Daniel B. Carr, MD - Anesthesiology, Pain Management

Dr. Carr is the Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research in the Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine at New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

A graduate of Columbia College and Columbia University, Dr. Carr trained in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and later at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he continued his training in internal medicine, endocrinology, and anesthesiology. He is a diplomate of the American Boards of Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine.

Known internationally for his contributions to pain research, Dr. Carr co-chaired and drafted major portions of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute and Cancer Pain Management. He was principal technical consultant for the evidence report on cancer pain prepared by the Evidence-Based Practice Center at Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center and played a lead role in developing pain treatment programs at Massachusetts General Hospital and the New England Medical Center. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Association for the Study of Pain publication Pain: Clinical Updates; he is lead editor for pain trials in the Cochrane collaborative review group on Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care; and he serves on editorial boards of several pain-related journals. He co-directs the master's degree program in Pain Research, Education, and Policy at Tufts University School of Medicine. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the International Association for the Study of Pain, and on the Legislative Task Force on Pain of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Dr. Carr has published widely and is the recipient of many awards, including the Bernard Schoenberg Memorial Award, American Institute of Life-Threatening Illness and Loss, New York; a citation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for co-chairing the Acute and Cancer Pain Guideline Panels; selection as a Bonica Lecturer for the University of Washington; and honorary fellowship in the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the College of Anaesthetists of Australia and New Zealand.

Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 1979

Diplomate, Endocrinology and Metabolism Subspecialty Board, 1981

Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology, 1989

Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology, 1993

Fellow, American Board of Pain Medicine, 1994

Chronic Pain

MD: College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1976

Internship in Medicine: Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1976–1977

Junior Resident in Internal Medicine: Presbyterian Hospital, 1977–1978

Senior Resident in Internal Medicine: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA,1978–1979

Resident in Anesthesiology: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1984–1986

Clinical and Research Fellow in Medicine: Massachusetts General Hospital, 1979–1980

Research Fellow in Medicine (Endocrinology): Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1979–1982

Clinical Fellow in Anesthesia: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1985–1986

Research Fellow, Shriners Burns Institute: Boston, MA, 1986–1988

Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research, Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, 1994–present

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine, 1995–present

Research Scientist, The Health Institute, New England Medical Center, 1995–present

Co-Director, Master of Science Program in Pain Research, Education, and Policy, Tufts University School of Medicine, 1999–present

American Academy of Pain Medicine

New England Society of Anesthesiologists

American Pain Society Health Policy and Legislation Committee

Director-at-Large, American Pain Society

National Council of Hospice Professionals, National Hospice Organization

Hospice Federation of Massachusetts

American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics Pain Project

1. Strassels SA, Carr DB, Meldrum M, Cousins MJ (1999). Toward a canon of the pain and analgesia literature: A citation analysis. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 89: 1528–1533.
2. Rogers WH, Wittink HM, Wagner A, Cynn D, Carr DB (2000). Assessing individual outcomes during outpatient, multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment by means of an augmented SF-36. Pain Medicine,1: 44–54.
3. Foran SE, Carr DB, Lipkowski AW, Maszczynska I, et al. (2000). A substance P-opioid chimeric peptide as a unique nontolerance-forming analgesic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97: 7621–7626.
4. Carr DB, Jacox AK, Chapman CR, et al. (1992). Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma. Clinical Practice Guideline (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0032). Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
5. Jacox AK, Carr DB, Payne R, et al. (1994). Management of Cancer Pain. Clinical Practice Guideline No. 9 (AHCPR Pub. No. 94-0592). Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
6. Carr DB, Kulich RJ, Sukiennik A, Barrett A-M, Strassels SA, Wittink H (2000). The Impact of Chronic Pain: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. A multidisciplinary continuing education program (Power-Pak Communications Program No. 424-000-99-010-H01). New York: Jobson Publishing.
7. Sukiennik AW, Carr DB (2001). Pain. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn's Current Therapy, 53rd ed., pp. 1–6. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

This reviewer reported income from the following:

• Janssen Pharmaceutica
• Pfizer
• Purdue Pharma
• QRx Pharma