Upon graduation, he went on to complete a transitional year-long internship at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. During that year, he practiced a wide range of specialties, including general surgery, emergency medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology and allergy and immunology. After that, he completed an anesthesiology residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – Newark (UMDNJ).
He then joined their anesthesiology staff for a year and a half prior to beginning his fellowship training.
Dr. Dunson completed his Fellowship in Pain Medicine at the University of California, Davis.