Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Gerald Gebhart, PhD

Professor of Anethesiology, Medicine, Neurobiology and Pharmacology
Office: Div. of GI, Hepatology & Nutr., Univ. of Pgh.
PUH, M2, C Wing - 200 Lothrop St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-648-9115
Fax: 412-648-9378
E-mail: gebhartgf@upmc.edu
Education
B.S. (Pharmacy), UNiversity of Illinois, 1967
M.S. (Pharmacology), University of Iowa, 1969
Ph.D. (Pharmacology), University of Iowa, 1971
Training
Postdoctoral (Electrophysiology), Universite de Montreal, 1971
Sabbatical, Universitat Heidelberg, 1981
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
mechanisms of visceral pain
mechanisms of visceral hypersensitivity
descending modulation of nociception
morphine-produced hyperalgesia
 
Profile
Gebhart is Director of the Center for Pain Research at the University of Pittsburgh. He is best known for his research on mechanisms and modulation of pain, principally visceral pain. He has published more than 300 peer reviewed research papers and more than 75 book chapters. He has been recognized by several awards: Bristol Myers-Squibb Award for Excellence in Pain Research (1989-94), NIH MERIT Award 1993-03), Kerr Award from the American Pain Society (1994), Purdue Pharma Prize for Pain Research (2004), Janssen Award in Gastroenterology (2005) and has been identified by Tomson-ISI as a Highly Cited Researcher. He is a Past President of the American Pain Society, currently is president of the International Association for the Study of Pain (2008-10)and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Pain.
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