Lecturer
Depts. Anesthesia and Pharmacology
New England Medical Center
750 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-636-9710
Email: Daniel.Carr@Tufts.edu

Research Interests:

Daniel B. Carr, M.D. is the Saltonstall Professor of Pain Research in the Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine at New England Medical Center (NEMC). He is Vice Chairman for Research of NEMC's Department of Anesthesia and Medical Director of its Pain Management Program. He is known internationally for his contributions to pain research; his co-chairing and drafting of major portions of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute and Cancer Pain Management and preparation of related scholarly publications such as meta-analysis of pain therapies; and his leadership role in developing the Pain Center (and its accredited fellowship program) at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Association for the Study of Pain's didactic publication for front-line clinicians (Pain: Clinical Updates) and has been active in its US national chapter, the American Pain Society (APS). He serves on the board of directors of the APS, 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.

Recent Publications:

Carr DB, Goudas LC. Acute pain. Lancet 353(9169):2051-8, 1999.

Carr DB. Preempting the memory of pain. JAMA 279(14):1114-5, 1998.

Carr DB, Miaskowski C, Dedrick SC, Williams GR. Management of perioperative pain in hospitalized patients: a national survey. Clin Anesth 10(1):77-85, 1998.

Ballantyne JC, Carr DB, deFerranti S, Suarez T, Lau J, Chalmers TC, Angelillo IF, Mosteller F. The comparative effects of postoperative analgesic therapies on pulmonary outcome: cumulative meta-analyses of randomized, controlled trials. Anesth Analg 86(3):598-612, 1998.