Private Practice, Medical Rehabilitation Associates, Lewiston, Maine

Staff Physiatrist, Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine

Courtesy Staff, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine

Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with sub-specialty certification in pain management

Diplomate, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Diplomate American Academy of Pain Management

Diplomate American Board of Pain Medicine

Masters: Pain Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Australia, December 2002-December 2003.

Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, July 1995 - June 1998

Internship: Department of Internal Medicine, Danbury Hospital/Yale, New Haven, Danbury, Connecticut 06810, July 1994 - June 1995

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, June 1990 - June 1994

Undergraduate: Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York

Diagnostic and Interventional Pain Management and Rehabilitation Services, United Hospital, Portchester, New York 10573, January 2000 - December 2000

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467, Assistant Professor July 1998 - December 2000, Chief Resident July 1997 - June 1998

North American Spine Society

International Spinal Injection Society

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Academy of Pain Medicine

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

American Academy of Pain Management

• “American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Review Course,” Chicago, IL, May 4-7, 2006.
• “Kadian Speaker Training Meeting,” Sandy Springs, Georgia, February 25, 2006.
• "Regional Emerging Solutions in Pain through Education, Communication & Treatment," MediCom Worldwide, Inc., Portland, ME, August 11, 2005.
• "Vertebroplasty: A Hands-On Course," The Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT, December 11, 2004.
• "Optimizing Opioid Therapy for Persistent Nonmalignant Pain: Management of Back Pain," Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, on-line course, November 22, 2004.
• "Optimizing Opioid Therapy for Persistent Nonmalignant Pain," Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, on-line course, November 11, 2004.
• "Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology," Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, November 8 – 12, 2004.
• "New York Vertebroplasty Hands-On Course," Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, November 17, 2003.
• "Addressing Tobacco in Clinical Settings," Partnership for A Tobacco Free Maine, Portland, ME, October 22, 2003.
• "Grand Rounds: Guidelines & Prescribing Principles for Opioid Therapy," St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, ME, August 14, 2003.
• "Assessing Functionality in Chronic Pain Patients," MediCom Worldwide, Inc., Lewiston, ME, August 11, 2003.
• "Interventional Therapy Workshop: Neuro Stimulation and Drug Infusion," Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, November 23, 2002.
• "Ulnar Neuropathy at or Distal to the Wrist," American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, on-line course, July 10, 2002.
• "Ulnar Neuropathy in the Distal Forearm," American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, on-line course, July 10, 2002.
• "ISIS Phase 2 Lumbar & Thoracic Workshop Using Cadavers," International Spinal Injection Society, Medical Education & Research Institute, Memphis, TN, June 8 - 9, 2002.
• "Clinical Practicum for the Management of Chronic Pain," Hershey Medical Center, Hersey, PA, April 13 – 14, 2002.
• "Lumbar Discopathic Pain and Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)," Orthopaedic Associates of Portland, P.A., Portland, ME, March 4, 2002.
• "The Not So Selective Serotonin Selective Re-Uptake Inhibitors Course," University of California San Diego School of Medicine Home Study Program, February 4, 2002.
• "Emerging Treatment Options for Myofascial Pain Syndrome," Discovery International, February 4, 2002.
• "REHAB IN REVIEW Assessment Test," Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, February 2002.
• "Functions of Office of the Chief Medical Examiner," Central Maine Medical Center, January 29, 2002.
• "The Dannemiller Anesthesiology Review Course on CD-ROM (2^nd Edition) Disk 5," Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, October 31, 2001.
• "Opioids, Chronic Pain, & How to Stay out of Trouble." Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME, October 2, 2001.
• "Substance Abuse Issues in Chronic Pain," The Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education, July 30, 2001.
• "Neurology for the Non-Neurologist," Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, June 10 – 13, 2001.
• "AAPM 17^th Annual Meeting with Review/Refresher Course," American Academy of Pain Medicine, Miami Beach, FL, February 15 – 18, 2001.
• "Radiofrequency Lesioning & Interdiscal Therapies," Maricopa Integrated Health Services, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, February 17 – 18, 2001.
• "Hem-1 Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds, Montefiore Medical Center, July 1, 1998 – June 30, 1999.
• "ISIS Entry Level I Lumbar Spinal Injection Workshop Using Cadavers," International Spinal Injection Society, Daly City, CA, March 20 – 21, 1999.
• "Section on Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation," The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, February 3, 1999.
• AAPM&R National Convention, 1999.
• "Section on Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation," The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, December 2, 1998.
• "Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical Evaluation of Disability," Medical Society of the State of New York, New York, NY, November 18, 1998.
• "1998 Regional Review Course," The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, Philadelphia, PA, October 3 – 4, 1998.
• "Disability Evaluation," New York University Medical Center, August 1998.
• "Non-Operative Management of Cervical and Lumbar Spine Disorders, Interactive Clinical Management Seminar Series, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CT, May 30 – 31, 1998.
• San Francisco Spine Institute-Saal/Saal, May 1998.
• "Getting Older, Getting Better, Rehabilitation Strategies for the Elderly, Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center, April 23 – 24, 1998.
• "The 10^th Annual Review Course in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation," Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, March 6 – 15, 1998.
• AAPM&R National Convention, 1997.
• AAPM&R National Convention, 1996.

• “Psychiatry in the Management of Chronic Pain.,” 2^nd Annual New England Behavioral Medicine Symposium, Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington, Maine, May 12, 2006.
• “Percutaneous Discectomy for Patients with Sciatica and Back Pain,” Apria Healthcare, Yarmouth, Maine, April 11, 2006.
• "RESPECT" – Regional Emerging Solutions in Pain through Education, Communication & Treatment, August 2005 at The Eastland Park Hotel, Portland, Maine.
• "Opioid Therapy in the Management of Chronic Pain" in May 2005 at CMMC Family Practice.
• "Narcotics and Needles" in 2002 at Comp Camp sponsored by the Workers’ Compensation Board.
• "Management of Common Cervical Pain Syndromes" in 2002 at the 55+ Center in Lewiston, Maine in 2002.
• "Management of Common Cervical Pain Syndromes" in 2002 for CMMC Osteoporosis Support Group.
• "Interventional Procedures in the Management of Spinal Pain" in 2001 at Comp Camp sponsored by the Workers’ Compensation Board.
• "Comprehensive Management of Spinal Pain for the Primary Care Practitioner" in July 2001 at CMMC Grand Rounds.

The Rehabilitation of the Morbidly Obese Patient, Archives of PM&R, 1999.

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