
Ajay Wasan
Director, Center for Innovation in Pain Care · UPMC Medical Education
Credentials: · · · · · · ·
History
- Present
Center for Innovation in Pain Care · UPMC Medical Education
- Present
Chronic Pain Research Program · UPMC Medical Education
- Present
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine · UPMC Medical Education
- 2003–2004
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
- 2002–2003
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
- 2001–2002
Pain Medicine

University of Arizona at Tucson
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Research
The Role of Psychosocial Processes in the Development and Maintenance of Chronic Pain
Review · Journal of Pain · 2016 · Last of 5 authors · 700 citations
Evidence for brain glial activation in chronic pain patients
Brain · 2015 · 433 citations
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine · 2018 · 373 citations
- RG
26 papers

15 papers

15 papers
- BR
13 papers
- SN
13 papers

13 papers

12 papers
- EM
11 papers
Grants
- 2022–2027
Development and Validation of a Multimodal Ultrasound- Based Biomarker for Myofascial Pain
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health · R33
Contact PI · $1.5M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2022–2025
Development and Validation of a Multimodal Ultrasound- Based Biomarker for Myofascial Pain
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health · R61
Contact PI · $2.2M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2019–2025
University of Pittsburgh Hub and Spoke Pain Clinical Trial Network
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · U24
Contact PI · $1.2M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2019–2025
Proof of Concept Study to Treat Negative Affect in Chronic Low Back Pain
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · UH3
Contact PI · $2.9M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
Clinical trials
- 2025–2027
- 2022–2023
Virtual Reality, Debriefing and Chronic Pain
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Pittsburgh
- 2021–2024
Treating Negative Affect in Low Back Pain Patients
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2
Ajay Wasan, MD, Msc
- 2020–2024


