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Ian Gilron

ResearcherAnesthesiologyQueen's University

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Ian Gilron

Researcher

Anesthesiology

Health Sciences

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
63 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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187

Publications

576

Citations

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119

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Research

Chronic Pain Combination Therapy Fibromyalgia Melatonin Pregabalin Sleep Administrative Health Data Case Definition

Latest papers

Real-world data and evidence in pain research: an IMMPACT comprehensive review and best practice recommendations.
Pain · 2026
Assessment of blinding in pharmacotherapy and noninvasive neuromodulation randomized controlled trials for neuropathic pain in adults.
Pain · 2026 · senior author
Towards a tool to discriminate between pain mechanistic descriptors: expert ranking of clinical features and allocation of weights using a forced choice paradigm.
Pain · 2026

All 187 publications

Latest funding

The PRECISE trial - Pain RElief Combination Intervention StratEgies
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$562,275
The PRECISE trial - Pain RElief Combination Intervention StragEgies
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Development of a validated method to identify patients with chronic pain in electronic medical records and administrative health data to advance clinical research and patient care
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$673,200

All 12 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 187 publications.

Real-world data and evidence in pain research: an IMMPACT comprehensive review and best practice recommendations.

Vollert J, Spivack J, Adamson B, Baron R, Farrar JT, Gilron I, Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Kerns RD, Mackey S, Markman JD, McDermott MP, Parides M, Rice ASC, Turk DC, Wasan AD, Dworkin RH, Langford DJ, ACTTION'S Consortium on Pain Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Safety Studies (COPESS)

Pain2026

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003798 PMID: 40893022

Assessment of blinding in pharmacotherapy and noninvasive neuromodulation randomized controlled trials for neuropathic pain in adults.

Montag LT, Soliman N, Moisset X, Ferraro MC, Ciampi de Andrade D, Baron R, Belton J, Bennett DLH, Calvo M, Dougherty PM, Hietaharju AJ, Hosomi K, Kamerman PR, Kemp H, Enax-Krumova EK, McNicol E, Price TJ, Raja SN, Rice ASC, Smith BH, Talkington F, Truini A, Vollert J, Attal N, Finnerup NB, Haroutounian S, Colloca L, Vase L, Salomons TV, Gwyther B, Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Phalip J, Istri Pramitasuri T, Taule-Lim N, Than QV, Wandrey JD, Zunaid M, Gilron I

Pain2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004120 PMID: 42751722

Towards a tool to discriminate between pain mechanistic descriptors: expert ranking of clinical features and allocation of weights using a forced choice paradigm.

Shraim MA, Sterling M, Sluka KA, Arendt-Nielsen L, Backonja M, Baron R, Blechschmidt V, Clauw DJ, Cohen M, Coombes BK, Elsenbruch S, Gilron I, Harris RE, Jones LE, Kapreli E, Kato F, Kosek E, Madden VJ, Nijs J, Reis FJJ, Rice AC, Ringkamp M, Schmid AB, Irani A, Veasley C, Hodges PW

Pain2026

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003979 PMID: 42048572

Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohort study.

Hussain N, Brull R, Gilron I, Bhatia A, Guirguis F, Alghothani O, D'Souza R, Karri J, Weaver T, Urman R, Abdallah FW

Journal of clinical anesthesia2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2026.112239 PMID: 42160880

Duration of clinically meaningful improvement in pain as a patient-centered endpoint in acute pain trials.

Miller CJ, DeLorey I, Bilker WB, Argoff CE, Bell RL, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Haythornthwaite JA, McWilliams T, Theken KN, Farrar JT

Pain2026

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000004037 PMID: 42319272

Predictors of response to full agonist opioids in enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal clinical trials: a participant-level data meta-analysis.

Conroy A, Bilker WB, DeLorey I, Chudnovskaya D, McWilliams T, Miller CJ, Argoff CE, Bell R, Gewandter JS, Gilron I, Haythornthwaite J, Theken KN, Farrar JT

Pain2026

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003803 PMID: 40893014

Study protocols for the GEPard project: systematic analysis of sex- and gender-specific differences in the efficacy of perioperative pain management - a two-pronged approach.

Floren S, Segelcke D, Macháček PA, Vollert J, Norda H, Rohde I, Gilron I, Pogatzki-Zahn EM

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111644 PMID: 41545043

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

Hussain N, Brull R, Gilron I, Nguyen A, D'Souza R, Weaver T, Bhatia A, Clarke H, Banik R, Abdel-Rasoul M, Abdallah FW

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2026

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-026-03118-2 PMID: 42087046

Corneal Confocal Microscopy and Skin Biopsy to Differentiate Painful From Painless Diabetic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review With Multiple Meta-Analyses.

Gad HY, Devigili G, Merkies I, Gilron I, MacDonald R, Lauria G, Malik RA

European journal of neurology2026

DOI: 10.1111/ene.70576 PMID: 41858110

Development of risk prediction model for chronic pain after knee replacement surgery: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis

Sadeghirad B, Khalili M, Busse JW, Abdelkader W, Foroutan F, Mbuagbaw L, Gilron I, Khan J, Madden K, Tushinski D

Perioperative Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13741-026-00672-7

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Ian Gilron

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Real-world data and evidence in pain research: an IMMPACT comprehensive review and best practice recommendations.

Assessment of blinding in pharmacotherapy and noninvasive neuromodulation randomized controlled trials for neuropathic pain in adults.

Towards a tool to discriminate between pain mechanistic descriptors: expert ranking of clinical features and allocation of weights using a forced choice paradigm.

Association of perioperative gabapentinoids with persistent opioid requirements following below knee amputation - A nationwide claims-based retrospective cohort study.

Duration of clinically meaningful improvement in pain as a patient-centered endpoint in acute pain trials.

Predictors of response to full agonist opioids in enriched enrollment randomized withdrawal clinical trials: a participant-level data meta-analysis.

Study protocols for the GEPard project: systematic analysis of sex- and gender-specific differences in the efficacy of perioperative pain management - a two-pronged approach.

Association of preoperative corticosteroids with persistent opioid requirements following total knee arthroplasty: an exploratory population-based cohort study.

Corneal Confocal Microscopy and Skin Biopsy to Differentiate Painful From Painless Diabetic Neuropathy: A Systematic Review With Multiple Meta-Analyses.

Development of risk prediction model for chronic pain after knee replacement surgery: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis

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Philip Devereaux

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Scott Duggan

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Jason Walter Busse

Patricia Poulin

Michael McGillion

Joel Katz

Guillaume Martel

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Michael Verret

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