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Joseph W Frank

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED
Phone303/724-7909

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    Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, INMD05/2007
    Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI06/2010Primary Care/Internal Medicine Residency
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA06/2013General Internal Medicine Fellowship
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MAMPH06/2013
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    2018 - 2022DOM Outstanding Early Career Scholars Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine

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    RM1DA055310     (BECKER, WILLIAM C)Sep 30, 2021 - Jul 31, 2023
    NIH
    HEAL Initiative: Integrative Management of chronic Pain and OUD for Whole Recovery (IMPOWR): Research Centers
    Role: Co-Investigator
    I50HX003275     (BATTAGLIA, CATHERINE T)Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2025
    NIH
    Value-Based Care to Improve the Quadruple Aim for Veterans and Stakeholders
    Role: mPI
    I01HX003063     (KREBS, ERIN ELIZABETH)Mar 1, 2020 - Feb 29, 2024
    NIH
    Extended study of a long-term opioid therapy cohort: trajectories in pain care and patient-centered outcomes
    Role: Co-Investigator
    I50HX003009     (BECKER, WILLIAM C)Oct 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2022
    NIH
    Consortium to Disseminate and Understand Implementation of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
    Role: mPI
    UG3AT009765     (SEAL, KAREN H)Sep 20, 2017 - Dec 31, 2019
    NIH
    Implementation of a Pragmatic Trial of Whole Health Team vs. Primary Care Group Education to Promote Non-Pharmacological Strategies to Improve Pain, Functioning, and Quality of Life in Veterans
    Role: Co-Investigator
    IK2HX001914     (FRANK, JOSEPH)Sep 1, 2016 - Aug 31, 2021
    NIH
    Development and Testing of a Prescription Opioid Tapering Intervention
    Role: Principal Investigator
    IP1HX001996     (HO, P. MICHAEL)Oct 1, 2015 - Sep 30, 2020
    NIH
    Triple Aim QUERI Program
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Becker WC, Frank JW, Edmond SN, Starrels JL. When harms outweigh benefits of long-term opioid therapy for pain: Need for a new diagnostic entity, research and improved treatments. Addiction. 2024 Jan; 119(1):4-5. PMID: 37766414.
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    2. Rogers DG, Frank JW, Wesolowicz DM, Nolan C, Schroeder A, Falker C, Abelleira A, Moore BA, Becker WC, Edmond SN. Video-telecare collaborative pain management during COVID-19: a single-arm feasibility study. BMC Prim Care. 2023 06 29; 24(1):134. PMID: 37386370.
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    3. Gordon AJ, Kenny M, Dungan M, Gustavson AM, Kelley AT, Jones AL, Hawkins E, Frank JW, Danner A, Liberto J, Hagedorn H. Are x-waiver trainings enough? Facilitators and barriers to buprenorphine prescribing after x-waiver trainings. Am J Addict. 2022 03; 31(2):152-158. PMID: 35118756.
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    4. Quinlan TAG, Roberts AW, Frank JW, Whittington MD. Health costs of women with chronic overlapping pain conditions by opioid and complementary and integrative health use. Health Serv Res. 2021 12; 56(6):1233-1244. PMID: 34453324.
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    5. Leonard C, Ayele R, Ladebue A, McCreight M, Nolan C, Sandbrink F, Frank JW. Barriers to and Facilitators of Multimodal Chronic Pain Care for Veterans: A National Qualitative Study. Pain Med. 2021 05 21; 22(5):1167-1173. PMID: 32974662.
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    6. Bastian LA, Cohen SP, Katsovich L, Becker WC, Brummett BR, Burgess DJ, Crunkhorn AE, Denneson LM, Frank JW, Goertz C, Ilfeld B, Kanzler KE, Krishnaswamy A, LaChappelle K, Martino S, Mattocks K, McGeary CA, Reznik TE, Rhon DI, Salsbury SA, Seal KH, Semiatin AM, Shin MH, Simon CB, Teyhen DS, Zamora K, Kerns RD. Stakeholder Engagement in Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Emphasizing Relationships to Improve Pain Management Delivery and Outcomes. Pain Med. 2020 12 12; 21(Suppl 2):S13-S20. PMID: 33313726.
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    7. Seal KH, Becker WC, Murphy JL, Purcell N, Denneson LM, Morasco BJ, Martin AM, Reddy K, Iseghem TV, Krebs EE, Painter JM, Hagedorn H, Pyne JM, Hixon J, Maguen S, Neylan TC, Borsari B, DeRonne B, Gibson C, Matthias MS, Frank JW, Krishnaswamy A, Li Y, Bertenthal D, Chan A, Nunez A, McCamish N. Whole Health Options and Pain Education (wHOPE): A Pragmatic Trial Comparing Whole Health Team vs Primary Care Group Education to Promote Nonpharmacological Strategies to Improve Pain, Functioning, and Quality of Life in Veterans-Rationale, Methods, and Implementation. Pain Med. 2020 12 12; 21(Suppl 2):S91-S99. PMID: 33313734.
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    8. Frank JW, Carey E, Nolan C, Hale A, Nugent S, Krebs EE. Association Between Opioid Dose Reduction Against Patients' Wishes and Change in Pain Severity. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 12; 35(Suppl 3):910-917. PMID: 33145690.
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    9. Frank JW, Bohnert ASB, Sandbrink F, McGuire M, Drexler K. Implementation and Policy Recommendations from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 12; 35(Suppl 3):983-987. PMID: 33145691.
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    10. Krebs EE, Clothier B, Nugent S, Jensen AC, Martinson BC, Goldsmith ES, Donaldson MT, Frank JW, Rutks I, Noorbaloochi S. The evaluating prescription opioid changes in veterans (EPOCH) study: Design, survey response, and baseline characteristics. PLoS One. 2020; 15(4):e0230751. PMID: 32320421.
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    11. Becker WC, Frank JW, Edens EL. Switching From High-Dose, Long-Term Opioids to Buprenorphine: A Case Series. Ann Intern Med. 2020 07 07; 173(1):70-71. PMID: 32252072.
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    12. Frank JW, Binswanger IA. Commentary on Rhee & Rosenheck (2019): Buprenorphine prescribing for opioid use disorder in medical practice - can office-based out-patient care address the opiate crisis in the United States? Addiction. 2020 04; 115(4):786-787. PMID: 31762128.
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    13. McCreight MS, Rabin BA, Glasgow RE, Ayele RA, Leonard CA, Gilmartin HM, Frank JW, Hess PL, Burke RE, Battaglia CT. Using the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) to qualitatively assess multilevel contextual factors to help plan, implement, evaluate, and disseminate health services programs. Transl Behav Med. 2019 11 25; 9(6):1002-1011. PMID: 31170296.
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    14. Frank JW, Carey E, Nolan C, Kerns RD, Sandbrink F, Gallagher R, Ho PM. Increased Nonopioid Chronic Pain Treatment in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2016. Pain Med. 2019 05 01; 20(5):869-877. PMID: 30137520.
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    15. Kroenke K, Alford DP, Argoff C, Canlas B, Covington E, Frank JW, Haake KJ, Hanling S, Hooten WM, Kertesz SG, Kravitz RL, Krebs EE, Stanos SP, Sullivan M. Challenges with Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Guideline: A Consensus Panel Report. Pain Med. 2019 04 01; 20(4):724-735. PMID: 30690556.
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    16. Midboe AM, Martino S, Krein SL, Frank JW, Painter JT, Chandler M, Schroeder A, Fenton BT, Troszak L, Erhardt T, Kerns RD, Becker WC. Testing implementation facilitation of a primary care-based collaborative care clinical program using a hybrid type III interrupted time series design: a study protocol. Implement Sci. 2018 11 29; 13(1):145. PMID: 30486877.
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    17. Kennedy LC, Binswanger IA, Mueller SR, Levy C, Matlock DD, Calcaterra SL, Koester S, Frank JW. "Those Conversations in My Experience Don't Go Well": A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Provider Experiences Tapering Long-term Opioid Medications. Pain Med. 2018 11 01; 19(11):2201-2211. PMID: 29126138.
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    18. Carey EP, Nolan C, Kerns RD, Ho PM, Frank JW. Association Between Facility-Level Utilization of Non-pharmacologic Chronic Pain Treatment and Subsequent Initiation of Long-Term Opioid Therapy. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 05; 33(Suppl 1):38-45. PMID: 29633137.
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    19. Rabin BA, McCreight M, Battaglia C, Ayele R, Burke RE, Hess PL, Frank JW, Glasgow RE. Systematic, Multimethod Assessment of Adaptations Across Four Diverse Health Systems Interventions. Front Public Health. 2018; 6:102. PMID: 29686983.
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    20. Becker WC, Mattocks KM, Frank JW, Bair MJ, Jankowski RL, Kerns RD, Painter JT, Fenton BT, Midboe AM, Martino S. Mixed methods formative evaluation of a collaborative care program to decrease risky opioid prescribing and increase non-pharmacologic approaches to pain management. Addict Behav. 2018 11; 86:138-145. PMID: 29576479.
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    21. Frank JW, Wakeman SE, Gordon AJ. No end to the crisis without an end to the waiver. Subst Abus. 2018; 39(3):263-265. PMID: 30676296.
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    22. Becker WC, Bair MJ, Picchioni M, Starrels JL, Frank JW. Pain Management for Primary Care Providers: A Narrative Review of High-Impact Studies, 2014-2016. Pain Med. 2018 01 01; 19(1):40-49. PMID: 29106649.
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    23. Frank JW, Lovejoy TI, Becker WC, Morasco BJ, Koenig CJ, Hoffecker L, Dischinger HR, Dobscha SK, Krebs EE. Patient Outcomes in Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Systematic Review. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Aug 01; 167(3):181-191. PMID: 28715848.
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    24. Nugent SM, Dobscha SK, Morasco BJ, Demidenko MI, Meath THA, Frank JW, Lovejoy TI. Substance Use Disorder Treatment Following Clinician-Initiated Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Therapy Resulting from an Aberrant Urine Drug Test. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Oct; 32(10):1076-1082. PMID: 28600754.
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    25. Busse JW, Craigie S, Juurlink DN, Buckley DN, Wang L, Couban RJ, Agoritsas T, Akl EA, Carrasco-Labra A, Cooper L, Cull C, da Costa BR, Frank JW, Grant G, Iorio A, Persaud N, Stern S, Tugwell P, Vandvik PO, Guyatt GH. Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain. CMAJ. 2017 05 08; 189(18):E659-E666. PMID: 28483845.
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    26. Winkelman TNA, Frank JW, Binswanger IA, Pinals DA. Health Conditions and Racial Differences Among Justice-Involved Adolescents, 2009 to 2014. Acad Pediatr. 2017 Sep - Oct; 17(7):723-731. PMID: 28300655.
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    27. Lovejoy TI, Morasco BJ, Demidenko MI, Meath THA, Frank JW, Dobscha SK. Reasons for discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy in patients with and without substance use disorders. Pain. 2017 03; 158(3):526-534. PMID: 28192376.
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    28. Calcaterra SL, Drabkin AD, Doyle R, Leslie SE, Binswanger IA, Frank JW, Reich JA, Koester S. A Qualitative Study of Hospitalists' Perceptions of Patient Satisfaction Metrics on Pain Management. Hosp Top. 2017 Jan-Mar; 95(1):18-26. PMID: 28362247.
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    29. Frank JW, Levy C, Calcaterra SL, Hoppe JA, Binswanger IA. Naloxone Administration in US Emergency Departments, 2000-2011. J Med Toxicol. 2016 06; 12(2):148-56. PMID: 26621354.
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    30. Frank JW, Levy C, Matlock DD, Calcaterra SL, Mueller SR, Koester S, Binswanger IA. Patients' Perspectives on Tapering of Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Qualitative Study. Pain Med. 2016 10; 17(10):1838-1847. PMID: 27207301.
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    31. Calcaterra SL, Drabkin AD, Leslie SE, Doyle R, Koester S, Frank JW, Reich JA, Binswanger IA. The hospitalist perspective on opioid prescribing: A qualitative analysis. J Hosp Med. 2016 08; 11(8):536-42. PMID: 27157317.
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    32. Calcaterra SL, Yamashita TE, Min SJ, Keniston A, Frank JW, Binswanger IA. Opioid Prescribing at Hospital Discharge Contributes to Chronic Opioid Use. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 May; 31(5):478-85. PMID: 26553336.
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    33. Carey EP, Frank JW, Kerns RD, Ho PM, Kirsh SR. Implementation of telementoring for pain management in Veterans Health Administration: Spatial analysis. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2016; 53(1):147-56. PMID: 26934696.
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    34. Frank JW, Binswanger IA, Calcaterra SL, Brenner LA, Levy C. Non-medical use of prescription pain medications and increased emergency department utilization: Results of a national survey. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Dec 01; 157:150-7. PMID: 26564754.
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    35. Frank JW, Carey EP, Fagan KM, Aron DC, Todd-Stenberg J, Moore BA, Kerns RD, Au DH, Ho PM, Kirsh SR. Evaluation of a telementoring intervention for pain management in the Veterans Health Administration. Pain Med. 2015 Jun; 16(6):1090-100. PMID: 25716075.
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    36. Frank JW, Linder JA, Becker WC, Fiellin DA, Wang EA. Increased hospital and emergency department utilization by individuals with recent criminal justice involvement: results of a national survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Sep; 29(9):1226-33. PMID: 24817280.
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    37. Frank JW, Wang EA, Nunez-Smith M, Lee H, Comfort M. Discrimination based on criminal record and healthcare utilization among men recently released from prison: a descriptive study. Health Justice. 2014 Mar 25; 2:6. PMID: 25642407.
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    38. Frank JW, Bair MJ, Becker WC, Krebs EE, Liebschutz JM, Alford DP. Update in pain medicine for primary care providers: a narrative review, 2010-2012. Pain Med. 2014 Mar; 15(3):425-31. PMID: 24423083.
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    39. Frank JW, Andrews CM, Green TC, Samuels AM, Trinh TT, Friedmann PD. Emergency department utilization among recently released prisoners: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Emerg Med. 2013 Nov 05; 13:16. PMID: 24188513.
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    40. Frank JW, Hong CS, Subramanian SV, Wang EA. Neighborhood incarceration rate and asthma prevalence in New York City: a multilevel approach. Am J Public Health. 2013 May; 103(5):e38-44. PMID: 23488496.
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    41. Frank JW, Ayanian JZ, Linder JA. Management of substance use disorders in ambulatory care in the United States, 2001-2009. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Dec 10; 172(22):1759-60. PMID: 23090134.
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