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back pain
compression fractures
disc degeneration
electromyography
epidural steroid injection
facet block
herniated disc
kyphosis
lumbar disorders
neck pain
nerve root block
osteoarthritis
osteoporosis
pars block
radiculopathy
sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction
sacroiliac (SI) joint injection
sciatica
scoliosis
spinal stenosis
spondylolisthesis
spondylosis
trigger point injection
vertebral fractures

Emory University Hospital
Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital

1992

Medical School
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, IL 1988

Residency
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 1992

Am Acad Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Academy of Physical Med and Rehab

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

American Medical Association

Association of Academic Physiatrists

North American Spine Society



Awards

Excellence in Research Writing Award
Association of Academic Physiatrists, 1994

Non-Surgical Care of Low Back Pain
Award from Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation



Major or Recent Publications

Low back pain and the zygapophysial (facet) joints. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 77(3)299-300, 1996, .

Lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint injections. Spine 20(18)2040-7, 1995, .

Management of low back pain.. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 9(2)419-33, 1998, .

Natural history of rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (366)98-106, 1999, .

Nonoperative treatment of neck and arm pain. Spine 23(24)2746-54, 1998, .

Thoracic zygapophyseal joint pain patterns. Spine 19(7)807-11, April 1, 1994, .