Fricton James R
University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Pain Manag. 2011 Mar;1(2):115-21. doi: 10.2217/pmt.11.9.
Dr Fricton received his BS and DDS degree from the University of Iowa (IA, USA), and then undertook his postgraduate studies, completing an MS in Oral Biology at UCLA School of Dentistry (University of California, CA, USA) and an Anesthesiology and Pain Management Residency at UCLA Medical Center. After research and clinical training at UCLA, he joined the faculty at the University of Minnesota (MN, USA), where he is currently a Professor in the Department of Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is also a Senior Research Investigator at HealthPartners Research Foundation (MN, USA). He has over 30 years experience in clinical care, research and teaching in the field of chronic pain, orofacial pain, temporomandibular muscle and joint disorders, muscle pain, and, more recently, health informatics. His sponsored research has focused on epidemiological studies and clinical trials of therapeutic strategies for chronic pain conditions. He has developed a biobehavioral framework for personalized care for chronic pain conditions and has integrated this pain research with studies of health information technology, focusing on the use of electronic health records, personal health records and clinical decision support to improve the outcomes and quality of healthcare. He is Principal Investigator for the NIH NIDCR's temporomandibular joint (TMJ) Implant Registry and Repository, which includes research into the genetic, biomechanical and biobehavioral factors involved in the success or failure of TMJ implants. In addition, he has served on the governing board of the American Pain Society, and was president of both the American Board of Orofacial Pain and the American Academy of Orofacial Pain. He maintains an active private practice for patients with TMJ, orofacial, head and neck pain in Plymouth (MN, USA) and St Paul (MN, USA).
弗里克顿博士在美国爱荷华大学获得理学学士和牙医学博士学位，随后进行研究生学习，在美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校牙科学院完成口腔生物学硕士学位，并在美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校医学中心完成麻醉学与疼痛管理住院医师培训。在加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校进行研究和临床培训后，他加入了美国明尼苏达大学的教师队伍，目前是诊断与外科学以及物理医学与康复系的教授。他还是美国明尼苏达州健康合作伙伴研究基金会的高级研究调查员。他在慢性疼痛、口面部疼痛、颞下颌肌肉和关节疾病、肌肉疼痛以及最近的健康信息学领域拥有超过30年的临床护理、研究和教学经验。他的资助研究主要集中在慢性疼痛疾病治疗策略的流行病学研究和临床试验。他为慢性疼痛疾病的个性化护理开发了一个生物行为框架，并将这项疼痛研究与健康信息技术研究相结合，重点关注电子健康记录、个人健康记录和临床决策支持的使用，以改善医疗保健的结果和质量。他是美国国立卫生研究院国家牙科和颅面研究所颞下颌关节（TMJ）植入物注册与储存库的首席研究员，该研究包括对TMJ植入物成败所涉及的遗传、生物力学和生物行为因素的研究。此外，他曾在美国疼痛协会理事会任职，并且担任过美国口面部疼痛委员会和美国口面部疼痛学会的主席。他在美国明尼苏达州普利茅斯市和圣保罗市为患有颞下颌关节、口面部、头部和颈部疼痛的患者积极开展私人诊疗业务。
