Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

John T. Farrar, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Member, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

Director, Undergraduate Medical Education in Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Director, Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology Program, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Department: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Contact information

Room 816, Blockley Hall
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021

Office: 215-898-5802
Fax: 215-573-5315

Email:
jfarrar@mail.med.upenn.edu

Graduate Group Affiliations

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Education:
ScB. (Biology, Computer Science minor)
Brown University, 1976.
M.D.
The University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1981.
M.S.C.E. (Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
The University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
Ph.D. (Graduate Group - Biostatistics and Epidemiology)
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004.

Post-Graduate Training
Residency Program in Internal Medicine, Children's Hospital of San Francisco, CA, 1981-1983.
Residency Program in Neurology, The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1984-1986.
Chief Resident in Neurology, The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 1986-1987.
Neuro-Oncology and Pain Fellow, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, 1987-1988.
Fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993-2000.

Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Recertified - 2006), 1995.
Subspecialty in Pain Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2004.

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Description of Research Expertise

Research related to pain including the use of new pain medications, brain function in people with pain, complementary and alternative therapies, and new methodologies for understanding how patients report their pain in clinical trials. Current research includes ongoing studies of acupuncture for the treatment of pain in osteo-arthritis patients and chronic fatigue in cancer patients, brain imaging of patients with pain, and studies of cancer treatment related pain.

Description of Clinical Expertise

Focuses on all aspects of pain and symptom therapy in cancer patients as a member of the Symptom and Palliative Care Team and as a collaborator in the development of a multi-disciplinary program for the evaluation and treatment of patients with pain.

Selected Publications

Brown DC, Boston RC, Farrar JT.: Comparision of force plate analysis and owner assessment of pain using the canine brief pain inventory in dogs with osteoarthritis. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 27(1): 22-30, February 2013.

Bruehl S, Apkarian AV, Ballantyne JC, Berger A, Borsook D, Chen WG, Farrar JT, Haythornthwaite JA, Horn SD, Iadarola MJ, Inturrisi CE, Lao L, Mackey S, Mao J, Sawczuk A, Uhl GR, Witter J, Wookf CJ, Zubieta JK, Lin Y.: Personalized Medicine and Opioid Analgesic Prescribing for Chronic Pain: Opportunities and Challenges. Journal of Pain 14(2): 103-13, February 2013.

Comer SD, Zacny JP, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Bigelow GE, Foltin RW, Jasinski DR, Sellers EM, Adams EH, Balster R, Burke LB, Cerny I, Colucci RD, Cone E, Cowan P, Farrar JT, Haddox JD, Haythornthwaite JA, Hertz S, Jay GW, Johanson CE, Junor R, Katz NP, Klein M, Kopecky EA, Leiderman DB, McDermott MP, O'Brien C, O'Connor AB, Palmer PP, Raja SN, Rappaport BA, Rauschkolb C, Rowbotham MC, Sampaio C, Setnik B, Sokolowska M, Stauffer JW, Walsh SL.: Core Outcomes Measures for Opioid Abuse Liability Laboratory Assessment Studies in Humans: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain 153(12): 2315-24, December 2012.

Little RJ, Cohen ML, Dickersin K, Emerson SS, Farrar JT, Neaton JD, Shih W, Siegel JP, Stern H.: The design and conduct of clinical trials to limit missing data. Statistics in Medicine 31(28): 3433-43, December 2012.

Little RJ, D'Agostino R, cohen ML, Dickersin K, Emerson SS, Farrar JT, Frangakis C, Hogan JW, Molenberghs G, Murphy SA, Neaton JD, Rotnitzky A, Scharfstein D, shih WJ, Siegel JP, Stern H.: The Prevention and Treatment of Missing Data in Clinical Trials. New England Journal of Medicine 4,367(14): 1355-60, October 2012.

Speck RM, Demichele A, Farrar JT, Hennessy S, Mao JJ, Stineman MG, Barg FK: Taste alteration in breast cancer patients treated with taxane chemotherapy: experience, effect and coping strategies. Support Care Cancer 21(2): 549-55, August 2012.

16. Dworkin, R.H., Turk, D.C., Peirce-Sandner, S., Burke L.B., Farrar, J.T., Gilron, I., Jensen, M.P., Katz, N.P., Raja, S.N., Rappaport, B.A., Rowbotham, M.C., Backonja, M.M., Baron, R., Bellamy, N., Bhagwagar, Z., Costello, A., Cowan, P., Fang, W.C., Hertz, S., Jay, G.W., Junor, R., Kerns, R.D., Kerwin, R., Kopecky, E.A., Lissin, D., Malamut, R., Markman, J.D., McDermott, M.P., Munera, C., Porter, L., Rauschkolb, C., Rice, A.S.C., Sam[aio, C., Skljarevski, V., Sommervill, K., Stacey, B.R., Steigerwald, I., Tobias, J., Trentacosti, A.M., Wasan, A.D., Wells, G.A., Williams, J., Witter, J., Ziegler, D.: Considerations for improving assay sensitivity in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations. Pain 153(6): 1148-58, June 2012.

Hughes JP, Chessell I, Malamut R, Perkins M, Bačkonja M, Baron R, Farrar JT, Field MJ, Gereau RW, Gilron I, McMahon SB, Porreca F, Rappaport BA, Rice F, Richman LK, Segerdahl M, Seminowicz DA, Watkins LR, Waxman SG, Wiech K, Woolf C. : Understanding chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1255: 30-44, May 2012.

Ruth Masterson Creber, Rosemary Polomano, John Farra and Barbara Riegelr : Psychometric properties of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 11(2): 197-206, March 2012.

Strom BL, Kelly TO, Norman SA, Farrar JT, Kimmel SE, Lautenback E, Feldman HI.: The master of science in clinical epidemiology degree program of the perelman school of medicine at the university of pennsylvania: a model for clinical research training. Academic Medicine 87(1): 74-80, January 2012.