About David Hao, MD
Dr. Hao is a double board-certified anesthesiologist and chronic pain physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also serves as the Director of the Cancer Pain Program. He completed his anesthesia residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a chronic pain fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. His clinical interests include cancer pain, neuromodulation, and image-guided interventions. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of A&A Practice and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Anesthesia & Analgesia. His research focuses on expanding access to interventional therapies for cancer-related pain, alongside applying multimedia to medical education and advancing patient care quality and safety. He is an advocate for evidence-based medicine and hosts the Depth of Anesthesia podcast, which critically examines clinical dogma through review of the literature.
Clinical Interests:
- Minimally Invasive Spine Interventions
- Peripheral nerve stimulation
- Regional anesthesia
- Spinal cord stimulation for pain management
- Treatment of cancer-related pain
- Treatment of chronic pain, both medical and interventional.
- Treatment of pain due to nerve injury
- Treatment of pain due to spinal degeneration
- Ultrasonography
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Pain Management Center
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 340
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-8810
Medical Education
- MD, UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalAnesthesiaTechniques/about
Publications
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-9255
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