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Giving Back: Physiatry, Program & Patients, Seyed Amir Tahaei, Md, John F. Ditunno, Jr, Md, Frank Naso, Md, John L. Melvin, Md
Giving Back: Physiatry, Program & Patients, Seyed Amir Tahaei, Md, John F. Ditunno, Jr, Md, Frank Naso, Md, John L. Melvin, Md
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers
“Giving Back” is a Jefferson tradition beginning with Dr. William Schmidt (JMCF1917-1959), who together with Dr. Frank Krusen (JMC 1921) served as Presidents of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) in 1943 and 1941 respectively. Other Jefferson graduates and faculty have also served as President of the Academy including Drs. Bender (1973), Ditunno (1981), Reinstein (1993), Melvin (1998) and recent presidents in 2009-2013, Betsy Sandel (JRR 1984), Mike Lupinacci (Jefferson Resident teaching faculty) and Alberto Esquenazi (JMCF 2000). Both Krusen and Schmidt were founding members of the American Board of PM&R in 1947. Over the years many …
Trans-Sacrococcygeal Joint Ganglion Impar Injection For Treatment Of Pudendal Neuralgia (3 Cases Report), Matthew Mcauliffe, Md, Linqiu Zhou, Md
Trans-Sacrococcygeal Joint Ganglion Impar Injection For Treatment Of Pudendal Neuralgia (3 Cases Report), Matthew Mcauliffe, Md, Linqiu Zhou, Md
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers
History
Three patients, 2 male and 1 female were diagnosed with pudendal neuralgia. The female patient developed pudendal neuralgia secondary to post-herpetic neuralgia. The two male patients were caused from likely repetitive sitting injury. One patient was a truck driver causing him to sit for long periods of time and the other patient was a professional writer. The three patient initially all attempted conservative therapies, however their pain persisted. They elected to undergo Trans-sacrococcygeal joint ganglion impar injection for treatment of pudendal neuralgia.
New Phenotype Of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Involving Radial And Proximal Median Nerve: A Case Report, Matthew Mcauliffe, Md, Nancy Vuong, Md, Adam L. Schreiber, Do
New Phenotype Of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Involving Radial And Proximal Median Nerve: A Case Report, Matthew Mcauliffe, Md, Nancy Vuong, Md, Adam L. Schreiber, Do
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers
History
A 74-year-old woman developed sudden severe left shoulder, arm, and forearm pain that suddenly developed. This pain lasted approximately 2 months. Approximately 1-2 months after the resolution of the first pain she developed a different type of pain which she described as a tingling, burning, pins and needle sensation that radiated from her shoulder past her elbow into the dorsal and palmar aspect of her hand in the thumb, index, and long fingers. Additionally, she developed numbness in her hand along the palmar thumb, index, and long fingers. Two months following the onset of the initial type of pain, …