Pain Medicine Board Review

Pain Medicine Board Review is a comprehensive guide for preparing for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) certification or recertification in Pain Medicine, and for residents preparing for in-training examinations in Pain Medicine. The text is organized into 28 chapters covering topics such as Anatomy, Physiology of Pain, Pharmacology, Diagnosis of Pain, and various pain syndromes. Each section includes questions, answers, and detailed explanations with highlighted key points, and concise further reading lists. Questions follow the ABMS style, and the explications of answers carefully address all points in the ABMS content outline for Pain Medicine. A section on imaging includes high quality magnetic resonance images, ultrasound images, fluoroscopic images and other images that will enable the examination candidate to answer questions that determine knowledge of pathological states as compared to normal and complications of treatments.ts.

Table of Contents

1. Pain Anatomy and Physiology
2. Literature Review and Evidence
3. Pain Research: Placebo, Animal Models, Ethics and Epidemiology
4. Psychology of Pain: Psychological Assessment and Treatment of Pain
5. Gender Differences in Pain
6. Imaging
7. Addiction and Pain
8. Pharmacology
9. Miscellaneous Pharmacology
10. Neuromodulation Techniques
11. Pain Management Techniques
12. Musculoskeletal Pain
13. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Electrodiagnosis
14. Complementary Therapies (CAM)
15. Work Rehabilitation
16. Acute Pain Management and Tissue Pain
17. Chronic Cancer Pain
18. Cervical Radicular Pain
19. Low Back and Radicular pain
20. Pelvic Pain
21. Obstetric Pain
22. Headache
23. Orofacial Pain
24. Neuropathic Pain
25. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
26. Pediatric Pain and Development of Pain Systems
27. Geriatric Pain
28. Pain Relief in Areas of Deprivation and Conflict

Marc A. Huntoon, Professor of Anesthesiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Marc Huntoon is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia

Contributors:

Ignacio Badiola, MD
Instructor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

CAPT William Beckman, MD, MC, USN
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Virginia

Markus A. Bendel, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Gregory Carpenter, MD, MBA
Department of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

John Corey, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Bryan Covert, MD
Pain Medicine Fellow
Department of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Kurt F. Dittrich, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

David A. Edwards, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Ian M. Fowler, MD
Naval Medical Center
San Diego, California

Amitabh Gulati, MD
Director of Chronic Pain
Memorial Sloan Kettering
New York, New York

Robert J. Hackworth, MD
Naval Medical Center
San Diego, California

M. Gabriel Hillegass, III, MD, LCDR, MC, USN
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Staff Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Physician
Naval Medical Center
Portsmouth, Virginia

Joshua Horowitz, DO
Pain Medicine Fellow
Department of Anesthesiology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Elizabeth Huntoon, MS, MD
Assistant Professor Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Assistant Professor Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Student Education
Vanderbilt Medical Group
Nashville, Tennessee

Adam K. Jacob, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Usman Latif, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, Kansas

Daniel F. Lonergan, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

CDR Maureen McClenahan, MD, MC, USN
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Virginia

Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH
Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Ambulatory Anesthesiology
Director, Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health & Development
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Neel Mehta, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York

Susan M. Moeschler, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Ramana K. Naidu, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Andrea L. Nicol, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, Kansas

Ryan Nobles, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Charleston, South Carolina

Daniel J. Pak, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Anesthesiology
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York

Meenal Patil, MD
Pain Management Center
Trenton, New Jersey

Julie R. Price, PsyD
Co-Interim Director for Health Psychology Services
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee

Micah J. Price, PsyD
Director, Department of Psychology
Broward Health Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology
Coordinator of Internship Training and Liaison Services
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Antonio Quidgley-Nevares, MD
Associate Professor and Chairman of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Staff Physiatrist and Pain Medicine Physician
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia

Ellen W. K. Rosenquist, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Chris Sletten, PhD, LP
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida

Martha Jane Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Christopher Sobey, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Natalie Strickland, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Egleston Children's Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Brandon Sutton, MD
Pain Medicine Fellow
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Hans P. Sviggum, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Drew M. Trainor, DO
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Pain Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Anthony A. Tucker, MD, CDR, MC, USN
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Staff Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Physician
Naval Medical Center
Portsmouth, Virginia

Erik P. Voogd, MD
Naval Medical Center
San Diego, California

Jenna L. Walters, MD
Southeast Pain Care
Charlotte, North Carolina

Aaron Jay Yang, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Robert Yang, MD
Medical Officer
VA Office of the Inspector General
Washington, DC