Don Daniel Ocay
dondanielocay.bsky.social
Don Daniel Ocay
@dondanielocay.bsky.social
Pediatric pain researcher • Postdoc currently @ Boston Children’s Hospital • PhD McGill University • Opinions are my own • 🇵🇭 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈
Our study investigating a HOME-BASED sensory testing tool-kit in youth undergoing surgery with regional anesthesia is now published in RAPM! See our summary below⬇️
FREE: rapm.bmj.com/content/earl...
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Snijders Blok-Campeau syndrome (SNIBCPS) is a rare condition that affects brain development, communication, & movement.
Decreased pain sensitivity has been reported, but are anecdotal.
So how do people with SNIBCPS feel & experience pain?⬇️
Free access: https//www.frontie...
August 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A vibrant workshop on advocacy at #USASP2025
Advocacy is a extension of research 🤝
If we don’t shape our message, someone else might - and not always accurately
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May 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wonderful session on how to engage PWLE in pain research at #USASP2025
Getting advice from researchers on barriers, and PWLE on best practices
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May 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Day 2 #USASP2025 plenary speaker is Dr. @luanacolloca.bsky.social
She highlights the positive effects of virtual reality on pain management
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May 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Day 2 of #USASP2025 begins with the Gold-Haythornthwaite Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Dr. Clifford Woolf (@bostonchildrens.bsky.social, @harvardmed.bsky.social)
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May 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Dr. Beth Darnall gives the 1st plenary talk at #USASP2025
The biggest problem in pain care is ACCESS.
We need to move from patients accommodating our institutional systems to patient-centered care
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April 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Day 1 of #USASP2025 is kicked off with Cameron Young sharing his lived experience growing up with chronic pain
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April 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Hot off the press of Pediatric Research: We mapped the existing literature on #youth with #erythromelalgia

Our team is developing a multicenter PEDiatric ErythroMElalgia Registry Gathering multidisciplinary Experts (PED-EMERGE)

FREE to read/download: rdcu.be/d7HbX
January 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Published in the January 2025 Issue of PAIN: We developed a mobile sensory testing tool-kit that is cost-effective for repeated measures across time, easy to use, & able to assess changes in sensory and pain processing.
FREE: journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...
January 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM