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Andrey V Bortsov

Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology

Overview


Dr. Andrey Bortsov is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and holds a faculty position in the Center for Translational Pain Medicine (CTPM). He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree (1999) from Pavlov State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and his PhD in Epidemiology (2010) from the University of South Carolina at Columbia.

In 2010, he joined the faculty at UNC Department of Anesthesiology as a Research Assistant Professor, where he studied genetics and non-genetic risk factors of chronic pain development after traumatic stressful events. Dr. Bortsov has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and presented his work at major and national and international conferences.

Dr. Bortsov joined the faulty at Duke University in 2016, where he continues his work on pain genomics. His major area of interest is application of novel computational and statistical methods to big genomic datasets to develop prediction models for disease risk and treatment outcomes.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology · 2021 - Present Anesthesiology, Clinical Science Departments

Recent Publications


Vestibulodynia presentation is differentiated by the presence of additional chronic primary pain conditions.

Journal Article J Pain · May 22, 2025 Vestibulodynia (VBD) is a common chronic primary pain condition (CPPC) defined by the presence of recurrent vulvovaginal pain with no obvious root cause. As many as 3 in 4 women with VBD may have co-occurring CPPCs, such as episodic migraine, fibromyalgia, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions.

Journal Article Nat Hum Behav · May 12, 2025 Chronic pain is a multifactorial condition presenting significant diagnostic and prognostic challenges. Biomarkers for the classification and the prediction of chronic pain are therefore critically needed. Here, in this multidataset study of over 523,000 p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Noninvasive assessment of temporal dynamics in sympathetic and parasympathetic baroreflex responses.

Journal Article Physiol Meas · March 27, 2025 Objective.The baroreflex maintains cardiovascular stability by modulating heart rate, myocardial contraction, and vascular tone. However, noninvasive assessment of its sympathetic vascular and myocardial branches often overlooks their time-dependent interp ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Identification and validation of LPA/LPAR signaling in temporomandibular disorder pain

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Targeting checkpoint inhibitors for pain control

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Developing non-opiate GPCR signaling biased agents for pain management

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2022 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of South Carolina, Columbia · 2010 Ph.D.
St. Petersburg State University (Russia) · 1999 M.D.