Biographical Sketch
Jianguo Cheng, MD, PhD, is an Anesthesiologist and Pain Therapy Specialist at the Anesthesiology Institute. He is also a Principal Investigator of the Department of Neurosciences at the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic. He is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology, a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties. He has added Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Cheng has received research grants of over $2 million from the National Institutes of Health and state funding agencies. Treatment interests include back pain, neck pain, chest wall pain, abdominal pain, pelvic pain, joint pain, myofascial pain, discogenic pain, headaches, neuropathic pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, vertebral compression fracture, regional anesthesia, spinal cord stimulation, occipital nerve stimulation, intrathecal pump therapy, intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty, percutaneous intradiscal nucleoplasty, percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.
Specialty Interests
abdominal and pelvic pain, Abdominal Pain, abdominal pain and spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain, acute postoperative pain management, anesthesia for orthopedic surgery, back, back neuropathic, Back Pain, back/neck pain, cancer pain, CRP, complex regional pain syndrome, evaluation of back and neck pain, headache and orofacial pain, Headaches, interventional pain management, interventional pain management for back and neck pain, Low Back Pain, management of chronic pain, Neck Pain, neuromodulation, neuropathic, neuropathic pain, pain, pain management, pain management including spine, Pediatric Pain, pelvic pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, regional anesthesia, research, spinal cord stimulation, spine, spine pain
Awards & Honors
Dr. Cheng has received research grants of over $2 million from federal and state funding agencies. He runs an active research laboratory at Cleveland Clinic through grants from the National Institutes of Health. He has also been previously funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research of Canada and the Canadian NeuroScience Network of Centers of Excellence/Medical Research Council of Canada.
Innovations & Patents
Dr. Cheng is a recipient of the Cleveland Clinic 2007 Inventor Award for his investigation of the therapeutic application of gap junction inhibitors in the management of pain. He is also the inventor of a wheelchair powered by electrical stimulation of paralyzed leg muscles, designed for patients with spinal cord injury and the elderly. This novel technology is undergoing clinical trial at multiple centers.
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 7/31/2008, Dr.
Cheng 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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Royalty Payments. Dr. Cheng has the right to receive royalty payments for inventions or discoveries related to the companies shown below:
