Chris M. Lam, M.D.

Professional Background

Dr. Lam is an interventional pain physician and anesthesiologist at Kansas University Medical Center with interests in drug discovery, biomolecular mechanisms and cell signaling pathways of pain, pain genetics, medical devices (development and validation), valuation of therapy specific treatment outcomes, and cancer pain.

• BS, Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
• MD, Medical Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
• Residency, General Surgery, University of North Carolina Healthcare System, Chapel Hill, NC
• Residency, Anesthesiology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
• Other, Interventional Pain Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

• Medical License, Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

• American Society of Pain and Neurosciences, Scientific Committee, Member, 2022 - Present
• American Society of Pain and Neurosciences, Co-Chair, 2022 - 2023
• American Society of Pain and Neurosciences, Member, 2019 - Present
• North American Neuromodulation Society, Member, 2019 - Present
• American Society of Anesthesiologists, Member, 2015 - Present

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• Lam ChristopherM, Latif Usman, Sack Andrew, Govindan Susheel, Sanderson Miles, Vu DanT, Smith Gabriella, Sayed Dawood, Khan Talal. 2023. Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation. Bioengineering, 10 (2)
• Memar Kimia, Varghese Sunita, Morrison Austin, Clonch DavinaA, Lam ChristopherM, Holwerda Seth. 2023. Low- and high-frequency spinal cord stimulation and arterial blood pressure in patients with chronic pain and hypertension: A retrospective study. Clinical Autonomic Research
• Strand Natalie, D'Souza Ryan, Hagedorn Jon, Pritzlaff Scott, Sayed Dawood, Azeem Nomen, Abd-Elsayed Alaa, Escobar Alexander, Huntoon Marc, Lam ChristopherM, Deer Tim. 2022. Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience for the Use of Implantable Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain. Journal of Pain Research (15), 2483 - 2504
• Sayed Dawood, Naidu RamanaK, Patel KiranV, Strand NatalieH, Mehta Pankaj, Lam ChristopherM, Francio ViniciusTieppo, Sheth Samir, Giuffrida Anthony, Durkin Brian, Khatri Nasir, Vodapally Shashank , James ChristopherO, Westerhaus Benjamin D, Rupp Adam, Abdullah NewajM, Amirdelfan Kasra, Petersen ErikaA, Beall DouglasP, Deer TimR. 2022. Best Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vertebrogenic Pain with Basivertebral Nerve Ablation from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience. Journal of Pain Research (15), 2801 - 2819
• Sayed Dawood, Balter Kevin, Pyles Stephen, Lam ChristopherM. 2021. A Multicenter Retrospective Analysis of the Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Posterior Sacroiliac Fusion Device. Journal of Pain Research (14), 3251 - 3258
• Lam Christopher, Murray MichaelJ. 2021. Chapter 34: Antiemetics. Stoelting’s Pharmacology and Physiology in Anesthetic Practice 6th ed.
• Appasamy Malathy, Lam Christopher, Alm John, Chadwick AndreaL. 2022. Trigger Point Injections. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America., 33 (2), 307 - 333
• Lam ChristopherM, Chadwick AndreaL, Hurley RobertW. 2022. Chapter 34: Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Syndromes