Associate Medical Director Clinical Development
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Nov 2024 - Present
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Comprehensive pain physician, educator, and medical expert. Board Certified in Internal Medicine & Pain Medicine. Experienced in clinical research. Award winning educator and patient advocate.
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Comprehensive pain physician, educator, and medical expert. Board Certified in Internal Medicine & Pain Medicine. Experienced in clinical research. Award winning educator and patient advocate.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. is listed as Comprehensive pain physician, educator, and medical expert. Board Certified in Internal Medicine & Pain Medicine. Experienced in clinical research. Award winning educator and patient advocate. at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Erica Bial, M.D., M.S..
Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. previously worked as Associate Medical Director Clinical Development at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Visiting Professor at Tufts University. Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. holds M.D., Medicine from Boston University School Of Medicine.
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About Erica Bial, M.D., M.S.
Physician, dual-board certified in Pain Management and Internal Medicine, with sub-speciality fellowship in Interventional Pain Management and residency training in both Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine through Harvard University. Additional experience includes proposal, oversight, and conduction of clinical research, critical evaluation of medical publications, and cost-functional leadership, communication, and scientific expertise.Earned additional non-clinical degrees: Post-graduate degree certificate in the science of Pain and Pain Research from University of California San Francisco, and Masters degree in Occupational and Environmental Health Engineering from Tufts University, including coursework in Engineering Management, Epidemiology, and public health.Prior experience as site PI for stage II and stage III clinical trials, including IRB process. Recipient of Zucker Research Award from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2019, including grant proposal and IRB approval processes. Clinical expert in pain management, with particular interest in non-opioid modalities, neuropathic pain disorders and spine pain, with 20 years of clinical experience. Highly proficient in broad range of pain management modalities, including experience in use of pharmaceuticals, interventions, and devices for the treatment of pain. Demonstrated excellence in interdisciplinary collaboration and communication, including across range of expertise and environments. Featured master lecturer and expert in safer use of chronic opioids and multimodal therapies for pain. Author of Pain section of NEJM Knowledge+ Review course. Critical evaluation skills , as longtime reviewer for the journal, Pain Physician. Award-winning medical educator, including recipient of the Charles Hatem Award for Excellence in Teaching from Harvard University. Proposed, designed, and taught the highly reviewed undergraduate course, PAIN, at Tufts University. Prior Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Tufts Medical School, and member of the Admissions Committee of the Tufts Medical School, during tenure as Director of Non-Surgical Spine Care at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center. Seasoned media expert regarding the humanitarian impact of COVID-19 crisis on physicians, featured widely including MotherJones, The Washington Post, the New York Times, The Guardian, and The Today Show. Honored 2021 Nominee for Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s National Compassionate Caregivers of the Year Award
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16 roles · 24 years
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Visiting Professor
CurrentProposed, developed curriculum, and independently taught the novel undergraduate course, PAIN. Course examines the biological, psychological, and social aspects of pain in the western world, including critical discussion of the opioid crisis and the impact of COVID-19. Symposium style, with interdisciplinary and participatory learning, including teaching.
Jan 2024 - Present
Locum Tenens Pain Physician
CurrentInterim physician providing expert pain care to underserved and frequently indigent populations in remote area. Role requires exceptional flexibility, open-mindedness, and capacity to form teams, communicate openly and clearly, offer leadership and ultra-rapid relationship building in new environments while maintaining clinical excellence and cultural.
Jan 2024 - Present
Content Developer, Master Lecturer, And Medical Expert: Scope Of Pain Program
Senior lecturer and content review committee member for the FDA-grant supported Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for Opioid Analgesics. Featured pain management expert for the Live, Remote, and Podcast programs, as well as writer and reviewer for the Pain Management section of the New England Journal of Medicine Knowledge+ review. Responsible.
Jan 2012 - Nov 2024
Interventional Pain Physician
Full time senior physician in community based private practice. Providing ongoing comprehensive and interventional pain management, including full range of ultrasound and fluoroscopically guided injections, medication assessments, neurostimulation, and diagnostic assessments of painful spine and orthopedic conditions.
Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
Interventional Pain Physician
Part-time role as managing physician in community-based private practice group. Providing education, supervision, and leadership to team including nurse practitioners, medical assistants, and staff. Clinical physician, utilizing full range of interventional and pharmacological pain management techniques, including injections and neurostimulation.
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Board Member: Overseers And Young Leadership Committee
2013 - Dec 2021
Director, Non-Surgical Spine Care
Within department of Neurosurgery at Level-1 trauma center, academic hospital. Responsible for full range of non-surgical care options for patients with predominantly spine-related pain, including medication, injection, and neurostimulation modalities, as well as interdisciplinary care coordination with departments of physical therapy and behavioral.
Jul 2016 - Aug 2021
Director, Interdisciplinary Pain Management
Provider of competent, compassionate, and comprehensive pain care including bothinpatient and outpatient patient consultation and coordination of a full range of pain treatment, including the use of medications, procedures, physical and complementary modalities. Interventional techniques provided include a broad spectrum of spinal and peripheral injections.
Jul 2014 - Apr 2016
Physician, Interventional Spine And Pain Medicine, Dept. Of Orthopedic Surgery
Apr 2012 - Jul 2014
Physician, Consulting And Locum Tenens Contracting
Independent Medical Contractor
Independent medical contractor with practice foci including fibromyalgia, medical management of chronic pain, headache, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Experienced hospitalist and critical care medicine physician, as well as concierge and hotel on-call physician services. Clients include the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Center, Mount Auburn Hospital, Quincy.
Mar 2006 - Apr 2012
Physician, Dept. Of Pain And Spine Medicine
100% Pain position with clinical work including office evaluations and fluoroscopically-guided interventional management. Consultations and continuing care. Responsible for leading multidisciplinary team for select patients. Teaching responsibilities, both for pre-clinical students at Harvard Medical School and for visiting residents on clerkship. Served.
2009 - 2011
~2 yrs
Instructor, Department Of Population Medicine
Clinical teaching and research, student and resident mentoring, in fields of internal medicine and pain management
2008 - 2011
~3 yrs
Fellow, Pain Management, Dept. Of Anesthesiology
Full-time fellow in Pain Medicine division. Training included a broad range of interventional experiences, including axial techniques, peripheral nerve blocks, pump and stimulator implantations; as well as multidisciplinary approaches to pain including cancer pain, headache, palliative care, and acute and peri-operative pain care. ACGME accredited program.
2008 - 2009
~1 yr
Resident
2002 - 2006
~4 yrs
Resident, Dept. Of Anesthesia And Critical Care
Jul 2003 - Feb 2004
6 education records
Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. education
M.D., Medicine
Boston University School Of Medicine
Post-Doctoral Training, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology
Harvard Medical School
Fellowship, Pain, Anesthesiology/Critical Care
University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine
M.S. (M.P.H.), Occupational And Environmental Health
Tufts University
B.S., Biology, Psychology
Tufts University
Education record
Randolph High School
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Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. works for Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
What is Erica Bial, M.D., M.S.'s role at Vertex Pharmaceuticals?
Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. is listed as Comprehensive pain physician, educator, and medical expert. Board Certified in Internal Medicine & Pain Medicine. Experienced in clinical research. Award winning educator and patient advocate. at Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Where is Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. based?
Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States while working with Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
What companies has Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. worked for?
Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. has worked for Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Tufts University, Self Employed, Boston University School Of Medicine, and Sports Medicine North.
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Erica Bial, M.D., M.S. holds M.D., Medicine from Boston University School Of Medicine.
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