Joseph Merrill, MD, MPH | Division of General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

Medicine

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

Yale University, School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

1986–1990

Residency in Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track

University of California San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco, CA

1990–1993

MPH

University of Washington, School of Public Health

Seattle, WA

1996–1998

Honors:

Trench Prize

1982

Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program Mentor Award

2005

Seattle's Best Doctors, Seattle Magazine

2005

Seattle's Best Doctors, Seattle Magazine

2010

Seattle's Best Doctors, Seattle Magazine

2012

Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Science and Service Award in Office Based Opioid Treatment

2012

Contact

Email:

joem@u.washington.edu

Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Integrating opiate addiction treatment into general medical practice

Medical student teaching and mentoring

Clinical Interests:

Addiction medicine

Chronic pain management

Publications

Publications:

Merrill JO, Rhodes LA, Deyo RA, Marlatt AG, Bradley KA. 2002. Mutual mistrust in the medical care of drug users: the keys to the "narc" cabinet. Journal of general internal medicine. 17(5):327–33.
Merrill JO, Jackson RT, Schulman BA, Saxon AJ, Awan A, Kapitan S, Carney M, Brumback LC, Donovan D. 2005. Methadone medical maintenance in primary care. An implementation evaluation. Journal of general internal medicine. 20(4):344–9.
Banta-Green CJ, Merrill JO, Doyle SR, Boudreau DM, Calsyn DA. 2009. Measurement of opioid problems among chronic pain patients in a general medical population. Drug and alcohol dependence. 104(1–2):43–9.
Weisner CM, Campbell CI, Ray TG, Saunders K, Merrill JO, Banta-Green C, Sullivan MD, Silverberg MJ, Mertens JR, Boudreau D et al. 2009. Trends in prescribed opioid therapy for non-cancer pain for individuals with prior substance use disorders. Pain. 145(3):287–93.
Dunn KM, Saunders KW, Rutter CM, Banta-Green CJ, Merrill JO, Sullivan MD, Weisner CM, Silverberg MJ, Campbell CI, Psaty BM et al. 2010. Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort study. Annals of internal medicine. 152(2):85–92.