LisaRochelleWitkinMD

Anesthesiology • New York, NY

Pain Medicine

Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

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Office
240 E 59th St
2nd floor
New York, NY 10022
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Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Pain Medicine, 2012 - 2013
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Anesthesiology, 2009 - 2012
Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Surgery, 2008 - 2009
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 2008
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Pain Medicine
Hospital for Special Surgery

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2012 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2013 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2013 - 2024
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Social determinants of health: modeling and targeting patient propensity to attend pain clinic appointments.
Daniel J Brosius, Rahul Chaturvedi, Michael H Andreae, Robert S White, Lisa R Witkin, Singh Nair, Naum Shaparin> ;Pain Management. 2023 Mar 1
1 citations
Medicare Part D Coverage Restrictions and Patient Cost-Sharing for Opioids Commonly Used for Cancer Pain, 2015-2021.
Yuhua Bao, Hao Zhang, Daniel M Hartung, Lisa R Witkin, Judith A Paice> ;JCO Oncology Practice. 2022 Oct 1
3 citations
Robust Prescription Monitoring Programs and Abrupt Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Use.
Yuhua Bao, Hao Zhang, Katherine Wen, Phyllis Johnson, Philip J. Jeng, Lisa R. Witkin, Sean Nicholson, M. Carrington Reid, Bruce R. Schackman> ;American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2021 Jul 4
8 citations
The effect of obesity on pain severity and pain interference.
Jade I Basem, Rob White, Stephanie A. Chen, Elizabeth Mauer, Michele L. Steinkamp, Charles E. Inturrisi, Lisa R. Witkin> ;Pain Management. 2021 Jun 9
5 citations
Abrupt Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Therapies Among Privately Insured or Medicare Advantage Adults, 2011-2017.
Yuhua Bao, Katherine Wen, Phyllis Johnson, Lisa R. Witkin, M. Carrington Reid> ;Pain Medicine. 2021 Jul 25
25 citations
Black Race as a Social Determinant of Health and Outcomes After Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery: A Multistate Analysis, 2007 to 2014.
Virginia Tangel, Briana Lui, Kane O. Pryor, Lisa R. Witkin, Rob White> ;Spine. 2020 May 15
29 citations
Sociodemographic Characteristics Predict Readmission Rates After Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery.
Stephanie A Chen, Rob White, Virginia Tangel, Anna S. Nachamie, Lisa R. Witkin> ;Pain Medicine. 2019 Feb 6
17 citations
First Opioid Prescription and Subsequent High-Risk Opioid Use: a National Study of Privately Insured and Medicare Advantage Adults.
Yongkang Zhang, Phyllis Johnson, Philip J. Jeng, M. Carrington Reid, Lisa R. Witkin, Bruce R. Schackman, Jessica S. Ancker, Yuhua Bao> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2018 Sep 11
7 citations
Patient-Reported Outcomes and Opioid Use in Outpatients With Chronic Pain
Lisa R. Witkin, David Zylberger, Neel Mehta, Madeleine Hindenlang, Chris R. Johnson, Jacob Kean, Susan D. Horn, Charles E. Inturrisi> ;The Journal of Pain. 2017 May 1
17 citations
Pain Assessment, Management, and Control Among Patients 65 Years or Older Receiving Hospice Care in the U.S.
Meagan Cea, M. Cary Reid, Charles E. Inturrisi, Lisa R. Witkin, Holly G. Prigerson, Yuhua Bao> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2016 Nov 1
8 citations
Using Chronic Pain Outcomes Data to Improve Outcomes.
Neel Mehta, Charles E. Inturrisi, Susan D. Horn, Lisa R. Witkin> ;Anesthesiology Clinics. 2016 Jun 1
12 citations
Acute Pain Management/Regional Anesthesia.
Tiffany Tedore, Roniel Weinberg, Lisa R. Witkin, Gregory P. Giambrone, Susan L. Faggiani, Peter M. Fleischut> ;Anesthesiology Clinics. 2015 Dec 1
11 citations
Can assessing chronic pain outcomes data improve outcomes
Lisa R. Witkin, John T. Farrar, Mph Michael A. Ashburn> ;Pain Medicine. 2013 Jun 1
16 citations
Usefulness of the opioid risk tool to predict aberrant drug-related behavior in patients receiving opioids for the treatment of chronic pain.
Lisa R. Witkin, BS Dina Diskina, BS Shawn Fernandes, John T. Farrar, Mph Michael A. Ashburn> ;Journal of Opioid Management. 2013 May 1
7 citations
Integrating outcome data collection into the care of the patient with pain.
Michael A. Ashburn, Lisa R. Witkin> ;Pain. 2012 Aug 1
2 citations
Abscess After a Laparoscopic Appendectomy Presenting as Low Back Pain in a Professional Athlete
Lisa R. Witkin, Hien Nguyen, Laura M. Fayad, Edward G. McFarland, Charles E. Silberstein> ;Sports Health. 2011 Jan 1
Horizontal maxillary osteotomy with interpositional fibula flap.
Rachel Bluebond-Langner, Lisa R. Witkin, Eduardo D. Rodriguez> ;The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 2008 Sep 1
4 citations
Kullback-Leibler clustering of continuous wavelet transform measures of heart rate variability.
Donald E. Mager, Marcellus M. Merritt, Jyotsna Kasturi, Lisa R. Witkin, Mirna Urdiqui-Macdonald, John J. Sollers, Michele K. Evans, Alan B. Zonderman, Darrell R. Abern...> ;Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. 2004 Jan 1
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Journal Articles

First Opioid Prescription and Subsequent High-Risk Opioid Use: A National Study of Privately Insured and Medicare Advantage Adults
Lisa Witkin, MD, Journal of General Internal Medicine

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan HospitalNew York, New York
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, New York