John Schieszer

Contributing Writer https://www.clinicalpainadvisor.com

John Schieszer is an award winning medical journalist who produces The Medical Minute podcasts. John received his BA in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism and his MA in english from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In 1990, John was awarded the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Third Annual Fellowship for Journalists in Biomedical Research. In 1992, he completed a Medical Fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratories in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

All articles by John Schieszer

Chronic Pain

Telemedicine: Changing the Management of Chronic Pain

John Schieszer

February 4, 2022

Experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages of treating patients with chronic pain via telemedicine.

Opioid Addiction

Restricting Supply Alone Is Not the Answer to the Opioid Crisis

John Schieszer

December 28, 2021

The current opioid crisis in the United States requires new approaches to prescription opioid management.

General Medicine

The Role of Statins in COVID-19, With a Focus on Patients With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

John Schieszer

August 31, 2021

An overview of the role of statins in reducing in-hospital deaths due to COVID-19, using findings from the American Heart Association’s COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry.

Doctors behind sunblind caring for patient in emergency care unit of a hospital with respiratory equipment

General Pain

COVID-19 Emerging as a Multi-Organ Disease Requiring Multidisciplinary Care

John Schieszer

April 23, 2021

In today’s feature article, we talk with Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, of the Institute for Public Health in Washington, DC, who describes treating long-haulers as “America’s next big health crisis.”

Practice Management

Curbing Depression in Medical Students

John Schieszer

January 18, 2017

“The main changes needed in medical education are primarily structural with pass/fail grading and reduction in class time and amount of information being taught.”