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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 MemberGlobal REACH
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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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Bergmans RS, Wegryn-Jones R, Klida C, Kurtz V, Thomas L, Williams DA, Clauw DJ, Kidwell KM, Bohnert ASB, Boehnke KF. BMC Complement Med Ther, 2024 Jun 29; 24 (1): 250Journal ArticleProtocol for a pragmatic trial of Cannabidiol (CBD) to improve chronic pain symptoms among United States Veterans.
DOI:10.1186/s12906-024-04558-3 PMID: 38951902 -
De Lott LB, Khan N, Woodward MA, Clauw DJ, Galor A. Cornea, 2024 Nov 1; 43 (11): 1335 - 1339.Journal ArticleAntidepressant Medication Use for Treatment of Chronic Ocular Pain.
DOI:10.1097/ICO.0000000000003646 PMID: 39348714 -
Leroux A, Crainiceanu C, Zeger S, Taub M, Ansari B, Wager TD, Bayman E, Coffey C, Langefeld C, McCarthy R, Tsodikov A, Brummet C, Clauw DJ, Edwards RR, Lindquist MA, ; A2CPS Consortium . Pain, 2024 Sep 1; 165 (9): 1955 - 1965.Journal ArticleStatistical modeling of acute and chronic pain patient-reported outcomes obtained from ecological momentary assessment.
DOI:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003214 PMID: 38718196 -
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 Aug 1; 165 (8): 1748 - 1760.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 -
Kruger DJ, Gerlach J, Kruger JS, Mokbel MA, Clauw DJ, Boehnke KF. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res, 2024 Aug; 9 (4): e1048 - e1055.Journal ArticlePhysicians' Attitudes and Practices Regarding Cannabis and Recommending Medical Cannabis Use.
DOI:10.1089/can.2022.0324 PMID: 37098170 -
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 -
Gendreau RM, McCracken LM, Williams DA, Luciano JV, Dai Y, Vega N, Ghalib Z, Guthrie K, Kraus AC, Rosenbluth MJ, Vaughn B, Zomnir JM, Reddy D, Chadwick AL, Clauw DJ, Arnold LM. Lancet, 2024 Jul 27; 404 (10450): 364 - 374.Journal ArticleSelf-guided digital behavioural therapy versus active control for fibromyalgia (PROSPER-FM): a phase 3, multicentre, randomised controlled trial.
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00909-7 PMID: 38991582 -
Kaplan CM, Kelleher E, Irani A, Schrepf A, Clauw DJ, Harte SE. Nat Rev Neurol, 2024 Jun; 20 (6): 347 - 363.Journal ArticleDeciphering nociplastic pain: clinical features, risk factors and potential mechanisms.
DOI:10.1038/s41582-024-00966-8 PMID: 38755449