David Tauben, MD, FACP | Division of General Internal Medicine

Clinical Professor

Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Chief, Division of Pain Medicine

Medical Director, UW Center for Pain Relief

Hughes M & Katherine G Blake Endowed Professor

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

Tufts University, School of Medicine

Medford, MA

1975–1979

Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

1979–1982

Honors:

KING-5 Seattle’s “Top Doctors 2000” List

2000

“Best Doctors in America” List

2004–2013

Seattle Magazine’s “Top Doctors: The City’s Top 350 Physicians Chosen by their Peers”

2006–2009

Seattle Metropolitan Magazine’s “Best Doctors” List

2006–2013

National Registry of Who’s Who, Internal Medicine

2008–2013

Member of Professional Education and Training Task Force: Core Competencies for Primacy Care, National Pain Strategy

2014–

Co-Chair of 2016 Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine meeting

2016

Contact

Email:

tauben@u.washington.edu

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Diagnosis and treatment education of pain medicine for the primary care provider
Medication management of chronic pain disorders, including musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and visceral pain syndromes
Pain medicine curriculum development for medical students and residents

Publications

Publications:

Scott JD, Unruh KT, Catlin MC, Merrill JO, Tauben DJ, Rosenblatt R, Buchwald D, Doorenbos A, Towle C, Ramers CB, Spach DH. Project ECHO: A model for complex, chronic care in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2012; 18: 481–484.
Tauben DJ. Chronic Pain management: measurement-based step care solutions. Pain Clinical Updates. International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) 2012;10(8):1–8.
Doorenbos AZ, Gordon DB, Tauben D, Palisoc J, Drangsholt M, Lindhorst T, Danielson J, Spector J, Ballweg R, Vorvick L, Loeser JD. A Blueprint of Pain Curriculum Across Prelicensure Health Sciences Programs: One NIH Pain Consortium Center of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPE) Experience. J Pain. 2013 Dec;14(12):1533–8.
Tauben DJ, Loeser JD. Pain education at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Journal of Pain. 2013; 14(5): 431–437.
Gordon DB, Loeser JD, Tauben D, Rue T, Stogicza A, Doorenbos A. Development of the KnowPain-12 Pain Management Knowledge Survey. Clin J Pain. 2014 Jun;30(6):521–7.
Eaton LH, Gordon DB, Wyant S, Theodore BR, Meins AR, Rue T, Towle, Tauben D. Doorenbos A. Development and implementation of a telehealth-enhanced intervention for pain and symptom management. Contemp Clinic Trials. 2014;38:213–220. (PMID: 24846620)
Tauben, DJ. Theodore B. Measurement-Based Stepped Care Approach to Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management. In HT Benzon, JP Rathmell, CL Wu, DC Turk, & CE Argoff (Eds.). Practical Management of Pain, 5th edition. Chapter 4. Elsevier-Mosby, Philadelphia 2014.
Franklin G, Sabel JC, Jones CM, Mai J, Baumgartner C, Banta-Green CJ, Neven D, Tauben, D. A Comprehensive Approach to Address the Prescription Opioid Epidemic in Washington State – Milestones and Lessons Learned. Am J Pub Health. 2015 Mar;105(3):463–9.