Dr. Dworkin

Robert H. Dworkin, Ph.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Oncology, and Psychiatry
Director, Anesthesiology Clinical Research Center

Department of Anesthesiology:

Promotions and Reappointments Committee (Chair).
Research Committee.

Other Professional Activities:

Editorial Board, Pain.
Editorial Board, Journal of Pain.
Editorial Board, Current Pain and Headache Report.
Editorial Board, Journal of Neuropathic Pain and Symptom Palliation.
Data and Safety Monitoring Board, National Institutes of Health.
Data and Safety Monitoring Board, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Task Force on Taxonomy, International Association for the Study of Pain.
Finance Committee, International Association for the Study of Pain.
Co-Chair, Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT).
Chair, Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group, International Association for the Study of Pain.
Chair, International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain.
Shingles Working Group, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Areas of Special Emphasis:

Acute and chronic pain, especially neuropathic pain.

Research Interests:

Epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prevention of neuropathic pain.
Analgesic clinical trials.

Recent Publications:

2006

Baron R, Griffin JW, Dworkin RH, Höke A, Manning DC, Max MB, Petersen KL, Sang CN, Schmidt WK. Disease-specific targets: rapporteur report. In Campbell JN, Basbaum AI, Dray A, Dubner R, Dworkin RH, Sang CN, eds. Emerging strategies for the treatment of neuropathic pain (pp. 241-270). Seattle: International Association for the Study of Pain Press, 2006.

Campbell JN, Basbaum AI, Dray A, Dubner R, Dworkin RH, Sang CN, eds. Emerging strategies for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Seattle: International Association for the Study of Pain Press, 2006.

Dworkin RH. Post-herpetic neuralgia. Herpes, 2006;13(suppl 1):21A-27A.

Farrar JT, Dworkin RH, Max MB. Use of the cumulative proportion of responders analysis graph to present pain data over a range of cut-off points: making clinical trial data more understandable. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2006;31:369-377.

Herrmann DN, Pannoni V, Barbano RL, Pennella-Vaughan J, Dworkin RH. Skin biopsy and quantitative sensory testing do not predict response to the lidocaine patch in painful neuropathies. Muscle and Nerve, 2006;33:42-48.

Markman JD, Dworkin RH. Ion channel targets and treatment efficacy in neuropathic pain. Journal of Pain, 2006;7(suppl 1):S38-S47.

Jensen MP, Dworkin RH, Gammaitoni AR, Olaleye DO, Oleka N, Galer BS. Do pain qualities and spatial characteristics make independent contributions to interference with physical and emotional functioning? Journal of Pain, 2006;7:644-653.

Poleshuck EL, Katz J, Andrus CH, Hogan LA, Jung BF, Kulick DI, Dworkin RH. Risk factors for chronic pain following breast cancer surgery: a prospective study. Journal of Pain, 2006;7:626-634.

Turk DC, Dworkin RH, Burke LB, Gershon R, Rothman M, Scott J, Allen RR, Atkinson JH, Chandler J, Cleeland C, Cowan P, Dimitrova R, Dionne R, Farrar JT, Haythornthwaite JA, Hertz S, Jadad AR, Jensen MP, Kellstein D, Kerns RD, Manning DC, Martin S, Max MB, McDermott MP, McGrath P, Moulin DE, Nurmikko T, Quessy S, Raja S, Rappaport BA, Rauschkolb C, Robinson JP, Royal MA, Simon L, Stauffer JW, Stucki G, Tollett J, von Stein T, Wallace MS, Wernicke J, White RE, Williams AC, Witter J, Wyrwich KW. Developing outcome measures for pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain, 2006;125:208-215.

2007 and in press

Barrett AM, Lucero MA, Le T, Robinson RL, Dworkin RH, Chappell AS. Epidemiology, public health burden, and treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain: a review. Pain Medicine, 2007;8(suppl 2):S50-S62.

Dworkin RH, Jensen MP, Gammaitoni AR, Olaleye DO, Galer BS. Symptom profiles differ in patients with neuropathic versus non-neuropathic pain. Journal of Pain, 2007;8:118-126.

Dworkin RH, White R, O’Connor AB, Baser O, Hawkins K. Health care costs of acute and chronic pain associated with a diagnosis of herpes zoster. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2007;55:1168-1175.

Dworkin RH, Johnson RW, Breuer J, Gnann JW, Levin MJ, Backonja M, Betts RF, Gershon AA, Haanpää ML, McKendrick MW, Nurmikko TJ, Oaklander AL, Oxman MN, Pavan-Langston D, Petersen KL, Rowbotham MC, Schmader KE, Stacey BR, Tyring SK, van Wijck AJM, Wallace MS, Wassilew SW, Whitley RJ. Recommendations for the management of herpes zoster. Clinical Infectious Disease, 2007;44(suppl 1):S1-S26.

Hadjistavropoulos H, Herr K, Turk DC, Fine PG, Dworkin RH, Helme R, Jackson K, Parmelee PA, Rudy TE, Beattie BL, Chibnall JT, Craig KD, Ferrell B, Ferrell B, Fillingim RB, Gagliese L, Gallagher R, Gibson SJ, Harrison L, Katz B, Keefe FJ, Lieber SJ, Lussier D, Schmader KE, Tait RC, Weiner DK, Williams J. An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of pain in older persons. Clinical Journal of Pain, 2007;23(suppl):S1-S43.

Jensen MP, Chodroff MJ, Dworkin RH. The impact of neuropathic pain on health-related quality of life: review and implications. Neurology, 2007;68:1178-1182.

Dworkin RH, Gnann JW Jr, Oaklander AL, Raja S, Schmader KE, Whitley RJ. Diagnosis and assessment of pain associated with herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia. Journal of Pain, in press.

Dworkin RH, O’Connor AB, Backonja M, Farrar JT, Jensen TS, Kalso EA, Loeser JD, Miaskowski C, Nurmikko TJ, Portenoy RK, Rice ASC, Stacey BR, Treede R-D, Turk DC, Wallace MS. Pharmacologic management of neuropathic pain: evidence-based clinical recommendations. Pain, in press.

Dworkin RH, Thakur R, Griesing T, Sharma U, Young JP. Randomized clinical trials of pregabalin for neuropathic pain: methods, results, and implications. Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology, in press.

Dworkin RH, White R, O’Connor AB, Hawkins K. Health care expenditure burden of persisting herpes zoster pain. Pain Medicine, in press.

Katz J, Finnerup NB, Dworkin RH. Clinical trial outcome in neuropathic pain: relationship to study characteristics. Neurology, in press.

O’Connor AB, Dworkin RH. Clinical trial design for chronic pain treatments. In Stannard C, Kalso EA, Ballantyne JC (eds), Evidence-based chronic pain management. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, in press.

O’Connor AB, Schwid SR, Herrmann DN, Markman JD, Dworkin RH. Pain associated with multiple sclerosis: systematic review and proposed classification. Pain, in press.

Schmader KE, Dworkin RH. Natural history and treatment of herpes zoster. Journal of Pain, in press.

Turk DC, Dworkin RH. The Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials (IMMPACT). In Wittink H, Carr D (eds), Pain management: evidence, outcomes, and quality of life. Amsterdam: Elsevier, in press.

Turk DC, Dworkin RH. Chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. In Benzon JT, Rathmell J, Wu C, Argoff CE, Turk DC (eds), Raj’s practical management of pain, 4th ed. New York: Elsevier-Mosby, in press.

Turk DC, Dworkin RH, Revicki D, Harding G, Burke LB, Cella D, Cleeland CS, Cowan P, Farrar JT, Hertz S, Max MB, Rappaport BA. Identifying important outcome domains for chronic pain clinical trials: an IMMPACT survey of people with pain. Pain, in press.

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