Christopher Spevak is a Medical Officer at Walter Reed National Military Center where he serves as the Pain Management Fellowship Program Director, the Director of the National Capital Region’s Opioid Safety Program, National Capital Region Pain Initiative and Wounded Warrior Pain Care Initiative. He is a Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine where he directs courses on Pain and Opioids. He received his Medical degree from the Northeast Ohio Medical University and trained at the Cleveland Clinic and University of Pittsburgh Hospitals. He received a Master of Public Health degree in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Law degree from Catholic University of America.