Ursula I. Wesselmann

Ursula I. Wesselmann, MD, Ph.D., DTM&H (Lond.), is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She holds the William A. Lell, M.D.–Paul N. Samuelson, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Anesthesiology and is affiliated with UAB’s Pain Medicine and Molecular and Translational Biomedicine research areas.

• Medical School: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany (MD)
• Graduate School: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany (Ph.D. in Neurophysiology)
• Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Great Britain

Her research and clinical interests focus on chronic pain conditions in women, including vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis pain syndrome, and racial health disparities. She has completed postdoctoral training at the Baker Medical Research Institute (Melbourne), Medical College of Wisconsin, and Northwestern University Medical School in neurophysiology and physiology. Clinical pain fellowships at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and Johns Hopkins University/Blaustein Pain Treatment Center further support her expertise.

Contact details include her office location at BMR II, 334, and direct line (205) 934-7010. No recent publications or scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided texts.