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Director Outpatient Pain Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Specialties: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pain Managment
Alternative Medicine
Education: MD, Harvard Medical School, 1991
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1995
Board Certification: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1996
Pain Management, 2001
Research Interests: Myofascial Pain; Repetitive Strain Syndrome; Acupuncture; Chronic Pain; Low Back Pain;Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Opioids
In Brief
Joseph F. Audette, M.D., earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in 1991 and completed a residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York in 1995 and is board certified in PM&R and Pain. While in New York, he was trained in acupuncture in the Tristate School of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture Physician Course. He is currently the Director of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital's Outpatient Pain Services in Medford and is the Course Director of the Harvard CME course on Structural Acupuncture for Physicians. He has lectured extensively on topics including Myofascial Pain, Pain Rehabilitation, and Acupuncture. His clinical and research interests include myofascial pain, repetitive strain syndrome, chronic pain, and acupuncture.
Research & Publications
Napadow V, Liu J, Li M, Kettner N, Ryan A, Kwong KK, Hui KK, Audette JF. Somatosensory cortical plasticity in carpal tunnel syndrome treated by acupuncture.
Hum Brain Mapp. 2006 Jun 7.
Audette JF, Jin YS, Newcomer R, Stein L, Duncan G, Frontera WR. Tai Chi versus brisk walking in elderly women. Age Ageing. 2006 Jul;35(4):388-93.
Napadow V, Kettner N, Ryan A, Kwong KK, Audette J, Hui KK. Somatosensory cortical plasticity in carpal tunnel syndrome--a cross-sectional fMRI evaluation. Neuroimage. 2006 Jun;31(2):520-30.
Audette JF, Emenike E, Meleger AL. Neuropathic low back pain. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2005 Jun;9(3):168-77.
Audette JF, Wang F, Smith H. Bilateral activation of motor unit potentials with unilateral needle stimulation of active myofascial trigger points.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2004 May;83(5):368-74.
Smith HS, Audette JF. Fibromyalgia Syndrome. In: Progress in Anesthesiology. San Antonio, Texas: Dannemiller Foundation; 2002 July, Vol XVI, Chpt. 14:219-232.
Smith HS, Audette J, Royal MA. Botulinum toxin in pain management of soft tissue syndromes.
Clin J of Pain 2002;18(6 Suppl):S147-54.
Audette JF, Blinder RA. Acupuncture in the management of myofascial pain and headache.
Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2003 Oct;7(5):395-401. Review.
Audette JF, Ryan AH. The role of acupuncture in pain management.
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2004 Nov;15(4):749-72.
Smith HS, Audette JF, Witkower A. Playing it Safe. J Cancer Pain Symptom Management. 2005;1(1):3-10.
Audette JF, Bailey A. Cancer and Complementary and Alternative Medicine. J Cancer Pain Symptom Management. 2005;1(1):67-71.
Audette JF, Stanos SP, Nicholson BD, Management of Chronic Pain Syndromes: Issues and Interventions. Pain Medicine in publication. |
