Steven D. Waldman

Steven D. Waldman is the Chief Executive Officer of Luna, the nation’s leading provider of in-home outpatient physical therapy. Waldman is a pain management specialist, author and a pioneer in the specialty of interventional pain management. He previously held an academic appointment as Professor of Anesthesiology at Kansas City University where he served as Senior Vice Provost of Strategic Initiatives.

Background Waldman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geosciences from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, and was one of the first 100 students to be admitted in 1973 to its new medical school, the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine. He was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and earned his MD in 1977. He completed his internship at Mayo Clinic in 1978 and did his residency in anesthesiology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota where he also served as President of the Mayo Clinic Fellows Association.

Career Waldman was one of the first pain management specialists in the region, founding pain clinics at numerous Kansas City area hospitals.

He holds joint academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine.

Waldman currently serves as Professor of Anesthesiology and Senior Vice Provost of Strategic Initiatives at Kansas City University.

Publications He is the author of more than fifty-three textbooks on topics ranging from interventional pain management, ultrasound, case-based learning, and medical imaging as well as numerous scholarly publications on interventional pain management., opioids, practice management, instructional technology, and medical bioethics and humanities

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Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2025). Atlas of Interventional Pain Management (6th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier. Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2024). Common Pain Syndromes (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2024). Physical Diagnosis of Pain (5th ed.) Philadelphia: Elsevier Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2023). Atlas of Pain Management Injection Techniques (5th ed.). Elsevier. Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2023). Pain Medicine: A Case-Based Learning Series. Headache and Facial Pain Philadelphia: Elsevier Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2023). Pain Medicine: A Case-Based Learning Series. The Shoulder and Elbow Philadelphia: Elsevier Waldman, Steven D. (c. 2023). Pain Medicine: A Case-Based Learning Series. The Knee Philadelphia: Elsevier

He contributed the "Pain practice management" subsection to the book Operating room leadership and management. Waldman's Atlas of Common Pain Syndromes has been translated into Spanish, Italian and Polish.

Awards and recognition Waldman was Mayo Clinic Fellows Association President and has been the recipient of several accolades and awards: UMKC Medical Humanities Award in recognition of his role in helping found the Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the UMKC School of Medicine and his teaching efforts in this area. UMKC Legacy Award (as a member of the Waldman family) UMKC School of Medicine Humanities Award UMKC Alumni Achievement Award Society For Pain Practice Management Distinguished Service Award