Multisociety multispecialty position statement on corticosteroid injections and influenza and COVID-19 vaccine administration
In this position statement, we provide recommendations on the optimal timing between CSIs and COVID-19 or influenza vaccine.
Authors
- Dalia Elmofty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9937-3226)
- John P. Flaherty
- Byron J. Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9237-3108)
- Ameet Nagpal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5642-3465)
- David Provenzano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2147-3523)
- Hariharan Shankar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1567-3887)
- Maunak V. Rana
- Salahadin Abdi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-9208)
- Thanh Tuan Hoang
- Christine Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-7889)
- Tina L Doshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-3298)
- Maged Mina
- Ajay D. Wasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-6077)
- Ariana M. Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-1635)
- Harsha Shanthanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4105-4465)
- Maxim Eckmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-8943)
- Andrea L. Chadwick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0570-9997)
- Jessica Rivera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3320-307X)
- Dmitri Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-0657)
- Joshua Adam Hirsch
- Tim Maus
- Alison Stout
- Carlos Pino
- Laxmaiah Manchikanti
- Shalini Shah
- Honorio T Benzon
- Steven Paul Cohen
- Samer Narouze
- Alaa Abd-Elsayed
- John FitzGerald
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Naval Medical Center San Diego (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Louisville (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Kansas (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
- The University of Kansas Health System (US)
- Western Reserve Hospital (US)
- University of Chicago Medical Center (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Milwaukee VA Medical Center (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- University of Louisville Hospital (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2025-107556
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- CVS Health
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases