Center for Innovation in Pain Care News

The program, the first of its kind in Western Pennsylvania and among all UPMC hospitals, offers an alternative for surgical patients seeking to manage pain without opioids and addresses the numerous risks associated with perioperative opioid use.

The grant will support the study “Telemedicine-Delivered Digital Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to Decrease Postoperative Opioid Use Among Patients Undergoing Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty” and will be led by principal investigators Drs. Jacques Chelly and Murat Kaynar.

The award will fund a randomized, placebo-controlled study to be conducted by Drs. Jacques Chelly and Senthil Sadhasivam that will assess the potential role of the NEUROCUPLE™ as an opioid-sparing approach for postoperative pain management, a significant public health issue.

Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA, was invited to present the keynote presentation "Harnessing Nanocapacitor Technology for Musculoskeletal Pain" and serve on the Scientific Committee at the World Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA, will play key roles in two upcoming global scientific conferences.

Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, spoke about the issue of recreational marijuana legalization in the state of Pennsylvania in a March 10 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.

Pioneering pain research by Senthil Sadhasivam, MD, MPH, MBA, FASA; Jacques E. Chelly, MD, PhD, MBA; and Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc.

“MRI Confirms CBT Brain Changes, Efficacy in Fibromyalgia” published in Pain Medicine News features a study by Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, et al. recently published in Arthritis and Rheumatology.

Ajay D. Wasan, MD, MSc, leads a dynamic multidisciplinary team who are pioneering a groundbreaking study focused on developing and testing a biomarker for lumbar myofascial pain.

The “Surgical Opioid Stewardship Program” will focus on multidisciplinary approaches to perioperative pain.