John T. Farrar, MD, PhD
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Co-Director, Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology Program
- Emeritus Professor CE of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics in Anesthesiology and Critical Care
- Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics in Neurology
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
- Residency: California Pacific Medical Center
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 1995
- American College of Epidemiology, Member, National
- American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Member, National
- Aptinyx Incorporated, Consultant, National
- Canadian Pain Society, Member, National
- Cara Therapeutics, Inc. DSMB Member, 2015-Present for CR845-CLIN3001, A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Adaptive Design Study Evaluating the Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous CR845 In Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery, National
- Food and Drug Administration, Consultant, 2002-, Member, 2004-2009 , Chair, 2008-2009, Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs Advisory Board, National
- Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network, Governing Board Member, International
- Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment on Clinical Trials (IMMPACT), Member, 2002-, Steering Committee Member, 2006-, National
- International Association for the Study of Pain, Member, International
- International Society for Pharmaco-Epidemiology, Member, International
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH-NINDS DSMB Chair for 09-N-0039, Resiniferatoxin to Treat Severe Pain Associated with Advanced Cancer, National
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)-NINR DSMB Chair, Nonpharmacologic Pain Management in FQHC Primary Care Clinics, National
- National Institutes of Health NAME Scientific Review Committee, Ad Hoc Member, National
- National Institutes of Health NCCAM CERC Scientific Review Committee, Ad Hoc Member, National
- National Institutes of Health NIDCR ZDE1 VH22 Ad Hoc Scientific Review Committee, Ad Hoc Reviewer for R34 and U01s, National
- National Institutes of Health, NIH Special Emphasis Panel, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Behavioral Interventions, Obesity and Chronic Pain, National
- NIH HEAL Pain Strategic Planning Executive Committee Member, National
- NIH Special Emphasis Panel, National Institutes of Health, Ad Hoc Reviewer, ZDE1 CF-(02), National
- NIH-NIAMS DSMB Member, Apkarian 14-025-E Corticostriatal Plasticity in the Transition to Chronic Pain: Effect of L-dopa., National
- NIH-NIDCR DSMB Member, Effect of COMT Genetic Polymorphisms on Response to Propranolol Therapy in Temporomandibular Disorder (SOPPRANO), National
- NIH-NIDCR, DSMB Member for 16-032E, Investigation and Modulation of the Mu-Opioid Mechanisms in TMD(in vivo), National
- Pfizer, Ad Hoc Consultant, National
- Philadelphia Pain Society, Member, 1992-, Education Committee Member 2006-, Local
- The American Academy of Neurology, Member, National
- United States – Association for the Study of Pain, President 2023-, President Elect 2022-2023(Member since inception 2020), National
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Consultant, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Sayegh RR, Vitale S, Agrón E, Farrar JT, Asbell PA, Chew EY; AREDS Research Group Prevalence and Risk Factors for the Development of Chronic Postoperative Pain After Cataract Surgery in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). , The Journal of Pain, 28: 2025
Miller CJ, Farrar JT Methodology for Determining Minimally Clinically Important Differences in Acute Pain Intensity with the Double Stopwatch Technique. , The Journal of Pain: 2025
Howard SD, Singh S, Macaluso D, Hsu JY, Cajigas I, Qiu L, Halpern CH, Aamodt WW, Farrar JT Correlation of the Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor with a Global Assessment. , Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery : 2025
Aamodt WW, Sun C, Dahodwala N, Elser H, Schneider ALC, Farrar JT, Coe NB, Willis AW End-of-Life Health Care Service Use and Cost Among Medicare Decedents with Neurodegenerative Diseases. , Neurology, 103(9): 2024
Farrar JT, Locke KT Jr, Clemens JQ, Griffith JW, Harte SE, Kirkali Z, Kreder KJ, Krieger JN, Lai HH, Moldwin RM, Mullins C, Naliboff BD, Pontari MA, Rodríguez LV, Schaeffer AJ, Schrepf A, Stephens-Shields A, Sutcliffe S, Taple BJ, Williams DA, Landis JR Widespread Pain Phenotypes Impact Treatment Efficacy Results in Randomized Clinical Trials for Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Network Study. , Pain, 166(5): 2025,1179-1190
Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Cherkin D, Rice ASC, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, McDermott MP, Bair MJ, DeBar LL, Edwards RR, Evans SR, Farrar JT, Kerns RD, Rowbotham MC, Wasan AD, Cowan P, Ferguson M, Freeman R, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Grol-Prokopczyk H, Iyengar S, Kamp C, Karp BI, Kleykamp BA, Loeser JD, Mackey S, Malamut R, McNicol E, Patel KV, Schmader K, Simon L, Steiner DJ, Veasley C, Vollert J. Methods for Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trials of Pain Therapies: IMMPACT Statement. , Pain, 165(10): 2024,2165-2183
Howard SD, Singh S, Macaluso D, Cajigas I, Aamodt WW, Farrar JT. Validation of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision-Clinical Modification Diagnostic Code for Essential Tremor. , Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 14(1): 2024,1-8
Haroutounian S, Holzer KJ, Kerns RD, Veasley C, Dworkin RH, Turk DC, Carman KL, Chambers CT, Cowan P, Edwards RR, Eisenach JC, Farrar JT, Ferguson M, Forsythe LP, Freeman R, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Goertz C, Grol-Prokopczyk H, Iyengar S, Jordan I, Kamp C, Kleykamp BA, Knowles RL, Langford DJ, Mackey S, Malamut R, Markman J, Martin KR, McNicol E, Patel KV, Rice ASC, Rowbotham M, Sandbrink F, Simon LS, Steiner DJ, Vollert J Patient Engagement in Designing, Conducting, and Disseminating Clinical Pain Research: IMMPACT Recommended Considerations. , Pain, 165(5): 2024,1013-1028
Clemens JQ, Locke K Jr, Landis JR, Kreder K, Rodriguez LV, Yang CC, Tu FF, Harte SE, Schrepf A, Farrar JT, Sutcliffe S, Naliboff BD, Williams DA, Afari N, Spitznagle T, Taple BJ, Lai HH Validation of a Simple Body Map to Measure Widespread Pain in Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A MAPP Research Network Study. , Neurourology and Urodynamics, 43(3): 2024,727-737
Brown VL, James A, Hunleth J, Bradley CS, Farrar JT, Gupta P, Lai HH, Lowder JL, Moldwin R, Rodriguez LV, Yang CC, Sutcliffe S Believing Women: A Qualitative Exploration of Provider Disbelief and Pain Dismissal Among Women with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome from the MAPP Research Network. , International Urogynecology Journal, 35(1): 2024,139-148