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Thank You, PM&R Knowledge NOW® Volunteers

Dec 16, 2019, 10:33 by User Not Found

AAPM&R would like to thank everyone who worked so diligently this year to write and review topics for PM&R Knowledge NOW®. In the second half of 2019 we published 42 refreshed topics and 3 new topics. This could not have been done without the hard work of almost 150 volunteers who participated as authors and editors this cycle.

Editors:

Chair: R. Samuel Mayer, MD

Editorial Board Leaders: Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Deepthi S. Cull, MD, Andrew L. Sherman, MD, Michael Molter, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Matthew N. Bartels MD, MPH

Editors: Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD, Marika J. Hess, MD, Lisa A. Lombard, MD, Craig DiTommaso, MD, Diane Mortimer, MD, Deborah A. Crane, MD, MPH, David Berbrayer, MD, Rina Bloch, MD, Jennifer Baima, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, David Haustein, MD, Jonathan Kirschner, MD, Faisel Zaman, MD, Ninad Karandikar, MD, Girardo Miranda-Comas, MD, Todd Lefkowitz, DO, Sara Raiser, MD, Sayed Wahezi, MD, Kevin Fitzpatrick, MD, Robert Lavin, MD, Natasa Miljkovic, MD, Subhadra Nori, MD, Will Anderson, MD, Ari C. Greis, DO, Maurice G. Sholas, MD, PhD, Vikki A. Stefans, MD, Matthew McLaughlin, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Sam S. Wu, MD, MA, MPH, MBA, Chong-Tae Kim, MD, Michael K. Mallow, MD, Jose Mena, MD, K. Rao Poduri, MD, Mary Catherine Spires, MD, Henry S. York, MD, Isabel C. Borras-Fernandez, MD

Authors:

Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Alexander Senk, MD, Ameet Nagpal MD, Amrit Ahluwalia, MD, Ana Ortiz-Santiago, MD, Andrew Beaufort, MD, Andrew Collins, MD, Anthony Jackson, MD, Arpit Arora, MD, Ashish Khanna, MD, Ayman Tarabishy, MD, Bari Madureira, DO MPH, Betsy Sandel, MD, Bittu Kuruvilla, MD, Blessen C. Eapen, MD, Bosco Francisco Soares, MD, Brandon Maisel, MD, Brionn K Tonkin, MD, C. Alex Carrasquer, MD, Caleb Seale, MD, Catherine Schuster, MD, Cherry Junn, MD, Chloe Slocum, MD, Christopher Meserve, MD, Christopher Vacek, MD, Dara Jones, MD, Darrell Vydra, DO, David Haustein, MD, David Means, BS, David Niumatalolo, MD, David Rabago, MD, David Sherwood, DO, Dean Reeves, MD, Derek Shirmer, Donald Kasitinon, MD, Edwardo Ramos, MD, Elizabeth George, Franchesca Konig, MD, Francisco Merced, MD, Glendaliz Bosques, MD, Hanna Oh, MD, Isabel Borras-Fernandez, MD, Jay Meythaler, MD, Jeannie Zhang, MD, Jeff Rabin, DO, Jesuel Padro-Guzman, MD, Joel Stein, MD, Jordan Wywra, DO, Jose Vives-Alvarado, MD, Joyce Oleszeck, MD, Juan Asanza, MD, Kameron Bazmi, MD, Karen Morice, MD, Karen Pechman, MD, Katherine Rief, MD, Kayla Roddick, MD, Kelli Chaviano, DO, Kevin Moser, MD, Kevin Vu, BA, Kim Dan Do Barker, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Lauren Neuman, DO, Lawrence Chang, DO, MPH, LeAnn Snow, MD, Mani Singh, MD, Maricarmen Cruz-Jimenez, MD, McCasey Smith, MD, Melissa Fleming, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Mi Ran Shin, MD, Michael Del Busto, MD, Michael H Nguyen, MD, MPH, Michael Ortiz, MD, Michael Stoltz, BS, Michael V Nguyen, MD, Mohammad Aalai, MD, Monika Desai, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Nanichi Ramos-Roldan, MD, Nassim Rad, MD, Natalia Miranda-Cantellops, MD, Natasha Romanoski, DO, Neyha Cherin, DO, Olga Morozova, MD, Philip T Kuball, Priya Bolikal, MD, Rajashree Srinivasan, MD, Rochelle Dy, MD, Sameer Siddiqui, MD, SheanHuey Ng, MD, Sima C Patel, MD, Stephanie Green, DO, Stephen Bai, MD, Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Tanya DiFrancesco, MD, Thiru Annaswammy, MD, Tiffany M. Lau, MD, Timothy K Tiu, MD, William Anderson, MD, William Ide, MD, William Lian, MD, Yusik Cho, MD, Yuxi Chen, MD, Zachary Fallon, MD

We would also like to thank our sponsors for their continued support of PM&R Knowledge NOW®.

Allergan Foundation MedStar National Rehabilitation Network

 

Thank You, PM&R Knowledge NOW® Volunteers

Dec 16, 2019, 10:33 by User Not Found

AAPM&R would like to thank everyone who worked so diligently this year to write and review topics for PM&R Knowledge NOW®. In the second half of 2019 we published 42 refreshed topics and 3 new topics. This could not have been done without the hard work of almost 150 volunteers who participated as authors and editors this cycle.

Editors:

Chair: R. Samuel Mayer, MD

Editorial Board Leaders: Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Deepthi S. Cull, MD, Andrew L. Sherman, MD, Michael Molter, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Matthew N. Bartels MD, MPH

Editors: Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD, Marika J. Hess, MD, Lisa A. Lombard, MD, Craig DiTommaso, MD, Diane Mortimer, MD, Deborah A. Crane, MD, MPH, David Berbrayer, MD, Rina Bloch, MD, Jennifer Baima, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, David Haustein, MD, Jonathan Kirschner, MD, Faisel Zaman, MD, Ninad Karandikar, MD, Girardo Miranda-Comas, MD, Todd Lefkowitz, DO, Sara Raiser, MD, Sayed Wahezi, MD, Kevin Fitzpatrick, MD, Robert Lavin, MD, Natasa Miljkovic, MD, Subhadra Nori, MD, Will Anderson, MD, Ari C. Greis, DO, Maurice G. Sholas, MD, PhD, Vikki A. Stefans, MD, Matthew McLaughlin, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Sam S. Wu, MD, MA, MPH, MBA, Chong-Tae Kim, MD, Michael K. Mallow, MD, Jose Mena, MD, K. Rao Poduri, MD, Mary Catherine Spires, MD, Henry S. York, MD, Isabel C. Borras-Fernandez, MD

Authors:

Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Alexander Senk, MD, Ameet Nagpal MD, Amrit Ahluwalia, MD, Ana Ortiz-Santiago, MD, Andrew Beaufort, MD, Andrew Collins, MD, Anthony Jackson, MD, Arpit Arora, MD, Ashish Khanna, MD, Ayman Tarabishy, MD, Bari Madureira, DO MPH, Betsy Sandel, MD, Bittu Kuruvilla, MD, Blessen C. Eapen, MD, Bosco Francisco Soares, MD, Brandon Maisel, MD, Brionn K Tonkin, MD, C. Alex Carrasquer, MD, Caleb Seale, MD, Catherine Schuster, MD, Cherry Junn, MD, Chloe Slocum, MD, Christopher Meserve, MD, Christopher Vacek, MD, Dara Jones, MD, Darrell Vydra, DO, David Haustein, MD, David Means, BS, David Niumatalolo, MD, David Rabago, MD, David Sherwood, DO, Dean Reeves, MD, Derek Shirmer, Donald Kasitinon, MD, Edwardo Ramos, MD, Elizabeth George, Franchesca Konig, MD, Francisco Merced, MD, Glendaliz Bosques, MD, Hanna Oh, MD, Isabel Borras-Fernandez, MD, Jay Meythaler, MD, Jeannie Zhang, MD, Jeff Rabin, DO, Jesuel Padro-Guzman, MD, Joel Stein, MD, Jordan Wywra, DO, Jose Vives-Alvarado, MD, Joyce Oleszeck, MD, Juan Asanza, MD, Kameron Bazmi, MD, Karen Morice, MD, Karen Pechman, MD, Katherine Rief, MD, Kayla Roddick, MD, Kelli Chaviano, DO, Kevin Moser, MD, Kevin Vu, BA, Kim Dan Do Barker, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Lauren Neuman, DO, Lawrence Chang, DO, MPH, LeAnn Snow, MD, Mani Singh, MD, Maricarmen Cruz-Jimenez, MD, McCasey Smith, MD, Melissa Fleming, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Mi Ran Shin, MD, Michael Del Busto, MD, Michael H Nguyen, MD, MPH, Michael Ortiz, MD, Michael Stoltz, BS, Michael V Nguyen, MD, Mohammad Aalai, MD, Monika Desai, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Nanichi Ramos-Roldan, MD, Nassim Rad, MD, Natalia Miranda-Cantellops, MD, Natasha Romanoski, DO, Neyha Cherin, DO, Olga Morozova, MD, Philip T Kuball, Priya Bolikal, MD, Rajashree Srinivasan, MD, Rochelle Dy, MD, Sameer Siddiqui, MD, SheanHuey Ng, MD, Sima C Patel, MD, Stephanie Green, DO, Stephen Bai, MD, Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Tanya DiFrancesco, MD, Thiru Annaswammy, MD, Tiffany M. Lau, MD, Timothy K Tiu, MD, William Anderson, MD, William Ide, MD, William Lian, MD, Yusik Cho, MD, Yuxi Chen, MD, Zachary Fallon, MD

We would also like to thank our sponsors for their continued support of PM&R Knowledge NOW®.

Allergan Foundation MedStar National Rehabilitation Network

 

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Thank You, PM&R Knowledge NOW® Volunteers

Dec 16, 2019

AAPM&R would like to thank everyone who worked so diligently this year to write and review topics for PM&R Knowledge NOW®. In the second half of 2019 we published 42 refreshed topics and 3 new topics. This could not have been done without the hard work of almost 150 volunteers who participated as authors and editors this cycle.

Editors:

Chair: R. Samuel Mayer, MD

Editorial Board Leaders: Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Deepthi S. Cull, MD, Andrew L. Sherman, MD, Michael Molter, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Matthew N. Bartels MD, MPH

Editors: Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD, Marika J. Hess, MD, Lisa A. Lombard, MD, Craig DiTommaso, MD, Diane Mortimer, MD, Deborah A. Crane, MD, MPH, David Berbrayer, MD, Rina Bloch, MD, Jennifer Baima, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, David Haustein, MD, Jonathan Kirschner, MD, Faisel Zaman, MD, Ninad Karandikar, MD, Girardo Miranda-Comas, MD, Todd Lefkowitz, DO, Sara Raiser, MD, Sayed Wahezi, MD, Kevin Fitzpatrick, MD, Robert Lavin, MD, Natasa Miljkovic, MD, Subhadra Nori, MD, Will Anderson, MD, Ari C. Greis, DO, Maurice G. Sholas, MD, PhD, Vikki A. Stefans, MD, Matthew McLaughlin, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Sam S. Wu, MD, MA, MPH, MBA, Chong-Tae Kim, MD, Michael K. Mallow, MD, Jose Mena, MD, K. Rao Poduri, MD, Mary Catherine Spires, MD, Henry S. York, MD, Isabel C. Borras-Fernandez, MD

Authors:

Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Alexander Senk, MD, Ameet Nagpal MD, Amrit Ahluwalia, MD, Ana Ortiz-Santiago, MD, Andrew Beaufort, MD, Andrew Collins, MD, Anthony Jackson, MD, Arpit Arora, MD, Ashish Khanna, MD, Ayman Tarabishy, MD, Bari Madureira, DO MPH, Betsy Sandel, MD, Bittu Kuruvilla, MD, Blessen C. Eapen, MD, Bosco Francisco Soares, MD, Brandon Maisel, MD, Brionn K Tonkin, MD, C. Alex Carrasquer, MD, Caleb Seale, MD, Catherine Schuster, MD, Cherry Junn, MD, Chloe Slocum, MD, Christopher Meserve, MD, Christopher Vacek, MD, Dara Jones, MD, Darrell Vydra, DO, David Haustein, MD, David Means, BS, David Niumatalolo, MD, David Rabago, MD, David Sherwood, DO, Dean Reeves, MD, Derek Shirmer, Donald Kasitinon, MD, Edwardo Ramos, MD, Elizabeth George, Franchesca Konig, MD, Francisco Merced, MD, Glendaliz Bosques, MD, Hanna Oh, MD, Isabel Borras-Fernandez, MD, Jay Meythaler, MD, Jeannie Zhang, MD, Jeff Rabin, DO, Jesuel Padro-Guzman, MD, Joel Stein, MD, Jordan Wywra, DO, Jose Vives-Alvarado, MD, Joyce Oleszeck, MD, Juan Asanza, MD, Kameron Bazmi, MD, Karen Morice, MD, Karen Pechman, MD, Katherine Rief, MD, Kayla Roddick, MD, Kelli Chaviano, DO, Kevin Moser, MD, Kevin Vu, BA, Kim Dan Do Barker, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Lauren Neuman, DO, Lawrence Chang, DO, MPH, LeAnn Snow, MD, Mani Singh, MD, Maricarmen Cruz-Jimenez, MD, McCasey Smith, MD, Melissa Fleming, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Mi Ran Shin, MD, Michael Del Busto, MD, Michael H Nguyen, MD, MPH, Michael Ortiz, MD, Michael Stoltz, BS, Michael V Nguyen, MD, Mohammad Aalai, MD, Monika Desai, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Nanichi Ramos-Roldan, MD, Nassim Rad, MD, Natalia Miranda-Cantellops, MD, Natasha Romanoski, DO, Neyha Cherin, DO, Olga Morozova, MD, Philip T Kuball, Priya Bolikal, MD, Rajashree Srinivasan, MD, Rochelle Dy, MD, Sameer Siddiqui, MD, SheanHuey Ng, MD, Sima C Patel, MD, Stephanie Green, DO, Stephen Bai, MD, Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Tanya DiFrancesco, MD, Thiru Annaswammy, MD, Tiffany M. Lau, MD, Timothy K Tiu, MD, William Anderson, MD, William Ide, MD, William Lian, MD, Yusik Cho, MD, Yuxi Chen, MD, Zachary Fallon, MD

We would also like to thank our sponsors for their continued support of PM&R Knowledge NOW®.

Allergan Foundation MedStar National Rehabilitation Network

 

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Thank You, PM&R Knowledge NOW® Volunteers

Dec 16, 2019

AAPM&R would like to thank everyone who worked so diligently this year to write and review topics for PM&R Knowledge NOW®. In the second half of 2019 we published 42 refreshed topics and 3 new topics. This could not have been done without the hard work of almost 150 volunteers who participated as authors and editors this cycle.

Editors:

Chair: R. Samuel Mayer, MD

Editorial Board Leaders: Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Deepthi S. Cull, MD, Andrew L. Sherman, MD, Michael Molter, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Matthew N. Bartels MD, MPH

Editors: Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD, Marika J. Hess, MD, Lisa A. Lombard, MD, Craig DiTommaso, MD, Diane Mortimer, MD, Deborah A. Crane, MD, MPH, David Berbrayer, MD, Rina Bloch, MD, Jennifer Baima, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, David Haustein, MD, Jonathan Kirschner, MD, Faisel Zaman, MD, Ninad Karandikar, MD, Girardo Miranda-Comas, MD, Todd Lefkowitz, DO, Sara Raiser, MD, Sayed Wahezi, MD, Kevin Fitzpatrick, MD, Robert Lavin, MD, Natasa Miljkovic, MD, Subhadra Nori, MD, Will Anderson, MD, Ari C. Greis, DO, Maurice G. Sholas, MD, PhD, Vikki A. Stefans, MD, Matthew McLaughlin, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Sam S. Wu, MD, MA, MPH, MBA, Chong-Tae Kim, MD, Michael K. Mallow, MD, Jose Mena, MD, K. Rao Poduri, MD, Mary Catherine Spires, MD, Henry S. York, MD, Isabel C. Borras-Fernandez, MD

Authors:

Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Alexander Senk, MD, Ameet Nagpal MD, Amrit Ahluwalia, MD, Ana Ortiz-Santiago, MD, Andrew Beaufort, MD, Andrew Collins, MD, Anthony Jackson, MD, Arpit Arora, MD, Ashish Khanna, MD, Ayman Tarabishy, MD, Bari Madureira, DO MPH, Betsy Sandel, MD, Bittu Kuruvilla, MD, Blessen C. Eapen, MD, Bosco Francisco Soares, MD, Brandon Maisel, MD, Brionn K Tonkin, MD, C. Alex Carrasquer, MD, Caleb Seale, MD, Catherine Schuster, MD, Cherry Junn, MD, Chloe Slocum, MD, Christopher Meserve, MD, Christopher Vacek, MD, Dara Jones, MD, Darrell Vydra, DO, David Haustein, MD, David Means, BS, David Niumatalolo, MD, David Rabago, MD, David Sherwood, DO, Dean Reeves, MD, Derek Shirmer, Donald Kasitinon, MD, Edwardo Ramos, MD, Elizabeth George, Franchesca Konig, MD, Francisco Merced, MD, Glendaliz Bosques, MD, Hanna Oh, MD, Isabel Borras-Fernandez, MD, Jay Meythaler, MD, Jeannie Zhang, MD, Jeff Rabin, DO, Jesuel Padro-Guzman, MD, Joel Stein, MD, Jordan Wywra, DO, Jose Vives-Alvarado, MD, Joyce Oleszeck, MD, Juan Asanza, MD, Kameron Bazmi, MD, Karen Morice, MD, Karen Pechman, MD, Katherine Rief, MD, Kayla Roddick, MD, Kelli Chaviano, DO, Kevin Moser, MD, Kevin Vu, BA, Kim Dan Do Barker, MD, Kimberly Hartman, MD, Lauren Neuman, DO, Lawrence Chang, DO, MPH, LeAnn Snow, MD, Mani Singh, MD, Maricarmen Cruz-Jimenez, MD, McCasey Smith, MD, Melissa Fleming, MD, Melissa K. Trovato, MD, Mi Ran Shin, MD, Michael Del Busto, MD, Michael H Nguyen, MD, MPH, Michael Ortiz, MD, Michael Stoltz, BS, Michael V Nguyen, MD, Mohammad Aalai, MD, Monika Desai, MD, Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD, Nanichi Ramos-Roldan, MD, Nassim Rad, MD, Natalia Miranda-Cantellops, MD, Natasha Romanoski, DO, Neyha Cherin, DO, Olga Morozova, MD, Philip T Kuball, Priya Bolikal, MD, Rajashree Srinivasan, MD, Rochelle Dy, MD, Sameer Siddiqui, MD, SheanHuey Ng, MD, Sima C Patel, MD, Stephanie Green, DO, Stephen Bai, MD, Sunil Sabharwal, MD, Tanya DiFrancesco, MD, Thiru Annaswammy, MD, Tiffany M. Lau, MD, Timothy K Tiu, MD, William Anderson, MD, William Ide, MD, William Lian, MD, Yusik Cho, MD, Yuxi Chen, MD, Zachary Fallon, MD

We would also like to thank our sponsors for their continued support of PM&R Knowledge NOW®.

Allergan Foundation MedStar National Rehabilitation Network

 

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As the only formal, standardized training pathway available for honing and validating your ultrasound skill set, successful completion of the STEP Ultrasound Program will clearly demonstrate to your patients, fellow health care professionals, employers, and the medical facilities you work with that you are a competent professional, expertly trained in ultrasound. 

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