Institute for Healing Arts Research : Director, Andrew Kochan, M.D.

Our Staff: Andrew Kochan, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. 1969-73 (Cum Laude)

  Washington University Medical School. 1973-77
  Valley Medical Center of Fresno. Internship, Flex/Surgical, 1977-78
  UCLA Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Research Fellowship, 3/79-4/81, Bioengineering Laboratory
  USC/Northridge Hospital and Medical Centers, Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 7/81-7-84, Rene Caillet, M.D., Director

HONORARY SOCIETIES

Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi


ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS

USC School of Medicine, Clinical Instructor, 9/83-present


CERTIFICATION

Diplomate, Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 5/89


HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Northridge Hospital Medical Center


MEMBERSHIPS

American Medical Association
American Association of Orthopedic Medicine
American Apitherapy Society (Past President)
American Pain Society
LA County Medical Association


PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Northridge Hospital Medical Center, Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, 7/81-7/84

  Synergos Neurological Center, Medical Director, 10/86-10/87
  Arthritis and Back Pain Center, 11/87-3/90 Robert Swezey, M.D., Director
  Synergos Neurological Center at Holy Cross Hospital, Medical Director, 6/18/90 to 7/15/92
  Northridge Hospital Medical Center-Chronic Pain Program, 11/92-2/95
  Orthopedic Hospital RehabCare, Medical Director, 7/19/93 to 12/8/93
  Orthopedic Hospital-Chronic Pain Program, 12/93 to 5/94
  Private Practice, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 6/84 to present

PUBLICATIONS

J.R. Grunwell, Andrew Kochan: "A Novel McLafferty Rearrangement of Alkyl Sulfinyl Amines", Journal of Organic Chemistry, 38, 1610, 1973.

  K.L. Markolf, Ph.D.; A. Kochan, M.D., et al.: "Measurement of Knee Stiffness and Laxity in Patients with Documented Absence of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament", JBJS, 66:2, February 1984, pp 242-253.
  A. Kochan, M.D.; K.L. Markolf, Ph.D.: "Anterior-Posterior Stiffness and Laxity of the Knee After Major Ligamentous Reconstruction", JBJS, 66:9, December 1984.

PRESENTATIONS "Measurement of A-P Instability in Patients with Documented Absence of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament", presented at the 27th Annual Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV 1981.
  "Anterior-Posterior Stiffness and Laxity of the Knee After Major Ligamentous Reconstruction: A 34-month Follow-Up", presented at the 29th Annual Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, Anaheim, CA 1983
  "Use of Bee Venom in Musculoskeletal Pain" presented at the 19th annual meeting of the American Association of Orthopedic Medicine 4/2002

POSTER PRESENTATIONS "Successful treatment of pain in Post-herpetic Neuralgia with the venom of Apis Mellifera" presented at the Fourth International Symposium of the Varicella Zoster Research Foundation in March 2001 sponsored by Columbia University in La Jolla, California

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