Staff Physiatrist, Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, Maine.

Staff Physiatrist, Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine.

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

Private Practitioner, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Electromyography, and Spinal Injection, Lewiston and Brunswick, Maine.

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Maine license #014080

Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1996.

Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Subspecialty: Pain Management, 2002.

Certificate of Competency for Medical Evaluation of Disability Claims.

National Association of Disability Evaluating Physician.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Recertification Course, Central Maine Medical Center, September 2004.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Harry Lundeburg School of Seamanship, Piny Point, MD, 1978

Licensed: Merchant Marine, Seafarer's International Union

Tufts University, Medford, MA, 1980-1984

Degree: BA, magna cum laude (Anthropology and French)

Sorbonne University, Paris, France, 1981-1982

Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1987-1991

Degree: MD

Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, 1991-1992

Medicine Internship

University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 1992-1995

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency

Medical Director, Riverridge, Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Maine, Kennebunk, Maine.

Medical Director, Marshwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Lewiston, Maine.

Medical Director, MRA Therapeutic Division, Lewiston, Maine.

Medical Director, Maine Head Trauma, Lewiston, Maine.

Independent Medical Examiner, State of Maine.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member, American Medical Association

Member, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Member, Maine Medical Association

Member, International Spinal Injection Society

Member, American Society of International Pain Physicians

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification exam, September 2005.

• "Vertebroplasty, A Hands-on Course," The Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, December 2004.

• "Introduction to Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment," Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, August 2004.

• "Vertebroplasty, Hands-on Course," Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, November 2003.

• "Advanced Thoracic and Cervical Spinal Injection," Memphis, Tennessee, September 2002.

• "ISIS Phase 2 Lumbar & Thoracic Workshop Using Cadavers," Memphis, Tennessee, June 2002.

• "Lumbar discopathic Pain and Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)," Portland, Maine, March 2002.

• "Radiofrequency Lesioning & Interdiscal Therapies," Wilmington, MA, May 5-6, 2001.

• "Technique for Percutaneous Electrothermal Treatment of Diskogenic Pain," Certificate of Completion, February 2001.

• "Interactive Surgical Training Skills Lab," Wilmington, MA, October 14-15, 2000.

• "Spinal Cord Lesions," Healthcare Education Products, Lewiston, Maine, September 23, 1999.

• "COX-2 Inhibition: Implications for Arthritis Therapy," Audioconference, University of Texas SW Medical Center at Dallas, Texas, May 1 to July 1, 1999.

• "Knee Pain: Non-Meniscal Causes." Magnetic Resonance Update and Consultations in Radiology & Imaging Continuing Education Program, May 23, 1999.

• PASSOR Hands-on Cadaver Course, Maricopa Health System, Chicago, Illinois, March 11-12, 1999.

• "Neurology for the Non-Neurologist," Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Medical Education, Boston, Massachusetts, December 3-6, 1998.

• "Migraines," CMMC, Lewiston, Maine, November 3, 1998.

• "New Horizons in Diagnosis & Treatment of Osteoporosis," CMMC, Lewiston, Maine, April 7, 1998.

• "Second International Conference on Neurovascular Compromise & Cumulative Trauma Disorders," Boston, Massachusetts, March 16-17, 1998.

• "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome," American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, January 27, 1998.

• "Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology: Practical Approach to Physiological Assessment of Nerve and Muscle Disease." Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education, Boston, Massachusetts, November 3-5, 1997.

• "Gastrointestinal & Hemostatic Safety: Assessment of Newer NSAIDs." Medical Education Resources, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, March 26, 1997.

• "American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Disability Evaluation: AAPM&R Certificate Program," Chicago, Illinois, October 8-9, 1996.

• "American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Annual Assembly," Chicago, Illinois, October 10-13, 1996.

• "1996 Disability Evaluation, "American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chicago, Illinois, October 8-9, 1996.

• "Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases." Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine, September 24, 1996.

• "Acute Therapy of Stroke," CMMC, Lewiston, Maine, September 17, 1996.

• "Neurology for the Non-Neurologist." Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education, Boston, Massachusetts, June 16-19, 1996.

• "Traumatic Brain Injury," CMMC, Lewiston, Maine, June 6, 1996.

• "Primary Care Orthopaedics." Harvard Medical School, Boston, Department of Continuing Education, Massachusetts, May 22-24, 1996.

• "The Second International Conference on the Neurovascular Compressive and Cumulative Trauma Disorders." University of California at Westin Hotel, Copley Place, Boston Massachusetts,

• March 16-17, 1996.

• "Stroke Program." Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, October 14, 1995.

PRESENTATIONS

• Treatment of Low Back Pain," Grand Rounds, Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, Maine, March 2004.

• "Interventional Spinal Injection Techniques," Workers’ Compensation Summit, Maine 2001.

• "Low Back Pain: Evaluation and Treatment," Grand Rounds, CMMC, Lewiston, Maine, 1997.

• "Myofascial Pain Syndrome," Rumford Community Hospital, 1996.

• "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or Chronic Regional Pain Disorder? - A Controversy," Arthritis Foundation, Auburn, Maine, October 26, 1996.

• "Knee Prostheses - New Perspectives," Prosthetics & Orthotics Conference, University of Seattle, Seattle, Washington.

• "Below Knee Amputations & Prostheses," Prosthetics & Orthotics Conference, University of Seattle, Seattle, Washington.

PUBLICATIONS

• Chernow, B., Bamberger, S. et al. Hypomagnesemia in Post-Operative Patients, CHEST, 1988

• Bamberger, S., Robinson, L., Area and Amplitude Variability of CMAP in Normal Subjects During High Frequency Stimulation, submitted for publication to American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1995.

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