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CURRICULUMVITAE
PaulJ.Christo,M.D.,M.B.A.TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine
CurrentAppointment
AssociateProfessorDepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicineDivisionofPainMedicineTheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineBaltimore,Maryland
JointAppointment
AssociateProfessorTheJohnsHopkinsSchoolofNursingBaltimore,Maryland
ContactInformation
TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineDepartmentofAnesthesiology&CriticalCareMedicineDivisionofPainMedicine
EducationandTraining1986-1990 B.S.UniversityofNotreDame1991-1995 M.D. UniversityofLouisvilleSchoolofMedicine1996 DiplomainFrench,InstitutFrancaisD’Annecy,Annecy,France2003 BusinessofMedicineGraduateCertificate,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversity2004-2006 M.B.A. TheJohnsHopkinsUniversityCareyBusinessSchool,HealthCareManagementProfessionalExperience1992 NationalInstitutesofHealthResearchFellow,ClinicalBrainDisordersBranch,NationalInstituteofMental
Health1995-1996 Internship,TheJohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter,DepartmentofInternalMedicine,Baltimore,
Maryland1997-2000 Residency,HarvardMedicalSchool,MassachusettsGeneralHospital,DepartmentofAnesthesiaandCritical
Care,Boston,Massachusetts2000-2001 FellowshipinPainMedicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine, DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,DivisionofPainMedicine2001-2011 AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,DivisionofPainMedicine,
TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD2001-2003 DirectorofPainEducation,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,DivisionofPain
Medicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD2002-2003 DirectorofQualityAssurance,DivisionofPainMedicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,
Baltimore,MD.2003-2011 Director,MultidisciplinaryPainFellowship,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,
DivisionofPainMedicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD.2003-2008 Director,BlausteinPainTreatmentCenter,TheJohnsHopkinsHospital,Baltimore,MD.
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2011- AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,DivisionofPainMedicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD
RESEARCHACTIVITIESPublications:
1. ChristoPJ,El-MallakhRS:PossibleroleofendogenousOubain-likecompoundsinthepathophysiologyofbipolarillness.MedicalHypotheses1993;41:378-383.
2. PanlilioLM,ChristoPJ,RajaSN:Currentmanagementofpostherpeticneuralgia.TheNeurologist2002;8:339-350.
3. BlockBM,ChristoPJ:Ketamineanalgesiafortheopioid-tolerantcancerpatient.TheInternationalJournalofPainMedicineandPalliativeCare2003;2:71-74.
4. CohenSP,ChristoPJ,MorozL:Painmanagementintraumapatients.AmericanJournalofPhysicalMedicineandRehabilitation2004;83:142-161.
5. WuCL,ChristoPJ,RichmanJM,HsuW:PostduralPunctureHeadaches:AnOverview.TheInternationalJournalofPainMedicineandPalliativeCare2004;3(2):53-59.
6. BrownAK,ChristoPJ,WuCL:Strategiesforpostoperativepainmanagement.BestPracticeandResearchClinicalAnaesthesiology2004;18:703-717.
7. ChristoPJ,HobelmannG,SharmaA:AgingandtheNeurobiologyofAddiction.GeriatricsandAging2005;8(10):48-52.
8. ChristoPJ,HobelmannG,MaineD:PostHerpeticNeuralgiainOlderAdults:Evidence-BasedApproachestoClinicalManagement.DrugsandAging2007:24(1):1-19.
9. CohenSP,HurleyRW,ChristoPJ,WinkleyJ,MohiuddinMM,StojanovicMP:ClinicalPredictorsofSuccessandFailureforLumbarFacetRadiofrequencyDenervation.TheClinicalJournalofPain2007;23(1):45-52.
10. ChristoPJ:InterventionalApproachestoNeuropathicPain.JournalofTheTransverseMyelitisAssociation2007;April,(2):41-49.
11. CohenSP,ChristoPJ,WangS,ChenL,StojanovicMP,ShieldsCH,BrummettC,MaoJ.TheEffectofOpioidDoseandTreatmentDurationonthePerceptionofaPainfulStandardizedClinicalStimulus.RegionalAnesthesiaandPainMedicine2008:May-June;33(3):199-206.
12. GuptaA,ChristoPJ.ExpertOpinioninOpioidAbuseandAddiction.TheJournalforNursePractitioners:February
2009:5(2):132-134.13. WilliamsBS,ChristoPJ.ObstructedCatheterConnectionPindiscoveredDuringIntrathecalBaclofenPumpExchange.
ClinicalJournalofPain2009:March-April;25(3):256-259.
14. FriedewaldVE,BennettJS,ChristoPJ,PoolJL,ScheimanJM,SimonLS,StrandV,WhiteWB,WilliamsGW,RobertsWC.AmericanJournalofCardiologyEditor’sConsensus:SelectiveandNonselectiveNonsteroidalAnti-inflammatoryDrugs(NSAIDS)andCardiovascularRisk.AmericanJournalofCardiology2010;106:873-884.
15. WangJ,ChristoPJ:TheInfluenceofPrescriptionMonitoringProgramsonChronicPainManagement.PainPhysician2009;12:507-515.
16. CarinciAJ,ChristoPJ:PhysicianImpairment:IsRecoveryFeasible?PainPhysician2009;12:487-491.
17. KyP,HameedH,ChristoPJ:IndependentMedicalExamination:FactsandFallacies.PainPhysician2009;12:811-818.
18. Brand,ES,KyP,ChristoPJ,StandaertC:Point-Counterpoint:Debating“Interventions”forChronicAxialLowBackPain.PM&R2009;1(10):964-972.
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19. LeEN,FreischlagJA,ChristoPJ,ChhabraA,WigleyFM.Thoracicoutletsyndromesecondarytolocalizedsclerodermatreatedwithbotulinumtoxininjection.ArthritisCare&Research2010;62(3):430-433.
20. CohenSP,HayekSM,DattaS,BajwaZH,LarkinTM,GriffithS,HobelmannG,ChristoPJ,WhiteR:IncidenceandRoot-CauseAnalysisofWrongSitePainManagementProcedures.Anesthesiology2010;112:711-8.
21. ChristoPJ,ChristoDK,CarinciAJ,FreischlagJA:SingleCT-GuidedChemodenervationoftheAnteriorScaleneMusclewithBotulinumToxinforNeurogenicThoracicOutletSyndrome.PainMedicine2010;11:504-511.
22. ZanE,KurtKN,Yousem,DM,ChristoPJ:SpinalCordStimulators:TypicalPositioningandPostsurgicalComplications.AmericanJournalofRoentgenology2011;196(2):437-45
23. GuptaA,MartindaleT,ChristoPJ:IntrathecalCatheterGranulomaassociatedwithContinuousSufentanilInfusion.PainMedicine2010Jun;11(6):847-52.
24. MashayekhA,ChristoPJ,YousemDM,PillaiJJ:CT-guidedInjectionoftheAnteriorandMiddleScaleneMuscles:TechniqueandComplications.AmericanJournalofNeuroradiology2011Mar;32:495-500.
25. BottrosM,ChristoPJ:UseofUrineDrugScreens.JournalofFamilyPractice,PainManagementTodayeNewsletterSeries2011;1(7).
26. ManchikantiL,VallejoR,ManchikantiKN,BenyaminRM,DattaS,ChristoPJ:EffectivenessofLong-TermOpioidTherapyforChronicNon-CancerPain.PainPhysician2011;14:E133-E156.
27. ChristoPJ,ManchikantiLM,RuanX,HansenH,SolankiDR,JordanAE,ColsonJ:UrineDrugTestinginChronicPain.PainPhysician2011;14:123-143.
28. ManchikantiL,AilinaniH,KoyyalaguntaK,DattaS,SinghV,EriatorI,SehgalN,ShahR,BenyaminR,VallejoR,FellowsB,ChristoPJ:ASystematicReviewofRandomizedTrialsofLong-TermOpioidManagementforChronicNon-CancerPain.PainPhysician2011;14:91-121.
29. CohenSP,GuptaA,StrasselsSA,ChristoPJ,ErdekMA,GriffithSR,KuriharaC,BuckenmaierCC,CornblathD,VuTN:EffectofMRIonTreatmentResultsorDecisionMakinginPatientswithLumbosacralRadiculopathyReferredforEpiduralSteroidInjections.ArchivesofInternalMedicine2012;Jan23;172(2):134-42
30. McGreevyK,WilliamsKA,ChristoPJ:CephaladLeadMigrationFollowingSpinalCordStimulationImplantation.PainPhysician2012;15:E79-E87.
31. LumYW,BrookeBS,LikesK,ModiM,GrunebachH,ChristoPJ,FreischlagJA:Impactofanteriorscalenelidocaineblocksonpredictingsurgicalsuccessinolderpatientswithneurogenicthoracicoutletsyndrome.JournalofVascularSurgery2012;55(5):1370-1375
32. HansenH,ManchikantiL,SimopoulosTT,ChristoPJ,GuptaS,SmithHS,HameedH,CohenSP:ASystematicEvaluationoftheTherapeuticEffectivenessofSacroiliacJointInterventions.PainPhysician2012;15:E247-E278
33. ManchikantiL,BuenaventuraRM,ManchikantiKN,RuanL,GuptaS,SmithHS,ChristoPJ,WardSP:EffectivenessofTherapeuticLumbarTransforaminalEpiduralSteroidInjectionsinManagingLumbarSpinalPain.PainPhysician2012;15:E199-E245
34. RochlinDH,LikesKC,GilsonMM,ChristoPJ,FreischlagJA:Managementofunresolved,recurrent,and/orcontralateralneurogenicsymptomsinpatientsfollowingfirstribresectionandscalenectomy.JournalofVascularSurgery2012Oct;56(4):1061-7.
35. PeppinJF,PassikSD,CoutoJE,FinePG,ChristoPJ,ArgoffD,AronoffGM,BennettD,CheatleMD,SlevinKA,GoldfarbNI:RecommendationsforUrineDrugMonitoringasaComponentofOpioidTherapyintheTreatmentofChronicPain.PainMedicine2012Jul;13(7):886-96.
36. NeufeldNJ,Gonzalez-FernandezM,ChristoPJ,WilliamsKA:PositiveRecognitionProgramIncreasesCompliancewith
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MedicationReconciliationbyResidentPhysiciansinanOutpatientClinic.AmericanJournalofMedicalQuality2013Jan-Feb;28(1):40-5.
37. ManchikankiL,AbdiS,AtluriS,BalogCC,BenyaminRM,BoswellMV,BrownKR,BruelBM,BryceDLA,BurksPA,BurtonAW,CalodneyAK,CarawayDL,CashKA,ChristoPJ,etal:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians(ASIPP)GuidelinesforResponsibleOpioidPrescribinginChronicNon-CancerPain:Part1–EvidenceAssessment.PainPhysician2012;15:S1-S66
38. ManchikankiL,AbdiS,AtluriS,BalogCC,BenyaminRM,BoswellMV,BrownKR,BruelBM,BryceDLA,BurksPA,BurtonAW,CalodneyAK,CarawayDL,CashKA,ChristoPJ,etal:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians(ASIPP)GuidelinesforResponsibleOpioidPrescribinginChronicNon-CancerPain:Part2–Guidance.PainPhysician2012;15:S67-S116
39. CohenSP,MaoJ,VuTN,StrasselsSA,GuptaA,ErdekMA,ChristoPJ,KuriharaC,GriffithSR,BuckenmaierCC,III,ChenL.Doespainscoreinresponsetoastandardizedsubcutaneouslocalanestheticinjectionpredictepiduralsteroidinjectionoutcomesinpatientswithlumbosacralradiculopathy?Aprospectivecorrelationalstudy.PainMed2013Mar;14(3):327-35.
40. RochlinDH,GilsonMM,LikesKC,GrafE,FordN,ChristoPJ,FreischlagJA.Qualityoflifescoresinneurogenicthoracicoutletsyndromepatientsundergoingfirstribresectionandscalenectomy.JournalofVascularSurgery2013Feb;57(2):436-43.
41. CarinciAJ,PathakR,YoungM,ChristoPJ.Complementaryandalternativetreatmentsforchronicpelvicpain.CurrentPainandHeadacheReports2013Feb;17(2):316
42. ManchikantiL,AbdiS,AtluriS,BenyaminRM,BoswellMV,BuenaventuraRM,BryceDA,BurksPA,CarawayDL,CalodneyAK,CashKA,ChristoPJ,etal:AnUpdateofComprehensiveEvidence-BasedGuidelinesforInterventionalTechniquesinChronicSpinalPain.PartII:GuidanceandRecommendations.PainPhysician2013Apr;16(2Suppl):S49-S283.
43. PritzlaffS,CarinciAJ,ChristoPJ.NeurogenicThoracicOutletSyndrome:Anoftenoverlookedbuttreatablecondition.JournalofFamilyPractice2013Sept;62(9Suppl1):S16-21
44. ChakravarthyK,ChaudhryH,WilliamsK,ChristoPJ.ReviewoftheUsesofVagalNerveStimulationinChronicPainManagement.CurrentPainandHeadacheReports(2015);19(12):54.
45. WilliamsKA,ChambersCG,DadaM,ChristoPJ,etal.ApplyingJITprinciplestoresidenteducationtoreducepatientdelays:apilotstudyinanacademicmedicalcenterpainclinic.PainMedicine2015.Feb;16(2):312-8
46. CampbellCM,BuenaverLF,RajaSN,KileyKB,SwedbergLJ,WacnikPW,CohenSP,ErdekMA,WilliamsKA,ChristoPJ.DynamicPainPhenotypesareAssociatedwithSpinalCordStimulation-InducedReductioninPain:ARepeatedMeasuresObservationalPilotStudy.PainMedicine2015Jul;16(7):1349-60
47. GriderJS,ManchikantiL,CarayannopoulosA,SharmaML,BalogCC,HarnedME,GramiV,JustizR,NouriKH,HayekSM,VallejoR,ChristoPJ.EffectivenessofSpinalCordStimulationinChronicSpinalPain:ASystematicReview.PainPhysician(2016);19(1):E33-54.
48. ChakravarthyK,NavaA,ChristoPJ,WilliamsK:ReviewofRecentAdvancesinPeripheralNerveStimulation(PNS).CurrentPainandHeadacheReports(2016)20:60.
49. DeerTR,HayekS,PopeJE,LamerT,HamzaM,GriderJS,RosenSM,NarouzeS,PerruchoudC,ThomsonS,RussoM,GrigsbyE,DoleysDM,JacobsMS,SaulinoM,ChristoP,KimP,HuntoonEM,KramesE,MekhailN(2017).ThePolyanalgesicConsensusConference(PACC):RecommendationsforTrialingofIntrathecalDrugDeliveryInfusionTherapy.Neuromodulation:TechnologyattheNeuralInterface
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50. ChakravarthyK,ChenY,HeC,ChristoPJ.StemCellTherapyforChronicPainManagement:ReviewofUses,Advances,andAdverseEffects.PainPhysician(2017);20:293-305
51. ChakravarthyKV,BoehmFJ,ChristoPJ.Nanotechnology:APromisingNewParadigmfortheControlofPain.PainMedicine(2017);0:1-12
52. ChakravarthyK,RichterH,ChristoPJ,WilliamsK,GuanY.SpinalCordStimulationforTreatingChronicPain:ReviewingPreclinicalandClinicalDataonParesthesia-freeHighFrequencyTherapy.Neuromodulation:TechnologyattheNeuralInterface(2017,acceptedforpublication)
LetterstotheEditor
1. HameedH,ChristoPJ:ResponsetoDr.Spencer.PainPhysician2010;13:91-99
EDUCATIONALACTIVITIESBookChapters,Monographs
1. DuboisBW,ChristoPJ:Theplaceboeffect.In:J.Ballantyne,ed.TheMassachusettsGeneralHospitalHandbookofPainManagement,Philadelphia:LippincottWilliams&Wilkins,2002.
2. ChristoPJ,StaatsPS:Patientevaluationandcriteriaforprocedureselection.In:JohnsonBA,StaatsPS,WetzelFR,MathisJ,eds.Image-GuidedSpineInterventions.NewYork,NY:McGraw-Hill,2004.
3. ChristoPJ:Opioideffectivenessandsideeffectsinchronicpain.In:StaatsPS,ed.AnesthesiologyClinicsofNorthAmerica:InterventionalPainManagement.Philadelphia,PA:Elsevier/W.B.Saunders,2004,pp699-713.
4. ChristoPJ,RajaSN:Complexregionalpainsyndrome.In:WallaceM,StaatsPS,eds.PainMedicineandManagement:JusttheFacts.NewYork,NY:McGraw-Hill,2004.
5. ChristoPJ,GrabowTS,RajaSN:Opioideffectiveness,addiction,anddepressioninchronicpain.In:ClarkMR,TreismanGJ(eds.):PainandDepression.AdvancesinPsychosomaticMedicine,2004;25:123-137.
6. GrabowTS,ChristoPJ,RajaSN:Complexregionalpainsyndrome:Diagnosticcontroversies,psychologicaldysfunction,andemergingconcepts.In:ClarkMR,TreismanGJ(eds.):PainandDepression.AdvancesinPsychosomaticMedicine,2004;25:89-101.
7. ChristoPJ,HobelmannG:MigraineHeadaches,ChronicPancreatitis,Constipation/ObstipationinPainManagement.In:KirschJR,SibellD(eds.):The5MinuteConsultforPainManagement.Lippincottseries,2006.
8. ChristoPJ,HobelmannG:PelvicPain.In:SmithHS(ed.):CurrentTherapyinPain.Philadelphia,PA:WBSaunders,2009.
9. ChristoPJ,JonesC:ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome.In:SmithHS(ed.):CurrentTherapyinPain.Philadelphia,PA:WBSaunders,2009.
10. ChristoPJ,CauleyB:PostHerpeticNeuralgia.In:SmithHS(ed.):CurrentTherapyinPain.Philadelphia,PA:WBSaunders,2009.
11. ChristoPJ,MazloomdoostD:InterventionalTreatmentsforCancerPain.AnnalsoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciences,NewYorkAcademyofSciences,1138:299-328(2008).
12. ChristoPJ,MazloomdoostD:CancerPainandAnalgesia.AnnalsoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciences,NewYorkAcademyofSciences,1138:278-298(2008).
13. WilliamsBS,ChristoPJ:PharmacologicandInterventionalTreatmentsforNeuropathicPain.In:DobretsovMandZhangJM(eds.):MechanismsofPaininPeripheralNeuropathy.Kerala(India):ResearchSignpost,2009.
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14. BrownC,ChristoPJ:ImportanceofPlaceboEffectinPainManagement.In:VadiveluN,UrmanRD,HinesRL(eds.):EssentialsofPainManagement.NewYork:Springer,2011:189-199.
15. CarinciAJ,ChristoPJ:AllIhadwasakneebursectomy,nowdoIhaveRSD(CRPS)?In:GallagherCJ,LewisMC,SchwengelD(eds.):CoreClinicalCompetenciesinAnesthesiology:ACase-BasedApproach.CambridgeUniversityPress,2010:318-323.
16. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);HarrisonD,YamadaJ,StevensB:StrategiesforthePreventionandManagementofNeonatalandInfantPain.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(1):113-123;DOI10.1007/s11916-009-0091-0(2010).
17. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);BuckenmaierCC,Brandon-EdwardsH,BordenD,WrightJ:TreatingPainontheBattlefield:AWarrior’sPerspective.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(1):1-7;DOI10.1007/s11916-009-0090-1(2010).
18. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);CarinciAJ,MaoJ:PainandOpioidAddiction:WhatistheConnection?AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(1):17-21;DOI10.1007/s11916-009-0086-x(2010).
19. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);LawsonER,WallaceMS:CurrentDevelopmentsinIntraspinalAgentsforCancerandNon-cancerPain.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(1):8-16;DOI10.1007/s11916-009-0092-z(2010).
20. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);GreenIC,CohenSL,FinkenzellerD,ChristoPJ:Interventionaltherapiesforcontrollingpelvicpain:whatistheevidence?AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(1):22-32;DOI10.1007/s11916-009-0089-7(2010).
21. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);LeeMC,TraceyI:Unravelingthemysteryofpain,sufferingandreliefwithbrainimaging.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(2):124-131;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0103-0(2010).
22. CarinciAJ,MehtaP,ChristoPJ:ChronicPaininTortureVictims.PsychiatricManagementofPain.In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(2):73-79;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0101-2(2010).
23. HameedH,HameedM,ChristoPJ:TheEffectofMorphineonGlialCellsasaPotentialTherapeuticTargetforPharmacologicalDevelopmentofAnalgesicDrugs..In:SilbersteinSD(ed.):PsychiatricManagementofPain.CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,14(2):96-104;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0101-2(2010).
24. ChristoPJ:OpioidUseinCancerPainManagement,bookreview.For:DavisMP,GlareP,QuigleyC,HardyJR,(eds).OpioidsinCancerPain,2ndedition.JournalofPainandSymptomManagement2010;40(4):627-629.
25. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);WilliamsKA,HardenN:ManagingthePlaceboEffect:EnhancingtheSignal-to-NoiseRatio.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,15(1):35-38;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0162-2(2011).
26. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);StadlerJA,EllensDJ,RosenowJM:DeepBrainStimulationandMotorCorticalStimulationforNeuropathicPain.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,15(1):8-13;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0161-3(2011).
27. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);DhananiNM,CarusoTJ,CarinciAJ:ComplimentaryandAlternativeMedicineforPain:AnEvidence-basedReview.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,15(1):39-46;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0158-y(2011).
28. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);ChristoPJ,McGreevyK:UpdatedPerspectivesonNeurogenicThoracicOutletSyndrome.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,15(1):14-21;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0163-1(2011).
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29. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor);ChristoPJ,LiS,GibsonSJ,FineP,HameedH:EffectiveTreatmentsforPainintheOlderPatient.AnestheticTechniquesinPainManagement.In:SilbersteinSD(ed):CurrentPainandHeadacheReports,Philadelphia,PA.,15(1):22-34;DOI10.1007/s11916-010-0164-0(2011).
30. HameedH,HameedM,ChristoPJ:CancerPain.In:ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):ClinicalAspectsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
31. HameedH,HameedM,ChristoPJ:NeuropathicPain.In:ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):ClinicalAspectsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
32. HameedH,HameedM,ChristoPJ:ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome.In:ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):ClinicalAspectsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
33. WilliamsBS,ChristoPJ:PainReliefinSubstanceAbusers.In:ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):ClinicalAspectsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
34. ChristoPJ,ManchikantiL,RuanX:UrineDrugTestinginChronicPain.In:ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):FoundationsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
35. WilliamsBS,ChristoPJ:AntipyreticAnalgesics:Nonsteroidals,Acetaminophen,andPhenazoneDerivatives.In:ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):FoundationsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
36. WilhelmiB,ChristoPJ.Cancerpainassessmentandconsensusguidelines.In:AnalgesicsforCancerPain.PorrecaF,KingT(eds).FutureMedicine,London,UK,pages6–17(2012).
37. HeatonS,McArthurJC,ChristoPJ.EntrapmentSyndromes(ThoracicOutlet,CarpalTunnel,UlnarNerve,RadialNerve,LateralFemoralCutaneousNerve,IlioinguinalNerve,PeronalNerve,TarsalTunnel).In:NeuropathicPain:Mechanisms,Diagnosis,andTreatment.SimpsonDM,McArthurJC,DworkinRH(eds).NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress,2012(281-305).
38. ChristoPJ.ManagementofPostherpeticNeuralgia(Shingles)inOlderAdults.ThePainPractitioner.Pages24-28(Spring2013).
39. NeufeldNJ,ChristoPJ.CombatingCancerPain:AlookatInterventionalTreatments.CopingwithCancer.Pg8,July/Aug2013.
Book
1. AchesandGains:AComprehensiveGuidetoOvercomingYourPain.Traditional,Integrative,andInnovativeApproachesByOneofTheNation’sTopPainSpecialists.PaulJ.Christo,MD.Boulder,Colorado:BullPublishingCompany(2017)
Books,Textbooks
1. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor),LenoxB:DefinitionsofChronicPain,EvaluationofthePainPatient,DiagnosticImagingforthePainPatient,PharmacologicApproachestoChronicPainTreatment(non-opioid),LowBackPain,CervicalPain.In:HeitmillerES,SchwengelDA(eds.):JohnsHopkinsAnesthesiologyHandbook.Philadelphia,PA:Elsevier,2010.
2. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor),CrooksM:SubstanceUseDisordersandChronicOpioidUse,ComplexRegionalPain
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Syndrome(CRPS),Headache,OpioidsinChronicNon-MalignantPain,PostduralPunctureHeadache(PDPH).In:HeitmillerES,SchwengelDA(eds.):JohnsHopkinsAnesthesiologyHandbook.Philadelphia,PA:Elsevier,2010.
3. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor),MazloomdoostD:InterventionalPainTreatmentsforCancerPain.In:HeitmillerES,SchwengelDA(eds.):JohnsHopkinsAnesthesiologyHandbook.Philadelphia,PA:Elsevier,2010.
4. ChristoPJ(SectionEditor),CarinciAJ:CancerPainandPharmacotherapies.In:HeitmillerES,SchwengelDA(eds.):JohnsHopkinsAnesthesiologyHandbook.Philadelphia,PA:Elsevier,2010.
5. BartelsK,ChristoPJ:Non-OpioidAnalgesicMedications.In:UrmanRD,VadiveluN(eds.):PocketPainMedicine.Philadelphia,PA:Lippincott,Williams&Wilkins,2011.
6. BartelsK,ChristoPJ:Opioids.In:UrmanRD,VadiveluN(eds.):PocketPainMedicine.Philadelphia,PA:Lippincott,Williams&Wilkins,2011.
7. BartelsK,ChristoPJ:ImplantableDevices:SpinalCordStimulationandIntrathecalDrugDelivery.In:UrmanRD,VadiveluN(eds.):PocketPainMedicine.Philadelphia,PA:Lippincott,Williams&Wilkins,2011.
8. BicketMC,ChristoPJ.fMRIandPain.In:Pain–Theperson,thescience,theclinicalinterface.ArmatiP,ChowR(eds).IPCommunications,Victoria,Australia,pages99-106(2015)
9. ChristoPJ,WilhelmiBG,AmashaRR,RajaSN:ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome.In:StaatsPS,WallaceMS,eds.PainMedicineandManagement:JusttheFacts.NewYork,NY:McGraw-Hill,(2015)
10. HobelmannG,ChristoPJ:NeuropathyandThoracicOutletSyndrome.In:IntegrativePainManagement.Bonakdar
RA,SukiennikAW,(eds).NewYork,NY:OxfordUniversityPress,pages109-118),(2016)
BookEditor
1. ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):FoundationsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
2. ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):ClinicalAspectsofPainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:AComprehensiveReview,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
3. ManchikantiL,ChristoPJ,TrescotA,FalcoFJE(eds):PainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagement:BoardReviewSelf-Assessment,Paducah,KY:AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,2011
4. ChristoPJ,FudinJ,GudinJ(eds):OpioidPrescribingandMonitoring:HowtoCombatOpioidAbuseandMisuseResponsibly,Montclair,NJ:VerticalHealth,2016
5. ChristoPJ,FudinJ,GudinJ(eds):OpioidPrescribingandMonitoring:PrimaryCareModelsforPainManagement,Montclair,NJ:VerticalHealth,2017
ContinuingMedicalEducation(CME)Reviewer
1. ClinicalContentReviewandValidation,OnlineMonograph:OptimizingChronicPainManagementinElderlyPersons:IntegratingPharmacokineticsandPharmcodynamics,DannemillerFoundation,3/2010.
2. FacultyReviewer,PainManagementattheEndofLife,InforMed,July2012
3. FacultyReviewer,Pain:CurrentUnderstandingofAssessment,Management,andRiskReduction,InforMed,August2013
4. FacultyReviewer,CaringforPatientsattheEndofLife,InforMed,September2016
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5. FacultyReviewer,ExtendedRelease/LongActingOpioidRiskEvaluation&MitigationStrategy(REMS)Education,InforMed,July2016
OTHERMEDIA
PainAssessmentandManagementCourse,2007,JohnsHopkinsMedicineInteractiveDevelopmentofonlinecourseandquestionsforphysiciansandnursesDevelopmentofonlinecourseandquestionsforalliedhealthcareprofessional
TeachingMarch2006,MultidisciplinaryApproachestoPainCare,PainCurriculumWorkshop,SecondYearMedicalStudents,Presenter/Facilitator,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineMarch2007,MultidisciplinaryApproachestoPainCare,PainCurriculumWorkshop,SecondYearMedicalStudents,Presenter/Facilitator,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineMarch2008,MultidisciplinaryApproachestoPainCare,PainCurriculumWorkshop,SecondYearMedicalStudents,Presenter/Facilitator,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineMarch2009,MultidisciplinaryApproachestoPainCare,PainCurriculumWorkshop,SecondYearMedicalStudents,Presenter/Facilitator,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineMarch2010,MultidisciplinaryApproachestoPainCare,PainCurriculumWorkshop,SecondYearMedicalStudents,Presenter/Facilitator,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineMay2010,PainIntersessionCourse,FirstYearMedicalStudents,PreceptorforPainAssessment,PainandImpairment,PainandAddictionSessions,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicineContinuingMedicalEducation(CME)CourseDirector:
1. AdministrativeEditorandCourseDirector,PracticalReviewsinAnesthesiology,2004-present
2. ProgramDirector,ExploringtheEvolvingRoleofBotulinumNeurotoxinTypeAinPainManagement,PracticewiththeExperts(NationalPresentationSeries),2004
3. ProgramDirector,PracticewiththeExperts:StrategiesforPainManagementwithBotulinumNeurotoxinTherapy
(NationalPresentationSeries),2005
4. CourseDirector,MultidrugTherapyforChronicPain,ScientificandClinicalConsiderations,SatelliteSymposium,27thAnnualScientificMeetingoftheAmericanPainSociety(APS),Tampa,FL,May2008
5. CourseDirector,MultidrugTherapyforChronicPain,ScientificandClinicalConsiderations,MultimediaActivity,
27thAnnualScientificMeetingoftheAmericanPainSociety(APS),September2008
6. CourseDirector,ClinicalandPharmacologicPerspectivesonOpioidUse,Evidence-BasedStrategiesforRiskAssessmentandAttenuation,SatelliteSymposium,27thAnnualScientificMeetingoftheAmericanPainSociety(APS),Tampa,FL,May2008
7. CourseDirector,PainandAging,SatelliteSymposium,25thAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanAcademyofPain
Medicine(AAPM),Honolulu,HI.,January2009
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8. ProgramDirector,CaseContinuainFibromyalgia:PeerInsightsintheManagementofFibromyalgiaSyndrome,NationalInternetCMEactivityincorporatingaVirtualGrandRoundsProgram,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Nov.2008–Nov.2010
9. CourseChairandDirector,ClinicalConceptsinPainandAging,Internet(Medscape.com)andEpocrateseducationalprograms,Feb.2009-Feb.2010
10. CourseDirector,AmelioratingLowBackPaininthePrimaryCareSetting:ACase-basedApproachtoProperAssessmentandTreatmentSelection,OnlineLearningTool,PeerViewInstituteforMedicalEducation(www.peerviewpress.com/p26.),PerformanceImprovementCMEactivity,September2010-September2011.
ContinuingMedicalEducation(CME)SessionChair:1. “RegionalAnesthesia,”The6thAnnualJohnsHopkinsMultidisciplinaryPainMedicineandRegionalAnesthesia
Update,Baltimore,MD,August2000
2. “SpinalCordStimulation/IntrathecalTherapy,”The7thAnnualJohnsHopkinsMultidisciplinaryPainMedicineUpdateinconjunctionwiththeSouthernPainSocietyAnnualMeeting,Baltimore,MD,August2001
3. “NeuralBlockade,”“AdvancedStimulationTechniques,”“IDET,DiscographyandVertebroplasty,”The8thAnnualJohnsHopkinsMultidisciplinaryPainMedicineUpdateinconjunctionwiththe6thAnnualAmericanNeuromodulationSocietyMeeting,Orlando,FL,May2002
4. “Membrane-StabilizingAgentstoTreatPain,”“CRPSandThalidomide:DocytokinesPlayaRoleinRSD,”“HerbalMedicine,”Headaches:TheRoleoftheInterventionalist,”“TopicalAgents:FromLidocainetoKetamineandBeyond,”“ComplicationsofRegionalAnesthesia,”The9thAnnualJohnsHopkinsMultidisciplinaryPainMedicineUpdateinconjunctionwiththe7thAnnualAmericanNeuromodulationSocietyMeeting,Orlando,FL,May,2003
5. “Chronic Pain and Opioid Use: Best Practices in the Current Environment”, American Academy of Pain Management 27th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, September 2016
ContinuingMedicalEducation(CME)CourseInstructorandLectures:1. “OpioidTherapyEfficacyandSideEffects,”8thAnnualJohnsHopkinsMultidisciplinaryPainMedicineUpdatein
conjunctionwiththe6thAnnualAmericanNeuromodulationSocietyMeeting,Orlando,FL,May2002
2. “SideEffectsofOpioids,”9thAnnualJohnsHopkinsMultidisciplinaryPainMedicineUpdateinconjunctionwiththe7th
AnnualAmericanNeuromodulationSocietyMeeting,Orlando,FL.May2003
3. “ManagementofAcutePaininthesettingofChronicPain,”NationalAssociationofOrthopaedicNurses,BaltimoreChapterAnnualMeeting,Baltimore,MD,March2004
4. “OpioidEfficacyandToxicity”,10thAnnualJohnsHopkinsMultidisciplinaryPainMedicineUpdate,Baltimore,MD,August2004
5. “Post-OperativeAnalgesiaandInterventions”,TheJohnsHopkinsDepartmentofOrthopedicSurgeryAnesthesiaSymposium,Baltimore,MD,September2004
6. “InterventionalandPharmacotherapeuticManagementofAcuteandChronicPain”,PainandSymptomManagementConferenceforCurative,Palliative,andEndofLifeCareatWinchesterMedicalCenter,Winchester,VA.October2004
7. “ProceduralPainManagement”,CurrentConceptsinCancerPainManagement:AMultidisciplinaryCase-BasedSymposium,TheJohnsHopkinsCenterforCancerPainResearch,Baltimore,MD,October2004
8. “PeripheralNerveBlocks(SympatheticBlocks)intheTreatmentofChronicPain”,WorkshopattheAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologists,LasVegas,NV.October2004
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9. “InterventionalandPharmacotherapeuticManagementofPain”,GeneralInternalMedicine/PrimaryCareClinicalConference,JohnsHopkinsBayviewMedicalCenter,Baltimore,MD.,April2005
10. “NeurolyticProcedures”,CurrentConceptsinCancerPainManagementSymposium,TheCenterforCancerPainResearchatTheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD.,November2005
11. “HowDoITreatNeuropathicPainandComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,PanelDiscussant,AnnualMeetingoftheAmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologists,Orlando,FL.,2008.
12. “ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome:WhatItIs&HowtoTreatIt”,DialogueWiththeExperts:AnExchangeofIdeas.25thAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanAcademyofPainMedicine(AAPM),Honolulu,HI.,January2009.
13. “IntrathecalPumpPlacement”CadaverCourse,AmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologistsAnnualMeeting,NewOrleans,LA.,October2009
14. “CancerPain”,ComprehensivePainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagementBoardReviewCourse,AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,Chicago,IL.,August2010
15. “GeriatricPainManagement”,ComprehensivePainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagementBoardReviewCourse,AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,Chicago,IL.,August2010
16. “Lumbar,Caudal,CervicalandThoracicEpiduralInjections,Adhesiolysis”,AmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologistsAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,CA.October2010.
17. “VisceralandUrogenitalPain”,ComprehensivePainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagementBoardReviewCourse,AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,St.Louis,MO.,August2011
18. “CancerPain”,ComprehensivePainMedicineandInterventionalPainManagementBoardReviewCourse,AmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysicians,St.Louis,MO.,August2011
19. “ExpertPanelistfor“TheAddictionPerformanceProject”,NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse,Washington,D.C.,August2011
20. “Neurolysis:Chemical,Cryoanalgesia,andRadiofequencyinPainManagement”,DannemillerPainReviewCourse,SanAntonio,Texas,July2012
21. “OpioidPharmacology”,DannemillerPainReviewCourse,SanAntonio,Texas,July2012
22. “NSAID(Non-SteroidalAnti-inflammatoryDrugs)Pharmacology”,DannemillerPainReviewCourse,SanAntonio,Texas,July2012
23. “UrineDrugTestinginPainManagement:ChallengesinAssessmentofAdherence”,DepartmentofPathologyGrandRounds,JohnsHopkinsMedicine,June2016
24. “Fibromyalgia”,ReachMD,March2017
CLINICALACTIVITIESCertifications2001 Diplomate,AmericanBoardofAnesthesiology
• Recertified7/20112002 SubspecialtyCertificationinPainMedicinebytheAmericanBoardofAnesthesiology
• Recertified10/3/20092003 Diplomate,AmericanBoardofPainMedicineORGANIZATIONALACTIVITIESInstitutionalAdministrativeAppointments2006-2008 JointCommitteeonAdmissions,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine
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2002-2006 JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCare,EducationCommittee
2002-2006 JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,ClinicalCompetenceCommittee
2004-2006 JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,PerformanceImprovementCommittee
2008-2010 InstitutionalTaskForceonPainManagement,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine
EditorialActivities2004-2008 EditorialAdvisoryBoard,PainPhysician2009-present AssociateEditor,PainPhysician2010-present EditorialBoard,PainManagement2004-present ConsultantReviewer,RegionalAnesthesiaandPainMedicine2005-present AdHocReviewer,TheClinicalJournalofPain2006-present PeerReviewer,MarylandSocietyofAnesthesiologists(MarylandBoardofPhysicianQualityAssurance)2006-present ManuscriptReviewer,PainMedicine2007-present RefereePanelfortheAmericanAcademyofPainMedicine(AAPM)Journal,PainMedicine2007-2017 EditorialBoardMember,TheOpenGeriatricMedicineJournal2009-present Reviewer,TheJournalofPain2012- EditorialBoard,PAINWeekJournal2012- EditorialBoardMember,ChronicPainPerspectivesAdvisoryCommittees,ReviewGroups/StudySections2003-2010 AssociationofPainProgramDirectors(AmericanSocietyofRegionalAnesthesia&PainMedicine)2006-2011 CodingandReimbursementCommittee,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine2007-2008 CommitteeonPainMedicine,AmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologists2007-2011 LiaisonRepresentativefortheExternalAffairsCommittee,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine2008 AmericanJournalofCardiologyEditor’sConsensusonSelectiveandNonselectiveNonsteroidalAnti-
inflammatoryDrugsandCardiovascularRisk2008-2009 ProgramPlanningCommittee,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicineAnnualMeeting,Honolulu,HI,January
20092008-2009 CommerciallySupportedSymposiaCommittee,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicineAnnualMeeting,
Honolulu,HI,January20092008-2010 Co-Chair,SubcommitteeonClinicalMatters,SpecialInterestGrouponPaininOlderPersons,International
AssociationfortheStudyofPain(IASP).2008-2010 Pain.comAdvisoryBoard,DannemillerMemorialEducationalFoundation2008-2010 SteeringCommitteeforthePhysicianClinicalSupportSystem-Methadone,AmericanPainSociety
representative2009-2010 ProgramPlanningCommittee,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicineAnnualMeeting,SanAntonio,TX,
January20102009-2011 SiteSelectionCommittee,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine2009 AcademicAdvisoryCommittee,1stInternationalComprehensivePainManagementConference,Tawam
Hospital,AlAin,UnitedArabEmirates.2010- EducationCommittee,DannemillerMemorialEducationalFoundation2010- ExpertConsensusPanelonDevelopingGuidelinesandRecommendationsforMonitoringDrugUtilizationfor
PatientsPrescribedOpioids,Ameritox2010- ScientificMedicalAdvisoryBoard,AmericanThoracicOutletSyndrome
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2010-2012 AdvisoryPanel/ThoughtLeaderfordevelopmentofPatientEvaluationResourceForOpioidRiskManagement(PERFORM),SpringerHealthcareandPurduePharma
2011-2012 RegionalStakeholder,PAINSproject,sponsoredbytheCenterforPracticalBioethics2011 DannemillerAdvisoryBoard2011- AdvisoryBoard,CurrentPainPerspectives(CHPP),QuadrantHealthCom,Inc2011 ArchimedesRegionalAdvisoryBoardWebcast,FacultyPresenter2011- AmericanPainSocietyOpioidREMSEducationalInitiative2013 AmericanPainSocietyEducationalAdvisoryCommittee2014-2015 NominatingCommittee,AmericanPainSociety2015 EducationAdvisoryCommittee,AmericanAcademyofPainManagement2015 AdvisoryBoard,NeuroMetrix,Inc2015- Men’sHealthMagazineMedicalAdvisoryBoard 2016 ComplexRegionalPainSyndromeAdvisoryBoardMeeting,Grunenthal,Inc2016- GlobalPainFacultyMember,GSKConsumerHealthcare2016-2017 PublicEducation,Outreach,andWebsiteCommittee,InternationalNeuromodulationSociety2017 ExpertAdvisoryPaneltoTransformOpioidUse&PainManagement,OptumLabs,UnitedHealthGroup2017 PAINSAdvisoryCommittee,CenterforPracticalBioethics2017 OptumLabs(UnitedHealthGroup)ExpertAdvisoryPanelBoardofDirectors2015- AcademyofIntegrativePainManagement2016- AmericanPainAssociation ProfessionalSocietyLeadership:2015-2017 Secretary,BoardofDirectors,AcademyofIntegrativePainManagement2017- VicePresident,BoardofDirectors,AcademyofIntegrativePainManagementProfessionalSocieties: InternationalSpinalInjectionSociety
AmericanAcademyofPainMedicineAmericanSocietyofInterventionalPainPhysiciansAmericanPainSocietyNorthAmericanNeuromodulationSocietyAmericanMedicalAssociationAmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologistsAmericanSocietyofRegionalAnesthesiaandPainMedicineMarylandSocietyofAnesthesiologistsTheJohnsHopkinsMedicalandSurgicalAssociationAmericanSocietyofAddictionMedicine
ConferenceOrganizer,SessionChairDecember2005 Co-ConferenceChair,11thAnnualPainMedicineUpdateforPainSpecialistsandPrimaryCareProviders,The
JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandCriticalCareMedicine,DivisionofPainMedicine,Baltimore,MD
July2014 Chair,PainCareforPrimaryCare,AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL
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July2015 Chair,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting,AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL
July2016 Chair,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting,AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,
Orlando,FLAugust2017 Chair,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting(East),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamily
Practice,Orlando,FLOctober2017 CourseChair,“What’sAppropriateandWhat’sNo?SafeOpioidPrescribinginaWorldofEver-Changing
Regulations”,AcademyofIntegrativePainManagementAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,CANovember2017 Chair,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting(West),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamily
Practice,SanFrancisco,CAConsultantships2007-2008 Globalmentorshipforpaincenterdevelopment/expansionatTawamHospital,UnitedArabEmirates,
UnitedArabEmiratesUniversity,Dr.RabiahNoueihed,DepartmentofAnaesthesia,UnitedArabEmiratesUniversity.
RECOGNITIONVisitingProfessorships:
April2007 UniversityofNotreDame,CenterforHealthSciencesAdvising,“PainMedicineasaCareer.”
May2011 AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine/PfizerVisitingProfessorinPainMedicine;UniversityofLouisvilleSchoolofMedicine.Oneof8nationalpainexpertsselectedfor3daysofeducationalexchange.
September 2015 University of Notre Dame, Center for Health Sciences Advising, College of Science, “Pain Medicine and Hopkins Medicine”
HONORS2003,2006 America’sTopPhysicians,PainMedicine:GuidetoAmerica’sTopPhysicians,Consumer’sResearchCouncilof
America.2007 America’sTopAnesthesiologists:GuidetoAmerica’sTopAnesthesiologists2007 TopDoctorinPainMedicine/Anesthesiology:BaltimoreMagazine,TopDoctors2007-2008 BestDoctorsinAmerica,BestDoctorphysician2008 America’sTopPhysicians,Anesthesiology:GuidetoAmerica’sTopPhysicians,Consumer’sResearchCouncil
ofAmerica.2008-2009 Fellow,MaydayPainandSocietyFellowshipProgram:AMediaandPolicyInitiative
(www.maydayfellows.org).OneofsixpainexpertsselectedfromtheU.S.andCanadatoadvocateforbetterpaintreatmentbyraisingvisibilitywiththemediaandpolicymakers.
2011 American’sTopDoctors,CastleConnolly2011 70BestPainManagementPhysiciansinAmerica,Becker’sASCReview2011 SuperDoctorfortheWashington,DC-Baltimore-NorthernVirginiaarea(www.superdoctors.com)2011 TopDoctorforPainManagement,USNews&WorldReport(http://health.usnews.com/top-
doctors/directory/best-pain-management-specialists2011-2012 BestDoctorsinAmerica,BestDoctorphysician(www.bestdoctors.com)2012-2013 150PainManagementPhysicianstoKnow,Becker’sSpineReview2012-2013 SuperDoctorfortheWashington,DC-Baltimore-NorthernVirginiaarea(www.superdoctors.com)2012 TopDoctorsinPainManagement:BaltimoreMagazine,TopDoctors
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2013 AssociationofUniversityAnesthesiologists(AcademicHonorSociety)2014 BestDoctorsinAmerica2014 American’sTopDoctors,CastleConnolly2014 America’sTopPhysicians2014 ThePainCommunity“Hero”(PatientAdvocacyAssociation)2016 TheJohnandEmmaBonicaPublicServiceAward(AmericanPainSociety)2016 AmericanPainSocietyAwardsCommittee2016 PainEducatoroftheYear(AmericanSocietyofPainEducators)2018 PatientAdvocacyAward(AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine) KEYNOTESPEAKER:
1. “InterdisciplinaryCareandSafeOpioidPrescribing”,MontanaPainInitiative5thAnnualConference,“FrontLinePainManagement:NeuroplasticTransformation,InterdisciplinaryCare,SafePrescribing”,Bozeman,MT.,October,2011.
2. “DiagnosisandTreatmentofChronicPain-NewAspects”,MasterclassontheDiagnosisandTreatmentofChronic
Pain,ChronicPainIrelandFirstAnnualConferenceatCrokePark,Dublin,Ireland,December2011
3. “InnovationsinPainCareforthe21stCentury:FromX-raystoRadioWaves”,Healthcare,Leadership,andInnovationExecutiveEducationProgram,TheAnneArundelHealthSystem,JohnsHopkinsCareyBusinessSchool,April2012
4. “InnovationsinPainCareforthe21stCentury:FromX-RaystoRadioWaves”,TheDr.TomDooleySocietyofThe
UniversityofNotreDame&MemorialHospital&HealthSystem,SouthBend,IN,October20125. “Pain:TheHumanandEconomicCrisis”,TheDr.TomDooleySocietyofTheUniversityofNotreDame,Collegeof
Science,SouthBend,IN,September20156. “PainManagement:ClinicalandRegulatoryConsiderations”,DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices(Centers
forMedicareandMedicaidServices)/NationalSurveyExecutivesTrainingInstitute,Baltimore,MD,April2016 7. “ChronicandPost-OperativePain”,TheRoleoftheCardiothoracicSurgeoninPainManagement:Innovative
SolutionsfortheManagementofPost-ThoracotomyPain,AmericanAssociationforThoracicSurgeryAnnualMeeting,Baltimore,MD.,May2016
CORPORATESPEAKING:
1. “CureYourCommonProductivityKillers”,NewYorkLife,Timonium,Maryland,October2013
INVITEDLECTURES:
1. “AdvancedStrategiesforPainTreatment”,UnitedAutoWorkers-FordOn-SiteRehabilitationCenterProgram,EducationalandProgramDevelopmentConference,Detroit,MI.,November2005
2. “UnderstandingPainandCurrentTherapies”,11thAnnualAWomen’sJourney,JohnsHopkinsMedicine,Baltimore,MD.,November2005
3. “InterventionalApproachtoNeuropathicPain”,SecondInternationalRareNeuroimmunologicDisordersSymposium,JohnsHopkinsMedicine,Baltimore,MD.,July2006
4. “LowBackPain:AClinicalPerspective”,EmergingTechnologiesinSpineMeeting,AbbottSpine,LasVegas,NV.,August2006
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5. “NeurolyticProcedures”forCancerPain,CurrentConceptsinCancerPainManagement:AMultidisciplinaryCase-BasedSymposium,JohnsHopkinsMedicine,Baltimore,MD.,October2006
6. “ChronicPainandtheDiscoveryofRelief”,JohnsHopkinsMedicinePainInformationalSession,JohnsHopkinsHospital,Baltimore,MD.,February2007
7. “SpinalCordandPeripheralNerveStimulation:IndicationsandOutcomes”,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine23rdAnnualMeeting,NewOrleans,LA.,February2007
8. “TheBull’sEye:IntrathecalInfusionTherapies”,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine23rdAnnualMeeting,NewOrleans,LA.,February2007
9. “PainManagementinCancerPatients:Nerve/NeurolyticBlocksandImplantableTherapies”,InternationalConferenceonRecentAdvancesinClinicalOncology,AlAin,UnitedArabEmirates,UnitedArabEmiratesUniversityandTawamHospital,February2007
10. “PainManagementinMalignantDisease”,InternationalConferenceonRecentAdvancesinClinicalOncology,Pre-ConferenceWorkshop,AlAin,UnitedArabEmirates,UnitedArabEmiratesUniversityandTawamHospital,February2007
11. “PainManagementinMalignantDisease:MedicalandInterventionalStrategies”,TawamHospitalGrandRounds,AlAin,UnitedArabEmirates,February2007
12. “PainManagementinCancerPatients:Nerve/NeurolyticBlocksandImplantableTherapies”,ContinuingMedicalEducationSeminar,DepartmentofAnesthesiology,CriticalCareMedicineandPainTherapy,TawamHospital,AlAin,UnitedArabEmirates,February2007
13. “IntrathecalInfusionTherapies&ImplantableDrugDeliverySystems”,MultidisciplinaryBlausteinPainConference,DepartmentsofNeurosurgery,Neurology,Psychiatry;JohnsHopkinsMedicine,December2007
14. “HowDoITreatNeuropathicPainandComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,PanelDiscussant,AmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologistsAnnualMeeting,Orlando,FL,October2008.
15. Christo,PJ:NewproceduraldevelopmentforanalyzingMRIbrainimagesinschizophrenictwins.NationalInstitutesofHealth,Bethesda,MD,August,1992.
16. Christo,PJ,Massey,D:Fluorescencein-situhybridization(FISH).SoutheastRegionalGeneticsGroup,PawleysIsland,SC,June,1994.
17. ChaudryV,ChristoP,RajaS:Issmall-fiberpainfulneuropathysympatheticallymediated?AmericanAssociationofElectrodiagnosticMedicine,Toronto,Canada,November,2002.
18. BrummettCM,MerrittS,HurleyRW,KlickBA,ChristoPJ:Sexualfunctioninchronicpainpatients.Asurveystudy.AmericanSocietyofRegionalAnesthesiaandPainMedicineAnnualMeetingandWorkshops,PlayadelCarmen,Mexico,May2008.
19. ChristoPJ,CarinciAJ,ChristoDK,Freischlag,JA:CT-guidedAnteriorScaleneBotulinumToxininjectionforThoracicOutletSyndrome.AmericanSocietyofAnesthesiologistsAnnualMeeting,Orlando,FL,October2008.
20. “PainManagement:InterventionsandRisks”,PhysicianInsurersAssociationofAmerica(PIAA)UnderwritingWorkshop,Baltimore,MD,September2008.
21. “SpinalCordStimulation”,MedtronicNeuromodulationCadaverLab,UnionMemorialHospital,Baltimore,MD,October2008
22. ChristoPJ,CarinciAJ,ChristoDK,Freischlag,JA:CT-guidedAnteriorScaleneBotulinumToxininjectionforThoracicOutletSyndrome.25thAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanAcademyofPainMedicine(AAPM),Honolulu,HI.,January2009.
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23. “SpinalCordStimulation:IndicationsandEvidence-BasedOutcomes”,FourthMediterraneanConferenceAgainstPain,Menorca,Spain,May2009
24. GoffB,HameedH,KyP,ChristoPJ,HurleyR:NarcosisFollowingCatheter-tipMigrationandSubsequentPumpMechanismFailure:ExperiencewithandInfusaid-400IntrathecalDrugDeliverySystem.17thAnnualMeetingoftheInternationalSpineInterventionSociety(ISIS),Toronto,Canada.July2009.
25. “ACase-BasedApproachtoPainandAgingforFamilyPhysicians”,AmericanAcademyofFamilyPracticeScientificAssembly,Boston,MA.,October2009
26. “OpioidTherapyforPatientswithPain:StrategiesforRiskAssessmentandManagement”,BestPracticesinPrimaryCareMeeting,Rosemont,IL.,November2009.
27. “IntrathecalDrugDeliverySystems:AdvancingOpioidandNon-OpioidTherapies”(Moderator),AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine26thAnnualMeeting,SanAntonio,TX.,February2010.
28. “IntrathecalDrugDeliverySystems:History,PatientSelection,Evidence,andComplications”(Faculty),AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine26thAnnualMeeting,SanAntonio,TX.,February2010.
29. “Overview:NerveBlocks,Implantations,Non-OperativeManagementofNeck&LowBackPain”,SpinalDisorders:UpdatesinDiagnosisandManagementforthePrimaryCarePhysician,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD.,April2010
30. “AnOverviewofNerveBlocks,PainPumps,andOtherInterventionsforSeverePain”,The55thAnnualTumultyTopicsinClinicalMedicine,TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine,Baltimore,MD.,May2010.
31. CaseStudyMentor/SmallGroupDiscussionFacilitator;FundamentalsofPainManagement:APrimerforResidentsandFellows,AmericanPainSocietyAnnualMeeting,Baltimore,MD.,May2010.
32. “CommonPainSyndromesinOlderAdults”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2010
33. “TreatmentConsiderationsinRelationtoConcurrentPharmacologyforOlderAdults”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2010
34. “AnOverviewofNerveBlocks,PainPumps,andOtherAnesthesiaInterventionsforSeverePain”,CurrentClinicalIssuesinPrimaryCare,Pri-MedMidAtlanticConferenceandExhibition,BaltimoreConventionCenter,2010
35. “CommonPainSyndromesinOlderAdults”,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine27thAnnualMeeting(EssentialsCourse),NationalHarbor,MD(Washington,DC),March,2011.
36. “ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine27thAnnualMeeting(EssentialsCourse),NationalHarbor,MD(Washington,DC),March,2011.
37. “ControllingPaininthe21stCentury:TheQuestforPainRelief”,UniversityofLouisvilleSchoolofMedicine,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandPerioperativeMedicineGrandRounds,May2011.
38. “ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,UniversityofLouisvilleSchoolofMedicine,DepartmentofAnesthesiologyandPerioperativeMedicineResidentConference,May2011.
39. “PainManagementforthePrimaryCarePhysician”,DannemillerMemorialEducationalFoundation,Orlando,FL.,June2011.
40. “RiskAssessmentandManagementofPainPatientsonOpioidTherapy”,AmericanAcademyofFamilyPracticeScientificAssembly,Orlando,FL,Sept.,2011
41. “SpinalCordStimulationandPeripheralNerveStimulation:IndicationsandOutcomes”,InternationalPainandPalliativeCareMeeting,DepartmentofPainandPalliativeMedicineattheNationalHealthInstituteofMedicalSciencesandNutrition,MexicoCity,Mexico,Sept.,2011.
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42. “EffectivePainTreatmentsforOlderAdults”,InternationalPainandPalliativeCareMeeting,DepartmentofPainandPalliativeMedicineattheNationalHealthInstituteofMedicalSciencesandNutrition,MexicoCity,Mexico,Sept.,2011.
43. “InnovationsinPainCareforthe21stCentury:FromX-RaystoRadioWaves”,DepartmentofMedicineGrandRounds,KingEdwardVIIMemorialHospital,Hamilton,Bermuda,June2012
44. “CommonPainSyndromesinOlderAdults”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2012
45. “TreatmentConsiderationsinRelationtoCurrentPharmacologyinOlderAdults”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2012
46. “UrineDrugTesting”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2012
47. “RecommendationsforUrineDrugMonitoringasaComponentofOpioidTherapyintheTreatmentofChronicPain:APanelDiscussion”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2012
48. “X-RaystoRadioWaves”,UniversityofNotreDameCollegeofScienceandEngineering:Engineering,Science,andTechnologyEntrepreneurshipGraduateProgram,SouthBend,IN.,October2013
49. “AnUpdateonComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,AmericanAcademyofPainManagement24thAnnualClinicalMeeting,Orlando,FL.,October2013
50. “NewPerspectivesonNeurogenicThoracicOutletSyndrome”,AmericanAcademyofPainManagement24thAnnualClinicalMeeting,Orlando,FL.,October2013
51. “AdvancedTechniquesinPainMedicine:SpinalCordStimulation,IntrathecalTherapy,BotulinumToxinforThoracicOutletSyndrome”,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine30thAnnualMeeting,Phoenix,AZ.,March2014
52. “ManagingRisk,Pain,andAddiction”,AmericanAcademyofPainMedicine30thAnnualMeeting,Phoenix,AZ.,March2014
53. “InterventionalApproachestoPain”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting,AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL,July2015
54. “VisceralPain”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2015
55. “Neuromoduation”,AmericanAcademyofPainManagementAnnualMeeting,Washington,DC.,September2015
56. “FuturePossibilitiesforTreatmentofComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,ComplexRegionalPainSyndromeAdvisoryBoardMeeting,Grunenthal,Inc.,April2016
57. “InterventionalApproachesforPain:TraditionalandEmerging”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting,AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL,July2016
58. “Debate:OpioidsforChronicPain?No”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting,AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL,July2016
59. “TheMedicalStasi:IsRiskManagementforControlledSubstancesDestroyingtheProvider-Patient
Relationship?”PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2016
60. “InterventionalPainManagement:Injections,NerveBlocks,Pumps,andSpinalCordStimulation”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2016
61. “Opioids:RisksandRemedies”,AmericanAcademyofPainManagement27thAnnualMeeting,SanAntonio,TX.,September2016
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62. “UpdateonComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,AmericanAcademyofPainManagement27thAnnualMeeting,SanAntonio,TX.,September2016
63. “OvercomingPain”,22ndannualAWomen’sJourney,JohnsHopkinsMedicine,Baltimore,MD.November2016
64. “ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting(East),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL,August2017
65. “InterventionalApproachesforPain:TraditionalandEmerging”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting(East),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL,August2017
66. “Debate:ShouldWeBePrescribingOpioidsforPainManagement”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting
(East),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,Orlando,FL,August2017
67. “InterventionalPainManagement:Injections,NerveBlocks,Pumps,andSpinalCordStimulation”,PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2017
68. “TheMedicalStasi:IsUrineDrugTestingNecessary?”PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2017
69. “NeurogenicThoracicOutletSyndrome,”PAINWEEK,LasVegas,NV.,September2017
70. “ComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting(West),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,SanFrancisco,CA.,November2017
71. “InterventionalApproachesforPain:TraditionalandEmerging”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting(West),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,SanFrancisco,CA.,November2017
72. “Debate:ShouldWeBePrescribingOpioidsforPainManagement”,PainCareforPrimaryCareAnnualMeeting
(West),AmericanPainSocietyandTheJournalofFamilyPractice,SanFrancisco,CA.,November201773. “ChronicPainandOpioidUse:BestPracticesintheCurrentEnvironment”,AcademyofIntegrativePain
ManagementAnnualMeeting,SanDiego,CA.,October201774. “UpdateonComplexRegionalPainSyndrome”,AcademyofIntegrativePainManagementAnnualMeeting,San
Diego,CA.,October2017
SPECIALMEDIA
1. Host,Creator,ExecutiveProducer:AchesandGains
a. SIRIUSXMRadio–FamilyTalk131,April2013-Present
b. Firstweeklytalkshowonpainandpainrelief(www.paulchristomd.com)
2. “AsktheExpert”forliveWebChatSeriesonPainManagement,TribuneNewspapers(LosAngelesTimes,ChicagoTribune,HartfordCourant,BaltimoreSun).December2010-Present(http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-cancer-pain-chat,0,7265361.htmlstory
MEDIASCHOLARSHIP
Broadcastmedia:
1. Experton-cameravideoon“PainManagementFollowingTraumaticInjury”.Traumapedia.Onlineself-managementprogramfortraumaticinjury,AmericanTraumaSociety,TraumaSurvivorsNetwork,andtheCentersforDiseaseControl.(http://www.traumasurvivorsnetwork.org/traumapedias),March2009
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2. Consultant/ContributorforABCMedicalWebsite,ExpertPatientEducationalVideos:ABCOnCall+PainManagement(http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement),December2007
3. MedicalExpert(Pain)andTopResponderforallABCNewsMedicalUnit/WebandOn-Airprograms,February2009
4. Educationalvideointerview(40min.)withapainpatientforMultidrugTherapyforChronicPain,ScientificandClinicalConsiderations,SatelliteSymposium,27thAnnualScientificMeetingoftheAmericanPainSociety(APS),Tampa,FL,May2008
5. Educationalon-camerainterviewwithDr.TimothyJohnsonon“ThePainQuestionnaire:Tipsfortalkingtoyourdoctoraboutpain”,GoodMorningAmericaHealth,ABCNews,June16,2009.
6. “BotoxEliminatesPainOfThoracicOutletSyndromeWithoutSurgery”,WUSA9Television,Washington,DC,July2010.
ElectronicMedia:
1. Consultantforcreationofonlinepainquestionnaire(PrintOutYourPain),ABCNewsOnCall/PainManagementSection(http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement)
2. “AsktheExpert”forliveWebChatSeriesonPainManagement,TribuneNewspapers(LosAngelesTimes,ChicagoTribune,HartfordCourant,BaltimoreSun).December2010-Present(http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-health-chats,0,3625121.storygallery)
3. PainPathwaysMagazineFacebookChat–GuestPainExpert,LowBackPain,November2013
4. PainPathwaysMagazineFacebookChat–GuestPainExpert,AutoimmuneDisease,April2016
PrintMedia(consulted,interviewed,andquoted):
1. “BattlingChronicPain”,BaltimoreSun,October14,2007,ChrisEmery(Reporter)
2. “InConstantPain,butintheGame”,WashingtonPost,November1,2008,KatieCarrera(Reporter)
3. “WhenYourPainHasNoName”,ABCNews.Com,ABCNewsMedicalUnit,November5,2008,DanChilds(Reporter)
4. “FindingEffectiveTreatmentforYourChronicPain”,USNewsandWorldReport(http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/pain/2009/02/10/finding-effective-treatment-for-your-chronic-pain.html),February11,2009,JanuaryPayne(AssociateEditor)
5. “Strassels,Christo&Stevens:Speakupaboutpain”,AustinAmericanStatesman,February28,2009,Opinion-Editorial
6. “PainMedications:WhatYouNeedtoKnowAboutAcetaminophen,Darvon,andDarvocet”,USNews&WorldReport,July24,2009,JanuaryPayne(AssociateEditor)
7. “Docscringeatthethoughtofpainkillerstakenoffthemarket”,MedillNewsService-Washington(NorthwesternUniversityWire)http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/washington/news.aspx?id=138449,August20,2009,MelissaSuran(Reporter)
8. “CrossingTheLine:RecentCelebrityDeathsHighlightaTragicOutcomeofPrescriptionDrugAbuse”,PainPathwaysMagazine,Fall2009,CindyHodnett(Contributingwriter).
9. “ManagingYourPain,MinusAddiction”,USNews&WorldReport,December2009,JanuaryPayne(AssociateEditor)
10. “Botoxoffersashotofpainrelief”,BaltimoreSunhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-botox-for-pain-20100630,0,6674251.story,June2010,MeredithCohn(contributingwriter)
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11. “BoySuffersThroughMultipleBrokenBonestoRescueKitten”.9-YearOldFellFromaTree,butisRemarkablyAbletoEndurePainfromhisInjuries.ABCNews.Com,ABCNewsMedicalUnit,July2010,KimCarollo(Reporter)
12. “AsktheExpert”WebChatSeriesonPainManagementReprint,HealthandStyleSection,BaltimoreSun,December2010-Present
13. “PreparedPatient-LivingwithChronicPain”,CenterforAdvancingHealthwebsitehttp://www.cfah.org/hbns/preparedpatient/index.cfm,2011,MaiaSzalvitz(HealthWriter)
14. “Coloradomedicalcommunitytriestoslowfloodofpainkillermisuse”,TheDenverPost,2012,MichaelBooth(HealthWriter)http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_20199285/medical-community-tries-slow-flood-painkiller-misuse
15. TheDirtonGardening”,Grandparents.com,2012,DeborahLong(HealthWriter)
16. “AchesandGains”,PainPathwaysMagazine(PhysicianSpotlight),2012,TammyHoloman(HealthWriter)
17. “NaturalPainRemedies”,Caring.com,2013,PaulaSpencerScott(SeniorEditor)
18. “AchesandGains”,ShortStories,NotreDameMagazine.Pg58(Summer2013).
19. “Paindrugabusefuelscompetition,legalbattlesforcompanies”,BaltimoreSun.com,2013,ScottDance(TheBaltimoreSun)
20. “AddictiontoPainkillersconfrontsPhysicianswithU.S.Administration(LaadiccionalosanalgesicosenfrentaamedicosyAdministrataciondeEE.UU)”,LaOpinion,2013,AdriaCalatayud(Writer)
21. “6ThingsMorePainfulThanChildbirth”,Men’sHealth,April2015
22. “WhatDoctorsTellTheirFriendsAboutPain”,Redbook,April2015
23. “Pain.Howtounderstand(andmanage)yourbody’smostimportantwarningsystem-andwhattodowhenitgoesawry”,RealSimple,July2015
24. “ThingsOnlySomeoneWithChronicPainUnderstands”,Prevention.com,August2015
25. “WouldYouPaySomeonetoWalkonYou?”,Dr.OzTheGoodLife,August2015
26. “RulesILiveBy.DodgingMankillers”Topnutrition,fitness,andmedicalexpertsrevealhowtheyshapeduptheirhabits,Men’sHealth,February2016
27. “What’sKillingWhiteMiddle-AgedMen?”,Men’sHealth,March2016
28. “Caution:OpioidAddiction.WhatDentistsShouldKnowaboutAmerica’sPrescriptionOpioidProblem”,AcademyofGeneralDentistryImpactMagazine,June2016
29. “CanChronicPainbePrevented?”BostonGlobe,July2016
30. ”New(AndOld)WaystoBattlePain”,U.S.News&WorldReportBestHospitals,September2016
31. “EraseChronicPain”,Men’sHealth,January/February2017
32. “TheRiseofthePersonalDiffuserStick–IsEssentialOilVapingSafe?,OrganicLife,September2017
33. “OvercomingPain”,ChronicPainIrelandNewsletter,September2017
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34. “Mevs.Fibromyalgia:ChronicPainSpotlightSeries–Dr.PaulChristo”,HuffingtonPost,September2017
InvitedGuestAppearances:
1. “PainMedicine”,Dr.MehmetOz’sOprahandFriendsXMSatelliteRadioShow,HealthandMedicineSegment,NewYorkCity,January2007
2. “PainManagement”,RetirementLivingTelevision:Healthline,hostedbyDr.KevinSoden,Baltimore,MD,June2007
3. “ChronicPain”,VoicesintheFamilyRadioProgram,hostedbyDr.DanGottlieb,WHYY(NPR),Philadelphia,PA,November2007
4. “PainExpert”,ABCNewsOn-CallPainProject,videofootageforABCnewswebsite,2007http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/PainManagement
a. DiagnosingPain:CanBloodTestsConfirmMyPain?WhatareNerveConductionStudies?WhatisanEMG,WhenDoINeedOne?DifferencebetweenanMRI,CATscan?WhatisaFunctionalMRI?
5. “LowBackPain”,InterviewwithDonnaHamilton,WBALNews,Baltimore,MD,April2008(http://www.wbaltv.com/video/16130457/index.html)
6. “ArePrescriptionsUnderprescribedorOverprescribedfortheTreatmentofPain”,GuestInterviewwithNeilConan,NPR’s(WAMU)TalkoftheNation(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106215510),July2009
7. “Celebrities,PrescriptionDrugsandtheCandyMan”,GuestInterviewwithWarrenOlney,NPR’s(KCRW-SantaMonica)TothePoint(http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp100416celebrities_prescrip),April2010
8. “Pain”,GuestinterviewwithTomHall,NPR’s(WYPR-Baltimore)MarylandMorningwithSheilahKast(http://mdmorn.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/629103-a-not-so-pain/),June2010
9. “UseandAbuseofPrescriptionPainkillers”,NPR’s(WAMU-Washington,DC)TheDianeRehmShow,April2011(http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-04-21/use-and-abuse-prescription-painkillers)
10. “ExpertPanelistfor“TheAddictionPerformanceProject”,NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse,Washington,D.C.,DebraWinger,featuredactress,August2011
11. “RelievingyourAchesandPains”,CirclesofChange,KQTHRadio,Tucson’sNewsTalkRadio,September2011.(http://www.thelarsengroup.com/2011season/guests2011julysep.html
12. “DiagnosisandTreatmentofChronicPain”,TodaywithPatKenny,RTERadio,Ireland,December2011(http://www.rte.ie/radio1/todaywithpatkenny/2011-12-02.html)
13. “UppingtheDoseonPainMeds”,NPR’s(KPCC-SouthernCalifornia)AirtalkwithLarryMantle,December2011
14. “IsitPainorDependency?ADoctor’sDilemma”,NPRs(WAMU)TalkoftheNationwithNeilConan,January2013(http://www.npr.org/2013/01/07/168806376/is-it-pain-or-dependency-a-doctors-dilemma)
15. “ElvisPresley:HeadTrauma,Autoimmunity,andAgonizingPain”,SIRIUSXMElvisRadiowithGeorgeKlein,January2014
16. “Doctorfoundguiltyofmurderforoverprescribingopioidsraisesnewquestionsaboutabuse”,NPR’s(KPCC-SouthernCalifornia)AirtalkwithLarryMantle,November2015
17. “AchesandGains”,YOUtheOwner’sManualwithDr.MichaelRoizen,RadioMD,September2017
18. “AchesandGains”,Let’sGetHealthyRadio,KJCEAM,September2017
19. “AchesandGains”,Relationships2.0withDr.MichelleSkeen,101.5FM,September2017
