Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Internal Medicine

Debra Weiner practices Internal Medicine. She attended University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. She has 1 awards "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Dr. Debra K. Weiner is a published doctor as well. She has 79 publications published. The latest was: Predictors of pain self-report in nursing home residents.

Publications

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• Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult-Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment. Part VI: Lumbar Spinal Ste...
• A Mind-Body Program for Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
• Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult: Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment: Part IV: Depression.
• Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult-Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment Part III: Fibromyalgia Synd...
• Report of the NIH Task Force on research standards for Chronic low back pain.
• Associations between serum biomarkers and Pain and Pain-related function in older adults with low back Pain: a pilot study.
• Focus article: report of the NIH task force on research standards for Chronic low back pain.
• Focus Article Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain.
• Pain and Decreased Cognitive Function Negatively Impact Physical Functioning in Older Adults with Knee OsteoArthritis.
• Correlates of Gait Speed in Advanced Knee OsteoArthritis.
• E-Learning Module on Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults: Evidence of Effect on Medical Student Objective Structured Clinical Examination Performance.
• Correlation of pain with objective quantification of magnetic resonance images in older adults with Chronic low back pain.
• Relationship between persistent Pain and 5-year mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study.
• Pain as the fifth vital sign: exposing the vital need for Pain education.
• Efficacy of periosteal stimulation for chronic pain associated with advanced knee osteoArthritis: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.
• White matter hyperintensity burden and disability in older adults: Is Chronic pain a contributor?
• Pain adversely affects outcomes to a collaborative care intervention for anxiety in primary care.
• The Relationship of Pain and Cognitive Impairment with Social Vulnerability-An Analysis of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.
• Persistent Pain and Frailty: A Case for Homeostenosis.
• The design and methods of the aging successfully with Pain study.
• The multidimensional experience of noncancer Pain: does cognitive status matter?
• The impact of Pain and depression on recovery after coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Differences in brain structure and function in older adults with self-reported disabling and nondisabling Chronic low back pain.
• The association between noncancer Pain, cognitive impairment, and functional disability: an analysis of the Canadian study of health and aging.
• A mind-body program for older adults with Chronic low back pain: results of a pilot study.
• Degenerative lumbar disc and facet disease in older adults: prevalence and clinical correlates.
• Impact of Chronic musculoskeletal pathology on older adults: a study of differences between knee OA and low back pain.
• Older people's experiences of patient-centered treatment for Chronic pain: a qualitative study.
• Methadone for Chronic pain in older adults: blast from the past but are we ready for it to return to prime time?
• Pain interference impacts response to treatment for anxiety disorders.
• Validity of Pain behaviors in persons with mild to moderate cognitive impairment.
• "I felt like a new person." the effects of mindfulness meditation on older adults with Chronic pain: qualitative narrative analysis of diary entries.
• Persistent Pain biases item response on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): preliminary evidence for validity of the GDS-Pain.
• Efficacy of periosteal stimulation therapy for the treatment of osteoArthritis-associated chronic knee pain: an initial controlled clinical trial.
• Pain in persons with dementia: complex, common, and challenging.
• Office management of Chronic pain in the elderly.
• An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of Pain in older persons.
• Chronic low back pain in older adults: What physicians know, what they think they know, and what they should be taught.
• The relationship between Pain and mental flexibility in older adult Pain clinic patients.
• Postherpetic Pain: more than sensory neuralgia?
• Low back Pain in older adults: are we utilizing healthcare resources wisely?
• Chronic low back pain in older adults: prevalence, reliability, and validity of physical examination findings.
• The relationship between pain, neuropsychological performance, and physical function in community-dwelling older adults with Chronic low back pain.
• Pain and aging: a call to those with the power of inquiry, the skills to teach, and the desire to heal.
• Trunk muscle composition as a predictor of reduced functional capacity in the health, aging and body composition study: the moderating role of back Pain.
• The state of Chronic pain education in geriatric medicine fellowship training programs: results of a national survey.
• Cross-sectional associations between trunk muscle composition, back Pain, and physical function in the health, aging and body composition study.
• Complementary and alternative approaches to the treatment of persistent musculoskeletal Pain.
• Pain in nursing home residents: what does it really mean, and how can we help?
• Is Chronic nonmalignant pain associated with decreased appetite in older adults? Preliminary evidence.
• Efficacy of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for the treatment of Chronic low back pain in older adults.
• Attitudinal barriers to effective treatment of persistent Pain in nursing home residents.
• Essential components of a medical student curriculum on Chronic pain management in older adults: results of a modified delphi process.
• Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) in geriatric primary care: A feasibility study.
• Efficacy of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and therapeutic exercise for older adults with Chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
• Mindfulness meditation for the treatment of Chronic low back pain in older adults: a randomized controlled pilot study.
• Duloxetine and care management treatment of older adults with comorbid major depressive disorder and Chronic low back pain: results of an open-label pilot study.
• Do medical factors predict disability in older adults with persistent low back Pain?
• The impact of Chronic low back pain on older adults: a comparative study of patients and controls.
• How does low back Pain impact physical function in independent, well-functioning older adults? Evidence from the Health ABC Cohort and implications for the future.
• Improving Pain management for older adults: an urgent agenda for the educator, investigator, and practitioner.
• Chronic pain is associated with brain volume loss in older adults: preliminary evidence.
• Are all older adults with persistent Pain created equal? Preliminary evidence for a multiaxial taxonomy.
• Advances in understanding the mechanisms and management of persistent Pain in older adults.
• Pain in nursing home residents: management strategies.
• Evolving pharmacological management of persistent Pain in older persons.
• Body Pain and treatment response in late-life depression.
• Predictors of Pain self-report in nursing home residents.
• When older adults face the chair-rise challenge. A study of chair height availability and height-modified chair-rise performance in the elderly.
• Nitric oxide for inhalation in the acute treatment of sickle cell Pain crisis: a randomized controlled trial.
• Test-retest reliability of the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in nursing home residents.
• Religious coping in the nursing home: a biopsychosocial model.
• Functional reach: a marker of physical frailty.
• Effects of central nervous system polypharmacy on falls liability in community-dwelling elderly.
• Does radiographic osteoArthritis correlate with flexibility of the lumbar spine?
• Factors that disturb sleep in nursing home residents.
• Functional reach: a new clinical measure of balance.
• Does functional reach improve with rehabilitation?

Schools

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• University Of Missouri Columbia Campus

Procedures Preformed

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• Joint Drainage

Conditions Treated

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• Arthritis
• Chronic Neck Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Low Back Pain
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Doctors Specialties

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• Geriatric Medicine
• Rheumatology
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification

Education

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• Duke University Hospital
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine

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