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• Impact of Provider-Facing Interventions to Reduce Opioid Use on Pain Related Outcomes in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial.
  Clinton J Hardy, Gerald Cochran, Whitney Howey, Eric Wright, Adam J Gordon, Kevin L Kraemer, Ajay D Wasan> ;Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. 2024 Apr 22
• Hierarchical Clustering Applied to Chronic Pain Drawings Identifies Undiagnosed Fibromyalgia: Implications for Busy Clinical Practice.
  Benedict J Alter, Mark Moses, Rebecca DeSensi, Brian O'Connell, Cheryl Bernstein, Sean McDermott, Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Ajay D Wasan> ;The Journal of Pain. 2024 Feb 12
• Neuropsychology of chronic back pain managed with long-term opioid use.
  Marwan N Baliki, Andrew D Vigotsky, Gaelle Rached, Rami Jabakhanji, Lejian Huang, Paulo Branco, Olivia Cong, James Griffith, Ajay D Wasan, Thomas J Schnitzer, A Vania ...> ;Medrxiv. 2024 Feb 8
• 1 citations
  SuRxgWell: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of telemedicine-based digital cognitive behavioral intervention for high anxiety and depression among patie...
  A Murat Kaynar, Charles Lin, Andrea Gomez Sanchez, Danielle R Lavage, Amy Monroe, Nicole Zharichenko, Meredith Strassburger, Katheryn Saucier, Yram J Groff, Brian A Kl...> ;Trials. 2023 Nov 9
• 1 citations
  Costs of Implementing Electronic Context Factor Assessments and Patient-reported Outcomes in Pain Clinic Settings.
  A Rani Elwy, Simone Taubenberger, Nathan Dodds, Rebecca DeSensi, Andrea Gillman, Ajay Wasan, Carol M Greco> ;Medical Care. 2023 Oct 1
• 1 citations
  A Randomized Controlled Neuroimaging Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Fibromyalgia Pain.
  Jeungchan Lee, Asimina Lazaridou, Myrella Paschali, Marco L Loggia, Michael P Berry, Dan-Mikael Ellingsen, Kylie Isenburg, Alessandra Anzolin, Arvina Grahl, Ajay D Was...> ;Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2024 Jan 1
• 6 citations
  The Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program: Structure, Research Priorities, and Methods.
  Rhon, D., Rhon, D., Rhon, D., Matthew C Mauck, Jeffrey Lotz, Matthew A Psioda, Timothy S Carey, Daniel J Clauw, Sharmila Majumdar, William S Marras, Nam Vo, Ayleen Ayl...> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 Aug 4
• 1 citations
  Cannabinoid Therapy: Attitudes and Experiences of People With Chronic Pain.
  Jennifer S Gewandter, Robert R Edwards, Kevin P Hill, Ajay D Wasan, Julia E Hooker, Emma C Lape, Soroush Besharat, Penney Cowan, Bernard Le Foll, Joseph W Ditre, Roy F...> ;The Clinical Journal of Pain. 2023 Jun 1
• 2 citations
  Research objectives and general considerations for pragmatic clinical trials of pain treatments: IMMPACT statement.
  David J Hohenschurz-Schmidt, Dan Cherkin, Andrew S C Rice, Robert H Dworkin, Dennis C Turk, Michael P McDermott, Matthew J Bair, Lynn L DeBar, Robert R Edwards, John T...> ;Pain. 2023 Jul 1
• 3 citations
  Real-world data and evidence in pain research: a qualitative systematic review of methods in current practice.
  Jan Vollert, Bethea A Kleykamp, John T Farrar, Ian Gilron, David Hohenschurz-Schmidt, Robert D Kerns, Sean Mackey, John D Markman, Michael P McDermott, Andrew S C Rice...> ;Pain Reports. 2023 Feb 1
• 1 citations
  The Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program Data Harmonization: Rationale for Data Elements and Standards.
  Anna Batorsky, Anton E Bowden, Jessa Darwin, Aaron J Fields, Carol M Greco, Richard E Harris, Trisha F Hue, Joseph Kakyomya, Wolf Mehling, Conor O'Neill, Charity G Pat...> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 Aug 4
• 1 citations
  Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC): Protocol and Pilot Study Results for a Randomized Comparative-Effectiveness Trial of Antidepressants, Fear Avoidance Rehabilitation, or ...
  Ajay D Wasan, Robert R Edwards, Kevin L Kraemer, Jong Jeong, Megan Kenney, Kevin Luong, Marise C Cornelius, Caitlin Mickles, Bhagya Dharmaraj, Essa Sharif, Anita Stolt...> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 Aug 4
• Telemedicine-Based Digital Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Perioperative Anxiety and Depression for Total Knee Arthroplasty.
  Ata Murat Kaynar, Nicole Zharichenko, Ajay D Wasan, Jacques E Chelly> ;Journal of Pain & Relief. 2023 Jan 1
• Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to Identify Opioids in Electronic Health Record Data.
  Sean P McDermott, Ajay D Wasan> ;Journal of Pain Research. 2023 Jan 1
• 4 citations
  Expectations for Improvement: A Neglected but Potentially Important Covariate or Moderator for Chronic Pain Clinical Trials.
  Dale J Langford, Raissa Lou, Soun Sheen, Dagmar Amtmann, Luana Colloca, Robert R Edwards, John T Farrar, Nathaniel P Katz, Michael P McDermott, Bryce B Reeve, Ajay D W...> ;The Journal of Pain. 2023 Apr 1
• 2 citations
  Biobehavioral Assessments in BACPAC: Recommendations, Rationale, and Methods.
  Carol M Greco, Ajay D Wasan, Michael J Schneider, Wolf Mehling, David A Williams, Jessa Darwin, Steven E Harte> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 Aug 4
• Medical Device Development and Start-up Company Formation for Healthcare Entrepreneurs.
  Harry Burke, Zach Frabitore, Ruth Segall, Malcolm Moses-Hampton, Raj Kubendran, Kevin Woeppel, Ajay D Wasan, Trent Emerick, Connor Richardson> ;Pain Medicine. 2023 May 2
• 21 citations
  Optimizing and Accelerating the Development of Precision Pain Treatments for Chronic Pain: IMMPACT Review and Recommendations.
  Robert R Edwards, Kristin L Schreiber, Robert H Dworkin, Dennis C Turk, Ralf Baron, Roy Freeman, Troels S Jensen, Alban Latremoliere, John D Markman, Andrew S C Rice, ...> ;The Journal of Pain. 2023 Feb 1
• 6 citations
  Evidence-based interventions to treat chronic low back pain: treatment selection for a personalized medicine approach.
  Matthew C Mauck, Aileen F Aylward, Chloe E Barton, Brandon Birckhead, Timothy Carey, Diane M Dalton, Aaron J Fields, Julie Fritz, Afton L Hassett, Anna Hoffmeyer, Sara...> ;Pain Reports. 2022 Sep 30
• 1 citations
  Effect of Different Interventions to Help Primary Care Clinicians Avoid Unsafe Opioid Prescribing in Opioid-Naive Patients With Acute Noncancer Pain: A Cluster Randomi...
  Kevin L Kraemer, Andrew D Althouse, Melessa Salay, Adam J Gordon, Eric Wright, David Anisman, Gerald Cochran, Gary Fischer, Walid F Gellad, Megan Hamm, Melissa Kern, A...> ;JAMA Health Forum. 2022 Jul 1
• 5 citations
  Comparison of test-retest reliability of BOLD and pCASL fMRI in a two-center study.
  James W Ibinson, Andrea G Gillman, Vince Schmidthorst, Conrad Li, Vitaly Napadow, Marco L Loggia, Ajay D Wasan> ;BMC Medical Imaging. 2022 Apr 3
• 2 citations
  Offset analgesia is associated with opposing modulation of medial versus dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activations: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.
  Benedict J Alter, Hendrik Santosa, Quynh H Nguyen, Theodore J Huppert, Ajay D Wasan> ;Molecular Pain. 2022 Jan 27
• 4 citations
  Benefit-risk assessment and reporting in clinical trials of chronic pain treatments: IMMPACT recommendations.
  Bethea A. Kleykamp, Robert H. Dworkin, Dennis C. Turk, Zubin Bhagwagar, Penney Cowan, Christopher Eccleston, Susan S. Ellenberg, Scott R. Evans, John T. Farrar, Roy Fr...> ;Pain. 2021 Sep 9
• 15 citations
  Hierarchical clustering by patient-reported pain distribution alone identifies distinct chronic pain subgroups differing by pain intensity, quality, and clinical outcomes
  Benedict J. Alter, Nathan Anderson, Andrea G. Gillman, Qing Yin, Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Ajay D. Wasan> ;Plos One. 2021 Aug 4
• 4 citations
  3D magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging reveals links between brain metabolites and multidimensional pain features in fibromyalgia.
  Jeungchan Lee, Ovidiu C. Andronesi, Angel Torrado-Carvajal, Eva-Maria Ratai, Marco L. Loggia, Akila Weerasekera, Michael Berry, Dan-Mikael Ellingsen, Laura Isaro, Asim...> ;European Journal of Pain. 2021 Jun 8
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Journal Articles

• Enhancing Treatment of Osteoarthritis Knee Pain by Boosting Expectancy: A Functional Neuroimaging Study  
  Jessica Gerber, Robert Edwards, Ajay D Wasan, Vitaly Napadow, Ted J Kaptchuk, Jian Kong, Randy L Gollub, ScienceDirect
• The role of sleep problems in central pain processing in rheumatoid arthritis  
  Lee YC, Lu B, Edwards RR, Wasan AD, Nassikas NJ, Clauw DJ, Solomon DH, Karlson EW, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 1/1/2013
• Relationship of Negative Affect and Outcome of an Opioid Therapy Trial Among Low back Pain Patients  
  Jamison RN, Edwards RR, Liu X, Ross EL, Michna E, Warnick M, Wasan AD, Pain Practitioner, 1/1/2013
• Alterations in Pain Modulation in Women with Persistent Pain after Lumpectomy: Influence of Catastrophizing  
  Edwards RR, Mensing G, Cahalan C, Greenbaum S, Narang S, Belfer I, Schreiber KL, Campbell C, Wasan AD, Jamison RN, J Pain Sympt. Management, 1/1/2013
• Catastrophic Thinking and Increased Risk for Prescription Opioid Misuse in Patients with Chronic Pain  
  Martel MO, Wasan AD, Jamison RN, Edwards RR, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1/1/2013
• Sustained Deep-Tissue Pain Alters Functional Brain Connectivity  
  Kim J, Loggia ML, Edwards RR, Wasan AD, Gollub RL, Napadow V, Pain, 1/1/2013
• Classification and Definition of Misuse, Abuse, and Related Events in Clinical Trials: ACTTION Systematic Review and Recommendations  
  Smith SM, Dart RC, Katz NP, Paillard F, Adams EH, Comer SD, Degroot A, Edwards RR, David Haddox J, Jaffe JH, Jones CM, Kleber HD, Kopecky EA, Markman JD, Montoya ID, O..., Pain, 1/1/2013
• Characteristics of Medical Inpatients with Acute Pain and Suspected Non-Medical Use of Opioids  
  Suzuki J, Meyer FL, Wasan AD, American Journal on Addictions, 1/1/2013
• Can Pragmatic Trials Help Us Better Understand Chronic Pain and Improve Treatment?  
  Rowbotham MC, Gilron I, Glazer C, Rice ASC, Smith BH, Stewart WF, Wasan AD, Pain, 1/1/2013
• Craving of Prescription Opioids in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Longitudinal Outcomes Trial  
  Wasan AD, Ross EL, Michna E, Chen LQ, Holcomb C, Chibnik L, Greenfield S, Weiss R, Jamison RN, J Pain, 1/1/2012
• Evoked Pain Analgesia in Chronic Pelvic Pain Patients using Respiratory-gated Auricular Vagal Afferent Nerve Stimulation  
  Napadow V, Edwards RR, Cahalan C, Mensing G, Greenbaum S, Valovska A, Li A, Kim J, Maeda Y, Park K, Wasan AD, Pain Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Disentangling linear and nonlinear brain responses to evoked deep tissue pain  
  Loggia ML, Edwards RR, Kim J, Vangel MG, Wasan AD, Gollub RL, Harris RE, Park K, Napadow V, Pain, 1/1/2012
• Default Mode Network Connectivity Encodes Clinical Pain: An Arterial Spin Labeling Study  
  Loggia ML, Kim J, Gollub RL, Vangel MG, Kirsch I, Kong J, Napadow V*, Wasan AD, Pain, 1/1/2012
• An Appraisal of William Thomas Green Morton's Life as a Narcissistic Personality  
  Martin R, Wasan AD, Desai S, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2012
• Use of functional neuroimaging to evaluate psychological and other non-pharmacological treatments for pain  
  Jensen KB, Berna C, Loggia M, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Gollub RL, Neuroscience Letters, 1/1/2012
• Considerations for Improving Assay Sensitivity in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations  
  Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Peirce-Sandner S, Burke LB, Farrar JT, Gilron I, Jensen MP, Katz NP, Raja SN, Rappaport BA, Rowbotham MC, Backonja MM, Baron R, Bellamy N, Bhagwag..., Pain, 1/1/2012
• Hyperalgesia in Chronic Pain Patients at Risk for Opioid Misuse  
  Edwards RR, Wasan AD, Michna E, Greenbaum, S, Ross EL, Jamison, RN, J Pain, 1/1/2011
• Neural Correlates of Chronic Low Back Pain as Measured by Arterial Spin Labeling  
  Wasan AD, Loggia ML, Chen LQ, Napadow V, Kong J, Gollub RL, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2011
• The catechol-O- methyltransferase (COMT) val158met polymorphism affects brain responses to repeated painful stimuli  
  Loggia ML, Jensen K, Gollub RL, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Kong J, PloS Medicine, 1/1/2011
• Differences in Pain, Psychological Symptoms, and Gender Distribution Among Patients with Left vs. Right-Sided Chronic Spinal Pain  
  Wasan AD, Anderson NK, Giddon DB, Pain Medicine, 1/1/2010
• Spinal Cord Stimulation in a Workers’ Compensation Population: How Difficult it can be to Interpret a Clinical Trial  
  Wasan AD, Pain, 1/1/2010
• Gender Differences in Risk Factors for Aberrant Prescription Opioid Use  
  Jamison RN, Butler SF, Budman SH, Edwards RR, Wasan AD, J of Pain, 1/1/2010
• The Impact of Placebo, Psychopathology, and Expectations on the Response to Acupuncture Needling in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain  
  Wasan AD, Kong J, Pham LD, Kaptchuk TJ, Edwards R, Gollub RL, J Pain, 1/1/2010
• Substance Misuse Treatment for High Risk Chronic Pain Patients on Opioid Therapy: a Randomized Trial  
  Substance Misuse Treatment for High Risk Chronic Pain Patients on Opioid Therapy: a Randomized Trial, Pain, 1/1/2010
• A fMRI Evaluation of Lamotrigine for the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain: Pilot Study  
  Scrivani S, Wallin D, Moulton E, Wasan AD, Lockerman L, Bajwa Z, Upadhyav J, Becerra L, Borsook D, Pain Medicine, 1/1/2010
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Books/Book Chapters

• Pain Procedures in Clinical Practice 
  Chapter: Chapter 26: Lower Extremity: Sciatic Nerve Block 
  Page 261 - 66Karan K, Wasan ADEditors: Lennard TA.Hanley and Belfus Publishers, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd ,2011
• Handbook of Anger 
  Chapter: Anger in Pain Sufferers: Attributions of Agents and Appraisals of Wrongdoings 
  Page 449 - 464Fernandez, E and Wasan ADEditors: Potegal M, Stemmler G, and Spielberger C.Springer, New York2010
• Bonica’s Management of Pain 
  Chapter: Chapter 30: Psychiatric Illness, Depression, Anxiety, and Somatoform Pain Disorders 
  Page 393 - 417Wasan AD, Sullivan MD, Clark MREditors: Ballantyne JC, Rathmell JP, and Fishman SM.Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th ,2010
• Current Therapy in Pain 
  Chapter: Chapter 61: Antidepressants 
  Page 448 - 58Wasan AD, Smith SS, Argoff CEEditors: Smith SS.Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, PA2009
• Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry 
  Chapter: Chapter 78: Pain and the Psychiatric Co-morbidities of Pain 
  Page 1067 - 1080Wasan, AD, Alpay, MEditors: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Maurizio F, Biederman J, and Rauch SL.Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, PA2008
• Postoperative Pain Management – A Clinician’s Guide to Evidence Based Practice 
  Chapter: Postoperative Pain Management for Patients with Drug Dependence 
  Page 239 - 248Nedeljkovic SS, Wasan ADEditors: Shorten G.Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, PA2006
• Essentials of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia 
  Chapter: Psychopharmacology for the Pain Specialist 
  Page 124 - 133Wasan AD, Gallagher RMEditors: Benzon HT, Raja S, Malloy RE, Liu SS, Fishman SM.Elsevier Publishers, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd ,2005
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Abstracts/Posters

• The Addictive and Psychoactive Properties of Cannabinoid Medication Studied in a Controlled, Blinded, Crossover Trial for Chronic Noncancer Pain
  Wasan AD, Chen Y, Penetar D, Jamison RN, Narang S, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), Hawaii, 1/1/2009

Lectures

• MSFM: Endocrinology, Infectious Diseases, and Pain Management 
  2019 ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Philadelphia - 4/11/2019
• Psychiatric Aspects of Pain Medicine 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2013
• Psychiatric Risk Factors and Trilateral Opioid Agreements 
  Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 1/1/2013
• Creating a System Within Your Practice to Simultaneously Improve Quality and Perform Clinical Research 
  Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 1/1/2013
• A Systematic Review of Value-Based Care for Pain Medicine 
  Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 1/1/2013
• Patient-Reported Measures for Phase 2 and 3 Trials 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2013
• Psychiatric Comorbidity is Associated with Diminished Oral Opioid Analgesia in Chronic Low Back Pain: a Longitudinal Cohort Study 
  Milan, Italy - 1/1/2012
• Psychopathology predicts opioid response 
  1/1/2011
• Clinical Research in the Pain Management Center 
  1/1/2011
• The Good, Bad and the Ugly of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines 
  Albany, NY - 1/1/2011
• Assessing and Treating Psychiatric Comorbidity in Chronic Pain Patients 
  Madison, WI - 1/1/2011
• Rational Selection of Neuromodulatory Analgesics in Chronic Pain Management: Moving from Symptom Control Toward a Mechanism-based Approach 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• Getting Research Started 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• Pharmacology of Smoked Marijuana 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• Guide to Aberrant Behaviors Associated with Analgesic Use 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• FMRI Update for Pain 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2011
• How can the Development of Improved Analgesic Treatments be Expedited? 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2011
• Opioid Prescribing Guidelines 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2011
• Standardized Examination for Post Herpetic Neuralgia 
  Albany, NY - 1/1/2011
• Study of Treatment for Patients at Risk for Prescription Opioid Abuse 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2011
• Craving for Prescription Opioids 
  1/1/2010
• Dealing with Difficult Pain Patients 
  San Antonio, TX - 1/1/2010
• Creating a National Pain Treatment Outcomes Registry Through Partnership with Private Industry 
  Madison, WI - 1/1/2010
• Chronic Pain in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis 
  1/1/2009
• Opioid Suitability Screening and Compliance Monitoring 
  1/1/2009
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Other

• Policy Statement on Pain Management in Patients with a History of Addiction 
  Wasan AD, New England Pain Association Policy Manual
  1/1/2002