EDUCATION AND TRAINING
M.D., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1985
Internship in Primary Care Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, 1985-87
Residency in Primary Care Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, 1990-91
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Thomas O. Staiger, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Senior
Associate Medical Director for Quality
Improvement, Risk Management,
and Physician Services
Attending Physician, UWMC-Roosevelt, GIMC
Division of General Internal Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS
University of Washington Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific Street
Campus Box 356330
Seattle, WA 98195-6330
Email:
staiger@u.washington.edu
Academic office: (206) 598-5807
Fax: (206) 598-4021
Clinic appointments: (206) 598-8750
HONORS
Cum Laude, University of Washington, 1985
James Haviland Award, “Leadership and Clinical Excellence”,
1985
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1984
Phi Beta Kappa, 1979
Cum Laude, University of Michigan, 1979
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Physician/patient communication
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Staiger TO, Gaster B, Sullivan MD, Deyo RA. A Systematic Review
of Antidepressants for Chronic Low Back Pain. Spine. 2003;28:2540-5.
Staiger TO, DeWitt DE, Deyo RA. Low Back Pain. In DeCherney A,
Pregler J, eds. Women’s Health. Hamilton, Ontario: B.C. Decker, 2002.
538-550. Staiger TO,
Paauw DS, Deyo RA, Jarvik JG. Imaging Studies for Acute Low Back.
Postgraduate Medicine. 1999;105(4):161-172.
Jung AC, Staiger T, Sullivan
M. The Efficacy of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors for
the Management of Chronic Pain: A Review. J Gen Intern Med.
1997;12:384-389.
Staiger T,
Paauw D. Avoiding Diagnostic Errors. Resident and Staff
Physician. 1996;42:55-63
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