1,299 top medical experts on Pain across 57 countries and 45 U.S. states, including 1,230 MDs (Physicians). This is based on an objective analysis of their Scientific Publications, Clinical Trials, Medicare, and NIH Grants.

  1. Pain: An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by nerve endings of nociceptive neurons.
  2. Clinical guidelines are the recommended starting point to understand initial steps and current protocols in any disease or procedure:
  3. Narrower categories (#Experts): Abdominal Pain (3,000), Acute Pain (2,146), Arthralgia (3,004), Back Pain (2,537), Breakthrough Pain (933), Cancer Pain (1,829), Chest Pain (3,373), Chronic Pain (5,244), Earache (369), Eye Pain (1,335), Facial Pain (1,287), Flank Pain (644), Glossalgia (97), Headache (2,811), Intractable Pain (3,287), Labor Pain (1,824), Mastodynia (494), Metatarsalgia (417), Musculoskeletal Pain (2,705), Neck Pain (2,737), Neuralgia (3,157), Nociceptive Pain (3,264), Pelvic Pain (1,828), Postoperative Pain (4,891), Referred Pain (449), Renal Colic (1,509).
  4. Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov : at least 187 including 4 Active, 107 Completed, 27 Recruiting
  5. Synonyms: Physical Suffering


  

        

                    


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  1. Clauw, Daniel J   Rheumatology  Google Publications
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial 
    Relevant US NIH Grant Funding: $15,896,201 over the last 5 years
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 7 biomedical companies, totalling $9,775, including $4,600 from  Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
    Subjects: Fibromyalgia; Brain; Nerve Net; Pain Management; Analgesics
    Categories: Physiopathology; Complications; Etiology; Psychology; Therapeutic Use; Drug Therapy
    The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity. (2010)
    Intrinsic brain connectivity in fibromyalgia is associated with chronic pain intensity. (2010)

  2. Joffe, Aaron M   Anesthesiology   Google Publications
    Aaron M. Joffe is Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Guideline 
    Medical school: Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Med (DO, 1998)
    Medicare Accepted; Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 72/100
    Subjects: Critical Care; Pain Management; Conscious Sedation; Deep Sedation; Delirium
    Categories: Prevention & Control; Standards; Methods; Chemistry; Diagnosis; Nursing
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)
    Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)

  3. Riker, Richard R   Pulmonary Disease   Google Publications
    Department of Critical Care, Maine Medical Center and School of Medicine, Tufts University, Portland, ME.
    Physician  Highly Cited  Guideline 
    Medical school: University of Vermont College of Medicine (MD, 1984)
    Medicare Accepted
    Subjects: Delirium; Psychomotor Agitation; Conscious Sedation; Critical Care; Deep Sedation
    Categories: Standards; Prevention & Control; Etiology; Diagnosis
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)
    Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)

  4. Pandharipande, Pratik P   Critical Care Medicine  Google Publications
    Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Guideline 
    Medical school: Other (MD, 2000)
    Medicare Accepted; Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 73.2/100
    Subjects: Delirium; Pain Management; Psychomotor Agitation; Conscious Sedation; Critical Care
    Categories: Prevention & Control; Standards; Drug Therapy; Therapy; Methods; Psychology
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)
    Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)

  5. Kress, John P   Pulmonary Disease   Google Publications
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Guideline  Clinical Trial 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 72.6/100
    Subjects: Conscious Sedation; Critical Care; Deep Sedation; Delirium; Pain Management
    Categories: Prevention & Control; Standards; Administration & Dosage
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)
    Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)

  6. Flood, Pamela D   Anesthesiology  Google Publications
    Division of Anesthesiology, Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, CA. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Guideline 
    Medical school: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD, 1990)
    Medicare Accepted; Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 65/100
    Subjects: Conscious Sedation; Critical Care; Deep Sedation; Delirium; Delivery, Obstetric
    Categories: Prevention & Control; Standards; Physiology; Genetics; Methods; Pharmacology
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)
    Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)

  7. Neufeld, Karin J   Psychiatry   Google Publications
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery OACIS Group, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: .
    Physician  Highly Cited  Guideline 
    Subjects: Conscious Sedation; Critical Care; Deep Sedation; Delirium; Pain Management
    Categories: Standards; Prevention & Control; Epidemiology; Statistics & Numerical Data; Therapy
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)
    Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)

  8. Waxman, Stephen G   Neurology   Google Publications
    Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial  Case Reports  Review 
    Relevant US NIH Grant Funding: $695,383 over the last 5 years
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 3 biomedical companies, totalling $16,490, including $11,550 from  Medtronic, Inc.
    Subjects: NAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel; Mutation; Sodium Channels; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; Channelopathies
    Categories: Genetics; Metabolism; Physiopathology; Drug Therapy; Methods; Physiology
    Sodium channels in normal and pathological pain. (2010)
    Regulating excitability of peripheral afferents: emerging ion channel targets. (2014)

  9. Sullivan, Mark D   Emergency Medicine   Google Publications
    Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Bioethics and Humanities Medical, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial 
    Relevant US NIH Grant Funding: $4,970,296 over the last 5 years
    Medical school: University of Washington School of Medicine (MD, 2003)
    Medicare Accepted; Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 68/100
    Disclosed payments from biomedical company (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION) in 2021 for $26.54
    Subjects: Analgesics, Opioid; Opioid-Related Disorders; Prescription Drugs; Drug Utilization; Substance-Related Disorders
    Categories: Drug Therapy; Therapeutic Use; Epidemiology; Administration & Dosage; Statistics & Numerical Data; Adverse Effects
    Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort study. (2010)
    Age and gender trends in long-term opioid analgesic use for noncancer pain. (2010)

  10. Mease, Philip J   Rheumatology   Google Publications
    Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Clinical Trial 
    Medical school: Stanford University School of Medicine (MD, 1977)
    Medicare Accepted
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 328 biomedical companies, totalling $362,655.87, including $65,190.03 from  AbbVie Inc.
    Subjects: Fibromyalgia; Arthritis, Psoriatic; Pain Measurement; Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; Osteoarthritis
    Categories: Therapeutic Use; Drug Therapy; Physiopathology; Etiology; Classification; Complications
    The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity. (2010)
    Pain mechanisms in osteoarthritis: understanding the role of central pain and current approaches to its treatment. (2011)

  11. Manchikanti, Laxmaiah   Anesthesiology   Google Publications
    Pain Management Centers of America, Paducah, KY and Evansville, IN; LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA.
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Guideline  Clinical Trial  Review 
    Medical school: Other (MD, 1973)
    Subjects: Analgesics, Opioid; Pain Management; Opioid-Related Disorders; Substance Abuse Detection; Chronic Pain
    Categories: Drug Therapy; Methods; Therapeutic Use; Adverse Effects; Epidemiology; Etiology
    Therapeutic use, abuse, and nonmedical use of opioids: a ten-year perspective. (2010)
    Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines. (2017)

  12. Bair, Matthew J   Internal Medicine   Google Publications
    Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Center for Health Information and Communication, Indiana University School of Medicine, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    Physician  Highly Cited  Clinical Trial 
    Subjects: Analgesics, Opioid; Depression; Analgesics; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Antidepressive Agents
    Categories: Drug Therapy; Therapeutic Use; Statistics & Numerical Data; Epidemiology; Administration & Dosage; Psychology
    Association between opioid prescribing patterns and opioid overdose-related deaths. (2011)
    Reciprocal relationship between pain and depression: a 12-month longitudinal analysis in primary care. (2011)

  13. Kroenke, Kurt   Internal Medicine   Google Publications
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Electronic address: .
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial 
    Subjects: Depression; Neoplasms; Depressive Disorder; Disability Evaluation; Fatigue
    Categories: Complications; Psychology; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Drug Therapy; Methods
    Challenges with Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Guideline: A Consensus Panel Report. (2019)
    Reciprocal relationship between pain and depression: a 12-month longitudinal analysis in primary care. (2011)

  14. Goldenberg, Don L   Rheumatology   Google Publications
    Rheumatology, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Newton, MA, USA.
    Physician  Highly Cited 
    Subjects: Fibromyalgia; Antidepressive Agents; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Exercise Therapy; Health Status Indicators
    Categories: Physiopathology; Classification; Etiology; Methods; Complications; Standards
    The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity. (2010)
    Fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, tender points and trigger points: splitting or lumping? (2011)

  15. Finan, Patrick H   Emergency Medicine   Google Publications
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
    Physician  Highly Cited  Clinical Trial 
    Relevant US NIH Grant Funding: $4,309,294 over the last 5 years
    Subjects: Osteoarthritis, Knee; Affect; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Sleep Wake Disorders; Pain Threshold
    Categories: Psychology; Complications; Diagnostic Imaging; Physiology; Physiopathology; Blood
    The association of sleep and pain: an update and a path forward. (2013)
    Discordance between pain and radiographic severity in knee osteoarthritis: findings from quantitative sensory testing of central sensitization. (2013)

  16. Borsook, David   Neurology   Google Publications
    Center for Pain and the Brain, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States. Electronic address: . Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial 
    Relevant US NIH Grant Funding: $6,767,731 over the last 5 years
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 4 biomedical companies, totalling $5,093.73, including $4,550 from  Eli Lilly and Company
    Subjects: Brain; Analgesia; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Nerve Net; Brain Mapping
    Categories: Physiopathology; Physiology; Pathology; Metabolism; Complications; Diagnostic Imaging
    Thalamic sensitization transforms localized pain into widespread allodynia. (2010)
    Reward deficiency and anti-reward in pain chronification. (2016)

  17. Staud, Roland M   Rheumatology   Google Publications
    Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Highly Published  Clinical Trial 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 77/100
    Subjects: Pain Threshold; Osteoarthritis, Knee; Fibromyalgia; Pain Measurement; Analgesics, Opioid
    Categories: Physiology; Physiopathology; Psychology; Ethnology; Therapeutic Use; Etiology
    Cognitive behavioral treatments for insomnia and pain in adults with comorbid chronic insomnia and fibromyalgia: clinical outcomes from the SPIN randomized controlled trial. (2019)
    Movement-evoked pain, physical function, and perceived stress: An observational study of ethnic/racial differences in aging non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites with knee osteoarthritis. (2019)

  18. Cohen, Steven P   Pain Medicine   Google Publications
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: .
    Physician  Clinical Trial  Case Reports  Review 
    Relevant US NIH Grant Funding: $10,302,307 over the last 5 years
    Medical school: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MD, 1989)
    Medicare Accepted
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 3 biomedical companies, totalling $11,050, including $5,287.5 from  SPR Therapeutics, Inc
    Subjects: Pain Management; Steroids; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; Nerve Block
    Categories: Drug Therapy; Administration & Dosage; Therapeutic Use; Methods; Diagnosis; Complications
    Chronic pain: an update on burden, best practices, and new advances. (2021)
    Epidural steroids: a comprehensive, evidence-based review. (2013)

  19. Needham, Dale M   Critical Care Medicine   Google Publications
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Top Hospital
    Physician  Highly Cited  Guideline 
    Relevant US NIH Grant Funding: $2,564,153 over the last 5 years
    Disclosed payments from biomedical company (GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.) in 2021 for $4,550
    Subjects: Conscious Sedation; Critical Care; Deep Sedation; Delirium; Pain Management
    Categories: Standards; Prevention & Control; Epidemiology; Statistics & Numerical Data; Therapy
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)
    Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU. (2018)

  20. Deer, Timothy R   Pain Medicine   Google Publications
    The Center for Pain Relief, Spine and Nerve Centers of the Virginias, Charleston, West Virginia, USA.
    Physician  Guideline  Case Reports 
    Medicare MIPS (Merit-based Incentive Payment System) rating: 76.3/100
    Disclosed payments in 2021 from 383 biomedical companies, totalling $240,360.63, including $195,898.91 from  Abbott Laboratories
    Subjects: Drug Delivery Systems; Analgesics; Injections, Spinal; Algorithms; Analgesics, Opioid
    Categories: Drug Therapy; Administration & Dosage; Methods; Standards; Surgery; Instrumentation
    Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines. (2017)
    Interventional spine and pain procedures in patients on antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications: guidelines from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the International Neuromodulation Society, the North American Neuromodulation Society, and the World Institute of Pain. (2015)

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