Biographical Sketch
Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD, is Director of Pain Management Clinical Research in the Department of Pain Management at Cleveland Clinic's main campus. Dr. Kapural is also Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western University. Dr. Kapural's interests include discogenic low back pain, visceral abdominal pain and spinal cord stimulation.
Dr. Kapural earned a medical degree and a doctorate of philosophy at the University of Zagreb, School of Medicine in the Republic of Croatia. He completed research fellowships at McGill University's Anesthesia Research Department in Montreal, Canada and Physiology Department, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Conn. Dr. Kapural completed his residency at the Cleveland Clinic's Anesthesiology Institute and a fellowship in pain management at Cleveland Clinic where he was honored with the "Ethelee R. Smith, MD" Pain Management Fellow of the Year Award.
Dr. Kapural is an active member of several professional organizations including the American Academy of Pain Medicine, International Association for the Study of Pain, International Spinal Injection Society, American Neuromotor Society and World Institute of Pain. In addition, he is an invited speaker to many national and international meetings.
Dr. Kapural's experience is broad and encompasses teaching and clinical education, extensive research and investigational research studies involving innovative pain treatments. His noteworthy research findings have been published in more than 60 journal articles, more than 50 abstracts and four book chapters.
Specialty Interests
abdominal and pelvic pain, Abdominal Pain, abdominal pain and spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain, back, back neuropathic, Back Pain, evaluation of back and neck pain, interventional pain management, interventional pain management for back and neck pain, Low Back Pain, Neck Pain, neuropathic, neuropathic pain, pain, pain management, pain management including spine, spinal cord stimulation, spine, spine pain
Industry Relationships
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with the pharmaceutical or medical device industries
to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide
medical education about recent trends. The
collaborations are reviewed as part of the Cleveland
Clinic’s procedures. The Cleveland Clinic publicly
discloses payments to its physicians and scientists
for speaking and consulting of
$5,000 or more per year, and any equity, royalties,
and fiduciary relationships in companies with which
they collaborate. In publicly disclosing this
information, the Cleveland Clinic tries to provide
information as accurately as possible about its
doctors’ connections with industry and those of their
immediate family members. As of 8/4/2008, Dr.
Kapural has reported the financial relationships
with the companies listed below. Patients should feel
free to contact their doctor about any of the
relationships and how the relationships are overseen
by the Cleveland Clinic. To learn more about the
Cleveland Clinic’s policies on collaborations with
industry and innovation management, go to
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Consulting. Dr. Kapural receives fees of $5,000 or more per year as a paid consultant or speaker for the following companies:
Elan Pharmaceuticals
Kimberly-Clark
