Elisha Peterson, MD, MEd, FAAP, FASA is a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician in active clinical practice since 2016 and triple board certified in Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, and Pain Medicine. She was the former Director of a pediatric chronic pain clinic at a top 5 freestanding children's hospital for 5 years. She completed two fellowships, one in Pediatric Anesthesiology at St. Louis Children's Hospital and one in Pain Medicine at the Harvard Tri-Institutional Program following a residency in anesthesiology at Washington University in St. Louis- Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO. ​ She earned an MD at Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, a Masters in Education at The George Washington University, Washington, DC, and BS degrees in Biology and Psychology at the Loyola University in Chicago, IL. ​ Contact Dr. Peterson at 773-908 -8966, drpeterson@elishapetersonmd.com Elisha Peterson's MD MEd FAAP FASA CV Nicholas Szokoly, partner at Murphy, Falcon, & Murphy "Dr. Peterson laid out the entire case for us from soup to nuts. She pays attention to detail, effective communicator, and a pleasure to work with."

About Expert Witness & Case Consultation Speaking Sevo Sistas Podcast Blog Contact Search Results More Elisha Peterson MD MEd FAAP FASA Harvard Trained Pain Physician| TEDx Speaker| Triple Board Certified Adult & Pediatric Anesthesiologist| Physician Entrepreneur| Medical Educator & Consultant |Host of Sevo Sistas Podcast AS SEEN IN ​ RECOGNIZED BY ​ Hello My name is Dr. Elisha (ee-LISH-a) Peterson ​ I am passionate about Demystifying pain medicine Demystifying and diversifying anesthesiology Elisha Peterson, MD MEd FAAP FASA, is a Harvard-trained pain medicine physician and award-winning Toastmasters speaker. She was the longest running director of Chronic pain at Children's National and the only full time pain boarded physician in the organization. She is a pediatric pain expert who serves those who live with chronic pain and want to improve their quality of life. Her passion as a medical educator motivated her to speak on national stages on the importance of improving the quality of care for BIPOC populations in the United States and start the TikTok channel @painfreedocs to educate the public about pain. In addition to helping thousands of children, adolescents, and young adults get their lives back, she received grant funding from the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia to develop a pipeline program in partnership with Howard University to increase diversity in medicine which inspired her to host the Sevo Sistas podcast. She has peer reviewed publications and written book chapters on chronic pain. She is a co editor on the pediatric section of the Open Anesthesia podcast and a frequent guest on the Prospective Doctor and Surgucation podcasts. Elisha lives in Washington DC with her husband and three children. She sits on the medical advisory board for Verywell Family, a comprehensive curated library of trustworthy health information. About Me Let's work together! Washington DC 20002 (202) 743-1404 elishapetersonmd.com First Name Last Name Email Message Send Thanks for submitting!

Speaking Engagements American Academy of Pediatrics October 2023 "Taking the Pain Out of Pain Management" October 23 "Taking the Pain Out of Pain Management" October 24 National Medical Association July 2023 "Racial Disparities in Pain Management" July 31, 2023 TEDx Speaker May 2023 "How Chronic Pain is Like Falling in Love" May 20, 2023 American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association May 2023 "Taking the Pain Out of Pain Management" May 11, 2023 Children's Omaha Keynote Speaker May 2023 "Racial Disparities in Pain Medicine" May 5, 2023 Howard University Faculty Panelist March 2023 "Anesthesiology Faculty Panel" March 23, 2023 Department of Nephrology January 2023 Pediatric Pain Management & The Effect of the Opioid Crises on Adolescents, January 19, 2023 Department of Pediatrics January 2023 "Pediatric Pain Managment" January 27, 2023 Department of Anesthesiology Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows & Faculty Conference December 2022 "Racial Disparities in Pain Management" December 6, 2022 The APSNA Board "Dr. Peterson, Thank you for participating in the 32nd Annual APSNA Scientific Conference. Your presentation was a fantastic kick-off to the program. Participants gave it rave reviews. Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine 2022 Conference Attendees "Amazing Talk" "Thank you. We need content like this at every healthcare gathering everywhere" "Excellent speaker and well chosen topic" "Dr. Peterson's talk was the best of the entire meeting." Georgetown Pediatrics Faculty Member "I wish all our grand rounds would be like this! I should have learned about this [pain management] a long time ago and this was a wonderful refresher! Thank you, this was so valuable" First Name Last Name Email Message Send Thanks for submitting! Need a Speaker for your meeting? I speak about -pediatric pain management -pain management -racial disparities in pain -perioperative management of chronic pain -perioperative management of substance use disorder​ -anesthesiology: what is it? career exploration Washington DC 20002 drpeterson@elishapetersonmd.com ​

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Hello My name is Dr. Elisha (ee-LISH-a) Peterson ​ I am passionate about Demystifying pain medicine Demystifying and diversifying anesthesiology Elisha Peterson, MD MEd FAAP FASA, is a Harvard-trained pain medicine physician and award-winning Toastmasters speaker. She serves those who live with chronic pain and want to improve their quality of life. Her passion as a medical educator motivated her to speak on national stages on the importance of improving the quality of care for BIPOC populations in the United States and start the TikTok channel @painfreedocs to educate the public about pain. In addition to helping thousands of children, adolescents, and young adults get their lives back, she received grant funding from the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia to develop a pipeline program in partnership with Howard University to increase diversity in medicine which inspired her to host the Sevo Sistas podcast. She has peer reviewed publications and written book chapters on chronic pain. She is a co editor on the pediatric section of the Open Anesthesia podcast and a frequent guest on the Prospective Doctor and Surgucation podcasts. Elisha lives in Washington DC with her husband and three children. She sits on the medical advisory board for Verywell Family, a comprehensive curated library of trustworthy health information. About Me