Beth Darnall

Associate Professor
Anesthesiology
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America

Academician Anesthesiology
Biography

Beth Darnall, PhD, is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine. She has about 15 years of experience treating individuals with chronic pain of varied etiologies and medical complexity. She is Co-Chair of the Pain Psychology Task Force at the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and is a recipient of the Presidential Commendation from the American Academy of Pain Medicine (2015).Her main passion is empowering people with chronic pain to harness the power of their mind-body connection to reduce symptoms, optimize health, and increase quality of life. She is author of "Less Pain, Fewer Pills: Avoid the Dangers of Prescription Opioids and Gain Control Over Chronic Pain" © 2014 and "The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit" © 2016.

Research Intrest

Pain Catastrophizing Treatment, the efficacy of a novel treatment for pain catastrophizing,Maternal Chronic Pain: Risk for Pain and Poor Outcomes in Children

List of Publications
Darnall B. Less Pain, Fewer Pills: Avoid the dangers of prescription opioids and gain control over chronic pain. Bull Publishing Company; 2014 Jul 1.
Darnall BD, Scheman J, Davin S, Burns JW, Murphy JL, Wilson AC, Kerns RD, Mackey SC. Pain psychology: A global needs assessment and national call to action. Pain Medicine. 2016 Jan 23;17(2):250-63.
Sun EC, Darnall BD, Baker LC, Mackey S. Incidence of and risk factors for chronic opioid use among opioid-naive patients in the postoperative period. JAMA internal medicine. 2016 Sep 1;176(9):1286-93.