GeraldWilliamGrassMD

Pain Medicine

Medical Director & Founder of the Ketamine Research Institute. Fmr. Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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Office
5741 Bee Ridge Rd
Ste 560
Sarasota, FL 34233
Phone+1 800-850-6979

Fax+1 850-602-9013

Summary

Gerald W. Grass, MD is an internationally known and respected physician. Prior to founding the Ketamine Research Institute, he served as Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Yale School of Medicine where the original ketamine infusion was first formulated in 1994 and also served as the Director of the Pale Pain Medicine Fellowship Program..

He began utilizing ketamine in treatment of chronic pain and depression in 1998 and has since pioneered the development of the RESTORE Infusion and has established Ketamine Infusion Training Program, the first international training program for physicians to rapidly alleviate treatment resistant mood disorders and intractable chronic pain.

The RESTORE Infusions were developed by Dr. Grass over a 20 year period as an improvement of the basic ketamine infusion. He has more direct patient clinical experience providing ketamine infusion therapy than any other physician in the United States, personally guiding hundreds of patients through the RESTORE experience. The ultimate goal was to make ketamine-based infusion therapy as effective and long lasting as possible. Today, the RESTORE infusion is regarded as the "gold standard" in ketamine-based therapy.
In addition, to developing RESTORE, Dr. Grass is a widely published author and lecturer who has numerous academic publications including peer-reviewed articles, academic presentations, abstracts and book chapters. He has taught at some of the most prestigious academic and research institutions in the country including:

Yale University School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Medical Center/NYU School of Medicine
State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine

Dr. Grass has developed the first international training program for physicians in the use of ketamine-based therapy for mood disorders, as well as, International Standards for Ketamine Infusion Centers in non-hospital environments.

Education & Training

Stony Brook MedicineFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2005 - 2006
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Anesthesiology, 2002 - 2005
University at BuffaloResidency, Neurological Surgery, 1984 - 1986
Millard Fillmore HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1983 - 1984
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1983

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1992 - 2025
VA State Medical License 2006 - 2018
CT State Medical License 2007 - 2014
NY State Medical License 1984 - 2011

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

VA Specialty Resource Center - $4,500,000 grant to establish a "VA Specialty Care Access Network SCAN program similar to the University of New Mexico's ''Project ECHO". Veterans Health Administration, 2012-2013
VISN Resource Improvement grant - $10,000 to establish a "high--risk" Pain Revaluation and Opioid Monitoring (PROM) clinic. Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2013
Pain Medicine Resource Funding OEF/OIF Special Opportunity funding- $750,000 received through an RFP program from VA Central Office in Washington Veterans Health Administration, 2012
Donaghue Grant -- $800,000 for the implementation of a "Stepped Care Model of Pain Treatment” to study the Implementation of a Stepped--Care Model of Pain Management Donaghue Foundation, 2011
VHA Office of Academic Affairs under the Critical Needs and Emerging Specialties -- Awarded $360,000 grant to establish a clinical site for the Yale School of Medicine, Pain Medicine Fellowship Prog Veterans Administration, 2011
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Clinical Trials

Evaluate SAGE-547 in Female Participants With Severe Postpartum Depression Start of enrollment: 2015 Jan 07
Completed
Phase 2
A Study to Evaluate SAGE-547 in Participants With Severe Postpartum Depression Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 15
Completed
Phase 2
A Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of SAGE-547 in Participants With Moderate Postpartum Depression (547-PPD-202C) Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
A Study to Evaluate SAGE-217 in Adult Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Start of enrollment: 2019 Feb 27
Completed
Phase 3
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Sage-217 in the Treatment of Adult Participants With Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) Start of enrollment: 2020 May 12
Completed
Phase 3
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of SAGE-217 in Participants With Severe Postpartum Depression (PPD) Start of enrollment: 2020 Jun 08
Completed
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Intradiscal electrothermal coagulation and percutaneous neuromodulation therapy in the treatment of discogenic low back pain.
Dima Rozen, Gerald W. Grass
Pain Practice. 2005-09-01
16 citations
Perioperative and intraoperative pain and anesthetic care of the chronic pain and cancer pain patient receiving chronic opioid therapy.
Dima Rozen, Gerald W. Grass
Pain Practice. 2005-03-01

Journal Articles

Interventional Pain Medicine Approaches to Nonradicular Low Back Pain of Internal Disc Degeneration Origin
Grass GW, Rozen D., Pain Physician, 2005
Challenges facing the Anesthesiologist in the Emergency Department
Grass GW, Kramer D., Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2003
Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) in the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Case Report
Grass GW., Journal of Medical Acupuncture, 2002

Books/Book Chapters

Behavioral and Psychopharmalogic Pain Medicine
Chapter: Management of Spinal Disease
Grass, GW.Editors: Ebert, M and Kerns R, eds..Cambridge University Press 2011
Essentials of Pain Management, An Overview
Chapter: Management of Neuropathic Pain
Grass, GW.Editors: Vadivelu, N, Hines, R and Urman, R, eds..Springer Press2011
Pocket Pain Medicine
Chapter: Neuropathic Pain
Grass, GWEditors: Vadivelu, N and Jahr, J eds.Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins2011

Abstracts/Posters

Ultra-rapid Outpatient Opioid Detoxification Using a Novel Enhanced Multimodal Ketamine Infusion.
Grass, GW., International Conference on Opioids, 6/2016
Sequential Ketamine Infusions Utilizing an Enhanced Multimodal Infusion Technique (eMIT) for Rescue from Intractable Pain and Withdrawal Symptoms Associated with Intra...
Grass, GW., American Society of Regional Anesthesia Annual Meeting, 4/2016
Sequential Ketamine Infusions Utilizing an Enhanced Multimodal Infusion Technique (eMIT) for Rescue from Intractable Pain and Withdrawal Symptoms Associated with Intra...
Grass, GW., American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, 2/2016

Lectures

Ketamine Infusion Therapy - An Evolving Paradigm for Chronic Pain Treatment
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Pain Management Grand Rounds - 11/2015
Ketamine - A Molecular "Reset" Button for Chronic Neuropathic Pain and Depression
VA SCAN-ECHO - 9/2015
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – Part 2
Region 1 VA SCAN-ECHO Telemedicine Presentation - 8/2012
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Part 1
Region 1 VA SCAN-ECHO Telemedicine Presentation - 7/2012
Medicolegal Aspects of Pain Medicine
Region 1 VA SCAN-ECHO Telemedicine Presentation - 6/2012
Interventional Options in Pain Medicine
Region 1 VA SCAN-ECHO Telemedicine Presentation - 3/2012
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