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Charles Berde, MD, PhD
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   Department  Anesthesiology
   Hospital Title  Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
   Academic Title  Professor of Pediatrics
   Phone  617-355-7040
   Fax  617-730-0894
   Email  Charles Berde
   Location  300 Longwood Avenue
333 Longwood-5
Boston MA 02115
Research Overview
Charles Berde's research focuses on relieving neuropathic pain in children. The Pain Treatment Service at Children's Hospital in Boston has become a referral center for children with many types of neuropathic pain, but especially limb pain associated with signs of abnormal circulation, which has been variously named reflex sympathetic (or neurovascular) dystrophy (RSD/RND), sympathetically maintained pain (SMP), and complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS1).
About Charles Berde

Charles Berde received an MD and PhD from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston, a residency in anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Children's Hospital.

He has received several awards and honors for his pioneering work in pediatric pain relief, including the 2003 Scientific Achievement Award of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association. He was profiled as one of Time Magazine's "Heroes in Medicine" in 1997.

Key Publications
  • Berde CB, Sethna NF. Analgesics for the treatment of pain in children. New England Journal of Medicine 2002; 347: 1094-1103.

  • Berde CB, Brennan TJ, Raja SN. Opioids: more to learn, improvements to be made. Anesthesiology 2003; 98: 1309-1312.

  • Berde C, Wolfe J. Pain, anxiety, distress, and suffering: interrelated, but not interchangeable. Journal of Pediatrics 2003; 142: 361-3.
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