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Aurelio A. Alonso

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
10207 Cerny Street, Box 3094, Durham, NC 27617

Overview


Dr. Alonso is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke University School of Medicine and Director of Orofacial Pain at  Duke Innovative Pain Therapies site located in the Brier Creek area of Raleigh, NC. Dr. Alonso is an internationally respected orofacial pain physician and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain and Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine,  and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. In addition, he is the only boarded Orofacial pain physician at Duke. 

Dr. Alonso provides patients with innovative pain therapies as a member of the Center for Translational Pain Medicine (CTPM) team. The CTPM further expands Duke's existing clinical and research program in innovative pain therapies by bringing together leading basic scientists, clinicians, and clinical researchers. Dr. Alonso shares with the CTPM team the common core mission of unraveling the causes of painful conditions to better improve patient care. Dr. Alonso's focus area includes Orofacial pain, Temporomandibular disorders, headaches, Neuropathic Orofacial pain, and sleep disorder treatment.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Anesthesiology · 2022 - Present Anesthesiology, Clinical Science Departments

Recent Publications


The Adaptive, Pain Sensitive, and Global Symptoms Clusters: Evidence from a Patient-Based Study.

Journal Article JDR Clin Trans Res · April 2024 OBJECTIVES: The largest epidemiologic study conducted about painful temporomandibular disorders (pTMDs) to date identified 3 clusters of individuals with similar symptoms-adaptive, pain sensitive, and global symptoms-which hold promise as a means of person ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Phenotypic profile clustering pragmatically identifies diagnostically and mechanistically informative subgroups of chronic pain patients.

Journal Article Pain · May 1, 2021 Traditional classification and prognostic approaches for chronic pain conditions focus primarily on anatomically based clinical characteristics not based on underlying biopsychosocial factors contributing to perception of clinical pain and future pain traj ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Neural Architecture of the Murine and Human Temporomandibular Joint

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

Biohaven BHV-3000-317 TMD Study

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals · 2022 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Minnesota, Twin Cities · 2009 Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities · 2007 M.S.
University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto (Brazil) · 1997 D.D.S.