Gary Alan Walco PhD

Dr. Gary A. Walco, Ph.D. is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (adjunct Pediatrics and Psychiatry) at the University of Washington and the Director of Pain Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Walco strives to create active partnerships with his patients and their families to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Dr. Walco earned his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. His clinical and research interests include the safety and efficacy of pain medicines in infants, children, and adolescents, psychological methods to address pain and function in children, ethics of pain prevention and treatment, and the relationship between subjective pain reports, pain behavior, and physiological stress responses.