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David Cosio, PhD, ABPP

Psychologist
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Pain Medicine & Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chicago, Illinois

David Cosio, PhD, ABPP is the psychologist in the Pain Clinic and the CARF-accredited, interdisciplinary pain program at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, in Chicago. He received his PhD from Ohio University with a specialization in Health Psychology in 2008. He completed a behavioral medicine internship at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Mental Health Services and a Primary Care/Specialty Clinic Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital in 2009. Dr. Cosio has done several presentations in health psychology at the regional and national level. He also has published several articles on health psychology, specifically in the area of patient pain education. He achieved specialist certification in Clinical Health Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology in 2017. He is the author of two books entitled, "Pain Relief: Managing Chronic Pain Through Traditional, Holistic, & Eastern Practices," and "The Psychology of Pain Relief."

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