Johnathan H. Goree, MD, is Chair of the Diversity and Outreach committee for the American Society of Pain & Neuroscience (ASPN). He is Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, where he serves as Director of the Chronic Pain Division, Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship, and Chair of the Opioid Stewardship Committee. He also directs Interventional Pain Management Services at UAMS Health.
Dr. Goree earned his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Washington University in St. Louis before completing medical school and an anesthesiology residency at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. He went on to complete a fellowship in interventional pain management at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta before joining the UAMS faculty in 2014. He is board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Describing himself as a “quality-of-life physician,” Dr. Goree focuses his clinical practice on improving patient function through opioid-sparing interventional techniques, including spinal cord stimulation and vertebral augmentation. His research and scholarship address racial and ethnic disparities in chronic pain care, complex regional pain syndrome, opioid education, and implementation science. He has published on these topics in journals including Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, the Journal of Pain Research, and Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Within ASPN, Dr. Goree leads efforts to broaden diversity, equity, and inclusion across the pain and neuroscience field, including the society’s “Diversity in December” educational programming. He was recognized by ASPN with the Lisa Stearns, MD Legacy Diversity Award for his work advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in pain and neuroscience. In 2020, he was named Arkansas Physician of the Year by Arkansas Business.