Paul Jordan Christo MD, MBA

Dr. Paul Jordan Christo is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He specializes in treating patients with persistent pain in the spine, cancer pain, neuropathic pain, shingles pain, post-surgical pain, and thoracic outlet syndrome.

Dr. Christo is experienced in performing implantations of pain pumps and spinal cord stimulators for the treatment of unrelenting pain. He also has expertise in clinical anesthesia, epidural placement, and spinal anesthesia.

He directed the Multidisciplinary Pain Fellowship Program at The Johns Hopkins Hospital for eight years and directed the Blaustein Pain Treatment Center at Hopkins for five years.

Dr. Christo received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He completed a residency in anesthesia and critical care at Harvard Medical School and performed a fellowship in pain medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also has an MBA in health care management from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Dr. Christo joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2001.