Kansas City, KS
• Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
• Vice Chairman of the Board, The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN).
• Chief of Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Health System.
Dr. Dawood Sayed is a national expert in chronic and acute pain due to spinal and nerve disorders. He strives to provide medical care to his patients like he would to members of his own family. His practice focuses on providing leading-edge, minimally invasive treatments to improve pain and restore a person’s ability to function. He speaks and teaches internationally on advanced treatments for various painful disorders and has published extensively on the subject. As a leading interventional pain medicine physician, he has introduced many new therapies for patients at The University of Kansas Health System. These include minimally invasive spinal procedures such as lumbar decompression (MILD) and Superion® InterSpinous Spacers for spinal stenosis. Additionally, he has vast experience in the field of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic spine and nerve pain and is involved in ongoing research geared toward improving pain relief and safety with this therapy.