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Dr. Buenaventura’s Board Certifications:
The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
ABA Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine American Board of Pain Medicine American Board of Medical Acupuncture Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians Rick Buenaventura, M.D. Rick Buenaventura, M.D. is the sole physician at Pain Relief of Dayton and has over ten years of pain medicine experience in the Dayton area. He obtained his medical degree at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Buenaventura then completed an anesthesiology residency at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Buenaventura served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force. He served 8 years as a staff anesthesiologist and pain management physician at Wright-Patterson USAF Medical Center near Dayton, Ohio. For the last 6 years of his tour Dr. Buenaventura was the director of the Anesthesia Pain Management Clinic at Wright-Patterson Medical Center where he received the Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal for his work as director of the Pain Clinic. During his tenure in the Pain Clinic, Dr. Buenaventura offered the latest technologies available, including fluoroscopically-guided injections, discography and intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET), in addition to alternative therapies such as acupuncture. Dr. Buenaventura attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and was honorably discharged. After being discharged he completed a fully accredited, one-year pain medicine fellowship at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. During his fellowship he gained additional experience in advanced pain injection techniques, radiofrequency techniques, percutaneous disc decompression and spinal endoscopy, as well as the treatment of cancer and pediatric pain. Dr. Buenaventura also received extensive training in implantable spinal technologies, particularly spinal cord stimulation and implanted spinal drug administration systems. Lastly he was even involved in several medical research studies. Published Articles Pain Physician Journal — January 2007, Vol. 10 Issue International Anesthesia Research Society American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians |
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