Meet Our Expert Team
Your care team is comprised of health professionals and physicians with special qualifications in pain medicine.
Find Relief for Back & Neck Pain
We specialize in the diagnosis, management and relief of neck and upper and lower back pain.Treatment for Chronic & Acute Pain
We can help you manage persistent back pain, arthritis, herniated discs, migraines, fibromyalgia and more.Our Services & Procedures
In additional to spinal cord stimulation, we offer interventional procedures such as nerve blocks and steroid injections.Dr. Schloemer
Dr. Karen Schloemer is a very talented and innovative physician, specializing in pharmacological management, fibromyalgia, and female pelvic and abdominal pain. Additionally, Dr. Schloemer performs various interventional procedures for her patients. She is one very few female pain physicians in central Indiana and has a special interest in female health issues.
Born in Charlottesville, VA and raised in Indianapolis, Dr. Schloemer received her undergraduate degree in biology from Indiana University, graduating magna cum laude in 1997. While in college, Dr. Schloemer was elected to both the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society. She earned her medical degree in 2001from the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she also completed her Anesthesiology residency in 2005. Before joining Center for Pain Management, she completed a fellowship in pain management at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
| Education | |
| 8/1993-5/1997 | Bachelor of Science, Major in Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Magna cum Laude |
| 8/1997-6/2001 | Doctor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Postgraduate Training | |
| 7/2001-6/2002 | Intern, Transitional Residency, St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 7/2002-6/2005 | Resident, Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 7/2005-6/2006 | Fellow, Pain Medicine, Anesthesia, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Employment | |
| 5/1994-8/1994 | Summer employment in Microbiology Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 5/1995-8/1995 | Summer employment in Microbiology Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 5/1996-8/1996 | Summer employment in Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 5/1997-8/1997 | Summer employment in Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 8/2006-present | Pain Management Physician, Center for Pain Management, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Medical Licensure | |
| 7/2001-3/2005 | Indiana Temporary License 11010957A, inactive |
| 3/2005-present | Indiana Permanent License 01060416A, active |
| 6/2005-2006 | North Carolina Temporary Resident License |
| Professional Memberships | |
| 2001-present | Member, American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| 2005-2007 | Resident member, International Anesthesia Research Society |
| 2005-present | Member, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine |
| Committees | |
| 2000-2002 | Academic Standards Committee, Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Research | |
| 1997-1998 | Molecular biology research involving cloning of deletion mutants of protein kinases in the laboratory of Dr. Maureen Harrington, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 2003-2005 | Participating in developing a screening test for esophageal cancer under the supervision of Dr. Francis X. Dillon, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Teaching | |
| 2002-2005 | Anesthesia simulator lab instructor for medical students |
| Awards & Honors | |
| 1993 | Sigma Freshman Honor |
| 1994 | Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society |
| 1997 | Phi Beta Kappa |
| 1997 | Key Honor Society |
| Civic Activities | |
| 1994-present | Member, Alpha Omicron Pi |
| 1998-2001 | Tour guide for medical school applicants |
| 2001-2003 | American Diabetes Association: served on a committee for organizing the annual fundraiser |