Anna Woodbury, MD, MSc

Addresses: Emory and the Atlanta VA

Anna Woodbury, MD, MSCR, C.Ac is a double board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist with internationally recognized expertise in non‑invasive and minimally invasive vagus nerve stimulation for chronic pain and related conditions. Dr. Woodbury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine and a pain management physician at the Atlanta VA Health Care System in Decatur, Georgia. She founded the Division for Pain Management at the Atlanta VA Healthcare System in 2014 and continues to lead multidisciplinary care for veterans with complex chronic pain. She is double board-certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and holds licensure to practice medical acupuncture in Georgia. Her clinical practice focuses on chronic pain syndromes, with particular interest in sympathetically mediated pain such as fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome, as well as disorders of autonomic regulation. Dr. Woodbury is a founding member of the Vagus Nerve Society and serves as an editorial lead on non‑invasive and minimally invasive vagus nerve stimulation for chronic pain. Her federally funded research program evaluates non‑invasive neuromodulation techniques—such as transcutaneous cervical and auricular vagus nerve stimulation (tcVNS/taVNS), cranial electrical stimulation, rTMS, and related approaches—as tools to modulate pain, autonomic dysfunction, and neuroimmune signaling. Currently, her clinical work is primarily focused at the Atlanta VA with some oversight of acupuncture services and research programs at Emory.