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Erin Krebs

Erin Krebs, MD, MPH is a physician health services researcher at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs (VA) Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research and University of Minnesota Medical School. Her research addresses clinical questions related to chronic pain and opioid analgesics, informed by her practice as a primary care internist. She has expertise in comparative effectiveness research and pragmatic trials. Her current research focuses on opioid tapering outcomes and care of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain.

CURRENT POSITIONS
• Core Investigator, Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
• Chief of General Internal Medicine, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
• Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Chronic pain management 
• Opioid effectiveness and harms
• Pain assessment

EDUCATION
BA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Internal Medicine Residency, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
Chief Residency, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
MPH, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC

CONTACT INFO
Email: Erin.Krebs@va.gov

Check out a full publication list on PubMed.

VA RESEARCH TOPICS
Pain
Health Services

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