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Opioids and Surgery
Bongiovanni Lab Research
Opioids and Surgery
Bongiovanni Lab Research
Managing Pain
Managing Pain
Tasce Bongiovanni, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Acute Care and Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Developing strategies to decrease opioid exposure in treating post-operative pain
The Bongiovanni lab conducts research that will focus on developing strategies to decrease opioid exposure in treating post-operative pain. It will have a direct, population-level impact by informing interventions aimed at providing adequate post-operative analgesia with non-opioid medications in order to reduce opioid abuse and associated morbidity and mortality and inform further hospital-wide measures to develop a continuum of care for patients regarding holistic pain control in the perioperative setting.
Recent Publications
- Loop diuretics and subsequent use of urinary symptom medications in older adults: evaluation of a possible prescribing cascade.
2025 |
PubMed
- Resident Physician Experiences of Discharging Hospitalized Older Adults to Skilled Nursing Facilities.
2025 |PubMed
- 'They Were Talking to Each Other but Not to Me': Examining the Drivers of Patients' Poor Experiences During the Transition From the Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facility.
2025 |PubMed
- Communication After Emergent Surgery by English Proficiency: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.
2025 |PubMed
- Screening for Intimate Partner Violence After Traumatic Injury: A Community-Based Participatory Qualitative Research Study.
2025 |PubMed
Grants & Funding
- Delivery of Surgical Care to Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic | CHESA & ADGHE | 2020-09-18 - 2021-09-17 | Role: Co-Investigator
- UCSF Learning Health System K12 Career Development Program | NIH/AHRQ | 2019-07-01 - 2021-07-31 | Role: K Scholar
- Surgical Care for Benign Gallbladder Disease During COVID-19: Operational Barriers and Areas for Intervention at a Safety-Net Hospital | Research and Policy Initiative Award through the UCSF Center for Healthcare Value Grant | 2020-10-01 - 2021-06-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
- Prolonged Use of Pain Medication Past the Postoperative Period in Older Adults | Institution: National Institute on Aging, NIH | Grant number: K23AG073523-04 | Award period: May 2022- April 2026
- Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program | Institution: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Award period: July 2022 – June 2026