EDUCATION |
Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio. 1969-73 (Cum Laude) |
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Washington
University Medical School. 1973-77 |
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Valley
Medical Center of Fresno. Internship, Flex/Surgical,
1977-78 |
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UCLA
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Research
Fellowship, 3/79-4/81, Bioengineering Laboratory |
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USC/Northridge
Hospital and Medical Centers, Residency,
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 7/81-7-84,
Rene Caillet, M.D., Director |
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HONORARY
SOCIETIES |
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa
Phi |
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ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS |
USC School of Medicine,
Clinical Instructor, 9/83-present |
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CERTIFICATION |
Diplomate, Board of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation, 5/89 |
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HOSPITAL
APPOINTMENTS |
Northridge Hospital Medical
Center |
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MEMBERSHIPS |
American Medical Association
American Association of Orthopedic Medicine
American Apitherapy Society (Past President)
American Pain Society
LA County Medical Association |
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PROFESSIONAL
HISTORY |
Northridge Hospital Medical
Center, Center for Rehabilitation Medicine,
7/81-7/84 |
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Synergos
Neurological Center, Medical Director, 10/86-10/87 |
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Arthritis
and Back Pain Center, 11/87-3/90 Robert Swezey,
M.D., Director |
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Synergos
Neurological Center at Holy Cross Hospital,
Medical Director, 6/18/90 to 7/15/92 |
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Northridge
Hospital Medical Center-Chronic Pain Program,
11/92-2/95 |
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Orthopedic
Hospital RehabCare, Medical Director, 7/19/93
to 12/8/93 |
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Orthopedic
Hospital-Chronic Pain Program, 12/93 to 5/94 |
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Private
Practice, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
6/84 to present |
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PUBLICATIONS |
J.R. Grunwell, Andrew Kochan: "A
Novel McLafferty Rearrangement of Alkyl
Sulfinyl Amines", Journal
of Organic Chemistry, 38, 1610, 1973. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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"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 |
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"Use
of Bee Venom in Musculoskeletal Pain" presented
at the 19th annual meeting of the American
Association of Orthopedic Medicine 4/2002 |
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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 |