Stephan Frangakis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Program Assistant, Anesthesiology
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Stephan Frangakis, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • Qualifications
    • Fellowship
      Duke University Hospital, Regional Anesthesiology and Acute Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, 2021
    • Residency
      Duke University Hospital, Clinical Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology, 2020
    • Clinical Internship
      Duke University Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, 2017
    • M.D.
      Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, 2016
    • Ph.D.
      Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, 2015
    • B.A.
      Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, 2006
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Precision Health Initiative
    Research Overview

    My research interests include genetic and physiologic factors predisposing to the development of acute postoperative pain, and the transition to chronic postoperative pain. Additionally, I am interested in adjuvants and techniques to prevent postoperative pain.

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Clinical associations with a polygenic predisposition to benign lower white blood cell counts.
      Mosley JD, Shelley JP, Dickson AL, Zanussi J, Daniel LL, Zheng NS, Bastarache L, Wei W-Q, Shi M, Jarvik GP, Rosenthal EA, Khan A, Sherafati A, Kullo IJ, Walunas TL, Glessner J, Hakonarson H, Cox NJ, Roden DM, Frangakis SG, Vanderwerff B, Stein CM, Van Driest SL, Borinstein SC, Shu X-O, Zawistowski M, Chung CP, Kawai VK. Nat Commun, 2024 Apr 22; 15 (1): 3384 DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-47804-5
      PMID: 38649760
    • Journal Article
      Painstaking Progress: A Call for Comprehensive Research and Consistent Outcome Measures of Postsurgical Pain.
      Frangakis SG, Brummett CM. Anesthesiology, 2024 Aug 1; 141 (2): 211 - 213. DOI:10.1097/ALN.0000000000005072
      PMID: 38980162
    • Journal Article
      The Association of Preoperative Opioid Use with Post-Discharge Outcomes: A Cohort Study of the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative.
      Frangakis SG, Kavalakatt B, Gunaseelan V, Lai Y, Waljee J, Englesbe M, Brummett CM, Bicket MC. Ann Surg, 2024 Mar 14; DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000006265
      PMID: 38482687
    • Journal Article
      Genetic Associations of Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery Point to OPRM1 but Not Other Opioid-Related Loci as the Main Driver of Opioid Use Disorder.
      Annis AC, Gunaseelan V, Smith AV, Abecasis GR, Larach DB, Zawistowski M, Frangakis SG, Brummett CM. Genet Epidemiol, 2024 Oct 9; DOI:10.1002/gepi.22588
      PMID: 39385445
    • Journal Article
      Risk factors for persistent postoperative opioid use: an entity distinct from chronic postsurgical pain.
      Ramo S, Frangakis S, Waljee JF, Bicket MC. Reg Anesth Pain Med, 2024 Sep 11; DOI:10.1136/rapm-2024-105599
      PMID: 39266222
    • Preprint
      Genetic associations of persistent opioid use after surgery: a hypothesis-driven analysis of high-value genetic variants in the Michigan Genomics Initiative dataset
      Brummett C, Annis A, Gunaseelan V, Smith A, Abecasis G, Larach D, Zawistowski M, Frangakis S. Research Square, DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3175786/v1
    • Preprint
      Clinical consequences of a polygenic predisposition to benign lower white blood cell counts: Consequences of benign WBC count genetics.
      Mosley JD, Shelley JP, Dickson AL, Zanussi J, Daniel LL, Zheng NS, Bastarache L, Wei W-Q, Shi M, Jarvik GP, Rosenthal EA, Khan A, Sherafati A, Kullo IJ, Walunas TL, Glessner J, Hakonarson H, Cox NJ, Roden DM, Frangakis SG, Vanderwerff B, Stein CM, Van Driest SL, Borinstein SC, Shu X-O, Zawistowski M, Chung CP, Kawai VK. 2023 Aug 21; DOI:10.1101/2023.08.20.23294331
      PMID: 37662324
    • Presentation
      Using Electronic Health Records to Generate algorithm Phenotypes for Chronic Post-Surgical Pain (CPSP)
      Frangakis S. 2023 May 31;
    Featured News & Stories
    Department News
    Stephan Frangakis, M.D., Ph.D., receives NIH K08 grant to study potential genetic predictors of chronic postsurgical pain
    The project will be the largest postsurgical pain genetics study to date.