Description
Advances and Treatment of Persistent Post-Operative Pain. Opioid Tapering And Transitional Pain Programs
Marie Hanna MD (Moderator)
•Johns Hopkins Perioperative Pain Program – Traci Speed MD, PhD
•Duke Transitional Pain Program- Padma Gulur MD
•Business Aspects of Transitional Pain Programs and Vanderbilt University - David Edwards MD, PhD
Contributors
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Traci Speed, MD
Dr. Speed is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences with Johns Hopkins Medicine. She is a psychiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area including Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She has over fourteen years of experience. Her specialties include Emergency Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Speed is a member of the 2022 Planning Committee.
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Padma Gulur, MD
Padma Gulur, MD is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Population Health, Executive Vice Chair, Duke Anesthesiology, Director of Pain Management Strategy and Opioid Surveillance at Duke University Health System. Dr. Gulur is board certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine and specializes in advanced interventional pain management. She is recognized for her care of patients with acute and chronic pain, cancer‐related pain, sports injuries, and pain from disorders of the spine. As Professor of Anesthesiology and Population Health, Dr. Gulur is dedicated to training the next generation of physician leaders in pain medicine. She both teaches and advises medical students and trainees on both the resident and fellowship level. Dr. Gulur is Vice Chair for Continuing Certification (MOCA) for the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Gulur is committed to researching innovative techniques to assess and manage pain, and optimize existing pain therapies. Her research interests include pain management for high resource utilizers, underserved populations, and pediatric, cancer, and spine patients. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Gulur is a member on the American Medical Association CPT Editorial Panel responsible for coding medical services in the United States and is the Chair of the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) Advisory Committee on Compounding. Dr Gulur is an at‐large member of the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) Board of Managers. Dr Gulur is the Director, Pain Management Strategy and Opioid Surveillance for the Duke University Health System (DUHS) and in this role provides overall direction, coordination and leadership for the pain management and opioid surveillance programs across DUHS.
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David A. Edwards, MD PhD
Dr. Edwards is Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at Vanderbilt. His approach to the treatment of pain and the opioid epidemic is to use the best evidence where available and to assist in the generation of evidence where it is not. Dr. Edwards collaborates with Dr. Ranapurwala on the epidemiology of the opioid epidemic as measured through big data at Vanderbilt, UNC, and Duke as well as the departments of health of each state. The effect of state laws on prescribing and opioid-related deaths is an outcome of interest in their research.