Clinical Faculty

Billy K. Huh, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Department:
Anesthesiology

Division:
Anesthesiology

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3094 Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-684-6736

Office Telephone:
919-684-1947

Fax:
919-681-7094

Training:
MD, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 1993

Fellowship:
Pain Management, UNC Hospitals, 1997-1998

Residency:
Medicine and Pediatrics, UNC Hospitals, 1993-1994

Clinical Interests:
Complex regional pain syndrome, spinal cord stimulator implant, intrathecal pump, acupuncture, radiofrequency ablation, cancer pain management, neurolytics, low back pain, headache, neuropathic pain, spasticity, pediatric pain, failed back, whiplash injury

Research Interests:
My research interests are
1. Mechanism of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
2.Low back pain
3.Neuropathic pain
4.Genetics and Pain Syndrome
5.Migraine Headache
6.Epidural steroid injection.
7.Implantable devices for management of chronic pain.
8.Alternative medicine in management of chronic pain.
9.Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Publications:
Park CH, Huh BK, Lodged Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial Lead: A Case Report. Pain Practice 2008; 8(3):210-213.

Dooley JD, Beadles C, Huh BK et.al. Computer Tomography-guided Bilateral Transdiscal Superior Hypogastric Plexus Neurolysis.  Pain Medicine, 2008, 9 (3), 345-347.




Yeh CC, Jao SW, Huh BK, Wong CS, Yang CP, White WD, Wu CT. Preincisional dextromethorphan combined with thoracic epidural anesthesia and analgesia improves postoperative pain and bowel function in patients undergoing colonic surgery. Anesth Analg. 2005 May;100(5):1384-9, table of contents.

Huh B. Chronic Pain Management. In Robertson KM, Lubarsky DA, editors. Anesthesiology Pearls of Wisdom. Lincoln, NE: Boston Medical Publishing, 2001. p. 75-78.

Huh B. Caudal, Epidural, and Spinal Anesthesia. In Robertson KM, Lubarsky DA, editors. Anesthesiology Pearls of Wisdom. Lincoln, NE: Boston Medical Publishing, 2001. p. 79-82.