Dr. Aronoff served as chairman in the Department of Pain Medicine at Presbyterian and Presbyterian Orthopedic Hospitals in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 2002 to 2005. He was the medical director of Carolina Pain Associates, PA, and his treatment emphasized a multidisciplinary approach to pain management. Since January 2023, he merged with the Ubylee Pain and Injury Treatment Center as senior pain consultant and practicing pain physician. Prior to relocating from Boston, he had been medical director of the Boston Pain Center at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for more than 10 years. Dr. Aronoff is the past president of, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the New England Pain Association, the Eastern Pain Association, and the North Carolina Pain Society. He was the pain consultant to the FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee from 1988 to 1992.

Dr. Aronoff has sat on three National Advisory Committees for Pain and served on the Board of Advisors of the National Pain Foundation. He was the pain consultant to the Federation of State Medical Boards in 1997 and 1998 and assisted in developing the 1998 Model Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain. In 2008, he was a pain consultant to the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and assisted in developing the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain in patients with occupational injuries. In 2023, he continues in his capacity as consultant to ACOEM in updating these guidelines.

In 2005, Dr. Aronoff received the German Pain Award for his contributions to the field of pain medicine.

Dr. Aronoff is the author/editor of 9 books, multiple text chapters, and more than 100 scientific articles on chronic pain. He is the founding editor in chief of the Clinical Journal of Pain.

Dr. Aronoff received his medical degree from the New Jersey College of Medicine, did his residency at the Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital, and had his fellowship training at the Boston University Medical Center. Until relocating from Boston, Dr. Aronoff held the academic position of assistant clinical professor at Tufts Medical School.

From 2005 to 2009, he was an adjunct associate professor at Duke University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Pain Evaluation and Treatment Service.