Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
@noneedlesspain.bsky.social
Elisa and Marc Stad Professor for Pediatric Pain, Palliative & Integrative Medicine. University of California San Francisco. Benioff Children’s Hospitals in Oakland and San Francisco, CA, USA.
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Pediatric Pain Master Class in San Francisco, CA from January 24-30, 2026.
The conference will be in-person (offered hybrid - with live online availability).
Scholarships for clinicians from low-medium income countries are available.
Information & Registration: virtualce.ucsf.edu/pediatric-pa...
The conference will be in-person (offered hybrid - with live online availability).
Scholarships for clinicians from low-medium income countries are available.
Information & Registration: virtualce.ucsf.edu/pediatric-pa...
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Pediatric Pain Master Class in San Francisco, CA from January 24-30, 2026.
The conference will be in-person (offered hybrid - with live online availability).
Scholarships for clinicians from low-medium income countries are available.
Information & Registration: virtualce.ucsf.edu/pediatric-pa...
The conference will be in-person (offered hybrid - with live online availability).
Scholarships for clinicians from low-medium income countries are available.
Information & Registration: virtualce.ucsf.edu/pediatric-pa...
Excited to be at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne/Australia. Looking forward to learn from amazing colleagues (and teach) over next 2 weeks.
www.rch.org.au/bioethics/ed...
www.rch.org.au/bioethics/ed...
September 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Excited to be at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne/Australia. Looking forward to learn from amazing colleagues (and teach) over next 2 weeks.
www.rch.org.au/bioethics/ed...
www.rch.org.au/bioethics/ed...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Register for tomorrow’s 15 May webinar: “Innovative Approaches for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Youth.” Join us for this installment of the Placebo Beyond Opinions Organized Research Center guest lecture hybrid series presented by Laura E. Simons, PhD. bit.ly/42M2XuO
May 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Register for tomorrow’s 15 May webinar: “Innovative Approaches for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Youth.” Join us for this installment of the Placebo Beyond Opinions Organized Research Center guest lecture hybrid series presented by Laura E. Simons, PhD. bit.ly/42M2XuO
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
🦙 Cuddle a llama and brush its fur? Sign us up! ✅
Therapy llamas returned to Mission Bay last week to bring joy to UCSF staff, learners and community members!
Therapy llamas returned to Mission Bay last week to bring joy to UCSF staff, learners and community members!
May 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🦙 Cuddle a llama and brush its fur? Sign us up! ✅
Therapy llamas returned to Mission Bay last week to bring joy to UCSF staff, learners and community members!
Therapy llamas returned to Mission Bay last week to bring joy to UCSF staff, learners and community members!
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
We’re looking for a rockstar part-time social worker to help build a Pediatric Palliative dream team here at Yale New Haven.
Position is part-time, 24h/wk with benefits.
Come join us as we grow and support better QOL for our pediatric patients and their families!
jobs.ynhhs.org/jobs/75299?l...
Position is part-time, 24h/wk with benefits.
Come join us as we grow and support better QOL for our pediatric patients and their families!
jobs.ynhhs.org/jobs/75299?l...
Clinical Social Worker - Pedi Palliative Care in New Haven, Connecticut | Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health Services is hiring a Clinical Social Worker - Pedi Palliative Care in New Haven, Connecticut. Review all of the job details and apply today!
jobs.ynhhs.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We’re looking for a rockstar part-time social worker to help build a Pediatric Palliative dream team here at Yale New Haven.
Position is part-time, 24h/wk with benefits.
Come join us as we grow and support better QOL for our pediatric patients and their families!
jobs.ynhhs.org/jobs/75299?l...
Position is part-time, 24h/wk with benefits.
Come join us as we grow and support better QOL for our pediatric patients and their families!
jobs.ynhhs.org/jobs/75299?l...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
REGISTRATION OPENED for "Become an EPEC-Pediatrics Trainer Conference" plus Professional Development Workshop. Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics.
Mission Bay Conference Center at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social. San Francisco, CA. August 27-29, 2025 epecpediatrics.ucsf.edu
Mission Bay Conference Center at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social. San Francisco, CA. August 27-29, 2025 epecpediatrics.ucsf.edu
May 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
REGISTRATION OPENED for "Become an EPEC-Pediatrics Trainer Conference" plus Professional Development Workshop. Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics.
Mission Bay Conference Center at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social. San Francisco, CA. August 27-29, 2025 epecpediatrics.ucsf.edu
Mission Bay Conference Center at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social. San Francisco, CA. August 27-29, 2025 epecpediatrics.ucsf.edu
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Our next @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Global Lecture Series presents @noneedlesspain.bsky.social "Integrative Medicine Modalities in Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management: Show me the Evidence!"
Thursday, June 1st, 2025. 3pm (PT)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Thursday, June 1st, 2025. 3pm (PT)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our next @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Global Lecture Series presents @noneedlesspain.bsky.social "Integrative Medicine Modalities in Pediatric Pain and Symptom Management: Show me the Evidence!"
Thursday, June 1st, 2025. 3pm (PT)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Thursday, June 1st, 2025. 3pm (PT)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Save the Date:
Thur, May 1, 2025 at 3pm Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “From Erythromelalgia to Suzetrigine: Sodium Channels in Painful diseases and New Treatment Options”
by Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Thur, May 1, 2025 at 3pm Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “From Erythromelalgia to Suzetrigine: Sodium Channels in Painful diseases and New Treatment Options”
by Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Save the Date:
Thur, May 1, 2025 at 3pm Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “From Erythromelalgia to Suzetrigine: Sodium Channels in Painful diseases and New Treatment Options”
by Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Thur, May 1, 2025 at 3pm Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “From Erythromelalgia to Suzetrigine: Sodium Channels in Painful diseases and New Treatment Options”
by Charles Berde, MD, PhD
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Check out articles like “The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial” by Rau et al. in #PainReports bit.ly/4hwhfnM
March 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out articles like “The effects of psychosocial aftercare following pediatric chronic pain treatment withstand the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: long-term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial” by Rau et al. in #PainReports bit.ly/4hwhfnM
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Save the Date:
Wed, April 2nd, 2025 at 9am Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “Neural circuitry and pain and itch: A Yin and Yang story”
by Allan Basbaum, PhD (Professor & Chair
Department of Anatomy)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Wed, April 2nd, 2025 at 9am Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “Neural circuitry and pain and itch: A Yin and Yang story”
by Allan Basbaum, PhD (Professor & Chair
Department of Anatomy)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Save the Date:
Wed, April 2nd, 2025 at 9am Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “Neural circuitry and pain and itch: A Yin and Yang story”
by Allan Basbaum, PhD (Professor & Chair
Department of Anatomy)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Wed, April 2nd, 2025 at 9am Pacific Time California
@ucsfchildrens.bsky.social Stad Center Global Lecture Series: “Neural circuitry and pain and itch: A Yin and Yang story”
by Allan Basbaum, PhD (Professor & Chair
Department of Anatomy)
Registration: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Save the Date:
March 6, 2025 at 3pm (15:00hrs) Pacific Time California
Global Lecture Series: "Unequal burden: Pain and psychosocial functioning in sexual and gender minority youth with chronic pain."
by Lauren Harrison, PhD (Stanford Univ School Medicine)
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 6, 2025 at 3pm (15:00hrs) Pacific Time California
Global Lecture Series: "Unequal burden: Pain and psychosocial functioning in sexual and gender minority youth with chronic pain."
by Lauren Harrison, PhD (Stanford Univ School Medicine)
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Save the Date:
March 6, 2025 at 3pm (15:00hrs) Pacific Time California
Global Lecture Series: "Unequal burden: Pain and psychosocial functioning in sexual and gender minority youth with chronic pain."
by Lauren Harrison, PhD (Stanford Univ School Medicine)
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 6, 2025 at 3pm (15:00hrs) Pacific Time California
Global Lecture Series: "Unequal burden: Pain and psychosocial functioning in sexual and gender minority youth with chronic pain."
by Lauren Harrison, PhD (Stanford Univ School Medicine)
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Interesting @biomedcentral.bsky.social article about the experience of painful healthcare procedures for children. Needle pain creates a lasting effect from childhood onwards and is not as inevitable as it seems.
"Moments that matter" - the healthcare experiences that affect future expectations.
"Moments that matter" - the healthcare experiences that affect future expectations.
Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life—we can do better every time in every child | BMC Medicine
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February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Interesting @biomedcentral.bsky.social article about the experience of painful healthcare procedures for children. Needle pain creates a lasting effect from childhood onwards and is not as inevitable as it seems.
"Moments that matter" - the healthcare experiences that affect future expectations.
"Moments that matter" - the healthcare experiences that affect future expectations.
Hot off the press: Our recent publication in British Medical Journal:
Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life-we can do better every time in every child
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life-we can do better every time in every child
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life—we can do better every time in every child - BMC Medicine
Background Needle procedures, such as vaccinations, blood draws, and intravenous cannulation, are the most frequent source of childhood pain, causing fear and reducing the uptake of medical procedures...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Hot off the press: Our recent publication in British Medical Journal:
Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life-we can do better every time in every child
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Moments that matter: childhood pain treatment shapes pain for life-we can do better every time in every child
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The Six Principles of Stupidity by David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...
Opinion | The Six Principles of Stupidity
I define stupidity as ignoring the question: What would happen next? By that definition, the Trump administration has produced volleys of it.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Six Principles of Stupidity by David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/o...
It was fabulous…
UCSF Stad Center for Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine
@stad-center-ppim.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Watch the ABC7 Live News Coverage from our Stad Clinic opening.
Amazing healing environment space for children with pain and children with serious illness - combining Western medicine, physical therapy, psychology with massage, acupuncture, hypnosis and more
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Amazing healing environment space for children with pain and children with serious illness - combining Western medicine, physical therapy, psychology with massage, acupuncture, hypnosis and more
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
January 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It was fabulous…
Opening of our Healing Environment @stad-center-ppim.bsky.social Stad Center Clinic for children in pain and for kids with serious illness.
Thanks to Elisa and Marc Stad for their vision. And thank you to so many people joining the opening - including Orlando Bloom.
www.wric.com/business/pre...
Thanks to Elisa and Marc Stad for their vision. And thank you to so many people joining the opening - including Orlando Bloom.
www.wric.com/business/pre...
January 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Opening of our Healing Environment @stad-center-ppim.bsky.social Stad Center Clinic for children in pain and for kids with serious illness.
Thanks to Elisa and Marc Stad for their vision. And thank you to so many people joining the opening - including Orlando Bloom.
www.wric.com/business/pre...
Thanks to Elisa and Marc Stad for their vision. And thank you to so many people joining the opening - including Orlando Bloom.
www.wric.com/business/pre...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Watch the ABC7 Live News Coverage from our Stad Clinic opening.
Amazing healing environment space for children with pain and children with serious illness - combining Western medicine, physical therapy, psychology with massage, acupuncture, hypnosis and more
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Amazing healing environment space for children with pain and children with serious illness - combining Western medicine, physical therapy, psychology with massage, acupuncture, hypnosis and more
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
January 31, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Watch the ABC7 Live News Coverage from our Stad Clinic opening.
Amazing healing environment space for children with pain and children with serious illness - combining Western medicine, physical therapy, psychology with massage, acupuncture, hypnosis and more
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Amazing healing environment space for children with pain and children with serious illness - combining Western medicine, physical therapy, psychology with massage, acupuncture, hypnosis and more
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
My first post here and I can't think of a more fitting occasion: sharing our paper on chronic pain experiences in gender-diverse youth has been published! This work was an amazing team effort and a labour of love, and I'm so proud to be sharing it now: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39820473/ 🌈
Experiences of Gender-Diverse Youth Living With Chronic Pain - PubMed
In a diverse sample of gender-diverse youth who live with chronic pain, experiences of invalidation and difficulty managing pain were experienced in the context of unique stressors and sources of joy ...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
My first post here and I can't think of a more fitting occasion: sharing our paper on chronic pain experiences in gender-diverse youth has been published! This work was an amazing team effort and a labour of love, and I'm so proud to be sharing it now: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39820473/ 🌈
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
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“Chronic pain is a disorder of the central nervous system. In some cases, pain signals just keep firing, driven by what researchers now think is a complex set of genetic, endocrinological and immunologic processes.” By Jennifer Kahn @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
Chronic Pain: Five Things We Know About Causes, Treatments and Diagnoses
After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Chronic pain is a disorder of the central nervous system. In some cases, pain signals just keep firing, driven by what researchers now think is a complex set of genetic, endocrinological and immunologic processes.” By Jennifer Kahn @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Save the Date:
Our next Global Lecture on Feb 13, 2025 @3pm Pacific Time
"Using Regional Anesthesia to Manage Pediatric Acute Pain" by David Burns, MD
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our next Global Lecture on Feb 13, 2025 @3pm Pacific Time
"Using Regional Anesthesia to Manage Pediatric Acute Pain" by David Burns, MD
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Save the Date:
Our next Global Lecture on Feb 13, 2025 @3pm Pacific Time
"Using Regional Anesthesia to Manage Pediatric Acute Pain" by David Burns, MD
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our next Global Lecture on Feb 13, 2025 @3pm Pacific Time
"Using Regional Anesthesia to Manage Pediatric Acute Pain" by David Burns, MD
Register: ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
Tomorrow, Jan 9, 2025: 3pm PT / 6 pm ET
UCSF Stad Center Global Lecture Series
“How To Implement Nitrous Oxide Analgesia, Anxiolysis and Minimal Sedation into Your Clinical Practice”
Mindy Brice, RN-BSN, CLC, CPN, Mary Kay Farrell, RN, PED-BC, Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
UCSF Stad Center Global Lecture Series
“How To Implement Nitrous Oxide Analgesia, Anxiolysis and Minimal Sedation into Your Clinical Practice”
Mindy Brice, RN-BSN, CLC, CPN, Mary Kay Farrell, RN, PED-BC, Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
January 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Tomorrow, Jan 9, 2025: 3pm PT / 6 pm ET
UCSF Stad Center Global Lecture Series
“How To Implement Nitrous Oxide Analgesia, Anxiolysis and Minimal Sedation into Your Clinical Practice”
Mindy Brice, RN-BSN, CLC, CPN, Mary Kay Farrell, RN, PED-BC, Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
UCSF Stad Center Global Lecture Series
“How To Implement Nitrous Oxide Analgesia, Anxiolysis and Minimal Sedation into Your Clinical Practice”
Mindy Brice, RN-BSN, CLC, CPN, Mary Kay Farrell, RN, PED-BC, Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
You don’t want to miss that!
UCSF Stad Center for Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine
@stad-center-ppim.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Tomorrow, Jan 9, 2025: 3pm PT / 6 pm ET
UCSF Stad Center Global Lecture Series
“How To Implement Nitrous Oxide Analgesia, Anxiolysis and Minimal Sedation into Your Clinical Practice”
Mindy Brice, RN-BSN, CLC, CPN, Mary Kay Farrell, RN, PED-BC, Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
UCSF Stad Center Global Lecture Series
“How To Implement Nitrous Oxide Analgesia, Anxiolysis and Minimal Sedation into Your Clinical Practice”
Mindy Brice, RN-BSN, CLC, CPN, Mary Kay Farrell, RN, PED-BC, Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
January 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You don’t want to miss that!