Department of
Neuroscience
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Richard VaglientiMD, MBA, FASA

Associate Professor, Director of Chronic Pain Medicine & Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and Neurosciences

Contact Information

Phone
304-598-6216
Address
1075 Van Voorhis Road
Suite 150
Morgantown, WV 26505
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Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology
  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

Graduate Training

  • MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine

Fellowships

  • Cardiac Anesthesiology/Chronic Pain Management Fellowship - West Virginia University Hospitals
  • Anesthesiology Residency - West Virginia University School of Medicine

Publications

2025

Carpenter AL, McGuire JA, Nemergut EC, Bauer KM, Navalgund YA, Scalzo DC, Vaglienti RM, Layne-Stuart CM. Dilution of Ziconotide for Intrathecal Trial: The Effect of Dilution on the Incidence of Side Effects and Pain Relief: A Single-center Retrospective Case-control Study. Pain Physician 2025;28(2):147-154. PMID: 40168566. ISSN: 1533-3159

Ketteler E, Cavanagh SL, Gifford E, Grunebach H, Joshi GP, Katwala P, Kwon J, McCoy S, McGinigle KL, Schwenk ES, Shutze WP, Vaglienti RM, Rossi P. The Society for Vascular Surgery Expert Consensus Statement on Pain Management for Vascular Surgery Diseases and Interventions. J Vasc Surg 2025:S0741-5214(25)00621-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40154930. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.03.189

2024

Allen LD, Pollini RA, Vaglienti R, Powell D. Opioid Prescribing Patterns After Imposition of Setting-Specific Limits on Prescription Duration. JAMA Health Forum 2024;5(1):e234731. PMID: 38241057. PMCID: PMC10799257. DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.4731

 

Original Published Peer-Reviewed Articles

D.W. McNeil, S.G. Kennedy, C.L. Randal1, S.H. Addicks, C.D. Wright, K.G. Hursey, Vaglienti, R. M. “Fear of Pain Questionnaire-9: Brief assessment of pain-related fear and anxiety”,[accessed Oct 25 2017].  European Journal of Pain, accepted for publication May 2017 Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318791581_Fear_of_Pain_Questionnaire-9_Brief_assessment_of_pain-related_fear_and_anxiety

Original Peer-Reviewed Articles In Press

Turner MD, PhD, Ryan, Vaglienti MD, Richard M. (2016) IRB# 1601988989, Effect of Intrathecal Morphine Trial Paradigm on Intrathecal Morphine Pump Outcomes. Anticipated submission 2017 Journal of Neuromodulation.

Abstracts Presented

Sorrell, J.T., McNeil, D.W., Vowles, K.E., Broadman, L.M., Hursey, K.G., Huber, S.J., Vaglienti, R.M., Kennedy, S. (2000). Avoidance and escape behavior in laboratory-based pain induction in chronic pain patients. Proceedings of the West Virginia Section,  American Association for Dental Research, Seventh Annual Research Day, 7.

Sorrell, J.T., McNeil, D.W., Vowles, K.E., Broadman, L.M., Hursey, K.G., Huber, S.J., Vaglienti, R.M., Kennedy, S. (2000). Effects of fear and pressure stimulation intensity on pain responding in chronic pain patients.  Proceedings of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 22.