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Welcome to the CSU Center for Comparative and Integrative Pain Medicine! Our overarching goal is to provide animals relief from pain and to optimize their quality of life. We do this through clinical service, humane research, advanced educational programs, and a dedication to elevating awareness of the imperative to recognize and effectively address pain and discomfort in animals.

Our pain medicine doctors draw from natural healing approaches such as acupuncture, gentle manual therapy, nutritional supplements, and more, along with conventional drug-based pain medicine treatments, to meld the best of both worlds for the benefit of our patients.

To learn more about our program, please contact the Center Director, Dr. Narda Robinson, at Narda.Robinson@colostate.edu, or read more about our visions and direction on this website.

To make a pain medicine appointment for your animal companion, contact the Colorado State University Veterinary Medical Center at 970-221-4535.

Mission Statement

We at the Center for Comparative and Integrative Pain Medicine seek to:

• Provide compassionate, high-quality, patient care, putting patients’ interests first.
• Promote scientific, evidence-based education to veterinarians-in-training as well as to clinicians in practice regarding the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, and successful alleviation of pain..
• Facilitate ongoing collaboration, innovation, and inquiry, leading to advancements designed for the betterment of animal lives and translational benefits for humans in pain.
• Develop learning programs that allow veterinarians to gain technical skill and confidence in the latest pain alleviation techniques.
• Encourage humane research in the study of pain; i.e., not causing pain to study pain.