Spotlight: Dr. Lucy Chen and Dr. Jianren Mao
Read an interview with Dr. Lucy Chen and Dr. Jianren Mao, clinician-researchers and pain management physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital.
About Lucy Chen, MD
I have been working in MGH Center for Pain Medicine for more 15 years. I have been actively involved in clinical research at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Translational Pain Research. My current research interests are focused on clinical studies: 1. to evaluate acupuncture outcome in pain management. 2. to evaluate hyperalgesia in patients with chronic opioid use (opioid-induced hyperalgesia) and possible diagnostic and treatment tools.
Clinical Interests:
- Acupuncture
- Anesthesiology
- Pain management
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Chinese
Locations
Mass General Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
55 Fruit St.
Gray Bigelow Building
Suite 444
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-3030
Medical Education
- MD, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences
- Residency, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
- Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
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Research
Research Areas:
Acupuncture and alternative medicine
Opioid use in pain management
Opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH)
Description of Research:
My current acupuncture study has 4 specific aims; (1) use quantitative testing (QST) as an assessment tool for the effectiveness of acupuncture on clinical pain; (2) compare changes in QST responses and biomarkers following acupuncture therapy; (3) compare effect of acupuncture and pain medication on clinical pain.
Principle Investigator Research:
Acupuncture: A Method of Evaluating Acupuncture Therapy in Pain Management
Co-investigator Research:
QST: Compare pain threshold and pain tolerance as measured by QST
Pharmacotherapy: Alleviating Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia with Noval Pharmacotherapy