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
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 CitePhenotypic 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 CiteSleep medicine education in US and Canadian orofacial pain residency programs: Survey outcomes.
Journal Article J Am Dent Assoc · December 2020 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Neural Architecture of the Murine and Human Temporomandibular Joint
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025Biohaven BHV-3000-317 TMD Study
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Biohaven Pharmaceuticals · 2022 - 2023View All Grants