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Publications 2005
– Rozen D, Grass GW:
Interventional Pain Medicine Approaches to Nonradicular Low
Back Pain of Internal Disc Degeneration Origin. Pain
Physician. 2005; 8:357-363. 2005
– Rozen D, Grass GW: Intradiscal
Electrothermal Coagulation and Percutaneous Neuromodulation
Therapy in the Treatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain. Pain
Practice. 2005, Volume 5/Issue 3: 228-243. 2005
– Rozen D, Grass GW: Perioperative
and Intraoperative Pain and Anesthetic Care of the Chronic Pain
and Cancer Pain Patient Receiving Chronic Opioid Therapy. Pain
Practice. 2005, Volume 5/Issue 1:18-32 2003
– Grass GW: Reversal of
Chemotherapy-Induced Myelosuppression with Electroacupuncture.
Journal of Medical Acupuncture. 2003, Volume 15/ Number 3 2003
– Kramer D, Grass GW: Challenges
facing the Anesthesiologist in the Emergency Department.
Current Opinion in Anesthesiology. 2003, Volume 16:409-416 2002
– Grass GW: Percutaneous
Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) in the Treatment of Irritable
Bowel Syndrome: A Case Report. Journal of Medical Acupuncture.
2002, Volume 13/ Number 2 Abstract/Poster
Presentations 2006
– Grass GW: A Novel Therapy in the Treatment of
Recalcitrant Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Case Report – 22nd Annual
meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine February 23-25,
2006, San Diego, CA.
Accepted for Presentation 2006
– Grass GW: Percutaneous
Neuromodulation Therapy: A Novel Treatment for Intractable
Abdominal Pain: A Case Report –
25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society
(IASP Chapter) May 3-6, 2006, San Antonio, Texas. Accepted for
Presentation 2005
– Thompson JC, Grass GW, Kelly J, Paticoff J: A
Challenging Case of Postherpetic Neuralgia: Its Multiple Treatment
Options – 79th IARS Clinical and Scientific Congress. March
2005. Honolulu, Hawaii.
2004
– Grass GW: A
Minimally Invasive Technique for the Treatment of Acute and
Chronic Pain – The 58th Postgraduate Assembly – The New York
State Society of Anesthesiologists. December 2004 New York, New
York. 2004
– Grass GW: Percutaneous Neural Modulation Therapy: A Minimally
Invasive Technique for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain –
The 2nd Joint Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society and
the Canadian Pain Society. May 2004 Vancouver, B. C. Presentations/Lectures/Teaching
Activities 2005
– Clinical Instructor at the 59th Post Graduate Assembly:
Medical Acupuncture - Conference Sponsored by the New York State
Society of Anesthesiologists, New York, New York, December 2005 2004
– Clinical Instructor/Presenter at SLAM: Street Level Airway
Management - Conference Sponsored by the Airway Education and
Research Foundation, Ft. Worth Texas, April 2004 2001
– “Medical Acupuncture in the Treatment of Acute and Chronic
Pain”: Buffalo General Hospital Grand Rounds, August 2001 2001
– “Medical Acupuncture, Complementary and Alternative
Medicine”: AM Buffalo, WGRZ-TV, April 2001 2000
– “The Biological Basis of Medical Acupuncture”: Medina
Memorial Hospital Grand Rounds, Feburary 2000 2000
– “The Use of Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in the
Treatment of Chronic Back Pain”: Blue Shield/Blue Cross News
Conference, January 2000 |
Gerald William Grass, MD, FAAMAJames River Comprehensive Pain ManagementIs a Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and received his post graduate training in the Departments of Surgery and Neurological Surgery at the SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine. He has undergone additional training in the fields of Anesthesiology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan and an Intervention Pain Medicine Fellowship at the SUNY Stony Brook Center for Pain Management. In addition to his board certification by the American Board of Medical Acupuncture, he is also certified by the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine and by the American Academy of Pain Management. Dr. Grass has been actively involved in the practice of Emergency Medicine for the past fifteen years and has served as the Chief of Emergency Medicine at Medina Memorial Hospital in Medina, New York from 1994 to 1997. It was because of his experiences in the field of emergency medicine that he became aware of the limitations of conventional medicine and began researching alternative therapies. Over a 10 year period he undertook training in a wide variety of alternative and complementary therapies including: neurofeedback, biofeedback, hypnosis, orthomolecular medicine, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. He completed the prestigious Medical Acupuncture for Physicians Program at UCLA School of Medicine. He received additional training with many of the foremost practitioners worldwide including: C. Chan Gunn, MD at the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain, Vancouver, B.C. Originator of Intramuscluar Stimulation. Joseph Wong, MD at the Acupuncture Foundation Institute of Canada, Toronto, Canada. Author of Neuroanatomical Acupuncture and international lecturer Toshikatsu Yamamoto, MD, PhD Director of the Yamamoto Hospital-Acupuncture Institute, Miyazaki, Japan. Founder of Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA). William F. Craig, MD, Originator of Craig-PENS and researcher at the University of Southwest Texas at Houston Department of Pain Management Terry Oleson, PhD. Auriculotherapy. Chair of the Department of Psychology and the Division of Behavioral Medicine at the California Graduate Institute, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Grass has also completed the national proficiency examination in Medical Acupuncture administered by the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and has been awarded the honor of Diplomat status by the American Board of Medical Acupuncture and is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. In 1997, Dr. Grass stepped down as Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine to pursue additional advanced acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine training with the leading practitioners in Japan and China. Since that time he has developed an innovative model for the integration of western medicine with alternative therapies. In addition he has been actively engaged in teaching other physicians Medical Acupuncture and publishing research papers in the field. He has lectured to many public audiences about the benefits of Medical Acupuncture and has appeared on local television programs discussing the benefits of various forms of complementary and alternative medicine. He was also associated with the State University of New York at Stony Brook University Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management where he undertook additional research and training in the field of advanced interventional pain management techniques.
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