Richard Siegfried, M.D.

I feel strongly about assessing every patient as an individual, carefully analyzing the data at hand in order to confirm the diagnosis and formulate an individualized treatment plan. It is difficult, if not impossible, to effectively treat what you cannot diagnose. I offer logical, practical, evidence-based treatments and do not offer treatments that I believe are to the contrary such as chronic opioid therapy. I believe that it is critically important for the patient to be actively involved in their journey to wellness and that includes taking responsibility for their weight, nutrition, control of harmful habits and overall health.

While completing my fellowship, I had the good fortune to train under some of the pioneers in the field of pain medicine. I was also an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and director of the Pain Management Center at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. In November 2000, I established my private practice in New Jersey. In June 2022, I relocated to Southwestern Wisconsin in order to join the Mayo Clinic Health System as part of the Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine.

I was born and raised within the City of New York. I chose a career in medicine based upon my interested in science and fascination with the human body. At the age of thirteen, after a brief visit to Mayo Clinic as a patient, I declared that I would definitely pursue a career in medicine having been inspired by the care that I received from the Mayo Clinic staff.

Education

• Bachelor's degree, Biology, University of Pennsylvania
• State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine

Internship

• Internal Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital

Residency

• Anesthesiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowship

• Pain Medicine, University of Washington Multidisciplinary Pain Center

Certifications

• Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
• Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology

• Restorative neuromodulation
• Spinal and peripheral radiofrequency neurotomy
• X-ray and ultrasound-guided interventions

• Development of complex regional pain syndrome after a cervical epidural steroid injection, June 1997.
• Preemptive analgesia in children. Does it exist?, March 1997.
• Chronic pain and disease conviction, June 1996.
• Are all those pain ratings necessary?, August, 1994.
• Development of an acute withdrawal syndrome following the cessation of intrathecal baclofen in a patient with spasticity. November 1992.