Andrea Furlan

Dr. Andrea Furlan is a scientist at the Institute for Work & Health (IWH). She is also a physician and senior scientist at the KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute at University Health Network (UHN). She is Professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Toronto. She is Chair of ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship at UHN, and Co-Chair of ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine and ECHO for Return to Work of Public Safety Personnel at IWH. She is a physician in the pain clinic at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, which is part of the Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute (TAPMI).

Her main research interests include rehabilitation medicine, chronic pain, low-back pain and neuropathic pain, with a focus on knowledge mobilization to healthcare professionals. She has over 130 publications in peer-reviewed journals, has written seven book chapters, published two books, one in 2023 and the latest in 2025. She has been an invited speaker at many local, national and international conferences, and is frequently sought by the media for interviews. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she started a YouTube channel to share her knowledge about chronic pain worldwide, and it has reached almost 700,000 subscribers. She is author of the book 8 STEPS to Conquer Chronic Pain: A Doctor's Guide to Lifelong Relief.