Youngstown, Youngstown, Ohio, 1980.
B.A., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1975.

Affiliations
American Society of Regional Anesthesia
International Neuromodulation Society
International Spinal Intervention Society
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
World Institute of Pain
American Society of Anesthesiology

Post Graduate Training
Internship, General Surgery, Meridia Huron, East Cleveland, Ohio.
Residency, Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Fellowship, Pain Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.