David Dickerson, MD, is the Section Chief of Pain Medicine and the Medical Director of Anesthesia Pain Services at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to this he served as Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago and as the Director of the Acute Pain Services at University of Chicago Medical Center where he worked extensively with MALS patients before, during, and after surgery. He has authored numerous articles on pain management and has held leadership roles with the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA). He received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Indiana Bloomington and his Doctor of Medicine from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.