Alina Boltunova

Alina Boltunova, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. She specializes in pain management and anesthesiology, with a focus on chronic and postoperative pain.

• M.D., New York University School of Medicine (2017)
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley (2012)

Her research interests center on opioid use disorder, postoperative outcomes, and medical marijuana in pain management. She advocates for evidence-based, multi-modal approaches addressing physical, psychological, and emotional aspects of pain.

Recent publications explore links between opioid use disorder and surgical complications, as well as physician perspectives on medical marijuana programs. Her work spans cardiology, pain medicine, and public health.