Somatosensory tests: Do they help selecting the right treatment for patients with chronic pain? A summary of a recent article. #ChronicPain #PersonalizedMedicine #QST UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine UW Clear Center European Pain Federation EFIC® Pain in the Rain michelecuratolomd.com/post/somatosen…

Physician Scientists have dropped from 4.5% to 1.5% today. Main causes: fundings, clinical demands, disparities in salaries between research track physician scientists and full-time clinicians, inequitable support for women and minorities jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Training in clinical pain research. Grateful to NIH - HEAL Initiative for funding our program. In collaboration with UW Clear Center and Ted Price director of CAPS at UT Dallas UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine @NIHendaddiction #ChronicPain #education #Science michelecuratolomd.com/news/the-nih-f…

For those who are interested in whiplash research, great effort of a long-standing collaboration group. #ChronicPain #NeckPain #research Pain in the Rain UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine UW Clear Center

How human basic #pain #research can contribute to targeted #PainManagement in the context of #integrative #medicine. Ted Price director of CAPS at UT Dallas UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain

Fifty years of pain research: How has patients' life changed? IASP PAIN Journal NIH Pain Research @NIHendaddiction UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain michelecuratolomd.com/post/what-have…

An underused treatment of #ChronicPain: Improving patient's understanding of pain can reduce pain and improve #PhysicalActivity. #neuroscience #selfmanagement #painmanagement michelecuratolomd.com/post/learning-… UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain UW Clear Center

Hands-On Workshops - IASP 2024 World Congress on Pain. Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks and MSK procedures, chaired by ⁦Philip Peng （彭文新)⁩ and me. ⁦IASP⁩ #ultrasound #pain worldcongress2024.org/event/8a72888b…

"Sciatica" vs. "Radicular Pain" vs. "Referred Leg Pain". UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain #backpain #chronicpain #neuropathicpain michelecuratolomd.com/post/is-sciati…

Seattle magazine recognized Drs. Michele Curatolo, Jiang Wu, and Dermot R. Fitzgibbon as Top Doctors 2024 for their multidisciplinary approaches to chronic pain medicine: bit.ly/4bNSHn6.

New study showing misconceptions and reasons for ordering #imaging for #LowBackPain: Identifying the source of #pain, disease progression, #patients expectations doi:10.1002/pmrj.13210 Read more in this previous blog. UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain michelecuratolomd.com/post/why-we-sh…

My research collaborators having a great time with legendary John Loeser, one of the founders of IASP and pioneer of #Pain medicine. #WC2024 UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

An excellent, critical review of the link, or lack thereof, between central sensitization (CS) and chronic pain - sciencedirect.com/science/articl… also an excellent counterpoint to some recent reviews on nociplastic pain and CS that seem to use the terms somewhat interchangeably.

For some injections for #ChronicPain, we do not know whether they are just #placebo. Should we still offer them? UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain ASRA Pain Medicine michelecuratolomd.com/post/one-reaso…

Proud to be part of a university that fosters creativity, collaboration, and innovation.

I am pleased to share my commentary on #LowBackPain that has received over 1000 views. UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain European Pain Federation EFIC® onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej… #ViewsMilestone

The European Pain Federation EFIC invites you to the 14th EFIC Congress - Pain in Europe XIV, from 24-26 April 2025 in Lyon. Join the largest international gathering of pain experts to explore the latest advances in pain science. Register now: bit.ly/4eFYbCk

Our paper is on preprint, uncovering a molecular mechanism potentially involved in human chronic neck pain in patients susceptible to infiltration of IgG4-producing B cells. Ted Price director of CAPS at UT Dallas UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine UW Clear Center #ChronicPain medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our latest study in The Journal of Pain identifies key inflammatory pathways, like TNF-α and NF-κB signaling, as targets for future therapies. A big step towards personalized pain management. Michele Curatolo, MD, PhD