Karina Bouffard

Karina Bouffard, MD, MPH

Position Attending Physician
Practicing since 2014
Joined staff in 2014
Phone Number Description Phone

Telephone Number

312-238-7800

About Me

About Me

Karina Bouffard, MD, has been an attending physician at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab since 2014. Her primary clinical work is with adults with subacute and chronic pain. She is on the board of directors for the Midwest Pain Society and is a co-editor of the society's newsletter. Her interests include cancer pain, cancer prehabilitation, fluoroscopic guided injections and neuromodulation. She is a member of the Cancer Pain Research Consortium and is on the Young Physician's Council within the Consortium. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Location

Pain Management Center

345 East Superior Street

Floor 12

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Training

  • Education

    1995 – 1999

    Bachelor in Science, Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

    2002 – 2006

    Doctor of Medicine, University of the East

    2007 – 2008

    Master of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

  • Residency

    2008 – 2009

    Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts

    2009 – 2012

    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Fellowship

    2012 – 2013

    Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Honors & Awards

  • Best Poster
    Amercian Academy of Ophthalmology, 2006
  • William H. Donovan Award
    Baylor College of Medicine, 2010

Certificates + Licenses

  • Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
  • Physician and Surgeon License
    State of Illinois

Research Interests

  • Cancer Pain
  • Neuromodulation
  • Fluoroscopic Guided Injections