Amanda Beth Feinstein

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Clinical Focus

Psychology

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Professional Education

Fellowship: Stanford University School of Medicine (2017) CA
Internship: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior (UCLA) (2014) CA
PhD Training: Georgia State University Registrar (2014) GA
M.S., Drexel University, Psychology (2008)
Ph.D., Georgia State University, Clinical Psychology (2014)
Clinical Internship, UCLA, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Pediatric Psychology (2014)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University School of Medicine, Pediatric Pain Psychology (2017)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Pediatric Pain Management:
-Descriptive cross sectional research utilizing Peds-CHOIR
-Psychosocial interventions within an interdisciplinary outpatient and intensive rehabilitation setting (i.e., Pediatric Rehabilitation Program, PReP)

Risk and Resilience in Pediatric Pain
-Risk factors in pediatric pain including pain catastrophizing, particularly across developmental phases
-Resilience factors in pediatric pain such as acceptance of pain and mindfulness
-Mindfulness-based intervention for youth with pain and their parents/caregivers
-Photovoice with Pediatric Rehabilitation Program

Upcoming projects
-Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with chronic pain: exploring the needs of this population, developing and implementing interventions to promote psychosocial functioning and resilience

All Publications

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Bruce Arnow, Ph.D.

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Helena Chmura Kraemer

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Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D.

Redlich Professor, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine and, by courtesy, of Neurology
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Multiple NIH funded projects to characterize CNS mechanisms of human pain. Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and chronic pain self-management within the context of opioid reduction (PCORI funded). Single session pain catastrophizing treatment: comparative efficacy & mechanisms (NIH R01). Development and implementation of an open-source learning healthcare system, CHOIR (http://choir/stanford.edu), to optimize pain care and innovative research in real-world patients.

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Jelena Obradović

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Research Interests
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