We serve a wide variety of patients referred from the UVA system and surrounding local community as well as surrounding areas and states. The PMC is interdisciplinary and psychologists, anesthesiologists, and nursing staff work as a team for assessment and treatment planning. Patients seen in the PMC are primarily adults and present with a variety of pain-related conditions including orthopedic, neurological and neurosurgical, digestive disorders, headaches, pelvic pain, cancer, and spinal cord injuries. The UVA Pain Division also has the only interdisciplinary inpatient acute pain service which provides consults for all services in the hospital. Consultations involve patients across all age groups with varied medical conditions and provide a unique training experience for the Fellow.
Research is clinically relevant and incorporates issues related to both acute and chronic pain.
The Department of Psychiatric Medicine holds a monthly seminar for all Postdoctoral Fellows in Psychology in all departments of the UVA medical school. These seminars provide Fellows with ongoing didactic training as well as an opportunity to discuss training issues and experiences. Topics typically included in the didactic training include professional issues, psychopharmacology, women's issues, specific therapeutic interventions, and dealing with managed health care, as well as topics of interest chosen by the Fellows. Dania Chastain, Ph.D .