Ian Gilron M.D., M.Sc., FRCP(C)

Professor
CIHR/Rx&D Investigator
Director of Clinical Pain Research
Departments of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine,
Biomedical & Molecular Sciences and Center for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University; and Kingston General Hospital Clinical Research Center,
Kingston, Ontario CANADA
E-mail: gilroni AT queensu.ca

Training:
Medical School: University of Ottawa (1986-90)
Anesthesia Postgraduate Training: McGill University (1992-96)
Research Training: M.Sc. Neurological Sciences - McGill University (1996-97)
Clinical Pain Research Fellowship - U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) (1997-2000)

Departmental Responsibilities:
Director of Clinical Pain Research
Resident Research Co-ordinator

Research Interests:
Our long-term academic goals are to improve the clinical management of pain by advancing knowledge about mechanisms, treatments and functional impact of painful conditions. Read more...

Selected Publications:

Chaparro LE, Wiffen PJ, Moore RA, Gilron I. Combination pharmacotherapy for the treatment of neuropathic pain in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 ;7:CD008943.

Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Peirce-Sandner S, Burke LB, Farrar JT, Gilron I, et. al., Considerations for improving assay sensitivity in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain 2012;153:1148-58.

Gilron I, Jensen MP. Clinical trial methodology of pain treatment studies: selection and measurement of self-report primary outcomes for efficacy. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2011;36:374-81.

Srikandarajah S, Gilron I. Systematic review of movement-evoked pain versus pain at rest in postsurgical clinical trials and meta-analyses: a fundamental distinction requiring standardized measurement. Pain 2011;152:1734-9.

Gilron I, Johnson AP. Economics of chronic pain: How can science guide health policy? Can J Anaesth 2010;57:530-8.

Gilron I, Orr E, Tu D, Mercer CD, Bond D. A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of perioperative administration of gabapentin, meloxicam and their combination for spontaneous and movement-evoked pain after ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Anesth Analg 2009;108:623-30.

Gilron I, Bailey JM, Tu D, Holden RR, Jackson AC, Houlden RL. Nortriptyline and gabapentin, alone and in combination for neuropathic pain: a double-blind, randomised controlled crossover trial. Lancet. 2009 Oct; 374(9697):1252-61.