John Douglas Markman, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 276-3616

Fax: (585) 473-1691

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Accepting New Patients

Biography

Professional Background

Dr. John Markman
Vice Chair for Clinical Research
Director, Translational Pain Research Program I Neuromedicine Pain Management Division

Dr. Markman directs the Translational Pain Research Program in the Department of Neurosurgery and is a Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Markman leads the Department of Neurosurgery's Neuromedicine Pain Management Center, a multi-specialty pain practice with a focus on patients with chronic pain associated with nerve injury. His practice and center offerings includes the gamut of medical, interventional, and behavioral therapies for chronic pain. His clinical research on chronic pain and low back pain have recently appeared in Journal of Pain, Pain, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Rheumatology, Neurology, Anesthesiology Clinics of North America, Medical Clinics of North America, and Geriatric Clinics of North America in addition to numerous book chapters and non peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Markman is Chairman-elect of the Pain and Palliative Care Section of the American Academy of Neurology, the guest editor of the recent Continuum Edition of Neuropathic Pain, a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pain and an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He also serves as a special government employee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a member of the Anesthetic and LIfe Support Drug Advisory Committee. He lectures internationally and nationally on lumbar stenosis, chronic low back pain, opioid therapy, and neuropathic pain. Dr. Markman is board certified in Neurology and has subspecialty board certification in Pain Management. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Markman trained in Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital. His training in Pain Management was completed in the Department of Anesthesiology at Harvard's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He completed his medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry where he was awarded the Rudolph Angell Prize, the Robert J. Joynt Prize for Excellence in Clinical Neurology, and a member of AOA.

Credentials

Specialties

Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Pain Medicine - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education

1996
MD | University of Rochester Medical Center

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/2001 - 06/30/2002
Fellowship in Anesthesiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

07/01/1997 - 06/30/2000
Residency in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital

06/23/1996 - 06/30/1997
Internship in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Awards

2013 - 2013
American Pain Society Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management: Neuromedicine Pain Management Center

2010 - 2010
American Association for Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Speaker Award
Location: Washington, DC

1996
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Location: Rochester, NY

1996
Rudolph Angell Award
Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Location: Rochester, NY

1996
Robert J. Joynt Neurology Prize
Sponsor: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
Location: Rochester, NY

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Publications

Journal Articles

9/9/2021
Kleykamp BA, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Bhagwagar Z, Cowan P, Eccleston C, Ellenberg SS, Evans SR, Gewandter JS, Goli V, Farrar JT, Freeman RL, Garrison LP, Iyengar S, Jadad AR, Jensen MP, Junor R, Katz NP, Kesslak JP, Kopecky EA, Lissin D, Markman JD, McDermott MP, Mease PJ, O'Connor AB, Patel KV, Raja SN, Rowbotham MC, Sampaio C, Singh JA, Steigerwald I, Strand V, Tive LA, Tobias J, Wasan AD, Wilson HD. "Benefit-risk assessment and reporting in clinical trials of chronic pain treatments: IMMPACT Recommendations." Pain.. 2021 Sep 9; Epub 2021 Sep 09.

4/8/2021
Gewandter JS, Smith SM, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Gan TJ, Gilron I, Hertz S, Katz NP, Markman JD, Raja SN, Rowbotham MC, Stacey BR, Strain EC, Ward DS, Farrar JT, Kroenke K, Rathmell JP, Rauck R, Brown C, Cowan P, Edwards RR, Eisenach JC, Ferguson M, Freeman R, Gray R, Giblin K, Grol-Prokopczyk H, Haythornthwaite J, Jamison RN, Martel M, McNicol E, Oshinsky M, Sandbrink F, Scholz J, Scranton R, Simon LS, Steiner D, Verburg K, Wasan AD, Wentworth K. "Research approaches for evaluating opioid sparing in clinical trials of acute and chronic pain treatments: IMMPACT recommendations." Pain.. 2021 Apr 8; Epub 2021 Apr 08.

1/18/2021
Katz N, Dworkin RH, North R, Thomson S, Eldabe S, Hayek SM, Kopell BH, Markman J, Rezai A, Taylor RS, Turk DC, Buchser E, Fields H, Fiore G, Ferguson M, Gewandter J, Hilker C, Jain R, Leitner A, Loeser J, McNicol E, Nurmikko T, Shipley J, Singh R, Trescot A, van Dongen R, Venkatesan L. "Research design considerations for randomized controlled trials of spinal cord stimulation for pain: IMMPACT/ION/INS recommendations." Pain.. 2021 Jan 18; Epub 2021 Jan 18.

Books & Chapters

2014
Chapter Title: Pain- Antidepressants, Anticonvulsants.
Book Title: Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences 2E edited
Author List: Markman JD and S. Noria.
Published By: Elsevier 2014

2014
Chapter Title: Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine: A Case Approach
Book Title: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Author List: Markman, JD and Kiran Nandigam
Published By: Oxford University Press 2014

2013
Book Title: The Netter Collection Of Medical Illustrations: Volume 7, Part 2 Spinal Cord and
Author List: Markman JD.
Published By: Elsevier 2013

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