Dr. Anita Gupta is a board certified pain anesthesiologist with a doctorate in pharmacy and a masters in public policy and certificate in health policy from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She has been a healthcare provider for over 20 years and has served as a FDA advisor as a Special Government Employee on the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee. She has been the recipient of the Learner Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) in Washington D.C. She also has served a thought leader for the Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, Doctor Oz, and others. She has been featured on the cover of Philly Biz magazine as Top in Healthcare in Philadelphia and an international editor and author of books by Oxford University Press, Interventional Pain Medicine, and Pharmacology in Anesthesia Practice and 50 Studies Every Anesthesiologist Should Know. She completed the executive Wharton Total Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been called upon to discuss high profile medical topics involving Tiger Woods, Bill Cosby, Angelina Jolie, and Prince and others. Dr. Gupta's contributions have earned her recognition for public health, service, and scientific medical expertise in pharmacology, pain and frontline patient care. She completed her Doctorate in Pharmacy at Rutgers University and her medical degree from UMDNJ (now Rowan University), and her residency in anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and clinical scientist training during her medical residency at National Institutes of Health, NHLBI. Dr. Gupta completed postdoctoral professional education from MIT in controlled release drug technology and interventional multidisciplinary pain fellowship from Johns Hopkins University.
Specialty Focus
Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine
Regional Anesthesiology
Perioperative Care
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Professional Interests
Public Policy, and Health Policy
FDA Regulatory Guidelines
Research and Drug Development
Chronic and Acute Pain
Interventional Pain Medicine
Palliative Care and Rare Diseases
Residency & Fellowship
Johns Hopkins University, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology Pain Fellowship, Baltimore, MD
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Clinical Research Scientist Track, Bethesda, MD
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C., Anesthesiology Residency
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington D.C., Chief Resident Appointment
Post-Doctoral Education
Princeton University, Masters in Public Policy and Certificate in Health Policy
Harvard Medical School, Institute of Coaching, Founding Fellow, Boston, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Controlled Drug Release Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Boston, MA
Mayday Foundation Fellowship, Media, Public Policy and Advocacy Fellow, Washington D.C.
Wharton School of Business, Total Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
