Dr Timothy Atkinson

Dr Timothy Atkinson

Pain Management, Opioid Safety, PDMP (PMOP), National Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA

Timothy is currently a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pain Management at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. Dr. Atkinson specializes in complex and high risk pain medication management through direct patient care and electronic consult services within the regional referral pain clinic. In collaboration with several DEA x-waivered physicians, Dr. Atkinson supervises a suboxone clinic for patients with comorbid opioid use disorder (OUD) and pain. He is the Residency Director for the PGY-2 Pain and Palliative Care Residency program at TVHS, and represents pain management on the national VA Residency Advisory Board. Dr. Atkinson represented clinical pharmacy on the workgroup updating the VA/DoD SUD guidelines. He is a strong advocate for expansion of clinical pharmacy led pain medication management. His research interests include opioid equivalencies, serum level monitoring, pain management in specialty disease states, and the elderly.

Updated 4 March 2024