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25 June 2014 -------------------------------Steven Paul Cohen Demographic Information Current Appointments Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pain Management, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2012- present Director of Medical Education, Pain Management Division Director of Quality Assurance Professor, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2013- present Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 2010- present Colonel, US Army Reserve, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD Director of Pain Research, 2006- present Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Services, 48th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Meade, MD, 2007- present Reserve Liaison, Pain Management Consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, 2009- present Personal Data Business Address: 550 N. Broadway, Suite 301, Baltimore, MD 21205 Tel: 410-955-1818 Fax: 410-614-7597 Education and Training BA/1985, State University of New York @ Stony Brook, Liberal Arts MD/1989, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York Internship: Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, 1989-90 Residency: Anesthesiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, 1990-3 Fellowship: Pain Management, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1999-2000 Military Service Current Position: Colonel, US Army Reserve (active), 2006- present Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserve, 2002-6 Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Medical Corps, 2001-2 Major, US Army Medical Corps, 1995-2001 1 Captain, US Army Medical Corps, 1993-5 Captain, US Army Reserve, 1989-1993 First Lieutenant, US Army Reserve, 1989 Second Lieutenant, US Army Reserve, 1986-9 Active Duty: 1993-2002 Reserve Duty: 1986-1993; 2002-present 2002-7: Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Services, 4219th Combat Support Hospital, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 2007- present: Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Services, 48th Combat Support Hospital, 48th Combat Support Hospital, Fort George Meade, MD 2007- Deputy Commander for Clinical Services (Chief Medical Officer), 48th CSH, Fort George Meade, MD Deployed in 2003, and overseas in 2004-5, and 2007-8 for Operation Enduring Freedom Research Activities & Publications Peer Reviewed Scientific Articles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Cohen SP, Frydman C, Zimmerman MJ, Moqtaderi F. Leiomyomatous tumorspresentation of a giant gastric leiomyoma and a review of the literature. NY State J Med 1989; 7: 416-419. Cohen SP. Postdural puncture headache and treatment following successful lumbar facet block. Pain Digest 1994; 4: 283-4. Cohen SP, Anderson PL. Mucoid impaction following nasal intubation in a child with an upper respiratory infection. J Clin Anesth 1998; 10: 327-30. Lee SK, Kim JR, Bai YS, Nam YT, Cohen SP. Effects of priming with pancuronium or rocuronium on intubation with rocuronium in children. Yonsei Med J 1999; 40: 327-30. Slade CS, Cohen SP. Elicitation of the oculocardiac reflex during endoscopic forehead lift surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg 1999; 104: 1828-1830. Cohen SP, Lubin E, Stojanovic M. Intravenous lidocaine in the treatment of hiccup. South Med J 2001; 94: 1124-5. Stojanovic M, Vu T-V, Caneris O, Slezak J, Cohen SP and Sang C. The role of fluoroscopy in cervical epidural steroid injections: an analysis of contrast dispersal patterns. Spine 2002; 27: 509-14. Oaklander AL, Cohen SP, Raju SV. Intractable post-herpetic itch and cutaneous deafferentation after facial shingles. Pain 2002; 96: 9-12. Cluff R, Abdel-Kader M, Cohen SP, Sang C, Chang Y, Stojanovic M. The technical aspects of epidural steroid injections: a national survey. Anesth Analg 2002; 95: 403-8. Cohen SP, Larkin T, Polly DW Jr. A giant herniated disc following intradiscal electrothermal therapy. J Spinal Disord Tech 2002; 15: 537-41. Cohen SP, Oberfell R, Larkin T, Fant, G, Stojanovic M. Does needle insertion site affect discography results? A retrospective analysis. Spine 2002; 27: 2279-83 (with editorial). Cohen SP, Dawson T. Nebulized morphine as a treatment for dyspnea in a child with cystic fibrosis. Pediatrics 2002; 110: E38. Cohen SP, Abdi S. Venous malformations as a cause of central pain syndrome: Report of a case. Anesth Analg 2002; 9: 1358-60. Cohen SP, Foster A. Pulsed radiofrequency as a treatment for groin pain and orchialgia. Urology 2003; 61: 645xxi-xxiii. Stojanovic MP, Zhou Y, Hord D, Vallejo R, Cohen SP. Single needle approach for multiple medial branch blocks: a new technique. Clin J Pain 2003; 19: 134-7. 2 16. Cohen SP, Abdi S. Lateral branch blocks as a treatment for sacroiliac joint pain: A pilot study. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2003; 28: 113-9. 17. Larkin TM, Carragee E, Cohen S. A novel technique for delivery of epidural steroids and diagnosing the level of nerve root pathology. J Spinal Disord Tech 2003; 16: 186-92. 18. Cohen SP, Larkin T, Abdi S, Chang A, Stojanovic M. Risk factors for failure and complications of intradiscal electrothermal therapy: a pilot study. Spine 2003; 28: 1142-7. 19. Hord ES, Cohen SP, Cosgrove GR, Ahmed SU, Vallejo R, Chang Y, Stojanovic MP. The predictive value of sympathetic block for the success of spinal cord stimulation. Neurosurgery 2003; 53: 626-32. 20. Freedman BA, Cohen SP, Kuklo TR, Lehman RA, Larkin P, Giuliani JR. Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) for chronic low back pain in active duty soldiers: 2-year follow-up. Spine J 2003; 3: 502-9. 21. Cohen SP, Larkin TM. Sedation using ketamine during intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET). Spine 2004; 29: 1590-2. 22. Kozikowski GP, Cohen SP. Pneumocephalus associated with lumbar puncture: report of a case. Anesth Analg 2004; 98: 524-6. 23. Cohen SP, DeJesus M. Ketamine patient-controlled analgesia for dysesthetic central pain. Spinal Cord 2004; 42: 425-8. 24. Cohen SP, Larkin TM, Chang A, Stojanovic MP. The causes of false-positive medial branch (facet joint) blocks in soldiers and retirees. Mil Med 2004; 169: 781-6. 25. Cohen SP, Chang AS, Larkin T, Mao J. The IV ketamine test: a predictive response tool for an oral dextromethorphan treatment regimen in neuropathic pain. Anesth Analg 2004; 99: 1753-9. 26. Cohen SP, Narvaez J, Stojanovic MP, Lebovits A. Corticosteroid injections for trochanteric bursitis: is fluoroscopy necessary? A pilot study. Br J Anaesth 2005; 94: 100-6. 27. Cohen SP, Williams S, Kurihara C, Griffith S, Larkin T. Nucleoplasty with or without intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) as a treatment for lumbar herniated disc. J Spinal Disord Tech 2005; 18: S119-S124. 28. Stojanovic MP, Dey D, Hord ES, Zhou Y, Cohen SP. A prospective crossover comparison study of the single-needle and multiple-needle techniques for facetjoint medial branch block. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2005; 30: 484-90. 29. Cohen SP, Kent C. Persistent, unexplained preoperative tachycardia heralding a serious cardiac event: a series of 3 cases. Can J Anesth 2005; 52: 858-63 (with editorial). 30. Cohen SP, Griffith S, Villena F, Larkin TM, Larkin R. Presentation, diagnoses, mechanisms of injury, and treatment in soldiers injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom: an epidemiological study conducted at two military pain management centers. Anesth Analg 2005; 101: 1098-103 (full featured article in USA Today). 31. Cohen SP, Verdolin MH, Chang AS, Kurihara C, Morlando BJ, Mao J. The IV ketamine test predicts subsequent response to an oral dextromethorphan treatment regimen in fibromyalgia patients. J Pain 2006; 7: 391-8. 32. Cohen SP, Sireci A, Wu CH, Larkin TM, Williams K, Hurley RW. Pulsed radiofrequency of the dorsal root ganglia is superior to pharmacotherapy or pulsed radiofrequency of the intercostal nerves in the treatment of chronic postsurgical thoracic pain. Pain Physician 2006; 9: 227-35. 33. Cohen SP, Villena F, Mao J. Two unusual cases of postamputation pain from Operation Iraqi Freedom. J Trauma 2007; 62: 259-61. 34. Cohen SP, Hurley RW, Christo PJ, Winkley J, Mohiuddin MM, Stojanovic MP. Clinical predictors of success and failure for lumbar facet radiofrequency denervation. Clin J Pain 2007; 23: 45-52. 3 35. Stojanovic MP, Cheng J, Larkin TM, Cohen SP. Psychophysical measurements during lumbar discography: a heart rate response study. J Spinal Disord Tech 2007; 20: 387-91. 36. (0) Cohen SP, Shockey SM, Carragee EJ. The efficacy of repeat intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) for discogenic low back pain Anesth Analg 2007; 495-8. 37. Cohen SP, Wenzell D, Hurley RW, Kurihara C, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Griffith S, Larkin TM, Dahl E, Morlando BJ. A double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response pilot study evaluating intradiscal etanercept in patients with chronic discogenic low back pain or lumbosacral radiculopathy. Anesthesiology 2007; 107: 99-105. 38. Cohen SP, Stojanovic MP, Crooks M, Kim P, Shields CH, Schmidt RK, Hurley RW. Lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint radiofrequency denervation success as a function of pain relief during diagnostic medial branch blocks: a multi-center analysis. Spine J 2008; 8: 498-504 (with editorial). 39. Cohen SP, Bajwa ZH Kraemer JJ, Dragovich A, Williams KA, Stream J, Sireci A, McKnight G, Hurley RW. Factors predicting success and failure for cervical facet radiofrequency denervation: a multi-center analysis. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 495503. 40. White RL, Cohen SP. Return-to-duty rates among coalition forces treated in a forwarddeployed pain treatment center: a prospective observational study. Anesthesiology 2007; 107: 1003-8 (with editorial; most media inquiries of any article published in Journal since records kept). 41. Cohen SP, Hurley RW, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Kurihara C, Morlando B, Dragovich A. Randomized, placebo-controlled study evaluating lateral branch radiofrequency denervation for sacroiliac joint pain. Anesthesiology 2008; 109: 279-88 (with editorial). 42. Cohen SP, Christo PJ, Wang S, Chen L, Stojanovic MP, Shields CH, Brummett C, Mao J. The Effect of opioid dose and treatment duration on the perception of a painful standardized clinical stimulus. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2008; 33: 199-206. 43. Larkin TM, Dragovich A, Cohen SP. Acute renal failure during a trial of spinal cord stimulation: theories as to a possible connection. Pain Physician 2008; 11:681-6. 44. Cohen SP, Maine DN, Shockey SM, Kudchakdar S, Griffith S. Inadvertent Disc Injection During Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: Steps for Prevention and Management. Pain Med 2008; 9: 688-94. 45. Dahl E, Cohen SP. Perineural injection of etanercept as a treatment for acute and subacuate postamputation pain. Clin J Pain 2008; 24: 172-5. 46. Cohen SP, Wang S, Chen L, Kurihara C, McKnight G, Marcuson M, Mao J. An intravenous ketamine test as a predictive response tool in opioid-exposed patients with persistent pain. J Pain Symptom Manage 2009; 37: 698-708. 47. Cohen SP, Strassels S, Kurihara C, Crooks MT, Bleckner LL, Forsythe A, Marcuson M. Outcome predictors for sacroiliac (lateral branch) radiofrequency denervation. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009; 34: 206-14 (with editorial). 48. Cohen SP, Bogduk N, Buckenmaier CC III, Dragovich A, Griffith S, Kurihara C, Raymond JL, Williams N, Yaksh TL. A double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response, and preclinical safety safety study evaluating transforaminal epidural etanercept for sciatica. Anesthesiology 2009; 110: 1116-26 (with editorial; selected as one of top 10 articles of year in Journal). 49. Carragee EJ, Cohen SP. Lifetime asymptomatic for back pain: The validity of selfreported measures in soldiers. Spine 2009; 34: 978-83. 50. Dragovich A, Weber T, Wenzell D, Verdolin MH, Cohen SP. Neuromodulation in patients deployed to war zones. Anesth Analg 2009; 109: 245-8. 51. Cohen SP, Strassels SA, Foster L, Marvel J, Williams K, Crooks M, Gross A, Kurihara C, Nguyen C, Williams N. Comparison of fluoroscopically guided and blind 4 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. corticosteroid injections for greater trochanteric pain syndrome: multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2009; 338: b1088 (with editorial). Forsythe A, Gupta A, Cohen SP. Retained intrathecal catheter fragment after spinal drain insertion: steps for prevention and management. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009; 34: 375-8. Dreyfuss P, Cohen S, Chen AS, Bohart Z, Bogduk N. Is immediate pain relief after a spinal injection procedure enhanced by intravenous sedation? Phys Med Rehabil 2009; 1: 60-3. Williams KA, Korto K, Cohen SP. Spinal Cord Stimulation: “Neural Switch” in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I. Pain Med 2009; 10: 762-6. Williams KA, Babade M, Cohen SP. Spinal cord stimulation for severe degenerative joint disease of the shoulder in a patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new indication? Anesth Analg 2010; 110: 220-1. Cohen SP, Kapoor SG, Nguyen C, Anderson-Barnes V, Brown C, Schiffer D, Turabi A, Plunkett A. Neck pain during combat operations: an epidemiological study analyzing clinical and prognostic factors. Spine 2010; 35: 758-63. Stojanovic MP, Sethee J, Mohiuddin M, Cheng J, Barker A, Wang J, Palmer W, Huang A, Cohen SP. MRI analysis of the lumbar spine: Can it predict results from diagnostic and therapeutic facet procedures? Clin J Pain 2010; 26: 110-5. Cohen SP, Strassels SA, Kurihara C, Forsythe A, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, McLean B, Riedy G, Seltzer S. Randomized, double-blinded computed tomographic study evaluating the accuracy of 0.25 ml and 0.5 ml cervical facet joint nerve (medial branch) blocks. Anesthesiology 2010; 112: 144-52 (featured in “This Month in Anesthesiology”). Erdek MA, Halpert DE, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Cohen SP. Assessment of Celiac Plexus Block and Neurolysis Outcomes and Technique in the Management of Refractory Visceral Cancer Pain. Pain Med 2010; 11:92-100. Cohen SP, Nguyen C, Kapoor SG, Anderson-Barnes V, Foster L, Shields C, McLean B, Wichman T, Plunkett A. Back pain during war: An analysis of factors affecting outcome. Arch Intern Med 2009; 169: 1916-23 (with editorial, featured on CBS News and multiple websites). Cohen SP, Bajwa ZH, Christo PJ, Datta S, Griffith S, Hayek SM, Hobelmann G, Larkin TM, White R. Incidence and root-cause analysis of wrong-site pain management procedures: A multi-center study. Anesthesiology 2010; 112: 711-8. Cohen SP, Brown C, Kurihara C, Plunkett A, Nguyen C, Strassels SA. Diagnoses and factors associated with medical evacuation and return to duty for service members participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. A prospective cohort study. Lancet 2010; 375: 301-9 (cover article; with editorial & commentary; featured in NY Times, Washington Post, BBC, Business Week, CBS, NPR and multiple foreign language newspapers). Cohen SP, Williams KA, Kurihara C, Nguyen C, Shields C, Kim P, Griffith SR, Larkin TM, Crooks M,, Williams N, Strassels SA. Randomized, comparative cost-effectiveness study comparing 0, 1 and 2 medial branch blocks before lumbar facet radiofrequency denervation. Anesthesiology 2010; 113: 395-405 (with editorial, journal’s first-ever Webinar and blog, and news releases by Reuters, NPR and others; largest number of “media inquiries in Journal for 2010). Cohen SP, Kapoor S, Anderson-Barnes VC, Turabi A, Nguyen C, Plunkett A. Noncardiac chest pain during war. Clin J Pain 2011; 27: 19-26. Williams KA, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Hamzehzadeh S, Wilkinson I, Erdek MA, Plunkett A, Griffith S, Crooks M, Larkin TM, Cohen SP. A multi-center analysis evaluating factors associated with spinal cord stimulation outcome in chronic pain patients. Pain Med 2011; 12: 1442-53. 5 66. Cohen SP, Brown C, Kurihara C, Plunkett A, Nguyen C, Strassels SA. Diagnoses and factors associated with medical evacuation and return to duty among nonmilitary personnel participating in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. CMAJ 2011; 183: E289-95 (featured in U.S. News & World Report, Newsday, MSN Health, Stars & Stripes and others). 67. Cohen SP, Gambel J, Raja SN, Galvagno S. The contribution of sympathetic mechanisms to postamputation phantom and residual limb pain: a pilot study. J Pain 2011; 12: 859-67 (featured in “issue highlights). 68. Cohen SP, Plunkett AR, Wilkinson I, Nguyen C, Kurihara C, Flagg A 2nd, Morlando B, White RL, Anderson-Barnes VC, Galvagno SM Jr. Headaches during war: Analysis of presentation, treatment, and factors associated with outcome. Cephalalgia 2012; 32: 94108.) (featured in NY Times, Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, CBS news and others). 69. Cohen SP, Strassels SA, Kurihara C, Griffith SR, Goff B, Guthmiller K, Hoang HT, Morlando B, Nguyen C. Establishing an optimal “cutoff” threshold for diagnostic blocks: A prospective correlational study. Clin J Pain 2013; 29: 382-91. 70. Cohen SP, Strassels SA, Kurihara C, Lesnik IK, Hanling SR, Griffith SR, Buckenmaier CC, Nguyen C. Does sensory stimulation threshold affect lumbar facet radiofrequency denervation outcomes? A prospective clinical correlational study. Anesth Analg 2011; 113: 1233-41. 71. Cohen SP, Gupta A, Strassels SA, Christo PJ, Erdek MA, Kurihara C, Griffith SR, Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Cornblath D, Vu T. Does MRI affect outcomes in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy referred for epidural steroid injections? A randomized, double-blind, controlled study. Arch Intern Med 2012; 172: 134-42; with editorial and news releases in ABC News, CBS, Yahoo, MSN, Reuters, Healthday). 72. Cohen SP, White RL, Kurihara C, Larkin TM, Chang A, Griffith SR, Gilligan C, Larkin R, Morlando B, Pasquina PF, Yaksh T,, Nguyen C. Epidural steroids, etanercept, or saline in subacute sciatica: A multicenter randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2012; 156: 551-9. (featured in NY Times, USA Today, US News & World Report, Chicago Sun Times, Fox News, CBS News, MSN, Google & Yahoo News, Chicago Sun Times, etc.). 73. Huang JH, Galvagno S, Hameed H, Wilkinson I, Erdek M, Patel A, Rosenberg J, Cohen SP. Occipital nerve pulsed radiofrequency treatment: A multi-center study evaluating predictors of outcome. Pain Med 2012; 13: 489-97 (Winner, best research paper at ASRA 2011 Annual Fall Pain Meeting, featured cover article for ‘Pain Medicine’). 74. McGreevy K, Hurley RW, Erdek MA, Aner MM, Li S, Cohen SP. The effectiveness of repeat celiac plexus neurolysis for pancreatic cancer: A pilot study. Pain Pract 2013; 13: 89-95. 75. Cohen SP, Galvagno SM, Plunkett A, Harris D, Kurihara C, Turabi A, Rehrig S, Chelly JE. A multi-centre, randomized controlled study evaluating preemptive etanercept on postoperative pain after inguinal hernia repair. Anesth Analg 2013; 116: 455-62. 76. Cohen SP, Mao J, Vu TV, Strassels SA, Gupta A, Erdek MA, Christo PJ, Kurihara C, Griffith SR, Chen L. Does pain score in response to a standardized subcutaneous local anesthetic injection predict epidural steroid injection outcomes in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy: A prospective correlational study. Pain Med 2013; 14:32735. 77. Rauck RL, Kapural K, Cohen SP, North JM, Zang RH, Boggs J. Peripheral nerve stimulation for treatment of postamputation pain- a case report. Pain Pract 2012 May 2 (e-pub ahead of print). 78. Ramasubba C, Cohen SP. Cooled radiofrequency denervation of the lumbosacral lateral branches for the treatment of pain secondary to metastatic tumor infiltration of the sacroiliac joint: Case report and focused literature review. Pain Physician 2013; 16: 1-8. 6 79. Kroll C, Gordon A, Babade M, Schartz B, Erdek MA, Mekhail N, Cohen SP. Analysis of outcomes and prognostic factors for superior hypogastric plexus neurolysis for cancer pain: Multi-center study. Clin J Pain 2013 Feb 26 (e-pub ahead of press). 80. Cohen SP, Hameed H, Kurihara C, Pasquina PF, Patel AM, Babade M, Griffith SR, Erdek ME, Jamison DE, Hurley RW. The effect of sedation on the accuracy and treatment outcomes for diagnostic injections: A randomized controlled crossover study. Pain Med 2014; 15: 588-602 (featured in Science Daily, American News Report, MD Linx, many others). 81. Rauck RL, Cohen SP, Gilmore CA, North JM, Kapural L, Zang RH, Grill JH, Boggs JW. Treatment of post-amputation pain with peripheral nerve stimulation. Neuromodulation 2013 Aug 15 (e-pub ahead of print). 82. Hsu E, Atanelov L, Plunkett AR, Chai N, Chen Y, Cohen SP. Epidural lysis of adhesions for failed back surgery syndrome and spinal stenosis: Factors associated with treatment outcome. Anesth Analg 2014; 118: 215-24. 83. Verdun A, Williams B, Cohen SP, Hurley RW. Pneumocephalus after lumbar epidural steroid injection: Case report, imaging and systematic review. Accepted to Anesth Analg Case Reports 10/2013. 84. Cohen SP, Hayek S, Semenov Y, Pasquina PF, White RL, Veizi E, Huang JH, Kurihara C, Zhao Z, Guthmiller K, Griffith SR, Verdun A, Giampetro DM, Vorobeychik Y. Epidural steroid injections, conservative treatment or combination treatment for cervical radiculopathy: A multi-center, randomized, comparative-effectiveness study. Accepted with revisions to Anesthesiology 3/2014. 85. Cohen SP, Atanelov L, Ramasubbu C, Amasha R, Kurihara C, Verdun A, Stambaugh T. Can changes in vital signs be used to predict the response to lumbar facet blocks and radiofrequency denervation? A prospective, correlational study. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2014; 39: 333-40. 86. Moon JY, Kurihara C, Beckles JP, Williams KE, Jamison DE, Cohen SP. Predictive Factors Associated with Success and Failure for Calmare (Scrambler) Therapy: A MultiCenter Analysis. Accepted to Clin J Pain 8/ 2014. Non-Peer Reviewed (Invited) Articles 1. Cohen SP, Dubois M. The pharmacological treatment of complex regional pain syndromes. Curr Rev Clin Anesth 2003; 24: 35-41. 2. Cohen SP, Martineau B, Abdi S. Central pain resulting from venous malformations: a case report. J Neuropathic Pain 2004; 1: 23-5. 3. Cohen SP, Maharlouei B, Larkin TM. A giant herniated disc after intradiscal electrothermal therapy. J Neuropathic Pain 2004; 2: 24-6. 4. Larkin TM, Algeo D, Lynch TT, Gray D, Cohen SP. The non-surgical management of spinal pain in the elderly: NSAIDS, opioids and epidural steroid injections. Seminars in spine surgery 2005; 17: 144-57. 5. Cohen SP. “Ask the Expert”. Should there be a limit as to how much opioid medications a patient should be prescribed? Available at: http://www.painknowledge.org/asktheexpert/AskTheExpert.aspx 6. Cohen SP. “Ask the Expert”. How should you treat phantom limb pain? Available at: http://www.painknowledge.org/asktheexpert/AskTheExpert.aspx 7. White RL, Cohen SP. Chronic pain management in combat support hospitals. American Society of Anesthesiologists NEWSLETTER March 2007; 71: 21-6. Available at: http://www.asahq.org/Newsletters/2007/03-07/white03_07.html 8. Cohen SP. Fibromyalgia syndrome: science or somatic? 7 9. 10. 11. 12. a. Introduction. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Medicine December 2009; 9(4): 106-7. b. Overcoming obstacles: barriers to care in fibromyalgia treatment. Johns Hopkins Advanced studies in Medicine December 2009; 9(4): 115-21. Cohen SP, Backonja M. “White Paper” for American Academy of Pain Medicine grant submission, January 2010. Cohen SP. Treating nerve pain. Baltimore Sun, July 27, 2011, Health &Style, p 3. Available at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-hs-health-chat-nervepain,0,6357296.htmlstory. Cohen SP. Non-surgical treatments for sciatica. Baltimore Sun, March 31, 2011, Health &Style, p 3. Available at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-hs-health-chatsciatica-20110727,0,7177996.htmlstory Are transforaminal epidural steroid injections better than interlaminar interlaminar epidural steroid injections? Pro-Con Debate. ASRA Newsletter, January 2012 a. Cohen SP. Transforaminal ESI are superior to interlaminar ESI b. Candido K. Transforaminal ESI are not better than interlaminar ESI Review Articles, Editorials and Book Reviews (Peer Reviewed) 1. Cohen SP, Abdi S. New developments in the use of tricyclic antidepressants for the management of pain. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2001; 14: 505-11. 2. Cohen S, Abdi S. Central pain. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2002; 15: 575-81. 3. Cohen SP, Christo PJ, Moroz L. Pain management in trauma patients. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 83: 142-61. 4. Cohen SP, Mullings R, Abdi S. The pharmacological treatment of muscle pain. Anesthesiology 2004; 101: 495-526. 5. Cohen SP, Barna SA, Larkin TM, Palmer WE, Hecht AC, Stojanovic MP. Lumbar discography: a comprehensive review of outcome studies, diagnostic accuracy and principles. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2005; 30: 163-83. 6. Cohen SP. Sacroiliac joint pain: a comprehensive review of anatomy, diagnosis and treatment. Anesth Analg 2005; 101: 1440-53. 7. Cohen SP. Doctors should play role in prisoner interrogation. Baltimore Sun (print). 2006 Feb 14; 11A. Available at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/balop.doctors14feb14,0,7172452.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines 8. Gottschalk A, Cohen SP, Yang S, Ochroch A. Preventing and treating pain after thoracic surgery. Anesthesiology 2006; 104: 594-600. 9. Hurley RW, Cohen SP, Williams KA, Rowlingson AJ, Wu CL. The analgesic effects of perioperative gabapentin on postoperative pain: A meta-analysis. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2006; 31: 237-47. 10. Cohen SP, Raja SN. The middle way: a practical approach to prescribing opioids. Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 2006; 2: 580-1. 11. Cohen SP, Erdek M. Book Review on “Atlas of Image-Guided Intervention in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine by James P. Rathmell. Anesthesiology 2007; 106: 197-8. 12. Hansen HC, McKenzie-Brown AM, Cohen SP, Swicegood JR, Colson JD, Manchikanti L. Sacroiliac joint interventions: a systematic review. Pain Physician 2007; 10: 165-84. 13. Cohen SP, Dragovich A. Intrathecal Analgesia. Med Clin North Am 2007; 91: 251-70. 14. Cohen SP, Raja SN. Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint pain. Anesthesiology 2007; 106: 591-614 (Anesthesiology CME article). 15. Cohen SP. Epidemics, evolution and sacroiliac joint pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2007; 32: 3-6. 8 16. Cohen SP, Hurley RW. The ability of diagnostic spinal injections to predict surgical outcomes. Anesth Analg 2007; 105: 1756-75 (cover article; with editorial). 17. Cohen SP, Dragovich A. Intrathecal Analgesia. Anesthesiol Clin 2007; 25: 863-82. 18. Cohen SP. Cannabinoids for chronic pain. BMJ 2008; 336: 167-8. 19. Cohen SP, Kapur S, Rathmell JP. Intravenous Infusions tests have limited utility for selecting long-term drug therapy in patients with chronic pain: A systematic review. Anesthesiology 2009; 111: 416-31. 20. Williams BS, Cohen SP. Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Review of Anatomy, Diagnosis and Treatment. Anesth Analg 2009; 108: 1162-70. 21. Cohen SP, Argoff CE, Carragee EJ. Management of low back pain. BMJ 2008; 337: a2718. 22. Cohen SP, Raja SN. Does prolonged skin temperature measurements improve the diagnosis of complex regional pain syndrome. Nature Clinical Practice Neurology 2009; 5: 14-5. 23. Manchikanti L, Dunbar EE, Wargo BW, Shah RV, Derby R, Cohen SP. Systematic assessment of cervical discography as a diagnostic test for chronic spinal pain. Pain Physician 2009; 12: 305-21. 24. Rupert MP, Lee M, Manchikanti L, Datta S, Cohen SP. Evaluation of sacroiliac joint interventions: a systematic appraisal of the literature. Pain Physician 2009; 12: 399-418. 25. Frey ME, Manchikanti L, Benyamin RM, Schultz DM, Smith HS, Cohen SP. Spinal cord stimulation for patients with failed back surgery syndrome: a systematic review. Pain Physician 2009; 12: 379-97. 26. Manchikanti L, Glaser S, Wolfer L, Derby R, Cohen SP. Systematic review of lumbar discography as a diagnostic test for chronic low back pain. Pain Physician 2009; 12: 541-59. 27. Manchikanti L, Singh V, Datta S, Cohen SP, Hirsch JA; American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Comprehensive review of epidemiology, scope, and impact of spinal pain. Pain Physician 2009; 12: E35-70. 28. Kapoor SG, Huff J, Cohen SP. Systematic review of the incidence of discitis after cervical discography. Spine J 2010; 10: 739-45. 29. Cohen SP. Solutions without problems. Spine J 2009; 9: 926-7. 30. Cohen SP, Van Zundert J. Pulsed radiofrequency: rebel without cause. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010; 35: 8-10. 31. Van Kleef M, Van Elderen P, Cohen SP, Lataster A, Van Zundert J, Mekhail, N. Pain originating from the lumbar facet joints. Pain Pract 2010; 10: 459-69. 32. Van Elderen P, Szadek K, Cohen SP, De Witte J, Lataster A, Patijn J, Mekhail N, van Kleef M, Van Zundert J. Sacroiliac joint pain. Pain Pract 2010; 10: 470-8. 33. Cohen SP, Rathmell JP. Tackling the technical challenges that hinder the success of facet joint radiofrequency treatment for spinal pain. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2010; 35: 327-8. 34. Cohen SP. Benzodiazepines for back pain: When the cure is worse than the disease. Pain 2010; 149: 424-5. 35. Van Dongen R, Cohen SP, van Kleef M, Mekhail N, Huygen F. Traumatic plexus lesion. Pain Pract 2011; 11: 414-20. 36. Cohen SP, Liao W, Gupta A, Plunkett A. Ketamine in pain management. Adv Psychosom Med 2011; 30: 139-61. 37. Thaler A, Gupta A, Cohen SP. Cannabinoids for pain. Adv Psycosom Med 2011; 30: 125-38. 38. Cohen SP, Gallagher RM, Davis S, Griffith SR, Carragee EJ. Spine area pain in military personnel: A review of epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and treatment. Spine J 2012; 12: 833-42. 9 39. Wilkinson I, Cohen SP. Epidural steroid injections. Curr Rev Headache Rep 2012; 16: 50-9. 40. Wilhelmi B, Cohen SP. A framework for “driving under the influence of drugs” policy for the opioid using driver. Pain Physician 2012; 15 (3 Suppl): ES215-30. 41. Cohen SP. Epidural steroid injections for low back pain: The evidence is weak, but may benefit some. BMJ 2011; 343:d5310. 42. Simopoulos TT, Manchikanti L, Singh V, Gupta S, Hameed H, Diwan S, Cohen SP. A systematic evaluation of prevalence and diagnostic accuracy of sacroiliac joint interventions. Pain Physician 2012; 15: E305-44. 43. Wilkinson I, Cohen SP. Epidural steroid injections for chronic back pain: Piecing the puzzle together. Pain Manag 2012; 2: 307-9. 44. Hansen H, Manchikanti L, Simopoulos TT, Christo PJ, Gupta S, Smith HS, Hameed H, Cohen SP. A systematic evaluation of the therapeutic effectiveness of sacroiliac joint interventions. Pain Physician 2012; 15: E. 247-78. 45. Cohen SP, Raja SN. Prevention of chronic postsurgical pain: The ongoing search for the Holy Grail of anesthesiology. Anesthesiology 2013; 113: 241-3. 46. Cohen SP, Huang JH, Brummett C. Facet joint pain- advances in patient selection and management. Nature Rev Rheumatol 2013; 9: 101-16. 47. Hsu E, Cohen SP. Treatment of postamputation pain. J Pain Res 2013; 6: 121-36. 48. Cohen SP, Chen Y, Neufeld NJ. Sacroiliac Joint Pain: A Comprehensive Review of Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment. Expert Rev Neurother 2013; 13: 99-116. 49. Bicket M, Gupta A, Brown C, Cohen SP. Epidural injections for spinal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the “control” injections in randomized controlled trials . Anesthesiology 2013; 119: 907-31 (featured in New York Times, NBC News, Daily Mail, and multiple other international venues). 50. Onyewu O, Manchikanti L, Falco FJ, Singh V, Geffert S, Helm S, Cohen SP, Hirsch JA. An update of appraisal of accuracy and utility of cervical discography in chronic neck pain. Pain Physician 2012; 15: E777-806. 51. Manchikanti L, Benyamin RM, Singh V, Falco FJ, Hameed H, Derby R, Wolfer LR, Helm S, Calodney AK, Datta S, Snook LT, Caraway DL, Hirsch JA, Cohen SP. An update of systematic appraisal of accuracy and utility of lumbar discography in chronic low back pain. Pain Physician 2013; 16 (2Suppl): SE55-95. 52. Singh V, Manchikanti L, Calodney AK, Staats PS, Falco FJ, Caraway DL, Hirsch JA, Cohen SP. Percutaneous lumbar laser disc decompression: An update of current evidence. Pain Physician 2013; 16 (2 Suppl): SE229-60. 53. Cohen SP, Maus T, Kennedy DJ. Point- Counterpoint: The need for magnetic resonance imaging before epidural corticosteroid injection. PMR 2013; 5: 230-7. 54. Cohen SP, Jamison D, Bicket M, Wilkinson I, Rathmell JN. Epidural steroids: A comprehensive, evidence-based review. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2013; 38: 175-200 (with editorial). 55. Manchikanti L, Abdi S, Atluri S, Benyamin RM, Boswell MV, Buenaventura RM, Bryce DA, Burks TA, Caraway DL, Calodney AK, Christo PJ, Cohen SP, et al. An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain: Part II: Guidance and recommendations. Pain Physician 2013; 16 (2 Suppl): S49283. 56. Datta S, Manchikanti L, Falco FJ, Calodney AK, Atluri S, Benyamin RM, Buenaventura RM, Cohen SP. Diagnostic utility of selective nerve root blocks in the diagnosis of lumbosacral radicular pain: systematic review and update of current evidence. Pain Physician 2013; 16 (2 Suppl): SE97-124. 10 57. Malik K, Cohen SP, Walega D, Benzon H. The diagnostic criteria and treatment of discogenic pain: a systematic review of recent clinical literature. Spine J 2013; 13: 167589. 58. Wilkinson I, Cohen SP. Epidural steroids for spinal pain and radiculopathy: A narrative, evidence-based review. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2013 June 19 (e-pub ahead of press). 59. Bicket M, Horowitz J, Benzon HT, Cohen SP. Epidural injections for spinal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating need for surgery in randomized controlled trials. Accepted to Spine J 7/2014. 60. Cohen SP, Deyo RA. A call to arms: The credibility gap in interventional pain medicine and recommendations for future research. Pain Med 2013; 14: 1280-3. 61. Lee F, Jamison DE, Hurley RW, Cohen SP. Epidural lysis of adhesions. Korean J Pain 2014; 27: 3-15. 62. Cohen SP, Mao J. Mechanisms of neuropathic pain and their clinical implications. BMJ 2014; 348:f7656 (#1 downloaded article in the world during the week of publication; with editorial from Editor-in-Chief). 63. Cohen SP. Con: I would not perform another ESI in this patient. Pain Med 2014; Mar 17. doi: 10.1111/pme.12414_3. [Epub ahead of print] (Pro-Con debate on the use of epidural steroid injections). 64. Jamison DE, Hsu E, Cohen SP. Epidural adhesiolysis: An evidence-based review. J Neurosurg Sci 2014; 58: 65-76. 65. Bicket M, Murphy S, Cohen SP. Complications of epidural steroid injections. Invited review for Pain Manag. In preparation. 66. Cohen SP. Neck Pain. Invited review for Mayo Clinic Proc. In preparation. 67. Cohen SP. A world of pain. Invited article for Project Syndicate, The World’s Opinion Page. Available at: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/steven-p--cohenexplains-why-so-many-of-us-hurt-for-so-long-with-so-little-relief (published in 10 different languages in over 35 different countries). 68. Hsu E, Murphy S, Chang D, Cohen SP. Novel medications for low back pain. Exp Opin Emerg Drugs. Invited review. In preparation. 69. Manchikanti L, Hirsch JA, Cohen SP, Heavner JE, Falco FJ, Diwan S, Boswell MV, Candido KD, Onyewu CO, Zhu J, Sehgal N, Kaye AD, Benyamin RM, Helm Ii S, Singh V, Datta S, Abdi S, Christo PJ, Hameed H, Hameed M, Vallejo R, Pampati V, Racz GB, Raj PP. Assessment of methodologic quality of randomized trials of interventional techniques: development of an interventional pain management specific instrument. Pain Physician 2014; 17: E263-90. 70. Manchikanti L, Hirsch JA, Heavner JE, Cohen SP, Benyamin RM, Sehgal N, Falco FJ, Vallejo R, Onyewu CO, Zhu J, Kaye AD, Boswell MV, Helm Ii S, Candido KD, Diwan S, Simopoulos TT, Singh V, Pampati V, Racz GB, Raj PP. Development of an interventional pain management specific instrument for methodologic quality assessment of nonrandomized studies of interventional techniques. Pain Physician 2014; 17: E291317. Peer Reviewed Letters to the Editor 1. Cohen SP. Disillusionment with medicine. Postgraduate Medicine 1988; 12: 40. 2. Cohen SP, Adams S, Toon RD. Development of a midline lumbar lipoma following spinal anesthesia: complication or coincidence. J Clin Anesth 1997; 9: 170-1 (case report). 3. Stojanovic MP, Sang CN, Cohen SP. Reply to Merrill. Anesth Analg 2003; 96: 908. 4. Cohen SP, Abdi S. Reply to Dr. Manchikanti. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2003; 28: 490-1. 11 5. Cohen SP, Mao J. Is the analgesic effect of intraveneous lidocaine mediated through opioid receptors? Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2003; 47: 910-11 (case report). 6. Cohen SP, Kozikowski GP. In response to Dr. Kuczkowski. Anesth Analg 2004; 99: 3034. 7. Cohen SP, Larkin TM, Carragee E. Transforaminal epidural steroid delivery and diagnosing the level of nerve root pathology. Comments on Baker et al. Pain 2004; 109: 526-7. 8. Stojanovic MP, Hord ED, Cohen S. The value and validity of single-needle approach for multiple medial branch blocks is not proven. Clin J Pain 2005; 21: 457. 9. Cohen SP. Doctors and interrogation. New Engl J Med 2005; 353: 1633-4. 10. Stojanovic MP, Cohen SP. Reply to Dr. Ackerman. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2006; 31: 181. 11. Cohen SP, Wenzell D, Larkin TM. A Critique of Intradiscal Administration for Treatment of Radiculopathy. Anesthesiology 2008; 108: 335. 12. Cohen SP, Dragovich A, Hurley RW, Bajwa ZH. Response to Manchikanti. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2009; 34: 82-3. 13. Cohen SP, Dragovich A, Larkin TM. In response to dehydration: causes of acute renal failure. Pain Physician 2009; 12: 282. 14. Cohen SP, Stojanovic MP. Treatise on facet joint pain, King Midas and existentialism. Spine J 2009; 9: 705-6 (with its own accompanying editorial). 15. Cohen SP, Griffith S. Intradiscal steroids for radiculopathy: one doctor's trash, another doctor's treasure, one patient's pain, another patient's pleasure. Pain Med 2009; 10: 194. 16. Cohen SP, Mao J. Concerns about consensus guidelines for QTc interval screening in methadone treatment. Ann Intern Med 2009; 151: 216-7. 17. Cohen SP, Plunkett AR, Galvagno SM. On the relationship between beta-blockers, migraines and post-traumatic stress disorder: Response to Peterlin et al. Cephalalgia 2012; 32: 1011-2, 18. Patel N, Cohen SP. Response to Cheng et al. Comparative outcomes of cooled versus traditional radiofrequency ablation of the lateral branches for sacroiliac joint pain. Clin J Pain Apr 25 (e-pub ahead of print). 19. Patel N, Cohen SP, Mekhail N. Letters (In response to Radcliff et al). Spine (Phila PA 1976) 2013; 38: 1518. 20. Cohen SP, Bicket M. In reply (In response to Engel et al. and Falco and Manchikanti). Anesthesiology 2014; 120: 1284-5. Book Chapters 1. Cohen SP. Pain in AIDS. In: Ballantyne J, Fishman S, Abdi S, eds. The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management, 2nd edition. Philadelphia: LippincottRaven Publishers, 2002:437-49. 2. Cohen SP, Abdi S. Clinical applications of spinal analgesia. In: Smith HS, ed. Drugs for Pain. Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus, 2002: 339-51. 3. Cohen SP, Abdi S, Rowlingson JC. Low Back Pain. In: Warfield C, Bajwa Z, eds. Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004: 273-284. 4. Cohen SP, Stojanovic MP. Therapeutic injections for axial neck pain and cervicogenic headaches. In: Slipman CW, Derby R, Simeone FA, Mayer TG, eds. Interventional Spine: An Algorithmic Approach. London: Elsevier Science, 2007: 707-12. 5. Larkin TM, Cohen SP. Spinal analgesia in the elderly. In: McClean G, Smith HS, eds. Clinical Management of the Elderly Patient in Pain. Binghampton, NY: Haworth Press, 2006: 149-77. 12 6. Carragee EJ, Cohen S. Diagnostic injections in the spine. In: Herkowitz H, Garfin SR, Eismont FJ, Bell GR, Balderston RA, eds. Rothman-Simeone: The Spine, 5th edition, Volume 1. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier, 2006: 243-65. 7. Cohen SP, Maine D. Drug delivery methods. In: Mao J, ed. Translational Pain Research. Current Status and Trends. Volume I. New York: Nova Publishers, 2006: 41552. 8. Hurley RW, Cohen SP. Neuraxial agents. In: Benzon HT, Wu CL, Rathmell JP, Turk DC, Argoff CE, eds. Raj’s Practical Management of Pain, 4th edition. London: Mosby Elsevier, 2008, 699-714. 9. Cohen SP, Larkin TM. Lumbar discography. . In: Benzon HT, Wu CL, Rathmell JP, Turk DC, Argoff CE, eds. Raj’s Practical Management of Pain, 4th edition. London: Mosby Elsevier, 2008, 1079-108. 10. Brummett C, Cohen SP. Facet joint pain. In: Benzon HT, Wu CL, Rathmell JP, Turk DC, Argoff CE, eds. Raj’s Practical Management of Pain, 4th edition. London: Mosby Elsevier, 2008, 1003-38. 11. Cohen SP, Griffith SR. Radiofrequency procedures of dorsal root ganglia. In: Manchikanti L, Singh V, eds. A Practical Guide to Interventional Techniques. ASIPP Publishing, Paducah, KY, 2007, 623-32. 12. Dragovich A, Cohen SP. Spinal analgesia. In: Smith HS, editor. Current Therapy in Pain, 2nd edition. Saunders Elsevier, Philadelpha, 2009, 640-51. 13. Hurley RW, Cohen SP, Wu CL. Acute pain in adults. In: Fishman SM, Ballantyne JC, Rathmell JP, eds. Bonica’s Management of Pain, 4th edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2009, 699-723. 14. Dragovich A, Cohen SP. Interventional therapies. In: Stannard C, Kalso E, Ballantyne JC, eds. Evidence-based Chronic Pain Management. Wiley-Blackwell, BMJ Books, Oxford, UK, 2010, 369-99. 15. Larkin TM, Cohen SP. Anatomy and pathyophysiology of pain. In: Manchikanti L, Singh V, eds. Interventional Techniques in Chronic Non-spinal Pain. ASIPP Publishing, Paducah, KY, 2009, 12-26. 16. Cohen SP, White R, Griffith SR. Interventional chronic pain treatment in mature theaters of operation. In: Buckenmaier CC 3rd, Bleckner LL, eds. Military Advanced Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia. Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, United States of America, 2008, 107-111. 17. Cohen SP. Diagnosis of pain states. In: Abdi S, Chopra P, Smith HS, eds. Pain Medicine: Specialty Board Review. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009: 77-110. 18. Crooks M, Cohen SP. Managing opioid hyperalgesia in the perioperative period. In: Mao J, ed. Opioid Hyperalgesia. New York: Informa, 2009, 103-23. 19. Gupta A, Cohen SP. Neuroablative techniques for sacroiliac joint pain. In: DePalma MJ, ed. iSPINE: Evidence-Based Interventional Spine Care. Demos Medical, New York, 2011, 136-46. 20. Larkin TM, DeMarco M, Suros J, Cohen SP. Disc herniations: injections and minimally invasive techniques. In: Deer T, Kapural L, Kim P, eds. Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Discogenic Pain. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2011, pp 113-29. 21. Cohen SP, Benzon H. Sacroiliac joint pain and piriformis syndrome. In: Benzon H, Raja SN, Fishman SM, Liu SS, Cohen SP. Essentials of Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia, 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2011, 330-9. 22. Huang J, Hamid H, Cohen SP. Muscle relaxants. In: Benzon H, Raja SN, Fishman SM, Liu SS, Cohen SP. Essentials of Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia,3rd edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2011, 140-6. 13 23. Brummett CM, Cohen SP. Facet syndrome: facet joint injections, medial branch blocks and radiofrequency denervation. In: Benzon H, Raja SN, Fishman SM, Liu SS, Cohen SP. Essentials of Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia,3rd edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2011, 322-9. 24. Cohen SP, Malik K. Discography. In: Benzon H, Raja SN, Fishman SM, Liu SS, Cohen SP. Essentials of Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia,3rd edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2011, 462-70. 25. Bartels K, Cohen SP, Raja SN. Postamputation pain. In: Benzon H, Raja SN, Fishman SM, Liu SS, Cohen SP. Essentials of Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia,3rd edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2011, 365-9. 26. Dragovich A, Cohen SP. Pain in the battlefield injured. In: Moore RJ, ed. Handbook of Pain & Palliative Care: Biobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course. New York: Springer, 2012, 195-212. 27. Fisher RL, Cohen SP. Sacroiliac neurotomy. In: Gupta A, ed. Interventional Pain Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press USA, 2012, 193-204. 28. Williams KA, Cohen SP, Raja SN. Chronic postsurgical pain. In: Dworkin R, MacArthur JC, Simpson D, eds. Neuropathic Pain: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment. Oxford University Press, UK, 2012, 326-338. 29. Sinha N, Cohen SP. Pain management for trauma. In: Vadivelu N, Urman RD, Hines R, eds. Essentials of Pain Management. New York: Springer Press, 2011, 401-16. 30. Cohen SP, Raja SN. Pain. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 24th edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2011, 133-9. 31. Hameed M, Hameed H, Cohen SP. Adjuvant analgesics. In: Manchikanti L, Christo P, Trescot AM, Falco FJ, eds. Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management: A Comprehensive Review. ASIPP Publishing, Paducah, KY, 2011, 641-666. 32. Cohen SP (Contributor). In: Manchikanti L, Christo P, Trescot AM, Falco FJ, eds. Pain Medicine and Interventional Pain Management: Board Review Self-Assessment. ASIPP Publishing, Paducah, KY, 2011. 33. Van Elderen P, Szadek K, Cohen SP, De Witte J, Lataster A, Patijin J, Mekhail N, van Kleef M, Van Zundert J. Sacroiliac joint pain. In: Van Zundert J, Patijin J, Hartrick CT, Lataster A, Huygen FJ, Van Kleef M, eds. Evidence-based interventional pain practice according to clinical diagnoses. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, 2011, 96-102. 34. Van Kleef M, Van Elderen P, Cohen SP, Lataster A, Van Zundert J, Mekhail, N. Pain originating from the lumbar facet joints. In: Van Zundert J, Patijin J, Hartrick CT, Lataster A, Huygen FJ, Van Kleef M, eds. Evidence-based interventional pain practice according to clinical diagnoses. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, 2011, 87-95. 35. Van Dongen R, Cohen SP, van Kleef M, Mekhail N, Huygen F. Traumatic plexus lesion. In: Van Zundert J, Patijin J, Hartrick CT, Lataster A, Huygen FJ, Van Kleef M, eds. Evidence-based interventional pain practice according to clinical diagnoses. WileyBlackwell, Hoboken, NJ, 2011, 168-72. 36. Lee AC, Cohen SP, Abdi S. Low back pain. In: Bajwa ZH, Wooten J, Warfield C, eds. Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3rd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. In press. 37. Davies M, Cohen SP. Acute presentations of chronic pain. In: Aldington D, Buckenmaier CC 3rd. Anesthesia for Combat Operations: The First 24 hours. Borden Institute, US Army Medical Dept, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, 2012. In press. 38. Wilkinson I, Cohen SP, Erdek MA. Complications of celiac plexus block. In: Neal J, Rathmell JP, eds. Complications of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2nd edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2012. In press. 39. Jamison DE, Wilkinson I, Cohen SP. Intrathecal analgesia for neuropathic pain. US Neurology 2011; 7: 154-62. 14 40. McIntyre P, Cohen SP. Treatments for radiculopathy. In: Daroff RB, Aminoff MJ, eds. Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences, 2nd edition. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 2012. In press. 41. Jamison DE, Cohen SP. Chronic pain management in the active duty military. In: Kolk AH, Montgomery KN, Prabhakar S, et al, eds. Sensing Technologies for Global Health, Military Medicine, Disaster Response, and Environmental Monitoring II; and Biometric Technology for Human Identification IX. SPIES, Baltimore, MD, 2012. In press. 42. Hurley RW, Anderson D, Cohen SP. Neuraxial agents. In: Benzon HT, Rathmell JP, Wu CL, Turk DC, Argoff CE, Hurley RW, eds.. Raj’s Practical Management of Pain, 5th edition. London: Mosby Elsevier, 2013, 582-95. 43. Bottros M, Cohen SP. Lumbar discogenic pain and discography. In: Benzon HT, Rathmell JP, Wu CL, Turk DC, Argoff CE, Hurley RW, eds. Raj’s Practical Management of Pain, 5th edition. London: Mosby Elsevier, 2014, 885-914. 44. Brummett CB, Cohen SP. Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of zygapophyseal (facet) joint pain. In: Benzon HT, Rathmell JP, Wu CL, Turk DC, Argoff CE, Hurley RW, eds. Raj’s Practical Management of Pain, 5th edition. London: Mosby Elsevier, 2013, 816-45. 45. Jamison DE, Wilkinson I, Cohen SP. Fluoroscopy-guided lumbar medial branch blocks and radiofrequency denervation. In: Narouze S, editor. Multimodal Imaging Guidance in Interventional Pain Management. New York: Oxford University Press. In press. 46. Holmes SL, Cohen SP, Cullen MF, Kenny CD, Davis SA. Sacroiliac joint pain. In: Hayek S, Shah B, Desai M, Smith HS, Chelimsky M. Pain Medicine: A Case Study Text of Interdisciplinary Management. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. In press. 47. Gupta A, Cohen SP. Epidural steroid injections. In: Wallace MS, Staats P, eds. Pain Medicine & Management: Just the Facts, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw Hill. In press. 48. Jacobs M, Cohen SP. Spinal pain. In: Cheng J, Rosenquist R, eds. Fundamentals of Pain Medicine. New York: Springer, 2014. 49. Cohen SP, Raja SN. Pain. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 25th edition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2014, in press. 50. Christiansen S, Cohen SP. Chronic Pain: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms. In: Manchikanti L, Kaye AD, Falco FJ, Hirsch JA. Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain. ASIPP Publishing, Paducah, KY. In press. Books (Editor) 1. Benzon H, Raja SN, Fishman SM, Liu SS, Cohen SP. Essentials of Pain Medicine & Regional Anesthesia, 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2011. 2. Brummet CM, Cohen SP. Managing Pain. Oxford University Press: New York, 2013 a. Cohen SP, Flagg A, Huang JH. Low back pain. In: Brummett CM, Cohen SP. Managing Pain. Oxford University Press: New York, 183-211. b. Chen L, Cohen SP, Mao J. Opioids. In: Brummett CM, Cohen SP. Managing Pain. Oxford University Press, New York, 3-34. 3. Buvanendran K, Cohen SP, Hayek S, Hooten M, Hurley RW, Jackson T, Kapural L, McKenzie-Brown A, Peng P, Provenzano D, Vorenkamp K, Watson J, Wellington J. Self-Assessment Modules for Pain Medicine (SAM-PM). Chicago, American Society of Anesthesiology, 2012. 4. Hooten WM, Cohen SP, Rathmell JP. Mayo Clinic Proceedings Pain Medicine. Mayo Clinic Press, Rochester, MN, 2015. In preparation. 15 Ongoing Approved Research Projects 1. Randomized, double-blind, comparative-effectiveness study comparing epidural steroid injections to gabapentin in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy a. Role: Principal Investigator b. Status: Submitted c. Study sites: Johns Hopkins, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, DC VA Hospital, San Diego VA Hospital, Naval Medical Center- San Diego, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, Case Western Reserve 2. Randomized, Double-Blind, Comparative-Effectiveness Study Comparing Steroid Injections to Pulsed Radiofrequency for Occipital Neuralgia a. Role: Principal Investigator b. Status: Ongoing c. Study Sites: Walter Reed, Johns Hopkins, San Diego Naval Hospital, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center 3. Randomized placebo-controlled trial comparing the prognostic and therapeutic value of intra-articular facet blocks to medial branch blocks a. Role: Principal Investigator b. Status: Approved, ongoing c. Study Sites: Walter Reed, Johns Hopkins, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center 4. Epidemiological observational study evaluating the relative proportions of different types of neck pain a. Role: Senior Investigator b. Status: Approved, awaiting stamped consent form c. Site: Walter Reed Non-medical Publications Columnist for Korea Times, Korea Herald, Pacific Stars & Stripes and Seoul World, 1997-9 - Dozens of columns available on request Extramural Sponsorship 1. Dept. of Defense, Contract No. W91ytz-05-0061, 2004-5: a. $78,000 (67% clinical work and teaching, 33% research) b. 520 hours/ year c. Efficacy of intradiscal etanercept in the treatment of discogenic and radicular low back pain. WU#05-20007A. 2. Baylis Medical Research Grant, 2005-2007 a. Role: Principal Investigator on radiofrequency studies b. Funding: $30,000 for disposable equipment costs c. 0% effort 3. Dept. of Defense, Contract No. W91ytz-05-0062, 2005-6: a. $80,600 (67% clinical work and teaching, 33% research) 16 b. 520 hours/ year c. A randomized, placebo-controlled study assessing lateral branch radiofrequency (RF) denervation for sacroiliac joint pain. 4. John P. Murtha Pain and Neuroscience Institute. Congressional Grant administered thru Army Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management Initiative/ Henry M. Jackson Foundation, #CFS139196, Grant # 100289, 2006 a. Role: Principal Investigator b. Title: Efficacy of epidural etanercept in the treatment of lumbosacral radiculopathy. WU#06-20009A c. Funding received $75,000 d. Percent effort: 10% 5. Dept. of Defense, Contract No. W91ytz-05-0062, 2006-7 a. $80,600 (67% clinical work, 33% research) b. 520 hours/ year c. A randomized study comparing outcomes between fluoroscopically-guided and blind trochanteric bursa injections. 6. John P. Murtha Pain and Neuroscience Institute. Congressional Grant administered thru Army Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management Initiative/ Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Grant # 100289-2, 2007-8 a. Role: Principal Investigator b. Title: Computed tomography study comparing the specificity of 0.25 ml and 0.5 ml of local anesthetic for cervical medial branch blocks c. Funding $75,000 d. Percent effort: 10% 7. International Spinal Intervention Society Research Grant, 2008-2009. a. Role: Principal Investigator b. Title: 3-arm randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study comparing transforaminal epidural corticosteroids, etanercept, and saline for lumbosacral radiculopathy. c. Funding: $59,000 d. Percent effort: 10% 8. John P. Murtha Pain and Neuroscience Institute. Congressional Grant administered thru Army Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management Initiative/ Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Grant # 100289-2, 2009-10 a. Role: Prinicipal Investigator b. Does MRI improve intentional outcomes for lumbosacral radiculopathy? A randomized study comparing epidural steroid injections based on clinical findings, or clinical findings and MRI (multi-center) c. Funding $30,000 d. Percent effort: 7.5% 9. John P. Murtha Pain and Neuroscience Institute. Congressional Grant administered thru Army Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management Initiative/ Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Grant # 100289-2, 2010-11 a. Role: Principal Investigator 17 b. Multi-center, randomized comparative-effectiveness study comparing epidural steroid injections to gabapentin in patients with cervical radiculopathy c. Funding $30,000 d. Percent effort: 7.5% 10. U.S. DoD Defense Health Program (solicited study), Project # NF90UG, Grant 10740431 a. Role: Principal Investigator i. Randomized, double-blind, comparative-effectiveness study comparing epidural steroid injections to gabapentin in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy ii. Multi-center, randomized comparative-effectiveness study comparing epidural steroid injections to gabapentin in patients with cervical radiculopathy b. Funding $1.3 million c. Percent effort: 27% x 3 years 11. John P. Murtha Pain and Neuroscience Institute. Congressional Grant administered thru Defense and Veterans Center for Integrated Pain Management/ Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Grant # 100289-2, 2011-12 a. Role: Principal Investigator b. Does Pain Score correlate with Arterial Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Patients undergoing Diagnostic Lumbar Facet Medial Branch Block followed by Radiofrequency Ablation? A Prospective Correlational Study c. Funding $30,000 d. Percent effort: 7.5% 12. U.S. Dept. of Defense a. Randomized, controlled crossover study evaluating continuous nerve blocks for chronic phantom limb pain b. Role: Co-investigator (PI Brian Ilfeld at UCSD) c. Funding: Approximately $1.9 million d. Percent effort: 3% x 2 years 13. Boston Scientific Multi-Center Study a. Multiple Areas of Pain (MAP), Epidemiology of Multisite Pain in the Chronic Pain Population b. Role: Site PI c. Funding: $50,000 (0% effort) 14. U.S. Dept. of Defense a. Randomized controlled study comparing peripheral nerve to sham stimulation for neuropathic extremity pain b. Role: Co-Investigator c. Funding: $2.1 million d. 15% effort x 2 years e. Status: received 15. Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research, U.S. Dept. of Defense a. Multi-center double-blind randomized controlled study comparing pulsed radiofrequency to steroid injections for occipital neuralgia b. Role: PI c. Funding: $200,000 d. 7.5% effort x 2 years e. Status: Accepted 16. Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research, U.S. Dept. of Defense 18 a. Randomized placebo-controlled trial comparing the prognostic and therapeutic value of intra-articular facet blocks to medial branch blocks b. Role: PI c. Funding: $297,000 d. 10 % effort x 2 years e. Status: Accepted 17. Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research, U.S. Dept. of Defense a. Randomized, controlled, double-blind, comparative-effectiveness study comparing fluoroscopically-guided and landmark-guided sacroiliac joint injections b. Epidemiological observational study evaluating the relative proportions of different types of neck pain c. Role PI (SI joint study) and Senior Investigator (neck pain study) d. Funding: $375,000 e. 15% effort x 3 years Consultantships for Federally Funded Studies 1. Military Health System-Clinical Quality Management Pain Study: Congressionallymandated, U.S. Dept. of Defense-funded study set up to establish a surveillance system for chronic pain in military treatment facilities, 2009-2011. a. Principal Investigator: Lockheed Martin. b. Report title: Evaluating Improvement in Patients Seen in Military Treatment Facility Pain Management Clinics. 2. Transplantation of Reprogrammed Autologous Stem Cells for Chronic Pain. U.S. Dept. of Defense, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, AIBS # PR100499, Grant ID# 10669042, 2011-2013. a. Principle Investigator: Jianguo Cheng. b. Allotted $5000 travel funds per year 3. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Amputee. NIH grant # R43 NS 066523, 2009-present. a. Principal Investigator: NDI Medical 4. SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration): Consultant for “Managing Low Back Pain” series, 2013. Educational Activities Teaching Positions 1. Medical Correspondent, Armed Forces Korea Network (AFKN) TV/Radio, 1993-4 2. Director, Resident Education for 121st General Hospital’s Anesthesia Service teaching affiliation with Yonsei University Medical School, 1993-5, 1997-9 1. Director, Medical Student Education for Wuerzburg Army Hospital’s Anesthesia Service teaching affiliation with University of Wuerzburg School of Medicine, 1995-6 2. Director, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) Anesthesia Journal Club, 20002 3. Director of Pain Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2005- present 4. Director of Medical Education, Pain Management Division, Johns Hopkins Dept of Anesthesiology, 2004-present 19 Mentoring (Selected Among Many) 1. CRP for LTC Scott Griffith, 2000-2003. Current position is Director, Pain Management Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center & Pain Management Consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. a. Advisor, assisted with multiple research projects, oversaw numerous U.S. Army and Dept. of Defense policies and initiatives 2. CRP for MAJ Daniel Wenzell, 2004-2005. Current position is Director, Pain Management Center, Madigan Army Medical Center. a. Advisor, letters of recommendation, several research projects 3. CRP for MAJ Ron White, 2004-2007. Current position is Director, Pain Management Center, Landstuhl Regional Army Medical Center. a. Advisor, research projects, arranged for a 2-month rotation at Johns Hopkins 4. CRP for MAJ Anthony Dragovich, 2006-2008. Current position is Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Service, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC. a. Advisor, research projects, assisted with policy initiatives at Fort Bragg, arranged for a 2-month rotation at Johns Hopkins, research projects, letters 5. CRP for Chad Brummett, 2006-2009. Current position is Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan. a. Advisor, consultant, collaborator, letters, involvement with organizations 6. CRP for Robert Hurley, 2004-2010. Current position is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology and Orthopedic Surgery and Division Chief, Pain Medicine, University of Florida. a. Research projects, career advice, letters of support 7. CRP for Anita Gupta, 2007-2009. Current position is Chief of Pain Medicine and Associate Professor, Drexel University College of Medicine. a. Research projects, career advice, letters 8. CRP for Bryan Williams, 2007-8. Assistant Professor at Rush University, 2008-10. Currently working in Baltimore area for Kaiser Permanente. a. Review article, career advice, letters 9. CRP for Commander Necia Williams. Current position is Chief, Integrated Anesthesia & Operative Services, Walter Reed National Medical Center, Bethesda, MD a. Advisor, advocate for her becoming first ever Chief of Anesthesia & Operative Services at the Merged Walter National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, policy advice, guideline preparations, research projects 10. CRP for Anthony Plunkett, former resident and fellow at Walter Reed, 2007-12. Current position is Chief, Anesthesia & Operative Services, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC a. Career advice, research and review collaboration, letters and introductions 11. CRP for Matthew Crooks, former Chief Resident, 2007-9. Private practice in Arizona a. Advisor, multiple research projects, including ones ongoing, letters 12. CRP for Spencer Heaton, 2009-10. Private practice in Arizona a. Advisor, multiple research projects, including ones ongoing, letters 13. CRP for Karsten Bartel, 2009-10. Anesthesiology Attending at Duke University a. Advisor, book chapters 14. CRP for Jules Huang, 2010-12. Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Chair, ASRA 2013 Annual Meeting Resident Program. a. Advisor before residency, multiple research projects, advice, letters 15. CRP for Caleb Kroll, 2010-12. Former Chief resident, current pain fellow. 20 a. Advisor before residency, multiple research and review article projects, advice, letters 16. CRP for Haroon and Maira Hameed (siblings), 2011-2014. Currently in private practice in Virginia, and Editorial Board Members of American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians a. Multiple articles and book chapters, letters, job search assistance 17. CRP for Indy Wilkinson, 2011-2014. Currently staff anesthesiologist at Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg a. Multiple articles and book chapters, letters, advice, teaching Educational Program Building/Leadership, 2004- present Director of Medical Education for Pain Management Division, ACCM, Johns Hopkins 1. Schedules all resident and fellowship lectures, both intra- and extramural (> 100/year) a. Provides a plurality (10-18/year) of lectures b. Provides guidance and supervision for resident lectures 2. Created electronic evaluations for both residents and fellows 3. Assembled past and present reading lists for residents and fellows 4. Created resident education passport (benchmarks & checklist for learning during resident rotations) 5. Created pre- and post-tests for resident rotations 6. Authored ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ between Walter Reed and Johns Hopkins permitting cross-training of pain medicine fellows and residents doing pain medicine rotations. 7. Inaugural Member, ASRA (American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine)/ ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) Pain-MOCA CME Committee a. Develop guidelines and questions for pain medicine b. Co-authored 2 books containing these questions, 2012 and 2014 Educational Extramural Funding 1. 2006-7, American Society of Regiona Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Pain Fellowship Training grant with Srinivasa Raja and Christopher Wu c. $60,000 Editorial Activities/ Advisory Boards/ Organizing Committees 1. Editorial Board Membership: a. Pain, Associate Editor, 2014- present b. BMJ i. Pain Medicine Consultant, 2013- present c. Mayo Clinic Proceedings i. Pain Medicine Consultant, 2014- present ii. Editor for yearlong series on pain d. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine i. Editor, 2009-present ii. Associate Editor, 2007-9 e. Pain Physician i. Editor, 2009-present ii. Associate Editor, 2007-9 iii. Editorial Board, 2006-7 f. Pain Medicine 21 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. i. Editorial Board, 2010- present g. American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine Continuing Education (MOCA; writing questions for the ASA pain medicine recertification training guide) i. Editor Self-assessment book for ABA, 2012 ii. Editor, Self-assessment book for ABA, 2014 h. Associate Editor, Journal of Cancer Pain and Symptom Palliation, 2005- present i. Associate Editor, Local and Regional Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2008- present j. Associate Editor, Open Spine Journal, 2008- present k. Associate Editor, Open Pain Journal, 2008- present l. Associate Editor, Journal of Anesthesia & Clinical Research, 2010- present m. Editorial Board, Frontiers in Pain Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2010present North American Delegate, International Centre for the Advancement of Health Regional Innovation and Science, 2003-7. Council Member, National Initiative on Pain Control, PainKnowledge.Org, 2007-present Military Representative for PASSOR Educational Guidelines for the Performance of Spinal Injection Procedures, 2007-8 a. Approved by PASSOR Board of Governors and American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 10/2008 U.S. Army Medical Advisory Board (inaugural member), 2008- present American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) Bonica Award Committee, 2008- 10 PainPathways Magazine Editorial Advisory Board, 2009- present American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 2010 Annual Meeting Organization Committee American Academy of Pain Medicine Scientific Committee, 2009- present International Spinal Intervention Society Scientific Committee, 2009 Defense & Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management, 2009- present a. Board of Directors American Pain Foundation Advisory Board, 2010- present Johns Hopkins Military and Veterans Health Institute, Advisory Board, 2012-present American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2011- present a. Program Committee b. CME Committee c. Scientific Committee NIH Advisory Committee on Pain Medicine Education, 2013- present Agency for Healthcare Quality & Research (AHRQ/ HHS) Key Informant, Injection therapy for low back pain, 2013- present Course Directorships 1. Course Director, McMahon Publishing Advisory Board yearlong course on the Management of Breakthrough Pain- Curriculum Development, Wall Poster & Pocket Handbook, 2006- 7. a. Sponsored by Cephalon Inc. b. Approved by Johns Hopkins CME 2. Course Director, McMahon Publishing Advisory Board yearlong course on the Management of Breakthrough Pain- Curriculum Development and Case Studies, 2007- 8 a. Sponsored by Cephalon Inc. b. Approved by Johns Hopkins CME 3. Course Director, Advanced Studies in Medicine yearlong course on “Fibromyalgia: Science or Somatic”, 2009-10 22 a. Sponsored by Pfizer and Eli Lilly b. Approved by Johns Hopkins CME 4. Chair, 2013 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) Annual Fall Pain Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2013 Clinical Activities Board Certification 1. Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1990, No. 369967 2. American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), 1994, No. 23536 (99th percentile) 3. ABA Pain Management, 2012, No. 23536 (99th percentile) Service Responsibilities 1. Assistant Chief, Anesthesia and Operative Services, 121st General Hospital, 1993-5, 1997 i. Director, Respiratory Therapy Service 2. Chief, Anesthesia and Operative Services, Wuerzburg Army Hospital, 1995-6 i. Director, Pain Clinic ii. Director, Post Anesthesia Care Unit 3. Chief, Anesthesia and Operative Services, 121st General Hospital, 1997-9 i. Director, Pain Clinic ii. Director, Post Anesthesia Care Unit 4. Director, Acute Pain Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2000-2 5. Director, Anesthesia Journal Club, WRAMC 2000-2 6. Director, Inpatient Pain Service, NYU Medical Center, 2002-4 7. Director, Pain Research, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2005-present 8. Director, Medical Education, Johns Hopkins ACCM Division of Pain Medicine, 2004present 9. Director, Quality Assurance, Johns Hopkins ACCM Division of Pain Medicine, 2012present Organizational Activities Institutional Appointments 1. 1993-5: Member, Special Care Committee, 121st General Hospital, Seoul, Korea i. Member, Drug Utilization Committee 2. 1995-6: Vice Chairman, Committee on Conscious Sedation, Wuerzburg Army Hospital, Wuerzburg, Germany i. Member, Surgical QI Committee 3. 1997-9: Chairman, Committee on Conscious Sedation, 121st General Hospital, Seoul, Korea i. Member, Surgical QI Committee ii. Director, Anesthesia JCAHO Activities 4. 2002-3: Member, Blood Utilization Committee, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 5. 2004-present: Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 23 6. 2005-present: Member, Clinical Competency Committee, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 7. 2005-present: Member, Educational Committee, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 8. 2005- present: Member, Residency Review Committee, Johns Hopkins SOM 9. 2011- present : Director, Pain Medicine Quality Improvement 10. 2013- present: Member, ACCM Research Committee Professional Societies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. American Pain Society, 2001-present American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1998-present New York State Society of Anesthesiologists, 1998-2003 38th Parallel Medical Society, 1993-1999 New York Academy of Sciences, 1999-2002 American Society of Regional Anesthesia, 2004-present Who’s Who in America, 2002-present Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Sciences, 2003- present Maryland State Society of Anesthesiologysts, 2005-present American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, 2006-present International Spinal Intervention Society, 2007- present Association of University Anesthesiologists (AUA), 2007-present Recognition Military Awards 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Order of Military Medical Merit, 2010 Meritorious Service Medal, 1999 Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, 1995 and 1996 Army Achievement Medal, 2008 National Defense Service Medal, 1991 Overseas Service Ribbon with Oak Leaf Cluster, 1994 and 1999 Army Service Ribbon, 1993 Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, 2003 Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M Device, 2003, 2005 and 2007 Academic Awards 1. American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine (ASRA) John J. Bonica Award, 2014 2. American Academy of Pain Medicine Founder’s Award, 2014 3. Johns Hopkins Dept. of Anesthesiology Faculty-Mentor Award, 2014 4. Order of Military Medical Merit, June 2010 (lifetime achievement). 5. Teacher of the Year, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins SOM, 2010 6. Letter of Recognition, U.S. Army Surgeon General, 2010 7. Baltimore Magazine “Best Doctors”, 2011, 2012 8. American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians “Lifetime Public Service Award”, Washington, DC, June 2009 24 9. Top 3 research abstracts, American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, November 2012 10. Top 3 research abstracts, American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, November 2011 11. Resident Research Travel Grant, American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, November 20-23, 2008, Huntington Beach, CA 12. Best Research Paper, 16th Annual International Spinal Intervention Society Annual Meeting, July 23-26, 2008, Las Vegas, NV 13. Resident Research Travel Grant, American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, November 2006, San Francisco, CA Non-Institutional Invited Lectures/ Presentations 1. Grand Rounds, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, April 1988 i. Hypertension in Pregnancy 2. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, 1997-9 i. Director, Resident training at 121st General Hospital ii. Dozens of lectures on multiple topics 3. Chronic Pain Rounds, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, May 2003 i. New developments in the treatment of axial low back pain 4. Pain Management Strategies for the Primary Care Provider, New York University School of Medicine, November 2002 a. NSAIDS and Adjuvants for pain management 5. Chronic Pain Rounds, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, December 2002 i. Central pain syndromes 6. Visiting Professor, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, June-August 2003 i. NSAIDS and adjuvants ii. Central pain iii. Pain management in trauma patients 7. Group Leader, Smith-Nephew Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET) Course, September 2003, New York, NY 8. Pain Management Strategies for the Primary Care Provider, New York University School of Medicine, November 2003 i. Adjuvants as pain therapies 9. Visiting Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, April 2004 i. The interventional treatment of low back pain 10. New York University Departments of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery Spine Conference, December 2004 i. Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy 11. Visiting Professor, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, December 2004 i. Percutaneous procedures in the treatment of back pain th 12. 6 Annual Comprehensive Interventional Pain Management Workshop, April 2005, Bethesda, MD i. Radiofrequency techniques in pain management 13. Johns Hopkins Pain Management Update, Baltimore, MD, December 2005 i. Radiculopathy and discogenic back pain ii. Diagnostic spinal injections- indication iii. Diagnostic nerve blocks 25 14. 7th Annual Interventional Pain Management Workshop, Naval Medical Center-San Diego, February, 2006 i. Provocative discography ii. IDET and Accutherm 15. Radio talk show conference on: “Medicine Unplugged: military doctors & interrogation of prisoners of war”, January 16, 2006 i. Talk show host: Wilbur Larch, MD ii. WUSB, 90.1 FM radio (www.usb.org), Stony Brook (Long Island), New York 16. Blaustein Pain Management Rounds, Johns Hopkins Hospital, February 2006 a. The predictive value of diagnostic nerve blocks 17. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians (ASIPP) 8th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 24-28th, 2006 i. Discography & intradiscal therapies. Evidence based medicine- past, present & future. 18. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians, Interventional Techniques Review Course & Cadaver Workshop, Memphis, TN, July 7-9, 2006 i. Intradiscal Therapies (lecture) ii. Multiple stations for cadaver workshop 19. Chief Instructor, IDET and Accutherm Cadaver Course, Hilton Hotel, July 22, 2006 a. Pathoanatomy of the lumbar disc b. Disc Stimulation c. Accutherm disc decompression d. IDET and Accutherm recovery 20. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians, Interventional Techniques Review Course & Cadaver Workshop, Memphis, TN, November 30December 2, 2006 i. Cervical discography (lecture) ii. Thoracic discography (lecture) iii. Sacroiliac joint injections (lecture) iv. Lumbar facet injections (lecture) v. Multiple stations for cadaver workshop 21. Medical Doctors and Society, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, March 2007 i. Doctors and Interrogation ii. Doctors and Capital Punishment 22. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians (ASIPP) 9th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Chair, Radiofrequency Denervation Symposium, Washington, DC, June 23-27, 2007 i. Sacroiliac joint pain (lecture) 23. International Spinal Intervention Society 15th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, July 1921, 2007 i. Sacroiliac joint pain treatment (lecture) 24. Grand rounds, Heidelberg Army Hospital and surrounding treatment centers including University of Heidelberg, November 7, 2007, Heidelberg, Germany a. Evaluation and management of low back pain 25. Visiting Professor, Emory University Pain Management Division, December 19-20, 2007 a. Pain management for the global war on terrorism 26. Grand Rounds, Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, February 14, 2008 a. Pain management for war injuries 26 27. Hospital-wide Grand Rounds, Kimbrough Army Hospital, Fort Meade, MD, April 2, 2008 a. Current concepts in the evaluation and treatment of low back pain 28. Blaustein Pain Management Rounds, Johns Hopkins Hospital, April 18, 2008 a. Pain management during wartime 29. Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School, April 28-30, 2007 a. Massachusetts General Hospital, April 21, 2007 i. The validity of predictive value of diagnostic spinal injections ii. Chronic Pain Rounds, Pain management during wartime b. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, April 22-23 i. Grand Rounds, Pain management for the Global War on Terrorism 30. American Pain Society 27th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, May 8-10, 2008 a. Speaker, Symposium on pain management for trauma injuries (with Dennis Turk, Allen Lebovits and Brian Haines) i. Pain treatment in the global war on terrorism 31. Invited Presentation for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, May 20, 2008 a. Radiofrequency denervation for sacroiliac joint pain 32. Grand Rounds, National Naval Medical Center, June 24, 2008 a. The accuracy of diagnostic injections 33. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians (ASIPP) 10th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Chair, Radiofrequency Denervation Symposium, Washington, DC, June 19-23, 2008 a. Radiofrequency procedures for chronic pain: pulsed, heat or cold? 34. Briefings for the Supreme NATO Commander, Surgeon General of U.S. Army, Director of Health and Service Policy, and other distinguished guests, May 7, June 25, August 22, 2008 a. Pain management capabilities in forward-deployed areas 35. International Spinal Intervention Society 16th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, July 2326, 2008 a. Epidural cytokine inhibitors 36. Johns Hopkins Dept. of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Research Lab Conference Series, Johns Hopkins Hospital, September 10, 2008 a. Translational & clinical research with military implications 37. Grand Rounds, Dept of Internal Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, September 18, 2008 a. Diagnosis & management of lumbosacral radiculopathhy 38. 7th Annual Mid-West Pain Management Symposium, Aberdeen, SD, September 25-27, 2008 a. Pain management in the global war in terrorism (main plenary lecture) b. Sacroiliac joint pain c. Advanced pain management options 39. Grand Rounds at Winchester Medical Center and 3 other surrounding hospitals, Winchester VA, October 15, 2008 a. Pain management in veterans 40. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2008 Annual Meeting, October 18-22, 2008, Orlando, FL a. Diagnostic nerve blocks in pain medicine: are they useful for making treatment decisions? Pro-view b. Moderator, poster session for chronic and cancer pain 41. Johns Hopkins Neurosciences Research Seminars, Johns Hopkins Hospital, December 2, 2008 27 a. Translational & clinical pain research with neuroscientific implications 42. Visiting Professor, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, January 1415, 2009 a. Grand Rounds, “Pain management strategies during wartime, with emphasis on psychiatric implications” 43. 25th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Meeting, January 28-31, 2009, Honolulu, HI a. Speaker, Symposium on sacroiliac joint pain (with Nikolai Bogduk and Leonardo Kapural) i. Novel radiofrequency treatments 44. World Institute of Pain 5th World Congress, Manhattan, NY, March 13-16, 2009 a. Postamputation pain b. Pain management for war injuries 45. Grand Rounds, Nashville Chapter of Tennessee Medical Association, April 9, 2009 and Dept. of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, April 10, 2009 a. Management of postamputation pain b. Pain management for the global war on terrorism c. Diagnostic utility of spinal injections 46. Hospital Grand Rounds, Kimbrough Army Hospital, Fort Meade, MD, April 22, 2009 a. Postamputation pain 47. Visiting Professor, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York @ Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, May 12, 2009 a. Grand Rounds: Pain management during war: general treatment issues & psychiatric considerations b. Roundtable discussion on opioid use, dependence and addiction, and the effect psychopathology has on pain outcomes 48. World Conference of International Intradiscal Therapy Society, Phoenix, Arizona, May 21-23, 2009 a. Epidural etanercept in sciatica (Dr. Nilesh Patel gave my prepared lecture) 49. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians (ASIPP) 11th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Chair, Radiofrequency Denervation Symposium, Washington, DC, June 19-23, 2009 a. Evidence-based medicine of SI joint interventions: diagnosis & therapy (lecture) b. Moderator, Evidence-based medicine of diagnostic facet joint nerve blocks 50. International Spinal Intervention Society 17th Annual Meeting, Toronto, CA, July 2009 a. Debate: Selection criteria for facet joint radiofrequency denervation: how many blocks, how much pain relief? 51. Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve Dept. of Anesthesiology, August 25-26, 2009 a. Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in pain management b. Pain management during wartime 52. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2009 Annual Meeting, October 17-21, 2009, New Orleans, LA a. Neuroablative techniques for sacroiliac joint pain (with Leonardo Kapural & Ramsin Benyamin) 53. 5th Primary Care Doctor Symposium on Pain Management, October 22-23, 2009, Valley Health, Winchester, VA a. Management of low back pain b. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs & adjuvants 28 54. Fibromyalgia: Science or Somatic (yearlong Johns Hopkins CME approved course through Advanced Studies in Medicine), October 14, 2009, Chicago IL, November 13, 2009, Baltimore, MD, and November 16, 2009, San Francisco, CA a. Overcome barriers: increasing quality of care 55. Radiofrequency Lesioning (Pfiedler Enterprises) a. Cooled-probe sacroiliac joint denervation, January 30, 2010, Miami, FL 56. 26th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January, February 3-6, 2010 a. Epidural steroid injections: Are they effective? b. Epidural cytokine inhibitors: Are they superior to epidural steroids? c. Moderator, Debate over the risk: benefit ratio of epidural steroid injections 57. Visiting Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine, February 9-10 a. Diagnostic spinal injections: do they affect outcomes? b. Pain management in military service members 58. Inaugural CME Lecture, 338th Medical Brigade, Philadelphia, PA, March 20-21, 2010 a. Evaluation and management of back pain b. Pain treatment in deployed and redeployed service members 59. Visiting Professor, Cleveland Clinic, April 1-2 a. Diagnostic spinal injections: Do they affect decision making and outcomes? b. Pain management for trauma 60. Visiting Professor, New York Hospital, Cornell University Weill College of Medicine Dept. of Anesthesiology, April 8-9, 2010 a. The predictive value of diagnostic spinal injections b. Pain management for trauma 61. Blaustein Pain Management Rounds, Johns Hopkins Hospital, April 23, 2010 a. Accuracy and predictive value of diagnostic injections 62. Visiting Professor, Yonsei Medical University, Seoul, Korea, May 25, 2010 a. State-of-the-art research on spinal pain b. Journal Club on several articles, case presentations, patient visits (in Korean) 63. Visiting Professor, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Dept. of Anesthesiology, June 16-17, 2010 a. Pain management for war injuries b. Accuracy of diagnostic nerve blocks 64. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians (ASIPP) 12th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 26-30, 2010 a. Treatment of facet arthropathy 65. 13th World Congress on Pain, Montreal, Canada, August 29-Sept 2, 2010 a. Moderator: Interventional Therapies for Back Pain and Radiculopathies: Evidence-based Practice (with Eugene Carragee, Bengte Linderoth & Jan Van Zundert) i. Diagnostic selective nerve blocks, facet blocks and discography ii. Epidural steroid injections: an evidence-based approach 66. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2010 Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2010, San Diego, CA a. Point: Counterpoint Moderator: Medial branch blocks as a diagnostic test for thermal radiofrequency denervation b. What is the ideal number and cutoff value for designating a facet block as positive? 67. Visiting Professor, University of California-Davis Department of Anesthesiology, November 5, 2010 a. Sacroiliac joint radiofrequency denervation 29 68. American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2010 Annual Pain Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 18-21, 2010 a. Introduction for 2010 J.J. Bonica Award Winner, Srinivasa N. Raja b. Symposium leader for cervical facet interventions 69. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Shenzen University, Nov 24-25 2010, Shenzen, China a. Diagnostic value of spinal injections 70. 30th Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association, November 26-28, 2010, Shatin, Hong Kong a. Spinal pain in military personnel b. Accuracy and prognostic value of spinal injections for surgery c. Treatment of facet joint pain d. Treatment of sacroiliac joint pain e. Preclinical and clinical evidence for pulsed radiofrequency of the dorsal root ganglia 71. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, November 29, 2010, Pamela Youde Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong, China a. SI joint pain b. Case conference & patient demonstrations 72. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Weill College of Medicine Dept. of Anesthesiology, January 6-7, 2011 a. Do diagnostic nerve blocks outcomes for orthopedic surgical procedures? b. Journal club, 3 articles 73. 27th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 24-27, 2011 a. Failed back surgery syndrome (Plenary lecture) b. Sacroiliac joint interventions (cadaver course and lecture) 74. 13th Annual Cleveland Clinic Pain Management Symposium, March 5-9, 2011, Sarasota, FL a. Clinical applications of thermal radiofrequency b. Sacroiliac joint pain c. Pain management for war injuries d. Selecting patients for facet joint radiofrequency denervation: how many blocks, how much pain relief? 75. Visiting Professor, Mount Sinai Department of Anesthesiology, March 15-16, 2011 a. Pain management for trauma 76. Johns Hopkins Physical Medicine & Rehabiliation Resident Lecture Series, February 22, 2011 a. Neuropathic spinal pain 77. U.S. Army East Coast Grand Rounds, February 23, 2011 a. Video-conferenced to Kimbrough Army Hospital (Fort Meade, MD), Carlisle Barracks, PA, Fort Indiantown Gap, PA, 4219th CSH, NJ, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Fort Detrick, MD, Fort Myer, VA i. Lumbar and cervical radiculopathy: Diagnosis and treatment 78. 338th Medical Brigade Field Training Exercise (7000 service members), Fort Hunter Leggett, CA, May 20, 2011 a. Trauma Management in the Field 79. Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Biennial Research Program & Reunion, June 10, 2011 a. Pain management for war injuries 30 80. Society for the Progress & Innovation for the Near East (SPINE) 2011 Annual Meeting, Beirut, Lebanon, June 23-26 a. Pain Section Co-Chair b. Lectures i. Effectiveness of intradiscal procedures ii. Evidence-based medicine for interventions iii. Sacroiliac joint injections and ablation iv. Facet joint injections and ablation v. Fibromyalgia case presentation c. Moderator i. Regional anesthesia and preventing the transition from acute to chronic pain ii. Fibromyalgia & neuropathic pain 81. Solicited Briefing & Journal Club for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (GEN Wilmoth & colleagues), July 13, 2011 a. Factors associated with return-to-duty for pain conditions during war 82. Briefing for GEN Bostick (Chief of Army Personnel) in preparation for August 3 testimony before House Armed Services Committee on suicide in service members, July 29, 2011 a. Links between pain, depression and suicide. 83. 7th Annual Temple University (Neurosurgery) Spine Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, September 23-25 (scheduled) a. Do spinal injections improve surgical outcomes 84. Wounded Warriors 2011 Pain Care Symposium, Bethesda, MD, September 27, 2011 a. Nociceptive and neuropathic back pain 85. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2012 Annual Meeting, October 15-19, 2011, Chicago, IL a. Sacroiliac joint injection (lecture and cadaver workshop) 86. Pain Society of the Carolinas 2011 Annual Meeting, October 28-30, 2011 a. Plenary Lecture: Evidence for Injections in Pain Medicine 87. Visiting Professor, Northwestern School of Medicine, Dept. of Anesthesiology, November 3, 2011 (scheduled) a. War injuries 88. Johns Hopkins 2011 Annual Veteran’s Day Ceremony, Keynote speaker 89. American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 10th Annual Pain Fall Pain Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 17-20, 2011 a. Moderator: Basic science review & clinical applications b. Problem-based learning discussions i. Epidural steroid injections c. Moderator & Lecturer: Controversies in pain medicine: To do or not to do. i. Facet blocks are unnecessary and inappropriate (lecture) d. Moderator & Lecturer: Pain medicine for combat related injuries i. Common battlefield injuries and strategies to prevent chronic pain 90. Swiss Medical Society Annual Interventional Pain Management Meeting, December 2-3, Montreaux, Switzerland a. Plenary Lecture: The diagnostic and predictive value of nerve blocks b. Plenary Lecture: Evidence-based Medicine & cost-effectiveness th 91. 14 Annual Cleveland Clinic Pain Management Symposium, Las Vegas, NV, January 21-25, 2012 a. Plenary Address: Evidence-based interventional pain medicine b. Cost containment in pain medicine 31 c. Clinical application of cooled radiofrequency 92. World Institute of Pain 6th World Congress, Miami, FL, February 2012 (moved from Seoul, Korea, April-May 2011 after tsunami, scheduled) a. Moderator: New developments in radiofrequency denervation (with Miles Day, Leland Lou & Jan Van Zundert) i. Sacroiliac joint radiofrequency denervation & alternative treatments b. Pain Management for Trauma 93. 28th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA February 23-26, 2012, a. Diagnosis and selection for sacroiliac joint interventions rd 94. 3 Biennial International Pain Congress, Middleburg, Netherlands, April 12-14, 2012 a. SI joint pain b. Traumatic plexopathies c. Phantom limb pain 95. SPIE Defense, Security & Sensing Program: Sensing Technologies for Military Medicine, April 23-27, 2012, Baltimore, MD a. Improving pain care in wounded soldiers 96. Johns Hopkins Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Lecture Series, May 1, 2012 a. The diagnostic utility of injections 97. Toronto City-Wide Pain Rounds, May 25, 2012 a. Evidence-based medicine and cost considerations for interventional pain procedures b. Given to all 4 academic teaching institutions in Toronto + 6 community hospitals 98. American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians (ASIPP) 14th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 9-13 a. Keynote address for resident & fellow section b. Evidence & cost-effectiveness for spinal injections th 99. 20 Annual International Spine Intervention Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, July 1821, 2012 a. 1st Prize: 3-armed randomized controlled study comparing epidural etanercept, steroids & saline b. Sacroiliac joint pain: Epidemiology and diagnosis c. Cervical discography: Validity and complications 100. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2012 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, October 13-17, 2012 a. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for sacroiliac joint pain (lecture and cadaver workshop) b. Focus on facets: patient selection, therapeutic, and regulatory considerations (ASRA-Pain Medicine) c. Cadaver workshop: epidural injections, adhesiolysis, and SI joint thermal/ cooled radiofrequency 101. American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 11th Annual Pain Fall Pain Meeting, Miami, FL November 15-18, 2012 a. Moderator: Translational Science: Neuropathic pain b. Moderator: Translational Science: Lumbar spine surgery c. Moderator & Lecturer: Radiofrequency techniques in pain medicine i. Selection for facet joint denervation d. Cadaveric symposium on radiofrequency techniques: Instructor & Lecturer i. Sacroiliac joint pain e. Special session on epidural steroid injections 32 i. Efficacy of epidural steroids 102. Johns Hopkins Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Grand Rounds, Nov 26, 2012 a. Chronic pain 103. Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi) 2012 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, December 8, 2012, Keynote speaker a. The burden of chronic pain 104. Johns Hopkins Dept. of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine 2012 Annual Research Day, Baltimore, MD, December 11, 2012 a. Moderator, Pain Management Section 105. Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury, Webinar on Chronic Pain, Feb 28, 2013 a. Chronic pain in war injuries 106. Visiting Professor, Drexel University College of Medicine, April 17, 2013 a. Research for interventional pain medicine 107. University of Kentucky School of Medicine Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research Day, May 23, 2013, Keynote Speaker a. Designing clinical pain trials b. Grading research presentations & posters, case discussions 108. Korean Pain Society Annual Meeting, Daejon, S. Korea, May 25-26, 2013, Keynote Speaker a. Evidence-based pain medicine b. Epidural steroid injections 109. Visiting Professor, Pusan National University, May 27-28, 2013, Busan, Korea a. Treatment of acute herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia 110. Visiting Professor, Seoul National University, May 31, 2013, Seoul, Korea 111. World Institute of Pain Benelux 2013 Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine Meeting, La Butte aux Bois, Lanaken, Belgium, June 11-13, 2013 a. Patient selection for facet blocks and radiofrequency denervation b. New techniques for sacroiliac joint pain 112. Johns Hopkins Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Lecture Series, June 26, 2013 a. Clinical trials in pain medicine: Design and conduct 113. American Society of Anesthesiologists 2013 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA October 12-16, 2012 a. FDA Panel: Epidural steroid injections: Indications & efficacy b. Epidural steroid injections: Are they effective? 114. Johns Hopkins Dept. of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Grand Rounds, October 31, 2013 a. Epidural steroid injections 115. American Pain Management: Pain Management for the Non-Pain Specialists, Milwaukee, WI, November 2, 2013 a. Epidural steroid injections: When are they appropriate, and do they spare surgery? 116. University of California-Davis & University of California-San Diego, Combined Grand Rounds and Visiting Professorship, November 18-20, 2013 a. Do diagnostic injections improve treatment outcomes? b. The Effectiveness and safety of epidural steroid injections: A case-based discussion c. Designing clinical pain trials 33 117. American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 12th Annual Pain Fall Pain Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 20-24, 2013 (Conference Chair) a. Moderator: The future of pain medicine i. Impact of the affordable care act on pain medicine (R. Rosenquist) ii. Plenary Debate: Long-term efficacy and cost-effectiveness of pain medicine interventions (R. Deyo & J. Rathmell) 118. Johns Hopkins Neurological Critical Care Unit Grand Rounds Lecture Series, February 11, 2014 a. Current research trends in pain medicine 119. 10th Annual Sarasota Winter Pain Symposium, Sarasota, FL, February 14-15, 2014 a. Epidural steroid injections b. Management of sacroiliac joint pain 120. 30th Annual American Academy of Pain Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, March 6-9, 2014 a. Plenary lecture: epidural injections for spine pain b. Interventions of back pain 121. 16th Annual American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Meeting, April 4-6, New Orleans, LA a. Moderator: Controversies in interventional pain medicine a. Controversies of radiofrequency thermal neurotomy: Needle placement, connection, pulsed, cooled and lesion size i. Controversies of radiofrequency thermal neurotomy: Needle placement, connection, pulsed, cooled and lesion size b. Sacroiliac joint interventions c. Discography: Analgesic vs. provocation 122. Visiting Professor, University of Alabama- Birmingham, April 27-28, 2014 a. Epidural steroid injections b. Evidence-based pain medicine 123. 7th Biannual World Congress on Pain, Maastricht, Netherlands, May 7-10, 2014 a. Spinal injections improve outcomes for the treatment of low back pain b. Radiofrequency: An inconvenient truth Selected Non-professional Accomplishments 1. Former #2 ranked Black Belt forms competitor in NY and NJ region, Karate Illustrated Magazine, 1984 a. Former #6 ranked Black Belt forms competitor in NY and NJ region, Karate Illustrated Magazine, 1985 2. 1st place in 8th US Army 1998 photography contest (2nd place overall nationwide): “Hunger in Tibet” 3. Journalist for Korea Times, Korea Herald, Stars & Stripes, and Seoul World, 1997-9, with dozens of published articles 34