Jennifer A Rabbitts, MD

Jennifer A Rabbitts, MD

Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine

On staff since August 2011

Academic Title: Associate Professor

Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research

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  • Award Name Award Description Awarded By Award Date
    Best Abstracts in Clinical Science Annual Academic Evening, University of Washington Department of Anesthesiology, Seattle, WA 2017
    Future Leaders in Pain Research Award American Pain Society 2015
    Junior Investigator Award, for research in Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, American Pain Society Shared Interest Group for Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, American Pain Society, Palm Springs, CA 2015
    Clinical Research Scholars Program Award Seattle Childrens Hospital 2012
    Best Abstracts in Category, Annual Academic Evening University of Washington Department of Anesthesiology 2012
    Young Investigators Travel Award American Pain Society 2012
    Duane K. Rorie, M.D.,Ph.D. Award for laboratory-based research Recognizing outstanding residents and fellows for high quality scientiric inquiries that advance the science of anesthesiology. Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic 2010
    Richard A. Theye. M.D. Award for Clinical Research Recognizing outstanding residents and fellows for high quality scientific inquiries that advance the pracice of anesthesiology. Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic 2007

  • Manuscripts in Refereed Journals

    • Dudeney, J., Law, E.F., Meyyappan, A., Palermo, T.M., Rabbitts, J.A
      Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Widespread Pain Index and the Symptom Severity scale in youth with painful conditions
      Canadian Journal of Pain, 2019 : 3(1)137-47
    • Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Hansen, E.E., Palermo, T.M
      Racial differences in opioid prescribing for children in the United States
      Pain, 2018 : 159(10)2050-57
    • Lifland, B.E., Mangione-Smith, R., Palermo, T. M., Rabbitts, J.A
      Agreement between Parent Proxy- and Child Self-Reports of Pain Intensity and Health-Related Quality of Life after Inpatient Surgery
      Academic Pediatrics , 2018 : 18(4)376-383
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Aaron, R.V., Fisher, E., Lang, E.A., Bridgwater, C., Tai, G.G., Palermo, T.M.
      Long-term pain and recovery after major pediatric surgery: A qualitative study with teens, parents, and perioperative care providers
      J Pain, 2017 : 18(7)778-786
    • Groenewald CB, Beals-Erickson SE, Ralston-Wilson J, Rabbitts JA, Palermo TM
      Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use by Children With Pain in the United States.
      28232257 Acad Pediatr, 2017 : 17(7)785-793
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Aaron, R.V., Zempsky, W.T., Palermo. T.M
      Validation of the Youth Acute Pain Functional Ability Questionnaire (YAPFAQ) in Children and Adolescents Undergoing Inpatient Surgery
      J Pain , 2017 : 18(10)1209-1215
    • Rosenbloom, B.N., Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M.
      A developmental perspective on the impact of chronic pain in adolescence and young adulthood: Implications for assessment and intervention
      Pain, 2017 : 158(9)1629-1632
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Fisher, E
      Postsurgical pain in children: unraveling the interplay between child and parent psychosocial factors
      PAIN, 2017 : 158(10)1847-1848
    • 3. Rabbitts, J.A., Zhou, C., Narayanan, A., Palermo, T.M.
      Longitudinal and temporal associations between daily pain and sleep patterns after major pediatric surgery
      J Pain, 2017 : 18(6)656-663
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Fisher, E., Rosenbloom, B.N., Palermo, T.M.
      Prevalence and predictors of chronic postsurgical pain in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis
      J Pain, 2017 : 18(6)605-614
    • Livingstone, M.J., Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M
      Codeine use among children in the United States: a nationally representative study from 1996 to 2013
      Paediatr Anaesth, 2016 Oct. 25 : doi: 10.11
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Lewandowski Holley, A., Groenewald, C.B., and Palermo, T.M
      Association between widespread pain scores and functional impairment and health-related quality of life in clinical samples of children
      J Pain, 2016 : 17((6))678-84
    • Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Gebert, T., Palermo, T.M
      Trends in opioid prescriptions among children and adolescents in the United States: a nationally representative study from 1996 to 2012
      PAIN, 2016 : 157((5))1021-7
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M., Zhou, C., Mangione-Smith, R
      Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life after Pediatric Inpatient Surgery
      J Pain, 2015 : 16((12))1334-41
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Groenewald, C.B., Rsnen, J.
      Geographic differences in perioperative opioid administration in children
      Ped Anaesth, 2012 : 22(7)676-81
    • Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Harrison T.E.
      Prevalence of moderate-severe pain in hospitalized children
      Ped Anaesth, 2012 : 22(7)661-8
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M., Lang, E.A.
      A conceptual model of biopsychosocial mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain in children and adolescents.
      Journal of Pain Research 24(13):3071-3080, 2020.
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Groenewald, C.B., Zhou, C.
      Subacute Pain Trajectories following major musculoskeletal surgery in adolescents: A Pilot Study.
      Canadian Journal of Pain 4(4):3-12, 2020.
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M., Zhou, C., Meyyappan, A., Chen, L.
      Psychosocial predictors of acute and chronic pain in adolescents undergoing major musculoskeletal surgery
      J Pain 21(11-12):1236-1246, 2020.
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Lewandowski Holley, A., Chen, L.
      Physical activity as a predictor of chronic pain following pediatric spinal surgery.
      Clin J Pain . 2021 Mar 1;37(3):186-193. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000903.
    • Bayman, E.O., Oleson, J.,J., Rabbitts, J.A.
      AAAPT: Assessment of the Acute Pain Trajectory.
      Pain Medicine, in press, doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaa440, 2020.
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Groenewald, C.B.
      Epidemiology of Pediatric Surgery in the United States.
      Pediatric Anesthesia 30(10):1083-90, 2020.

    Published Abstracts

    • de la Vega, R., Holley, A.L., Groenewald, C.B., Palermo, T.M., Rabbitts, J.A
      Associations among pain extent and pain processing in youth with musculoskeletal pain.
      Journal of Pain, 2018 : 19(3)S30
    • Groenewald, C.B., Palermo, T.M., Rabbitts, J.A
      Patterns and predictors of opioid use following adolescent spine surgery
      Journal of Pain, 2018 : 19(3)S40
    • Joo, J., Fisher, E., Aaron, R., Palermo, T.M., Noel, M., Rabbitts, J.A
      Evaluating post-surgical memories in parents and adolescents
      Journal of Pain, 2018 : 19(3)S21
    • Dudeney, J., Law, E., Meyyappan, M., Palermo, T., Rabbitts, J.A
      Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Widespread Pain Index to assess pain extent in youth with painful conditions
      Journal of Pain, 2018 : 19(3)S30
    • Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Hansen, E., Palermo, T.M.
      Racial differences in analgesic use by children in the United States: a nationally representative study
      J Pain, 2017 : 18(4)S43
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Aaron, R.V., Fisher, E., Lang, E.A., Bridgwater, C., Tai, G., Palermo, T.M.
      Long-term pain and recovery after major pediatric surgery: A qualitative study with teens, parents, and perioperative care providers
      J Pain, 2017 : 18(4)S1
    • Aaron, R.V., Rabbitts, J.A., Zempsky, W.T., Palermo. T.M.
      Validation and sensitivity to change of the Youth Acute Pain Functional Ability Questionnaire (YAPFAQ) in a pediatric postsurgical population.
      J Pain, 2017 : 18(4)S40
    • Holley, A.L., Rabbitts, J.A., Durkin, L.K., Zhou, C., Palermo, T.M
      Temporal associations among sleep and pain in youth with acute musculoskeletal pain complaints
      Journal of Pain, 2016 : 17((4))S1
    • Rabbitts J.A., Zhou, C., Palermo, T.M
      Interrelationships between sleep and pain in children undergoing major surgery
      Journal of Pain, 2016 : 17((4))S37
    • Groenewald, C.B., Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M
      Complementary and alternative medicine use among children with pain in the United States: patterns, predictors, and perceived benefits
      Journal of Pain, 2016 : 17((4))S113
    • Accardi, M., Aaron, R., Rabbitts, J.A., Palermo, T.M., Gordon, D., Lesnik, I
      A qualitative study of factors important to patients to optimize the perioperative pain experience
      Journal of Pain, 2016 : 17((4))S

    Other Publications

    • Lewandowski Holley A, Rabbitts J, Zhou C, Durkin L, Palermo TM
      Temporal daily associations among sleep and pain in treatment-seeking youth with acute musculoskeletal pain.
      28378107 Journal of behavioral medicine, 2017 April 4
    • Noel, M., Rabbitts, J.A., Fales, J., Chorney, J., Palermo, T.M
      The Influence of Pain Memories on Adolescents' Post-Surgical Pain Experience: A Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis
      Health Psychol, 2017 : 36(10)987-995
    • Rabbitts JA, Holley AL, Groenewald CB, Palermo TM
      Association Between Widespread Pain Scores and Functional Impairment and Health-Related Quality of Life in Clinical Samples of Children.
      26924379 The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society, 2016 June : 17(6)678-84 PMCID:PMC4885772
    • Rabbitts JA, Zhou C, Groenewald CB, Durkin L, Palermo TM
      Trajectories of postsurgical pain in children: risk factors and impact of late pain recovery on long-term health outcomes after major surgery.
      26381701 Pain, 2015 Nov. : 156(11)2383-9 PMCID:PMC4607609
    • Noel M, Rabbitts JA, Tai GG, Palermo TM
      Remembering pain after surgery: a longitudinal examination of the role of pain catastrophizing in children's and parents' recall.
      25630028 Pain, 2015 May : 156(5)800-8 PMCID:PMC4402244
    • Rabbitts JA, Groenewald CB, Tai GG, Palermo TM
      Presurgical psychosocial predictors of acute postsurgical pain and quality of life in children undergoing major surgery.
      25540939 The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society, 2015 March : 16(3)226-34 PMCID:PMC5137504
    • Rabbitts JA, Holley AL, Karlson CW, Palermo TM
      Bidirectional associations between pain and physical activity in adolescents.
      23669450 The Clinical journal of pain, 2014 March : 30(3)251-8 PMCID:PMC3766388
    • Mauermann W, Flick R, Rabbitts J
      Response to: the Fontan patient in the non cardiac setting.
      23822184 Paediatric anaesthesia, 2013 Aug. : 23(8)763
    • Rabbitts JA, Groenewald CB, Mauermann WJ, Barbara DW, Burkhart HM, Warnes CA, Oliver WC Jr, Flick RP
      Outcomes of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery in a series of patients with Fontan palliation.
      22998356 Paediatric anaesthesia, 2013 Feb. : 23(2)180-7
    • Jennifer A. Rabbitts, MB ChB, Holley, A. L., Karlson, C. W., Palermo, T.
      Bidirectional Associations Between Pain and Physical Activity in Adolescents
      Clin J Pain, 2013
    • Rabbitts JA, Groenewald CB, Räsänen J
      Geographic differences in perioperative opioid administration in children.
      22324378 Paediatric anaesthesia, 2012 July : 22(7)676-81 PMCID:PMC5139618
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Lewandowski Holley, A.S., Tai, G., Karlson, C.W., Palermo, T.M.
      Bidirectional Associations Between Pain and Physical Activity in Adolescents
      Pain, 2012 : 13(4)s1
    • Rabbitts, J.A., Groenewald, C.B.
      Acute Pain in Children, Post-Operative
      Encyclopedia of Pain, 2nd Edition, 2012
    • Rabbitts JA, Groenewald CB, Jacob AK, Low PA, Curry TB
      Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and general anesthesia: a series of 13 cases.
      21802629 Journal of clinical anesthesia, 2011 Aug. : 23(5)384-92 PMCID:PMC3349351
    • Rabbitts JA, Groenewald CB, Dietz NM, Morales C, Räsänen J
      Perioperative opioid requirements are decreased in hypoxic children living at altitude.
      21199116 Paediatric anaesthesia, 2010 Dec. : 20(12)1078-83
    • Rabbitts JA, Groenewald CB, Moriarty JP, Flick R
      Epidemiology of ambulatory anesthesia for children in the United States: 2006 and 1996.
      20802051 Anesthesia and analgesia, 2010 Oct. : 111(4)1011-5
    • Charkoudian N, Rabbitts JA
      Sympathetic neural mechanisms in human cardiovascular health and disease.
      19720780 Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2009 Sept. : 84(9)822-30 PMCID:PMC2735432
    • Jennifer A. Rabbitts, MB ChB, Rabbitts JA, Strom NA, Sawyer JR, Curry TB, Dietz NM, Roberts SK, Kingsley-Berg SM, Charkoudian N.
      Influence of endogenous angiotensin II on control of sympathetic nerve activity in human dehydration.
      19805740 Journal of Physiology, 2009 : 5441-5449
    • Rabbitts JA, Nuttall GA, Brown MJ, Hanson AC, Oliver WC, Holmes DR, Rihal CS
      Cardiac risk of noncardiac surgery after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.
      18813037 Anesthesiology, 2008 Oct. : 109(4)596-604
    • Rabbitts JA, Bacon DR, Nuttall GA, Moore SB
      Mayo Clinic and the origins of blood banking.
      17803879 Mayo Clinic proceedings, 2007 Sept. : 82(9)1117-8
    • Rabbitts JA
      Occupational exposure to blood in medical students.
      14531124 South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2003 Aug. : 93(8)621-4

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  • Presentations Title Event Location Date
    Mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic pain Anesthesia Grand Rounds Visiting Professor. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN May 2019
    "Why Me?" Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Pain in Little Rodents and Little People Symposium, International Symposium on Pediatric Pain Basel, Switzerland 2019
    Chronic Postsurgical Pain: Risk Factors and Interventions to Promote Recovery 6th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine Houston, TX 2019
    Mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic pain in youth undergoing musculoskeletal surgery Blaustein Pain Grand Rounds Visiting Professor Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Dec. 2018
    Pediatric Chronic Pain: Merging our Knowledge to Treat a Growing Problem Mina, M. (Chair), Rabbitts, J.A., Monico, E.C., Berde, C. . , 2018. 17th Annual Pain Medicine Meeting, American Society for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. San Antonio, TX 2018
    Mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic pain in youth undergoing musculoskeletal surgery Anesthesiology & Critical Care Research Seminar Series Visiting Professor University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA May 2018
    Novel Mechanisms underlying Risk for Acute and Chronic Postsurgical Pain: Role of Peripheral Pain Processing, Central Sensitization and Genomics Chidambaran, V. (Chair), Rabbitts, J.A., Brummett, C. Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Anaheim, CA 2018
    Mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic pain in youth undergoing musculoskeletal surgery Chronic Postsurgical Pain Grand Rounds Series University of Washington, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Seattle, WA Jan. 2018
    Chronic postsurgical pain: Moving from assessment to intervention research to address childrens pain after surgery American Pain Society Annual Meeting 2017
    Trajectories of Pediatric Postsurgical Pain: Psychosocial risk factors Invited speaker at the Basic Science Shared Interest Group Meeting, Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society 2016
    Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain Surgery in Children and Adults: What We Know and Where We Need to Go Symposium Presenter, Annual Scientific Program of the Canadian Pain Society 2016
    Planning for your First Job Discussion Panel Early Career Forum, Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society 2016
    Innovations in Post-Surgical Pain: Basic, experimental, and clinical studies of pain mechanisms and impact Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society 2016
    Persistent postsurgical pain in children: Examining psychosocial risk factors, biochemical profiles, and functional outcomes. Symposium, International Symposium on Pediatric Pain 2015
    Pain trajectories in youth after major surgery International Symposium on Pediatric Pain 2013
    Monitoring Activity Pain and Sleep after Surgery in Youth Pediatric Anesthesiology Research Grand Rounds Seattle Children's Hospital July 2012
    Bidirectional Associations Between Pain and Physical Activity in Adolescents Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Special Interest Group Meeting, American Pain Society 2012
    Geographic differences in perioperative opioid administration in children Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Annual Meeting 2012
    Acute to Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Adolescents: Mechanisms and Interventions. Grand Rounds Visiting Professor, Columbia University New York NY, March 2021.
    Predictors of Persistent Post-Surgical Pain in Pediatric Populations. Keynote speaker, De Grootte Institute Symposium on Postsurgical Pain, Michael G DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, 2019.
  • Grant Title Grantor Amount Award Date
    EPPIC-Net Hub at University of Washington NIH/ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Sept. 1, 2019 - Aug. 31, 2024
    Mechanisms of transition from acute to chronic pain in youth undergoing musculoskeletal surgery NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases $3,691,582 July 12, 2018 - June 30, 2023
    Scan Design Innovative Pain Research Grant Scan Design Foundation $50000 Aug. 1, 2016 - Feb. 1, 2018
    University of Washington Clinical Outcomes Research Small Grant University of Washington, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine $15000 Jan. 1, 2016 - Dec. 31, 2017
    American Pain Society Future Leaders Grant American Pain Society $20,750 Jan. 1, 2016 - May 31, 2017
    Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life in Children after Surgery NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development $686,545 Aug. 25, 2014 - June 30, 2019
    Longterm pain and health outcomes after major pediatric surgery National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
    NIH/ National Institute of Child Health & Human Development: Effectiveness of an mHealth psychosocial intervention to prevent transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain in adolescents $4,735,513
    NIH/ Office of Disease Prevention: Prevalence and predictors of opioid misuse after adolescent spinal fusion surgery, $99,949

Overview

Board Certification(s)

Pediatric Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology

Medical/Professional School

University Of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch
Mayo School of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Residency

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Fellowship

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Clinical Interests

Prevention and management of acute postoperative pain in children. Studying risk factors that predict which children will develop severe and longer lasting postoperative pain and investigating ways to modify them.