Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
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2025 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
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2025 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2020 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Senior Fellow in the Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
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2006 - Present
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Baseline characteristics of Veterans from improving Veteran access to integrated management of back pain (AIM-Back) - an embedded pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial in the United States.
Journal Article Pain Manag · April 7, 2026 OBJECTIVE: Describe baseline characteristics and representativeness of AIM-Back trial participants relative to Veterans with low back pain at participating clinics. METHODS: Veterans were referred to AIM-Back randomized care pathways and included 1) enroll ... Full text Link to item CiteSequenced Care Pathway vs Pain Navigator Pathway for Veterans With Low Back Pain: The AIM-Back Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · April 1, 2026 IMPORTANCE: Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability, and there is limited evidence from clinical practice to support the effectiveness of alternative care models. OBJECTIVE: To compare a sequenced care pathway (SCP) with a pain navigator pathw ... Full text Link to item CiteTrends in the Chronic Use and Discontinuation of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Adults.
Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · March 20, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Navigator-Assisted Non-Pharmacologic Pain Relief for Veterans with Back Pain
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2026 - 20312/3 CTSA K12 Program at Duke University
ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030Leveraging the EHR to Promote Age-Friendly Care in Hospitals (LEAF)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ohio State University · 2025 - 2029View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1998
M.D.