JamesPhillipRathmellMD

Anesthesiology • Boston, MA

Pain Medicine

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

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Office
75 Francis St
Boston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-8210

Education & Training

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterResidency, Anesthesiology, 1989 - 1992
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1995 - 2025
VT State Medical License 1992 - 2010
NC State Medical License 1989 - 1998
GA State Medical License 1996 - 1997
SC State Medical License 1993 - 1994
PA State Medical License 1990 - 1990
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Clinical Trials

Intradiscal rhGDF-5 Phase I/II Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2008 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Cessation of Long-term Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain Patients Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 01
Terminated
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of long-acting dexamethasone viscous gel delivered by transforaminal injection for lumbosacral radicular pain.
Alan Miller, Kenneth D Candido, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, José Rivera, Paul Lunseth
Pain. 2024-12-01
Prospective Study of Preoperative Negative Affect and Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: The Moderating Role of Sex.
Angelina R Franqueiro, Jenna M Wilson, Jingui He, Desiree R Azizoddin, Sergey Karamnov
Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024-09-25
2 citations
Closing the Chasm: Understanding and Addressing the Anesthesia Workforce Supply and Demand Imbalance.
Amr E Abouleish, Paul Pomerantz, Mary Dale Peterson, Maxime Cannesson, Oluwaseun Akeju
Anesthesiology. 2024-08-01

Journal Articles

Opioid Overdose After Surgical Discharge
Karim S Ladha, James P Rathmell, Brian T Bateman, JAMA

Press Mentions

This Week’s Books in MedicineJuly 1st, 2021
Coronavirus: New Balance Helps Boston Hospital Save 50,000 Defective Masks from DumpsterApril 29th, 2020
Who Gets the Last Ventilator? Facing the Coronavirus, a Hospital Ponders the UnthinkableApril 14th, 2020
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Committees

Member, Committee on Standards and Practice Parameters, American Society of Anesthesiologists & American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2016 - Present

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pain Medicine - AAPM
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