JamesPhillipRathmellMD

Pain Medicine

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

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Office
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street, BB125
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-8211

Fax+1 617-730-9534
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Education & Training

Wake Forest University School of MedicineResidency, Anesthesiology, 1989 - 1992
Wake Forest University School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1995 - 2025
VT State Medical License 1992 - 2010
NC State Medical License 1989 - 1998
GA State Medical License 1996 - 1997
SC State Medical License 1993 - 1994
PA State Medical License 1990 - 1990
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Clinical Trials

Intradiscal rhGDF-5 Phase I/II Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Cessation of Long-term Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain Patients Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Liposomal Bupivacaine, Scientific Evidence, and the Clinician's Conundrum.
James P Rathmell> ;Anesthesiology. 2024 May 1
Financial Viability of the No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution Process: Radiology and Other Hospital-Based Specialties.
Eric W Christensen, Mikki D Waid, Joshua A Hirsch, Jay R Parikh, Ali S Raja, James P Rathmell, Elizabeth Y Rula> ;AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2024 Apr 10
Update of evidence-based interventional pain medicine according to clinical diagnoses: Cervical radicular pain response to Helm et al.
Laurens Peene, Steven P Cohen, Brigitte Brouwer, James Rathmell, Andre Wolff, Koen Van Boxem, Jan Van Zundert> ;Pain Practice. 2024 Apr 1
1 citations
The effect of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on pain prevalence and severity in older adults: a large-scale ancillary study of the VITamin D and Omeg...
Mieke A Soens, Howard D Sesso, JoAnn E Manson, Kara G Fields, Julie E Buring, I-Min Lee, Nancy R Cook, Eunjung Kim, Vadim Bubes, Rimma Dushkes, Charles N Serhan, James...> ;Pain. 2024 Mar 1
3 citations
Pain Medicine Education in the United States: Success, Threats, and Opportunities.
Anuj K Aggarwal, Lynn Kohan, Susan Moeschler, James Rathmell, Jane S Moon, Meredith Barad> ;Anesthesiology Clinics. 2023 Jun 1
2 citations
Cryoneurolysis: Interest and Caution.
James P Rathmell, Joseph D Forrester, Kristin Schreiber> ;Anesthesiology. 2022 Nov 1
13 citations
Long-Term Outcomes of Restorative Neurostimulation in Patients With Refractory Chronic Low Back Pain Secondary to Multifidus Dysfunction: Two-Year Results of the ReAct...
Christopher Gilligan, Willem Volschenk, Marc Russo, Matthew Green, Christopher Gilmore, Vivek Mehta, Kristiaan Deckers, Kris De Smedt, Usman Latif, Peter Georgius, Jon...> ;Neuromodulation. 2023 Jan 1
5 citations
Patient-Centered Outcomes after General and Spinal Anesthesia.
James P. Rathmell, Michael S. Avidan> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021 Nov 24
18 citations
Research approaches for evaluating opioid sparing in clinical trials of acute and chronic pain treatments: Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in C...
Jennifer S. Gewandter, Shannon M. Smith, Robert H. Dworkin, Dennis C. Turk, Tong J. Gan, Ian Gilron, Sharon Hertz, Nathaniel P. Katz, John D. Markman, Srinivasa N. Raj...> ;Pain. 2021 Nov 1
Reassessing the Role for Sympathetic Neurolysis in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.
James P. Rathmell, Elizabeth Rickerson, James A. Tulsky, Keith D. Lillemoe> ;Anesthesiology. 2021 Oct 1
24 citations
An implantable restorative-neurostimulator for refractory mechanical chronic low back pain: a randomized sham-controlled clinical trial.
Christopher J. Gilligan, Willem Volschenk, Marc Russo, Matthew Green, Christopher A. Gilmore, Vivek Mehta, Kristiaan Deckers, Kris De Smedt, Usman Latif, Peter Georgiu...> ;Pain. 2021 Oct 1
1 citations
Not a single spinal cord injury due to direct needle trauma in over 1.3 million epidural steroid injections.
Christopher J. Gilligan, James P. Rathmell> ;Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2021 Jul 6
16 citations
Procedure-specific acute pain trajectory after elective total hip arthroplasty: systematic review and data synthesis
Paul Panzenbeck, Arvind von Keudell, Girish P. Joshi, Claire X. Xu, Kamen Vlassakov, Kristin L. Schreiber, James P. Rathmell, Philipp Lirk> ;British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2021 Jul 1
In Response.
David O Warner, Cynthia A Lien, Ting Wang, Yan Zhou, Robert S Isaak, Cathleen Peterson-Layne, Ann E Harman, Alex Macario, Robert R Gaiser, Santhanam Suresh, James P Ra...> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2021 Jul 1
5 citations
The Use of Contrast Agents in Interventional Pain Procedures: A Multispecialty and Multisociety Practice Advisory on Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis, Gadolinium Depositi...
Honorio T. Benzon, Timothy P. Maus, Hye Ryun Kang, David A. Provenzano, Anuj Bhatia, Felix E. Diehn, Ariana M. Nelson, Zachary L McCormick, Benjamin P. Liu, Javier de ...> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2021 Mar 23
11 citations
First-year results of the American Board of Anesthesiology's objective structured clinical examination for initial certification
David O. Warner, Cynthia A. Lien, Ting Wang, Yan Zhou, Robert S. Isaak, Cathleen Peterson-Layne, Ann E. Harman, Alex Macario, Robert R. Gaiser, Santhanam Suresh, Debor...> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2020 Jul 23
5 citations
Association between fentanyl vial size and dose given: an interrupted time series analysis of intraoperative opioid administration
Alexander Stone, Kara G. Fields, James P. Rathmell, Scott Weiner, Michael Cotugno, Marc Philip T. Pimentel> ;British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2020 Jun 1
Continuous Postoperative Monitoring: Validation of the Next Frontier
Jonathan P. Wanderer, James P. Rathmell> ;Anesthesiology. 2020 Mar 1
Closing the Loop...with Robots in Control
Jonathan P. Wanderer, James P. Rathmell> ;Anesthesiology. 2020 Feb 1
Informed Consent: Address Pain Before Passing Go.
Jonathan P. Wanderer, James P. Rathmell> ;Anesthesiology. 2020 Jan 1
1 citations
Multi-Dimensional Anesthesia: The Effects of Sevoflurane or Propofol with Remifentanil
Jonathan P. Wanderer, James P. Rathmell> ;Anesthesiology. 2019 Dec 1
20 citations
The American Board of Anesthesiology's Standardized Oral Examination for Initial Board Certification.
Huaping Sun, David O. Warner, Andrew J. Patterson, Ann E. Harman, James P. Rathmell, Mark T. Keegan, Rupa J. Dainer, Thomas M. McLoughlin, Brenda G. Fahy, Alex Macario> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2019 Nov 1
The American Board of Anesthesiology's Staged Examination System and Performance on the Written Certification Examination After Residency.
Yan Zhou, Huaping Sun, Alex Macario, Donald E Martin, James P Rathmell, David O Warner> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2019 Nov 1
Safe Sedation Re-examined: Comparing the Respiratory Effects of Dexmedetomidine and Propofol.
Jonathan P. Wanderer, James P. Rathmell> ;Anesthesiology. 2019 Nov 1
A Tale of Different Populations: Disparities in Obstetric Anesthesia.
Jonathan P. Wanderer, James P. Rathmell> ;Anesthesiology. 2019 Oct 1
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Journal Articles

Opioid Overdose After Surgical Discharge
Karim S Ladha, James P Rathmell, Brian T Bateman, JAMA

Press Mentions

This Week’s Books in MedicineJuly 1st, 2021
Coronavirus: New Balance Helps Boston Hospital Save 50,000 Defective Masks from DumpsterApril 29th, 2020
Who Gets the Last Ventilator? Facing the Coronavirus, a Hospital Ponders the UnthinkableApril 14th, 2020
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Committees

Member, Committee on Standards and Practice Parameters, American Society of Anesthesiologists & American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2016 - Present