For over twenty-five years, Dr. Khalouf has been a pain management specialist physician dedicated to his patients in Altoona and surrounding counties. He was the first ABMS board-certified pain physician in Blair County. Dr. Khalouf utilizes anesthesiology-based interventional spine procedures along with contemporary management techniques specified for your acute or chronic pain condition. As an orthopedic physician focusing on eliminating pain, his main goal is to help patients return to their healthiest, pain-free lifestyle, keeping them out of pain for the long term.

Dr. Khalouf appreciates living an active lifestyle where he enjoys ice hockey, cycling, travel, and photography.

• American Board of Anesthesiology
• American Board of Anesthesiology, Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine
• American Board of Pain Medicine

• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Visiting Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, 1992
• University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, 1989
• University of Pennsylvania Hospital | Anesthesia Residency, 1984
• Allegheny General Hospital | Internal Medicine Internship, 1982
• Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | DO, 1981
• Saint Francis University | BS, 1976

• Dermatomal Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring of Spinal Anesthesia
• June 1986, Dr. Leroy Harris Award for Excellence in Teaching presented by the Residents of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anesthesiology
• June 1985, Dr. Leroy Harris Award for Excellence in Teaching presented by the Residents of the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anesthesiology

Published Articles:

• Khalouf FK, Kunkel, FA, Freeman, J; Stretching with Obstruction of an Epidural Catheter. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 66: 1202-1203. 1987.
• Khalouf FK, Gonzalez RM: Special Anesthesia Challenges in Surgery of the Skull Base. In Surgical Management of Tumors at the Cranial Base, edited by C.G. Jackson, Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1990.

Research Projects:

• Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation Compared with a Single Injection of Hyaluronic Acid for Chronic Knee Pain
• Dermatomal Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring of Spinal Anesthesia
• Liposome Encapsulation of Local Anesthetics

• American Society of Anesthesiology
• International Spine Intervention Society
• Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Osteopathic Association
• Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association
• American Academy of Pain Medicine

• UPMC Altoona
• Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital