The mission of the Washington University Pain Center is to alleviate human suffering from pain through integration of research, education and clinical practice.
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Back to Living (Links to an external site)
After years of debilitating neuropathy pain, D.J. Callanan found life-changing relief thanks to Dr. Chamessian who identified him as a candidate for a spinal cord stimulator.
St. Louis Pain Research Forum Fosters Collaboration and Discovery (Links to an external site)
Scientists, clinicians, and trainees gathered at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis (UHSP) this past September for the second St. Louis Translational Pain Research Forum (STL-TPRF), an event designed to foster collaboration and mentorship within the region’s growing pain research community.
Predicting pain with machine learning (Links to an external site)
Researchers at WashU are using machine learning to better predict who will experience persistent pain after surgery.
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