Biography Dr. Abrecht’s primary clinical responsibility is in pain medicine: outpatient and inpatient, chronic and acute. He seeks to improve the quality of life and functional capacity of this patients using a multi-faceted approach which includes but is not limited to medication management, multi-disciplinary consultation (such as physical therapy, integrative health, or pain psychology), and targeted injections. His research focus is in quality improvement in pain medicine: tracking outcomes that matter to patients and ensuring patient safety remains a priority. In the UCSF Department of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care, he is the Chief of the Division of Pain Medicine. He is also Medical Director of the UCSF Pain Management Center. Role Faculty Location UCSF at Mission Bay Category Clinical Specialties Pain Medicine Education 2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California - Anesthesiology residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Internal medicine internship, California Pacific Medical CenterMD, - , New York University School of Medicine - Pain medicine fellowship, University of California San Francisco Publications Racial Differences in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Practices in Spine Surgical Patients. Letchuman V, He L, Mummaneni PV, Agarwal N, Campbell LJ, Shabani S, Chan AK, Abrecht CR, Miller C, Sankaran S, Rambachan A, Croci R, Berven SH, Chou D, Holly LT, Guan Z 155. What are the risk factors for continued opioid use in patients following spine surgery?. Nitin Agarwal, Liangliang He, Vijay Letchuman, Erica Langnas, Enrique Vargas, Rhiannon Croci, Saman Shabani, Christopher Abrecht, Sigurd H. Berven, Dean Chou, Zhonghui Guan, Praveen V. Mummaneni Gabapentinoid Use in Perioperative Care and Current Controversies. Patel AS, Abrecht CR, Urman RD High-Frequency Impulse Therapy for Treatment of Chronic Back Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Amirdelfan K, Hong M, Tay B, Reddy S, Reddy V, Yang M, Khanna K, Shirvalkar P, Abrecht C, Gulati A A Contemporary Medicolegal Analysis of Outpatient Interventional Pain Procedures: 2009-2016. Abrecht CR, Saba R, Greenberg P, Rathmell JP, Urman RD Peripheral Nerve Blocks. Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon, Christopher R. Abrecht, Sanjeet Narang Prediction of Pain and Opioid Utilization in the Perioperative Period in Patients Undergoing Primary Knee Arthroplasty: Psychophysical and Psychosocial Factors. Abrecht CR, Cornelius M, Wu A, Jamison RN, Janfaza D, Urman RD, Campbell C, Smith M, Haythornthwaite J, Edwards RR, Schreiber KL Pain Medicine Board Review. Christopher R. Abrecht A Contemporary Medicolegal Analysis of Outpatient Medication Management in Chronic Pain. Abrecht CR, Brovman EY, Greenberg P, Song E, Rathmell JP, Urman RD A Contemporary Medicolegal Analysis of Implanted Devices for Chronic Pain Management. Abrecht CR, Greenberg P, Song E, Urman RD, Rathmell JP Intrathecal Drug Delivery. Christopher R. Abrecht, Sanjeet Narang Neuropathic Pain. Christopher R. Abrecht, Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic Peripheral Nerve Stimulation. Christopher R. Abrecht, Assia T. Valovska National Perioperative Outcomes for Intrathecal Pump, Spinal Cord Stimulator, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Procedures. Abrecht CR, Gabriel RA, Dutton RP, Kaye AD, Michna E, Urman RD Brachial Plexus Block for Cancer-Related Pain: A Case Series. Zinboonyahgoon N, Vlassakov K, Abrecht CR, Srinivasan S, Narang S Women have less severe and extensive coronary atherosclerosis in fatal cases of ischemic heart disease: an autopsy study. Smilowitz NR, Sampson BA, Abrecht CR, Siegfried JS, Hochman JS, Reynolds HR
