About Steven Richeimer, MD
Dr. Steven Richeimer holds the academic position of Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles where he is Director of the Online Master’s Degree in Pain Medicine. In addition, Dr. Richeimer is Chief, Division of Pain Medicine at USC and Director of the Norris Cancer Hospital Pain Management. He is triple board certified in the fields of anesthesiology, psychiatry, and pain medicine.
From the University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Dr. Richeimer earned a Medical Degree. After finishing medical residencies at the University of California, Los Angeles in psychiatry and anesthesiology, Dr. Richeimer completed his pain management training at Harvard's Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. Dr. Richeimer then went on to become the Director of Pain Management at the UC Davis Medical Center where he established a national reputation for his comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach.
Dr. Richeimer is a member of the American Pain Society, American Society of Regional Anesthesia, American Society of Anesthesiologists, International Association for the Study of Pain, and the American Medical Association.
Dr. Richeimer has published many books and articles in peer-reviewed journals. This doctor is dedicated to using the full scope of medical science to provide personalized, effective care.
Steven H. Richeimer, MD is the author of A Pain Doctor’s Guide to Relief, Confronting Chronic Pain. Click here for more information about the book. For orders placed with the publisher, use code HNAF for 30% discount.
Publications
Articles/Abstracts/Chapters
Altshuler LL, Plaeger-Marshall S, Richeimer S, Daniels M, Baxter LR: Lymphocyte Function in Major
Depression. ACTA Scandinavia 80: 132-136, 1989.
Antigua-Martinez MTP, Wootton RJ, Richeimer SH, Ransil B, Warfield CA, Bajwa ZH: Effect of
Somatization on Global Pain Impairment. Poster session, APS Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Nov 1995.
Antigua-Martinez MTP, Richeimer SH, Wootton RJ, Warfield CA, Bajwa ZH: Effect of Somatization on
Global Pain Impairment. Submitted, The Clinical Journal of Pain, 1996.
Bajwa ZH, Fishman SM, Richeimer SH, Rozan JP, Warfield CA: Intravenous Phenytoin May Predict the
Analgesic Efficacy of Phenytoin for Intractable Neuropathic Pain. Poster session, 8th World Congress on
Pain, Vancouver, BC, August, 1996.
Baxter LR Jr., Liston EH, Schwartz JM, Altshuler L, Guze BH, Richeimer SH, Wilkins J, Freedman DX.
Lithium prolongs the antidepressant response to partial sleep deprivation. Poster session, American
College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting. Maui, HA, December, 1985.
Baxter LR, Liston EH, Schwartz JM, Altshuler LL, Wilkins JN, Richeimer SH, Guze BH: Prolongation of
the antidepressant response to partial sleep deprivation by lithium. Psychiat Research, 19:17-23, 1986.
Baxter LR, Liston EH, Schwartz JM, Altshuler LL, Wilkins JN, Richeimer SH, Guze BH: Lithium extends
sleep deprivation effect in depression. pp. 70, APA 1986 Annual Meeting, Washington, D. C., May 1986.
Chase MH, Monoson R, Watanabe KA, and Richeimer SH: Reflex Responses to high frequency Reticular
Stimulation are State Dependent. Sleep Research 3:20, 1974.
Chase M, Richeimer S, Babb M. Sleep in the Aged Cat. Neuroscience Abstracts 5:1142, 1975.
Chase M, Babb, Stone M, Richeimer S: Active sleep Patterns in the old Cat. Sleep Res 5:20, 1976.
Guze BH, Liston LH, Baster LR, Richeimer SH, Gold ME: Interrater reliability of MECTA EEG, Recordings
of ECT seizure duration. J. Clinical Psychiatry 50:140-142, 1989.
Guze BH, Siegel DJ, Richeimer SH, Jackson M: Affective Disorders; in, The Handbook of Psychiatry,
Editors: Guze B, Richeimer S, Siegel D. Yearbook Medical Publisher, Chicago, 1990, pp 93-104.
Liston EH, Guze BH, Baxter LR, Richeimer SH, Gold MC: Motor vs EEG Seizure duration in ECT.
Biological Psychiatry 24 (1):94-96, 1989.
Macres SM, Richeimer SH: Successful treatment of erythromelalgia with intrathecal hydromorphone and
clonidine. Clinical Journal of Pain 16(4):310-3, 2000.
Macres SM, Richeimer SH, Duran PD: Adjuvant Analgesics; in, Warfield CA, Bajwa ZH (Eds): Principles
and Practice of Pain Management, 2nd edition. McGraw Hill, 2004.
Macres SM, Richeimer SH: Understanding Neuropathic Pain: Pathophysiology and Treatment Modalities.
Current Reviews in Clinical Anesthesia 19(2)14-20,1998.
Macres SM, Richeimer SH, Duran PJ: The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain. Am
Society of Anesthesiology Annual Review, Vol 27, Chapter 10, 1999.
Macres SM, Richeimer SH: Review of Acute Postoperative Pain Management. Current Reviews in
Clinical Anesthesia 19(14)147-156,1999.
Nematbakhsh AM, Richeimer SH: Pharmacologic Therapies for Neck Pain. Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 14(3) 629-641, August 2003.
Richeimer SH: Pain Problems in the Emergency Room. Lifeline (Newsletter of Calif American College of
Emergency Physicians), September 2000.
Richeimer SH, Case GA: Ethical Issues And Problems Of Trust In The Management Of Chronic Pain; in,
Warfield CA, Bajwa ZH (Eds): Principles and Practice of Pain Management, 2nd edition. McGraw Hill,
2004.
Richeimer SH, Bajwa ZH, Kahraman S, Ransil BJ,Warfield CA: Utilization Patterns of Tricyclic
Antidepressants in a Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic. The Clinical Journal of Pain 13(4):324-329, 1997.
Richeimer SH: Commentary: Continuous Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block. The Pain Medicine Journal Club
Journal 3(4):159-160, 1997.
Richeimer SH: Commentary: Unusual Complication After Interventional Pain Management. Cases of the
MGH Pain Center 1(2): 1997 (http://www.mghdacc.com/mghpc/Cases.htm).
Richeimer SH: Evaluation of the Patient with Pain; in, Gershwin ME, Hamilton M (Eds): The Pain
Management Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis & Treatment. Humana Press, 1998.
Richeimer SH, Macres SM: Psychological and Medical Complications of Chronic Pain Management.
Seminars in Anesthesia 15(3):224-237, 1996.
Richeimer SH, Book Review: Management of Migraine. Anesthesiology 85 (5):1225-1226, 1996.
Richeimer SH: Management of Cancer Pain. Newsletter: The Oncology Nursing Society, Greater
Sacramento Chapter, April 1997.
Richeimer SH: Psychological Intervention in Delirium. Postgraduate Medicine 81 (5):173-180, 1987.
Richeimer SH, Bajwa ZH, Antigua-Martinez M, Ransil BJ, Warfield CA: Global Assessment of Pain
Impairment Scale (The GAPI): A Simple Self-rated Scale of Pain Related Impairment. Poster Session,
IASP 8th World Congress on Pain, Vancouver, BC, August 1996.
Richeimer SH, Bajwa ZH, Kahraman S, Warfield CA: Impact of Side Effects on Treatment with Tricyclic
Antidepressants in a Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic. Poster session, American Society of Regional
Anesthesia, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1995.
Richeimer SH, Kahraman S, Bajwa ZH: Patterns of Use of Tricyclic Antidepressants in a Tertiary Care,
Multidisciplinary Pain Management Center. Poster session, American Academy of Neurology, Annual
Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 1995.
Szuba MP, Guze BH, Richeimer SH: The Post-Residency Perspective of the Psychiatric Chief Resident.
(Letter) Academic Psychiatry, 1993.
Tepper G, Richeimer SH, Sugay J: Outpatient Surgery: Spinal Applications. Orthopedic Special Edition
7(1):19-23, 2001.
Victor L, Richeimer SH: Psychosocial Therapies for Neck Pain. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Clinics of North America, (3) 643-657, August 2003.
Victor L, Richeimer SH: Trustworthiness as a Clinical Variable—The Problem of Trust in the Management
of Chronic, Nonmalignant Pain. Submitted to Pain Medicine, 2004.
Books
A Pain Doctor’s Guide to Relief, Confronting Chronic Pain. Richeimer S. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 2014.
The Psychiatric Drug Handbook, Guze B, Ferng H, Szuba M, Richeimer S. Mosby, St. Louis, 1992.
The Handbook of Psychiatry. Editors: Guze B, Richeimer S, Siegel D. Mosby, Chicago, 1990.
Save Your Aching Back and Neck, A Patient’s Guide, Eidelson S, Fessler R, Garfin S, Richeimer S, Rodts G, Spinasanta S. SYA Press and Research Inc., 2nd Edition, San Diego, 2002.
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