Curriculum vitae.

Double board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and in Interventional Pain Medicine. Fellowship-trained at Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore (Chief Fellow). Certified Life Care Planner. A decade of records-based medical-legal work for the defense.

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Certification and licensure.

Board certified: American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Diplomate, Certificate #11930 · Pain Medicine / Interventional Pain Medicine subspecialty, Certificate #1790.
Life care planning: Certified Life Care Planner.
Procedural: Certified in Manipulation Under Anesthesia · MILD procedure certified.
Licensure: Active, unrestricted medical licensure in 21 states: NY, NJ, FL, TN, CA, TX, IL, OH, PA, GA, CO, CT, LA, MN, MI, MS, AL, NV, HI, VT, WV.
Workers’ comp: New York Workers’ Compensation Board authorization #278489-01 (issued 2017) · Colorado Workers’ Compensation Level I accreditation (2023).
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Identifier: NPI 1164130985

Education and training.

Fellowship: Interventional Pain Medicine — Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center. Chief Fellow.
Residency: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Georgetown University / MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital.
Additional: Medical Acupuncture — SUNY Downstate.
Doctorate: MD — St. George’s University.
Undergraduate: BS Integrative Biology and BA Public Health — University of California, Berkeley.

Clinical scope.

The clinical basis for the review work — the same procedures that recur in the records under review.

Epidural steroid injections (TFESI, ILESI, caudal)
Facet and medial branch blocks
Radiofrequency ablation
Spinal cord stimulation
Minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD)
EMG / nerve conduction studies
Ultrasound-guided procedures
Opioid management and tapering
Musculoskeletal and TBI rehabilitation

Academic work.

First-author publications in the PM&R Journal (Elsevier) and the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, including peer-reviewed work on defective hip implants and cobalt / chromium toxicity (PMID 25460210). Poster presentations at AAPM&R and AAP national meetings.

Member: American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) · American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) · North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) · American Society of Pain & Neuroscience (ASPN) · American Medical Association (AMA).

A four-year testimony list is furnished to retaining counsel on request, in accordance with FRCP 26(a)(2)(B) where applicable.