
Michele Curatolo, MD, PhD
@michelecuratolo
Physician, scientist, teacher, and leader in pain medicine. Professor at the University of Washington. Italian and Swiss. michelecuratolomd.com.
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For some injections for #ChronicPain, we do not know whether they are just #placebo. Should we still offer them? UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain ASRA Pain Medicine michelecuratolomd.com/post/one-reaso…


I am pleased to share my commentary on #LowBackPain that has received over 1000 views. UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Pain in the Rain European Pain Federation EFIC® onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej… #ViewsMilestone


Our paper is on preprint, uncovering a molecular mechanism potentially involved in human chronic neck pain in patients susceptible to infiltration of IgG4-producing B cells. Ted Price director of CAPS at UT Dallas UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine UW Clear Center #ChronicPain medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our latest study in The Journal of Pain identifies key inflammatory pathways, like TNF-α and NF-κB signaling, as targets for future therapies. A big step towards personalized pain management. Michele Curatolo, MD, PhD



nytimes.com/2025/01/12/mag… Extremely well written article by Jennifer Kahn in the The New York Times, highlighting challenges and hopes in #ChronicPain. Grateful for the opportunity to contribute. UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine UW Medicine Newsroom

For those who cannot access the New York Times, here a short summary of the outstanding article on #ChronicPain with contributions from Rob Gereau and other great colleagues. michelecuratolomd.com/news/the-new-y…


Our scoping review on the mechanisms of #LowBackPain from the intervertebral disc, focusing only on human studies with pain outcome data, has identified an inflammatory-nociceptive feedback loop. Pavlos Bobos Ted Price director of CAPS at UT Dallas @Arendt_Nielsen jpain.org/article/S1526-…

Review: Chiu, Joseph Lesnak PT, PhD, Katherin Gabriel, Pavlos Bobos, Ted Price director of CAPS at UT Dallas @Arendt_Nielsen, & Michele Curatolo, MD, PhD conducted a scoping review on the human mechanisms of discogenic #LowBackPain — Identified an inflammatory-nociceptive feedback loop Full: jpain.org/article/S1526-…

The FDA approval of Vertex Pharmaceuticals #suzetrigine is a groundbreaking development. Hopes for patients with pain, and a lesson to pain researchers. #PainManagement #DrugDevelopment UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine michelecuratolomd.com/post/a-new-daw…

A great opportunity to learn about #mechanisms of #pain from the intervertebral disc at#USASP2025. #LowBackPain #ChronicPain #Research Center for Advanced Pain Studies


Chronic pain in older adults: Previous studies raised concerns about gabapentin + opioids causing death. New research sheds light on this. #chronicpain #opioids #overdose UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine UW Clear Center michelecuratolomd.com/post/pain-mana…

The protocol of our multi-omics study in #LowBackPain and #Fibromyalgia. With Daniel Raftery's lab and Darrell Henze at Merck . Aims: to identify molecular pathways potentially involved in these conditions, and identify #biomarkers. UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Our study finding associations of cerebrospinal fluid metabolites with #ChronicPain in spinal muscle atrophy #SMA #metabolites #metabolomics UW Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine Cerebrospinal fluid metabolomics of pain in patients with spinal muscle atrophy academic.oup.com/painmedicine/a…