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Miroslav Backonja, MD
Faculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Miroslav Backonja is a professor of neurology, anesthesiology and rehabilitation medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is a clinical trials investigator focusing mainly on neuropathic pain disorders. Dr. Backonja’s medical interests include chronic neuropathic pain, such as pain from post-herpetic neuralgia, painful neuropathies including diabetic neuropathy and other peripheral and central neuropathic disorders. His teaching interests include a broad range of topics related to pain, from mechanisms to management.