Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine Fellowships

Requirements and Applications Process

FELLOWSHIP REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATION PROCESS

Thank you for your interest in the OSS Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine Fellowship, and the ACGME Accredited OSS/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Sports Medicine Fellowship. Our two twelve-month physiatric-based programs have an optimal combination of academics within a private practice multi-specialty setting. We have trained over 39 graduates over the last 13 years. These programs are ideally suited for those of you who seek training in the following:

Basic and Advanced Interventional Spine Care
Sports Medicine
Advanced Electro diagnostics
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Musculoskeletal Medicine
Business skills, billing and coding
Practice Management/Building

There are two fellowships which run concurrently training a total of five fellows annually. We train three fellows in our ACGME Accredited OSS/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Sports Medicine Fellowship and two fellows in our (non-accredited) OSS Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine Fellowship.

ACGME: The OSS/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Sports Medicine Fellowship is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME program #3424100012). For more information about the ACGME, please visit www.ACGME.org. There are curretnly three accredited positions. Satisfactory completion of this 12 month fellowship meets the educational requirements to sit for the Sports Medicine subspecialty examination recognized by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR) and the American Board of Medical Specialties (AMBS).

The OSS Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine Fellowship trains two fellows annually. These are currently NOT accredited positions.

Requirements for consideration for both the OSS/Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Sports Medicine Fellowship and the OSS Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine Fellowships include:

Completion of an accredited North American Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency or other residency with a minimum of three months of electrodiagnostic experience.
Current Pennsylvania Allopathic/Osteopathic medical and DEA licensures. These need to be current prior to your fellowship start date.
Personal Statement
Curriculum Vitae
Three letters of recommendation, including one from your residency program director
Our application OSS Fellowship Application (2)
Cover letter - Please include whether you are interested in starting July 2013, January 2014, or if either date works
We would eventually appreciate a picture to attach to your file, which you may either send with your application materials or bring to your interview

Interviews will be offered as completed application materials are received. After the material is reviewed, we will contact selected residents for an interview/rotation. During your visit, you will be asked to do a 20-minute presentation on a musculoskeletal topic of your choice. To accommodate the high volume of qualified residents, our rotations are usually two days. However, we occasionally make exceptions for longer visits. We do not anticipate offering positions to anyone who has not spent a minimum of two days touring the OSS facilities.

Once interview times are filled, we will be unable to invite additional applicants despite the strength of their application. Therefore, we encourage you to expedite your materials.

Elective rotations are not required for fellowship consideration but may be arranged if desired.

Selection of the fellows will occur in the early fall and/or through the Sports Medicine Match Program.

You may contact our Fellowship Secretary, Cathy Bausman, at CBausman@ossortho.com or (717) 848-4800 x4245 with additional questions.

FELLOWSHIP MISSION

To provide comprehensive interventional spine, sports and musculoskeletal medicine education to academic or private practice inclined physiatrists who wish to bring clinical excellence to their careers.

DURATION AND BENEFITS

Duration:

One year

Three ACGME-accredited, one-year Sports Medicine positions are currently available:

July, 2013 through June, 2014 (one position)
January, 2014 through December, 2014 (two positions)

Two Interventional Spine/Sports Medicine one-year positions currently available

July, 2013 through June, 2014 (two positions)

Benefits:

Competitive annual salary and benefits
Paid malpractice insurance
Up to five (5) days paid CME
Health insurance coverage for fellow and dependents
Paid professional license and appropriate dues

TRAINING

Both of the fellowships provide in-depth training in all aspects of Multidisciplinary Sports Medicine and Interventional Spine Care including, but not limited to, fluoroscopically guided spine procedures, electrodiagnostics, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and the management of general musculoskeletal/pain disorders and pain conditions. The fellowships include rotations in our concussion clinic and urgent care center as well as team coverage of local sports. The fellowship training emphasizes the judicious use of diagnostic and therapeutic cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral spine procedures. These include diagnostic and therapeutic epidural steroid injections, sacroiliac injections, sympathetic blockade, facet procedures (including radiofrequency denervation), provocation discography, percutaneous intradiscal procedures, and spinal cord stimulation. Training also includes Botox injections, and the interpretation of MRI, CT and plain films. Emphasis is placed on selection of appropriate patients based on a comprehensive neuromusculoskeletal evaluation including history, physical examination and diagnostic image interpretation. When appropriate, therapeutic procedures are incorporated into a comprehensive rehabilitation program. Currently, over fifty fluoroscopically guided spine procedures are performed weekly.

Training also includes a thorough understanding of practical issues such as business skills, billing and coding to prepare physicians for private or academic practice. The active full time faculty includes two board-certified physiatrists, three board-certified orthopaedic sports medicine specialists and two board-certified anesthesiologists.

Additional orthopaedic sub-specialties include spine, pediatrics, foot and ankle and hand. The practice also includes physical and occupational therapy as well as multiple imaging modalities (MRI, CT, and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound) and photographic resources are available for presentations and publications, which are supported and encouraged. We require completion of at least one project.

EDUCATION

Exposure to acute, sub-acute and chronic musculoskeletal and spine pathology
Opportunity to learn fluoroscopically-guided spinal injections under direct attending supervision at scheduled clinics
Depending on the skill progress of each fellow, opportunity to do more complex procedures as appropriate:

Cervical, thoracic, lumbar epidural injections
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar selective nerve injections
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar facet joint injections
Cervical, lumbar medial branch blocks
Sacroiliac joint injections
Intraarticular hip, knee, and shoulder injections
Facet procedures (including radiofrequency neurotomy)
Lumbar, thoracic and cervical discography and intradiscal therapeutic procedures
Spinal cord stimulation
Botox injections
Vertebroplasy/Kyphoplasty
Interpretation of MRI, CT and plain films

Advanced electrodiagnostic skills
Concussion Clinic
Sports Team Coverage

Local High Schools
York College
Opportunity for an away elective

Opportunity for conference time (i.e. spinal procedure didactic conference such as AAPM&R, NASS, ISIS, etc.)
Musculoskeletal ultrasound
Management of general musculoskeletal/pain disorders and pain conditions.
Urgent care center

Emphasis is placed on selection of appropriate patients based on a comprehensive neuromusculoskeletal evaluation including history, physical examination and diagnostic image interpretation. When appropriate, therapeutic procedures are incorporated into a comprehensive rehabilitation program. Currently, over fifty fluoroscopically guided spine procedures are performed weekly.

Training also includes a thorough understanding of practical issues such as business skills, billing and coding to prepare physicians for private or academic practice.

RESEARCH

5-10% of time for academics
Adopt and work on a significant musculoskeletal research project
Write a publishable chapter or article

TEACHING

Each fellow is expected to:

Organize journal clubs
Teach and supervise residents and medical students on rotation

PATIENT CARE

Each fellow is required to participate in:

Outpatient clinics both independently and directly supervised by attending
Procedure clinics directly supervised by attending
Electrodiagnostic examinations both independently and directly supervised by an attending
Promptly return patient related phone calls and correspondence

FACULTY

Michael B. Furman, MD, MS, Fellowship Director

Dr. Furman is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation with ACGME sub-specialization in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine. He diagnoses and treats all neuromusculoskeletal disorders with a special interest in spine care and sports medicine. Dr. Furman utilizes the latest evidence-based techniques in fluoroscopically guided procedures, electrodiagnostics and in the management of spinal and peripheral nerve disorders. Dr. Furman lectures and publishes both locally and nationally on aggressive non-operative care of spinal disorders. He is lead editor of the newly published Atlas of Image Guided Interventional Spine Procedures.

He has held leadership roles and/or served on AAPM&R and other advisory committees; on task forces and instructional courses for the International Spinal Injection Society (ISIS), the North American Spine Society (NASS), and the Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation (PASSOR).

James J. Gilhool, DO

Dr. Gilhool diagnoses and provides non-surgical treatment for disorders of the neck and back. Dr. Gilhool received his medical degree and completed an internship at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. His residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was done at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Gilhool then completed an Interventional Spine fellowship with the Georgia Pain Associates in Atlanta, and was Clinical Instructor in Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Gilhool focuses on helping people get back to doing their daily activities and improving their independence by controlling pain through exercise and injections.

Michael A. Klein, MD

Dr. Klein is committed to alleviating pain for all patients, particularly those who have not previously had access to the most effective new treatments or methods of diagnosis. Dr. Klein received his medical degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, followed by his residency and fellowship training at Staten Island Hospital in New York and University of Pennsylvania respectively. He is currently board-certified in Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Management. As a pain specialist at OSS, Dr. Klein cares for patients with spine, lower back and neck pain.

Dennis M. Grolman, MD

Dr. Grolman is part of the OSS Pain Management team. Dr. Grolman received his medical degree from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD and completed his anesthesia residency at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Grolman has been part of the York medical community for over 20 years. He is a member of the American Board of Anesthesiology. While a member of the anesthesia department at York Hospital, he became known for his technical excellence. Dr. Grolman provides non-surgical treatment to help manage pain.

FUTURE, CURRENT & PRIOR FELLOWS

January, 2013

Sison, Mark
Tekmyster, Gene

July, 2012

Cruz Colon, Eduardo
Salim, Shakeel
Swenson, Jonathan

2012

Lin, Paul Sean
Moradian, Maxim
Yuan, Michael
Butler, Sean
Jasper, Nicholas R

2011

Lin, Hwei
Morchower, Andrew
Reznikov, Tatyana
Steinmetz, Brian
Fetzer, Martin

2010

Stone, Jonathan
Parikh, Tejas
Fox, Kermit
Kim, Ruby
Kirschner, Jonathan

2009

Petrolla, Justin
Anderson, Jason
Conley, Jeff
Davidoff, Scott
Kothari, Gautham

2008

Mehta, Ariz
Newton, Frederick
Sipple, Dan
Khawaja, Ali

2007

Patel, Rikin
Batson,John
Buttaci,Charles
Jackson, Thomas

2006

Simon, Jeremy I.
Sthalekar, Ninad

2005

Rigolosi, Luke
Berkwits, Leland

2004

Reeves, Ryan S.
Ante, William A

2003

Villoch, Christine
Cano, William

2002

Kuo, Michael
Lee, Thomas

2001

Puttlitz, Kirk
Giovaniello, Michael

2000

O'Brien, Erin
Pannullo, Robert

1999

Zgleszewski, Timothy

1998

Rolle, William

TESTIMONIALS FROM PAST FELLOWS:

“Mike Furman's fellowship changed how I practiced PM&R and established a strong foundation for my Spinal Medicine practice today. Mike Furman and Ernie Johnson are my most memorable and influential mentors. I will always be a disciple of their teachings.”

Michael Giovanniello, M.D.

The SMART Clinic

Salt Lake City, UT

"With the training and preparation in my fellowship, I was able to start a pain management division in a large, established orthopedic practice. I understood exactly how I wanted the pain division to develop, and with my experience at OSS, was able to implement my practice's parameters. Within 5 years I hired a second pain doctor and sit on the Executive Committee with three other partners in a 20 man Orthopedic Group. This would not have been possible without my OSS Fellowship under Mike."

Luke Rigolosi

Northeast Orthopedics

Albany, NY

"Mix together a top-notch academic experience with an efficiently run private practice to be modeled after, and stir in the leadership of one of the best in the field in Dr. Furman, and you may just begin to appreciate what a great training program this is. The pain medicine fellowship training I received at OSS under the leadership of Dr. Furman and his fellow colleagues, Drs. Gilhool, Klein and Grolman, has prepared me to be among the top pain physicians in the city in which I now practice. During my time there I learned not only how to confidently perform a myriad of interventional spine procedures and to make appropriate treatment decisions, but also the business of private practice. Add in the great staff that made me feel like family, it was an amazing year I will never forget."

Jason Anderson

Pacific Pain Managements

Milwaukie, OR

"My fellowship year at OSS was one of the best years of my academic training. The skills that I learned definitely prepared me for my practice. There are great hands on experience with a variety of procedures. The attendees and the staff are great to work with and definitely make the year a worthwhile experience. Dr. Furman is a great fellowship director, teacher, and mentor. I would definitely recommend this fellowship to anyone interested in interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine."

Tejas Parikh

"This fellowship prepared me for all aspects seen in a successful private practice. From the clinical perspective of procedures and EMG's to the business side of billing and referrals, this was an all inclusive learning experience. To top it off, Dr Furman created a relaxed atmosphere that made for an enjoyable year. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing!"

Scott Davidoff

King of Prussia, PA

"The volume of procedures and the attention to detail in assuring your competence if not excellence in bread and butter spinal interventions is a given. For the more ambitious you can learn bread and butter fracture care and gain exposure to ultrasound. For those who ultimately hope to run their own business, being in an environment where considerable time, effort and energy are given to continuous quality improvement, will give you an idea of how a good business runs and also an idea of how much dedication it takes to keep things running smoothly."

Dan Sipple

Pain Clinic of NW Wisconsin

Eau Claire, WI

"From a professional standpoint, the OSS pain medicine fellowship was an unique opportunity for me to achieve my goals as an interventional physiatrist in training. I am grateful for the skills I learned and people I met. I will never forget the year. Thanks to Dr. Furman, Dr. Klein, Dr. Gilhool, and Dr. Grolman for the opportunity."

Ariz Mehta

Jersey, NJ

“Furman and company gave me more than enough opportunity to do spine procedures, electro diagnostics, ultrasound-guided procedures, while providing sports and orthopaedic exposure, research opportunities and the like. Coming out of fellowship, my training was as good as or better than any of my colleagues who had trained at other top tier PM&R Interventional fellowships.

What made the fellowship so unique was that Furman was always looking for new and better ways to do EVERYTHING. This meant nothing was ever stagnant. More importantly, it taught me to question everything I did and look at even the most basic of tasks with new eyes. I'm a better practitioner for it.

The fellowship is set in a well-run, healthy-sized private practice. I was able to learn many nuances of private practice that are serving me well.”

Kermit Fox

The fellowship provided excellent training in all aspects of evaluating and treating spinal disorders. Office management skills were also provided, which produced a comfortable transition to private practice. The physicians and staff were outstanding professionals and great friends.

Charles Buttaci

The fellowship is amazing. The hands-on training I received began immediately. Mike Furman teaches a large variety of interventional techniques while maintaining a truly physiatric approach. The fellowship is fun and challenging, yet he is able to create a family atmosphere. He refers to past fellows as our "big brothers" and we keep in touch with each other through our network. We frequently see each other at national meetings and the family atmosphere continues as we get together for dinners and activities. We call on each other for guidance and questions. This is a great way to not feel alone when you are seeing patients on your own.

I cannot express how much Dr. Furman and the fellowship have meant to me. He has truly helped mold me into the physician I am today. I think of him daily as I see patients in a very busy practice. When I have a challenging case, I ask myself, "How would Mike Furman have handled this?" If I have a question, he is still available to me to help even four years after I've graduated.

I believe that Mike Furman's fellowship is the perfect atmosphere to learn not only to be exceptional at interventional techniques, but also to be an excellent physician.

Jeremy Simon

PUBLICATIONS: (Current and former fellows in bold)

BOOKS:

Atlas of Image Guided Interventional Spine Procedures. Ed. Michael B. Furman. Philadelphia: Elsevier, to publish April, 2012.

CHAPTERS:

Over 38 chapters in Atlas of Image Guided Interventional Spine Procedures. Ed. Furman MB, Lee TS, Berkwits I, Philadelphia: Elsevier, to publish April 2012. Associate Editors, Authors and Reviewers include many past and current fellows.

Furman MB, Petrolla J. Therapeutic intra-articular lumbosacral facet joint injections, in DePalma M (Ed) iSpine, Demos Medical Publishing, inc 2011

Furman MB, Petrolla J. Cervical Spinal Stenosis, in Micheo W and Buschbacher R(Ed), Musculoskeletal, Sports and Occupational Medicine, Demos Medical Publishing, inc 2011

Furman M, Petrolla J. Cervical Disc Pathology, in Micheo W and Buschbacher R(Ed), Musculoskeletal, Sports and Occupational Medicine, Demos Medical Publishing, inc 2011

Furman MB, Sthalekar ND, Berkwits LB, Falco FJE . Interventional Physiatry: General Principles, in O’Young B, Young M, Steins S (Eds)Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets, 3rd edition. Philadelphia, Elsevier, Inc, 2008

Furman MB, Ante WA, Reeves RS, Lumbar Provocation Discography:

Clinical Relevance, Sensitivity, Specificity, and Controversies, in Slipman, Simeone, Derby R (Eds) Interventional Spine: an algorithmic approach, Philadelphia, Elsevier, Inc, 2008

Furman MB, Reeves RS, Ante WA, Intradiscal Steroids and Prolotherapy: Clinical Relevance, Outcomes and Efficacy. Clinical Relevance, Sensitivity, Specificity, and Controversies, in Slipman, Simeone, Derby R (Eds), Interventional Spine: an algorithmic approach, Philadelphia, Elsevier, Inc, 2008

Huston CW, Slipman CW, Furman MB Hassan S, Derby R, Spinal Injections, in Slipman, Simeone, Derby R (Eds), Interventional Spine: an algorithmic approach, Philadelphia, Elsevier, Inc, 2008

Windsor RE, Furman MB, Sugar R, Nieves R, Roman S. The martial arts: Biomechanical principles, injury prevention and rehabilitation. In: Lennard T, Crabtree HM (eds): Spine in Sports. Philadelphia, Elseviers, Inc, 2005; Oct.

Furman MB, Puttlitz KP, Simon J, Pannullo RP. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. In Emedicine 2005 (www.emedicine.com)

Furman MB, Puttlitz KP, Simon J, Falco FJE. Cervical Disc Pathology. In Emedicine 2005 (www.emedicine.com)

Furman MB, Puttlitz KP. Interventional Spinal Procedures for Cervical Whiplash Management, In: Malanga G, Nadler S (ed): Whiplash Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, Inc, 2002

Furman MB, Windsor RE, Cook EF. The martial arts: Biomechanical principles, injury prevention and rehabilitation. In: Fortin JD, Falco FJE (eds): Functional Biomechanics & Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation State of the Art Reviews. Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, Inc, 1997; Oct: 11(3).

Windsor RE, Falco FJE, Dreyer SJ, Furman MB, Lester JP. Lumbar Discography. In: Weinstein S. (ed): Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America: Injection Techniques, Principles and Practice. Philadelphia, PA, WB Saunders Co, 1995; Nov: 6(3).

Windsor RE, Falco FJE, Furman MB, Percutaneous Therapeutic Lumbar Disc Procedures. In: Weinstein S. (ed): Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America: Injection Techniques, Principles and Practice. Philadelphia, PA, WB Saunders Co, 1995; Nov: 6(3).

PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed):

Reeves RS and Furman MB, Discography's role in low back pain management, Pain Management (2012) 2(2), 1-7

Furman, MB, Fetzer MR, Gilhool JJ, On Contrast Dispersal Patterns as a Predictor of Clinical Outcome with Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for Lumbar Radiculopathy, PM&R 2011: Vol 3, 1028-1029

Furman MB, Kothari G, Parikh T, Anderson J, Khawaja A Efficacy of Fluoroscopically Guided, Contrast Enhanced, Lumbosacral Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections, A Pilot Study. Pain Medicine, 2010, Vol 11, #9 1328-1334

Furman MB, Mehta AR, Kim RE, Simon J, Patel R., Lee TS, Reeves RS. Injectate Volumes Needed to Reach Specific Landmarks in Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Injections. PM&R 2010; 2:625-635

Furman MB, Lee TS, Mehta A, Simon JI, Cano WG. Contrast flow selectivity during transforaminal lumbosacralepidural steroid injections. Pain Physician 2008; 11:855-861.

Lesher J, Dreyfuss P, Hager N, Kaplan M, Furman MB; Hip Joint Pain Referral Zones: A Descriptive Study, Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine, 2008 Vol 9, #1, 22-25

Furman MB, Simon J, Lee T, Rigolosi L, Patel R, Reeves R. Contrast Flow Volume Quantification for Therapeutic Transforaminal Epidural Injections. The Spine Journal, 2007, 7(5S); 131S

Furman MB, Reeves RS, Lee TJ, Sthalekar ND. Fluoroscopic Axial Imaging in Percutaneous Lumbosacral Procedures: An Underutilized Technique, Pain Physician. 2006; 199-206

Furman MB and Sthalekar ND Minimizing Complications in Epidural

Steroid Injections, Letter to the editor, Anesth Analg 2006;102

Slipman CW , Plastaras C, Patel R, Isaac Z, David Chow, Garvan C, Pauza K and Furman MB. Provocative cervical discography symptom mapping
The Spine Journal, 2005, 5(4) 381-388

Furman MB, Giovanniello MT, O’Brien EM. The Incidence of Intravascular Penetration in Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections, Spine, 2003; 28(1)21-25

Furman MB, Giovanniello MT, Villoch CM, Kuo MK, King FJ. Fluoroscopic Axial Imaging in Percutaneous Lumbosacral Procedures: A Novel Technique. [abstract].Pain Physician, 2002, 5(4), 451.

Furman MB, Lee TS. Contrast Flow Distribution During Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections, [abstract]. Proceedings of the North American Spine Society Mid Year Meeting- Meeting of the Americas II, 2002.

Furman MB, Lee TS, Puttlitz KM, Zgleszewski TM, O’Brien EM, Goodman BS, Lumbar Provocative Discography: Evaluation of Possible Disc Pressurization, Proceedings of the North American Spine Society Mid Year Meeting- Meeting of the Americas II, 2002 [abstract].

Furman MB, Giovanniello MT, O’Brien EM. The Incidence of Intravascular Penetration in Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections, Proceedings of the North American Spine Society, 16th Annual Meeting [abstract]. The Spine Journal, 2002; 2(25), 29S.

Furman MB, O’Brien EM, and Zgleszewski TM, The Incidence of Intravascular Penetration in Transforaminal Lumbosacral Epidural Steroid Injections, Spine, 2000; 25(20)2628-2632

Furman MB and O’Brien EM, Is it really possible to do a selective nerve root block? Letter to the editor, Pain, 85 (2000) 526-527

Furman MB and Zgleszewski TM, The Incidence of Intravascular Penetration in Transforaminal Lumbosacral Epidural Steroid Injections, Proceedings of the North American Spine Society, 1999 Annual Meeting [abstract].

Cook EF, Epstein SK, Furman MB, Demopoulos, JT. Sudden quadriparesis in a patient with severe cervical stenosis [abstract]. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993; Nov:74(11):1272.

Furman MB. Design and evaluation of a computer aided instruction system which teaches functional peripheral anatomy [abstract]. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993; Nov:74(11):1236.

Lynch TJ, Martinez RP, Furman MB, Geller EB, Adler MW. A Calorimetric analysis of body temperature changes produced in rats by morphine, methadone, and U50-488H [abstract]. In, Harris LS (ed.) Problems of Drug Dependence, 1986. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting, The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. NIDA. Research Monograph 76, 1987: 82.

Furman MB, Olbricht WL. Unsteady cell distributions in capillary networks. Biotechnology Progress 1985; Mar: 1(1): 26-32.

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS:

Reeves RS and Furman MB, AAPMR web site, www.AAPMR.org , Patient with hip, groin and limb pain, Musculoskeletal Case No. 15, December 2004

Hsiang JN, Furman MB, Keenan ME, Nadalo LA, Pannullo R, Penar PL, Phillips CD, Puttlitz KM, Riew KD, Shaffer WO, Simon JI, Smirniotopoulos JG, Vokshoor, A, Spinal Stenosis. eMedicine from WebMD. Updated March 29, 2011. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1913265-overview.

Furman MB, Puttlitz KP, Falco FJE. Cervical Disc Pathology. In Emedicine 2009 (www.emedicine.com)

Furman MB, Puttlitz KP, Pannullo RP. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. In Emedicine 2009 (www.emedicine.com)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

Bagnall DL, Cianca JC, Drake DF, Dugan S, Frank LW, Furman MB, Lipetz JS, Smith BS, Weinstein SM, Kuby KG, Levreau DM. Establishing an ACGME-Accredited Residency Program in Pain Medicine, PASSOR, 2005

Dugan S, Frank LW, Furman MB, Lipetz JS, Smith BS, Weinstein SM, Kuby KG, Levreau DM. Establishing a Non-accredited Fellowship Training Program, PASSOR, 2005

Furman MB, Giovanniello MT. PASSOR Cervical Spine Bibliography; November, 2001

Furman MB, O’Brien EM, Houston C. PASSOR Lumbar Spine Bibliography, Chief Editor; September, 2000

Furman MB. Is it really possible to do a selective nerve root block? International Spinal Injection Society Scientific Newsletter; 1999; June: 3(3).

Furman MB. Computer Widow, My Wife? No Way! Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation, Merion Publications, Inc, 1996; March: 5(3).

Furman, MB. The spinal injectionist’s guide to getting on-line. International Spinal Injection Society Newsletter; 1995; June: 2(3).

Furman MB. MACLimbs: Human peripheral anatomy and kinesiology implemented by Hypercard. In, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care; Washington, DC. McGraw Hill, Inc. 1991: 766-769.

Furman MB. Computer graphics simulation of cell distribution in capillary networks [thesis]. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1985. 80 pp.

PRESENTATIONS (Peer Reviewed):

Furman MB, Anderson JG, Khawaja A, Kothari G, Efficacy of Fluoroscopically Guided, Contrast Enhanced, Lumbosacral Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections (IL-ESI) A Pilot Study, ISIS Poster Presentation July 2009

Furman MB, Simon JI, Lee TS, Rigolosi LV. Contrast Flow Volume Quantification for Therapeutic Transforaminal Epidural Injections, ISIS Presentation, July 2008

Furman MB, Contrast Flow Volume Quantification for Therapeutic Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections. ISIS Presentation, July 20, 2007

Furman MB, Lee TS, Kuo MK, Cano WG. Contrast Flow Distribution During Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections, PASSOR Research Presentation, American Academy of Physical Medicine Annual Assembly, October 9, 2003

Slipman CW, Plastaras C, Patel R, Isaac Z, Chow D, Garvan C, Pauza K, Furman MB, Provocative Cervical Discography Symptom Mapping, PASSOR Research Presentation, American Academy of Physical Medicine Annual Assembly, October 9, 2003

Furman MB, Giovanniello MT, O’Brien EM. The Incidence of Intravascular Penetration in Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections, Platform Presentation, PASSOR: invited musculoskeletal research presentation, AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Orlando, FL, November 21, 2002.

Slipman CW, Plastaras C, Patel R, Isaac Z, Chow D, Garvan C, Pauza K, Furman MB, Provocative Cervical Discography Symptom Mapping, Platform Presentation, North American Spine Society, Montreal, Quebec, CA, November 1, 2002.

Furman MB, Giovanniello MT, Villoch CM, Kuo MK, King FJ. Fluoroscopic Axial Imaging in Percutaneous Lumbosacral Procedures: A Novel Technique, Platform Presentation, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Washington, DC, September 22, 2002

Furman MB, Lee TS. Contrast Flow Distribution During Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections, Poster Presentation, North American Spine Society Mid Year Meeting- Meeting of the Americas II, New York, NY, April 27, 2002

Furman MB, Lee TS, Puttlitz KM, Zgleszewski TM, O’Brien EM, Goodman BS, Lumbar Provocative Discography: Evaluation of Possible Disc Pressurization. Platform Presentation, North American Spine Society Mid Year Meeting- Meeting of the Americas II, New York, NY, April 27, 2002.

Furman MB, Giovanniello MT, O’Brien EM. The Incidence of Intravascular Penetration in Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections, Platform Presentation, North American Spine Society, Seattle, WA, November 3 , 2001.

Furman MB and Zgleszewski TM. The Incidence of Intravascular Lumbosacral Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections, Platform Presentation, North American Spine Society, Chicago, IL, October 23, 1999.

Furman MB and Blaire S. Computers and electronic communications. Poster Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Miami, FL. November 3, 1993.

Cook EF, Epstein SK, Furman MB, Demopoulos, JT. Sudden quadriparesis in a patient with severe cervical stenosis. Poster Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Miami, FL. November 3, 1993.

Furman MB. Design and evaluation of a computer aided instruction system which teaches functional peripheral anatomy. Platform Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Miami, FL. October 31, 1993.

Furman MB. Design and evaluation of a computer graphics program which teaches functional peripheral anatomy. Platform Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington, DC. April 3, 1993.

Furman MB. Teaching human peripheral anatomy and kinesiology using hypermedia. American Medical Informatics Association Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, Washington, DC. November 20, 1991.

Furman MB and Olbricht WL. Computer simulation of cell distribution in capillary networks. Platform Presentation. Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, California. November, 1984.

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