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Interventional Pain Specialist, City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago
My overall goal for my patients is to reduce suffering and restore as much function, independence and quality of life as possible while they undergo cancer treatment or live with its long-term effects.
Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, IL
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Pain Medicine – John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pain Medicine – American Board of Anesthesiology
Jason McAloon, DO, is an Interventional Pain Specialist at City of Hope® Cancer Center Chicago, where he works as part of patients’ multidisciplinary cancer care teams to help relieve pain and discomfort caused by cancer and its treatments. His goal is to ensure that these symptoms do not prevent his patients from fully participating in their care, their families or their lives both during and after treatment.
Dr. McAloon has expertise in a wide range of interventional pain management techniques, including spinal injections, peripheral joint injections and neuromodulation, a technique that involves spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation with the goal of reducing how the body perceives and feels pain.
Dr. McAloon was drawn to oncology after taking part in undergraduate and graduate school research on cancer biology.
“Although I ultimately trained as an interventional pain physician, that foundation stayed with me,” he says. “Being able to relieve cancer-associated and treatment-related pain through targeted interventions, medications and multidisciplinary care is what makes this work especially meaningful to me.”
In his clinical practice, Dr. McAloon works with other physicians, nursing staff, supportive care specialists, physiatrists and other behavioral health professionals to evaluate patients’ cancer-related pain, then create personalized treatment plans that accommodate their needs while allowing treatment to continue. He has expertise in performing image-guided interventional pain procedures that may treat refractory cancer pain, including nerve blocks, epidural and intrathecal therapies, neurolytic procedures and implantable devices.
After earning his medical degree from Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Illinois, Dr. McAloon completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Rush University Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in pain medicine at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, both in Chicago.
Dr. McAloon is a member of multiple professional associations, including the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Association of Academic Physiatrists and the North American Neuromodulation Society. Outside of work, he enjoys an active lifestyle, including spending time waterskiing and boating with his family.