Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center
325 9th Avenue
Box 359780
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 744-1834
joem@u.washington.edu
Educational Background:
- BA, Wesleyan University- Middletown, CT, Religious Studies, 1982
- Pre-Health Program, University of Pennsylvania- Philadelphia, PA, 1986
- MD, Yale University- New Haven, CT, Medicine, 1990
- MPH, University of Washington- Seattle, WA, Public Health, 1998
Current Research Interests:
- Buprenorphine and suboxone treatments for opiod dependence
- Treatment of Acute Hepatitis C
CHAMMP-Related Projects:
Suboxone Treatment for Opiod Dependent Patients with Soft Tissue Infection (PI: Merrill)
Sponsor: CHAMMP Small Grants Program
2007 Grant Award recipient
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Selected Publications:
- Campbell C. I., Weisner, C., LeResche, L., Ray, T., Saunders, K., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (2010). Age and sex trends in long-term opioid analgesic use for non-cancer pain. American Journal of Public Health, 100(12): 2541-7.
- Sullivan, M. D., Von Korff, M., Banta-Green, C., Merrill, J. O., & Saunders, K. (2010). Problems and concerns of patients receiving chronic opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain. Pain, 149: 345-53.
- Dunn, K. M., Saunders, K. W., Rutter, C. M., Banta-Green, C. J., Merrill, J. O., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (2010). Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain and Overdose: A Cohort Study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 152: 85-92.
- Banta-Green, C. J., Von Korff, M., Sullivan, M. D., Merrill, J. O., Doyle, S., & Saunders, K. (2010). The prescribed opioids difficulties scale: A patient-centered assessment of problems and concerns. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 26: 489-97.
- Dunn, K. M., Saunders, K. D., Rutter, C. M., Banta-Green, C. J., Merrill, J. O., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (2010). Overdose and prescribed opioids: associations among chronic non-cancer pain patients. Annals of Internal Medicine, 152, 85-92.
- Boudreau D Von Korff, M., Rutter, C., Saunders, K., Ray, G.T., Sullivan, M.D., et al. (2009). Trends in long-term opioid therapy for non-cancer pain. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety, 18, 1166-75.
- Braden, J. B., Sullivan, M. D., Ray, G. T., Saunders, K., Merrill, J. O., Silverberg, M. J., et al. (2009). Trends in prescribed opioid therapy for non-cancer pain for persons with a history of depression. General Hospital Psychiatry, 31, 567-570.
- Weisner, C., Campbell, C. I., Ray, G. T., Saunders, K., Boudreau, D., Sullivan, M. D., et al. (2009). Trends in prescribed opioid therapy for non-cancer pain for individuals with prior substance use disorders. Pain, 145, 287-93.