Publications

• An examination of gastrointestinal absorption using the acetaminophen absorption test in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study
• Opioid Fills for Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Ablation Associated with New Persistent Opioid Use
• Patients Have Strong Preferences and Perceptions for Biceps Tenotomy Versus Tenodesis
• Body Mass Index Class Is Independently Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty: An Institutional Registry-Based Study
• Cost-Effectiveness of Bariatric Surgery Prior to Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Morbidly Obese

Specialties & Experience

Additional Information

Dr. Daniel L Southren, M.D. is a Harvard-trained physician who is double-board certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. He maintains an active, full time medical practice, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Southren completed his Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School and his Anesthesiology Residency at the University of Michigan. He completed his M.D. and M.B.A. at Columbia University in New York City. He is currently enrolled in the M.L. Program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School to deepen his understanding of legal issues in healthcare. His clinical practice involves the care of acute and chronic pain patients with both malignant and non malignant pain diagnoses. He has a special interest in interventional procedures including neuromodulation and vertebral augmentation. Dr. Southren also continues to maintain his Anesthesiology practice and takes call at a Level 1 Trauma Center in West Philadelphia. Dr. Southren is also actively involved in research and medical education, and regularly lectures to residents and medical students on Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology. He regularly reviews articles for several prestigious medical journals. His ability to distill complex medical issues into coherent and accessible language has been at the core of his success as an educator, clinician and consultant. EXPERTISE: Interventional Pain, Epidural Steroid Injections, Meningitis, Spinal Infections, Hematoma, Spinal Cord Stimulation, SCS, Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, DRG, Neuromodulation, Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty, Vertebral Compression Fracture, Vertebral Augmentation, Nerve Pain, Neuropathic Pain, Opioids (Abuse, Addiction, Overdose, Prescribing), Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), Causalgia, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Post-laminectomy Syndrome, Failed Back Syndrome, Urine Drug Test, Suboxone, Methadone