Heather Ann Columbano, MD
- Assistant Professor, Pain, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)

Heather Ann Columbano, MD
- Assistant Professor, Pain, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
Research Interests
- Acute Pain Management
- Chronic Pain Management
- Music Therapy
- Spine
- Education
- MD, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2013
- Residency
- Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, 2017
- Fellowship
- Pain Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, 2018
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Pain, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Pain, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
Research
- Chronic lower back pain effects of music on fluoroscopic guided (CLEF) interventional pain procedures: a randomized controlled trial. Columbano HA, Shbeeb DS, Youshock ED, Ligon RM, Wachnik AA, Russell G, Williams BL, Meister-Berger J, DeSouza N, Hurley RW. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Jun;
- A Clinical Comparison of Intravenous and Epidural Local Anesthetic for Major Abdominal Surgery. Terkawi AS, Tsang S, Kazemi A, Morton S, Luo R, Sanders DT, Regali LA, Columbano H, Kurtzeborn NY, Durieux ME. Reg Anesth Pain Med. ; 41(1):28-36.