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Languages Spoken: English, Japanese

Akiko Okifuji, PhD is Professor of Anesthesiology, Scott M Smith MD Presidential Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology at the University of Utah. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who is specialized in the psychosocial evaluation and management of chronic pain. She is also a pain researcher. She has been a principle investigator and co-investigator of various NIH funded projects in pain medicine.


Her current research interests include rehabilitative approaches to fibromyalgia, weight management in chronic pain, women’s issues in chronic pain, cost effectiveness of multidisciplinary pain care approaches, and cognitive-behavioral aspects of chronic pain. She is also a member of treatment team at the University of Utah Pain Management Center, where she provides behavioral medicine services to people with chronic pain.

Specialties

  • Chronic Pain
  • Adult Behavioral Health
  • Psychology, Clinical

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Anesthesiology - Professor

Akiko Okifuji, PhD is Professor of Anesthesiology, Scott M Smith MD Presidential Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology at the University of Utah. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who is specialized in the psychosocial evaluation and management of chronic pain. She is also a pain researcher. She has been a principle investigator and co-investigator of various NIH funded projects in pain medicine.


Her current research interests include rehabilitative approaches to fibromyalgia, weight management in chronic pain, women’s issues in chronic pain, cost effectiveness of multidisciplinary pain care approaches, and cognitive-behavioral aspects of chronic pain. She is also a member of treatment team at the University of Utah Pain Management Center, where she provides behavioral medicine services to people with chronic pain.

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Anesthesiology - Professor

Research Interests

  • Fibromyalgia
  • Chronic pain management
  • Weight Management in Chronic Pain
  • Behavioral Medicine

Education History

Fellowship University of Pittsburgh
Psychology
Fellow, 1996
Doctoral Training State University of New York at Binghamton
Psychology
Ph.D., 1995
Doctoral Training State University of New York at Binghamton
Clinical Psychology
Ph.D., 1995
Internship University of Pittsburgh
Psychiatry
Intern, 1993
Graduate Training State University of New York at Binghamton
Psychology
M.A., 1991
Undergraduate State University of New York at Stony Brook

B.A., 1988

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Brogan SE, Sindt JE, Jackman CM, White J, Wilding V, Okifuji A (2019). Prospective Association of Serum Opioid Levels and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Cancer Pain Treated With Intrathecal Opioid Therapy. Anesth Analg, 130(4), 1035-1044.
  2. Lamers OA, Kuck K, Okifuji A, Stuart AR, Johnson KB, Rijsdijk M (2019). Opioid-related beliefs and prescription modalities for postoperative pain of Dutch and American physicians. Pain Manag, 9(3), 239-250.
  3. Okifuji A, Neikrug A (2019). Update and future perspective of behavioral medicine in the treatment for chronic pain. Pain Manag, 9(2), 161-173.
  4. Iacob E, Hagn EE, Sindt J, Brogan S, Tadler SC, Kennington KS, Hare BD, Bokat CE, Donaldson GW, Okifuji A, Junkins SR (2017). Tertiary Care Clinical Experience with Intravenous Lidocaine Infusions for the Treatment of Chronic Pain. Pain Med, 19(6), 1245-1253.
  5. Neikrug AB, Donaldson G, Iacob E, Williams SL, Hamilton CA, Okifuji A (2017). Activity rhythms and clinical correlates in fibromyalgia. Pain, 158(8), 1417-1429.
  6. Okifuji A, Donaldson GW (2014). Use of ecological momentary assessment to monitor fibromyalgia. Pain Manag, 1(3), 195-7.

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