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Daniel Clauw is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Medicine (Rheumatology) and Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. He serves as Director of the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center and Co-Director of the HEAL National K12 Clinical Pain Career Development Program. Until January 2009 he also served as the first Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research within the University of Michigan Medical School, and PI of the UM Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA). He attended the University of Michigan for both undergraduate and medical school studies and then completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology Fellowship at Georgetown University. He joined the faculty at Georgetown University in 1990, and while there, founded the Georgetown Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, and served as the Division Chief of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine. Since moving to UM in 2001, Dr. Clauw has continued his commitment to the clinical care and research into overlapping conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Illnesses, and Interstitial Cystitis just to name a few, having become an internationally known expert in chronic pain, and especially the central nervous system contributions to chronic pain states, performing past or ongoing work in conditions such as low back pain, osteoarthritis, vulvodynia, endometriosis, irritable bowel syndrome, and temporomandibular joint disorder.
Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center HEAL K12
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MD, Graduated with HonorsUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 1985
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BSUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1981
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Center MemberRegenerative Medicine Resource Center
• Fibromyalgia
• Chronic pain
• Mechanisms of pain processing
• Central Sensitization
• Opioids
• Cannabinoids
• Nociplastic pain
• Psychedelics
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Kaplan MH, Zhou CH, Carroll E, Weinberg AD, Clauw DJ, Ngô TT, Tassiulas I. Pain Med, 2024 Mar 1; 25 (3): 252 - 254.Journal ArticlePain relief in refractory fibromyalgia after vestibulocortical stimulation: an open-label pilot trial.
DOI:10.1093/pm/pnad145 PMID: 37930036 -
McKernan LC, McGonigle T, Vandekar SN, Crofford LJ, Williams DA, Clauw DJ, Bruehl S, Corbett BA, Dmochowski RR, Walsh EG, Kelly AG, Sutherland SL, Connors EL, Ryden A, Reynolds WS. Pain, 2024 Feb 27;Journal ArticleA randomized-controlled pilot trial of telemedicine-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy tailored for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.
DOI:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003188 PMID: 38422486 -
Clauw DJ. Pain, 2024 Feb 1;Journal ArticleWhy don't we use a body map in every chronic pain patient yet?
DOI:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003184 PMID: 38358934 -
Abou L, Whibley D, Clauw DJ, Kratz AL. J Pain, 2024 Feb; 25 (2): 418 - 427.Journal ArticleWidespread Pain With Nociplastic Features is an Independent Predictor of Low Physical Activity in People with Multiple Sclerosis.
DOI:10.1016/j.jpain.2023.09.005 PMID: 37741524 -
Summerville J, Farahani N, Yalavarthi B, Aboul-Hassan D, Rajgarhia S, Xiao LZ, Yu C, Clauw DJ, Kahlenberg JM, DeJonckheere M, Bergmans RS. Lupus, 2024 Jan; 33 (1): 58 - 67.Journal ArticleA qualitative study on opportunities to improve research engagement and inclusion of Black adults with systemic lupus erythematosus.
DOI:10.1177/09612033231220168 PMID: 38047461 -
Hall OT, Rausch J, Entrup P, Lagisetty P, Bryan C, Black L, Moreno J, Gorka S, Phan KL, Clauw DJ. J Pain, 2024 Jan 12;Journal ArticleNociplastic Pain and Pain-Motivated Drinking in Alcohol Use Disorder.
DOI:10.1016/j.jpain.2024.01.332 PMID: 38219852 -
Kheirabadi D, Minhas D, Ghaderpanah R, Clauw DJ. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol, 2024 Mar 1; 101935Journal ArticleProblems with opioids beyond misuse.
DOI:10.1016/j.berh.2024.101935 PMID: 38429184 -
Scott JR, Williams DA, Harte SE, Harris RE, Litinas E, Sisley S, Clauw DJ, Boehnke KF. Clin J Pain, 2024 Jan 1; 40 (1): 1 - 9.Journal ArticleRelationship Between Nociplastic Pain Involvement and Medication Use, Symptom Relief, and Adverse Effects Among People Using Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain.
DOI:10.1097/AJP.0000000000001164 PMID: 37823303