SRIDHAR V. VASUDEVAN, M.D. - Expert Witness · 2011-07-28 · SRIDHAR V. VASUDEVAN, M.D. Clinical...

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SRIDHAR V. VASUDEVAN, M.D. Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin . And Clinical Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Section of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Wisconsin – School of Medicine & Public Health Madison , Wisconsin. PRESIDENT Wisconsin Rehabilitation Medicine Professionals, S.C. P.O. Box 240860 Milwaukee, WI 53224-9023 Telephone (262) 285-3888 Fax Number (262) 285-3887 Answering Service (262) 821-8008 PAGER: (414) 407-8645 E-MAIL [email protected]

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SRIDHAR V. VASUDEVAN, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)

Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

And

Clinical Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Section of Rehabilitation Medicine

University of Wisconsin – School of Medicine & Public Health Madison , Wisconsin.

PRESIDENT

Wisconsin Rehabilitation Medicine Professionals, S.C. P.O. Box 240860

Milwaukee, WI 53224-9023

Telephone (262) 285-3888

Fax Number (262) 285-3887

Answering Service (262) 821-8008 PAGER: (414) 407-8645

E-MAIL [email protected]

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July 15, 2011

OFFICE ADDRESS: P.O. Box 240860 Milwaukee, WI 53224-9023 • OFFICE TELEPHONE (262) 285-3888

• OFFICE FAX (262) 285-3887 • ANSWERING SERVICE (262) 821-8008 • Pager (414) 407-8645 HOME ADDRESS: 5200 Lakeview ridge road Belgium, WI. 53004-9423 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: XXX-XX-XXXX BIRTH: •DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1950 •PLACE OF BIRTH Shakkarnagar, India CITIZENSHIP: United States of America (U.S.A) (Naturalized 6/13/79) MARITAL STATUS Married- Joyce Anne CHILDREN: John Michael, born- 1979 Michael Thomas, born- 1982

NEXT OF KIN: •NAME: Rajaram Vasudevan, Ph.D. J.D. •ADDRESS: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX •TELEPHONE: (630) 915-6176 or 630-660-2401 • RELATIONSHIP: Brother IN CASE OF EMERGENCY NOTIFY: John M. Vasudevan, M.D. (608)-345-3700

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CURRENT HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

• St. Nicholas hospital Active Staff- 1991 to present

3100 Superior drive Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 53081

• Community Memorial hospital Active Staff -1994 to present W180 N8085 Town Hall Road Menomonee Falls, WI.53051

ABMS BOARD CERTIFICATION(S) (American Board of Medical Specialties):

• American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR), Diplomate, June 5,

1978, #1460- Lifetime Certification.

• American Board of PMR Subspecialty “Certification in Pain Medicine,”

(American Board of Anesthesiology Exam) September 9, 2000, #101-

2000 to 2010.

• American Board of PMR Sub-specialty “Re-Certification in Pain Medicine”, (American Board of Anesthesiology exam) Recertification exam –September 29

th. 2008- Passed. -- 2010-2020- Recertified

NON- ABMS BOARDS / CERTIFICATIONS:

• American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (FABEM), Diplomate, 1989

• American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (FAADEP) , Fellow 1990

• American College of Pain Medicine (FACPM), Fellow, 1992

• American Board of Pain Medicine, (FABPM), Diplomate, 1994

• American Board of Disability Analysts (ABDA), Diplomate, 1997

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• American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME), Diplomate, 1999,

- Certified by ABIME -- 1999 to 2004 - Recertified by ABIME—November 2004 ( 2004-2009)

- Recertified—October 2009 (2009-2014)

● American Society of Pain Educators (ACPE) – Certified Pain Educator-

- Certified through examination----March 2009

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Assistant instructor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, January to July, 1977

• Instructor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, July, 1977 to July, 1978

Department of Preventive Medicine (Secondary) July, 1977 to July, 1978

● Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, July, 1978 to January, 1986

Department of Preventive Medicine (Secondary) July, 1978 to February, 1987

• Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, January, 1986 to February, 1987

• Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March, 1987 to January, 1992

• Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, January, 1992 to

Present

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, School of Medicine & Public Health

– MADISON, WISCONSIN

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• Clinical Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation - Section of

Rehabilitation, 2000 to present

RUSK INSTITUTE— REHABILITATION MEDICINE, NYU, NEW YORK, NY

• Fellow of the Society of Rusk Physicians, Professors and Friends in

conjunction with RUSK WITHOUT WALLS, Rusk Institute, New York. NY.

2004 to present. (Awarded by Professor Matthew Lee, M.D.)

EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL St. Patrick's High School Secunderabad, India •Graduated 1964 •Degree H.S.C. (High School certificate) COLLEGE Secunderabad College, Osmania University, India •Graduated 1965 •Degree P.U.C. (Pre-University Course) PRE-MEDICAL Government College of Arts & Sciences, Marathwada University Aurangabad, India •Graduated 1966 •Degree B.Sc. (FY)-(Bachelor of Science-First year MEDICAL COLLEGE Government Medical College, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India •Graduated 1972 • Degree M.B.B.S. (M.D.) POST GRADUATE • Rotating Internship Government Medical College Hospital, Aurangabad, India Dates 1971- Dec. 31

st.1972

•Surgical Internship St. Francis Hospital

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Honolulu, Hawaii Dates July 1973- June 30

th.1974

•Residency in Physical The Medical College of

Medicine & Rehabilitation Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Milwaukee, Wisconsin- (John L. Melvin, Chairman) Dates July 1974- June 30

th.1977

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE: •STATE Wisconsin (Medicine & Surgery) •DATE December, 1976 to Present •NUMBER 20559

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS / CURRENT CLINICAL ACTIVITIES MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Providing Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain

Rehabilitation, electro-diagnostic procedures, Independent Medical Evaluations (except

at CMMC) and administrative leadership services at:

LOCATION: Center for Pain Rehabilitation—1994 to present Community Memorial Hospital N180 W8085 Town Hall Road Menomonee Falls, WI 53081

Telephone: (262) 257-2057

Fax: (262) 253-7162

LOCATION; Froedert / Medical college of Wisconsin- June 2009-present

Community Memorial Medical Commons-CMMC-Pain & Sine Rehabilitation W129 N7055 Northfield drive Menomonee Falls, WI. 53051 Telephone: (262)-253-5400 Scheduling: (414)-805-6655 Fax: (262)-253-3399 LOCATION: Center for Pain and Work Rehabilitation—1991 to present St. Nicholas Hospital 3100 Superior drive Sheboygan, WI 53081-2496

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Telephone: (920) 451-7473

Fax: (920) 451-7449 LOCATION: Green Bay Pain & Rehabilitation Center—2004 to 2010 211 North Broadway, # 105 Green Bay, WI. 54303 Telephone: (920)-432-9040 Toll free: (800)-738-5910 Fax: (920)-432-9053 LOCATION: Physiatrist CONSULTANT to the

Sheboygan Comprehensive Spine Center—2005 to 2009 St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI. Telephone: (866)-44SPINE Fax: (920)-451-7449 LOCATION: Comprehensive Rehabilitation Inpatient Unit—1994 t0 2006 St. Nicholas Hospital 3100 Superior drive Sheboygan, WI 53081 Telephone: (920) 459-4742 Fax: (920) 451-7449 PRESIDENT: Wisconsin Rehabilitation Medicine Professionals, S.C. (WRMP) –

1987 - Present P.O. Box 240860. Milwaukee, WI, 53004-9023 Tel: (262) – 285-3888 Fax: (262) – 285-3887

PAST AND CURRENT KEY LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES: (SUMMARY)

• President - Midwest Pain Society, 1984 -1985

• President - American Academy of Pain Medicine, 1991 – 1992

• President - Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1990 – 1991

• President - American College of Pain Medicine, 1991 – 1992

• President - Waukesha County Medical Society, 2000 – 2001

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• President - Brookfield Sunset Rotary Club, 1986 – 1987

• President - Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club, 1990 – 1991

• President - Fathers Club--Marquette University High School, 1997 – 1998

• Vice President – Sheboygan County Medical Society, 2001 to present

• Member Board of Directors - Midwest Pain Society, 1982 – 1988

• Member Board of Directors - Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,

1987-1992

• Member Board of Directors – American Pain Society, 1988 – 1991

• Member Board of Directors – American Academy of Pain Medicine, 1991 - 1995

• Member Board of Directors – American College of Pain Medicine, 1991-1993

• Member Board of Directors – Waukesha County Medical Society, 1995-present

• Member Board of Directors – American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1996-1997, 1997 – 2000, 2000 – 2003

• Member Board of Directors – National Pain Foundation, 1999 – 2003

• Member Board of Directors – Sheboygan County Medical Society, 1995 – present

• Member Board of Directors – United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee – 1979-82

• Chairman – Council on Legislation State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 2000 to 2002

• Vice Chair – Wisconsin SMS Political Action Committee (WisMedPAC), 1999 to 2005

• Alternative Delegate – To American Medical Associate, House of Delegates from the American Academy of Pain Medicine, 1995 – 1999

• Alternative Delegate – To Wisconsin Medical Society, House of Delegates,

1997 to 2002

• Delegate – To Wisconsin Medical Society, House of Delegates, 2002 – Present

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• Member – The American Pain Society “Arthritis Pain Management Guideline Panel”, 1999 – 2002

• Member – The Expert Panel Established by AMA – JCAHO- NCQA to develop performance measures for pain management, 2002 – 2004

• Vice Chair – Wisconsin Federal Medical Political Action Committee (WisFedMedPac)-2003 to 2005

• Chairman, Task Force on developing Guidelines for Chronic Pain Management, Wisconsin Medical Society, - 2002 to 2004

● Vice Chair – Council on Healthcare and Finance, Wis. Medical society, 2003 to 2006 ● Chair- Subcommittee to establish “Position statement of American Pain Society on Role Of Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Programs”—Committee on Pain Rehabilitation, The American Pain Society, 2004-2006 ● Member, Committee on Practice Management. North American Spine Society (NASS) 2004 to 2009 ● Member- Board of Directors, Wisconsin Medical Society (WMS). –May 15

th. 2005 to

2008; Reelected 2005 to 2011 ● Chair, WisMedPac (Wisconsin Medical Society Political Action Committee)- - Sept. 2005 to present ● Chair, WisMedFedPac (Wisconsin Medical society Federal Political Action Committee)- - Sept.2005 to present

● Member, Finance Committee, Wisconsin Medical Society – May, 2005 to 2007 Vice-Chair 2007 to 2010 ● Member, Nominating Committee, Wisconsin Medical Society, 2005 to 06; 06-07; 07-08 08-09; 09-10; 10-11; 11-12 ● Member, Wisconsin Workers Compensation Medical Treatment Guideline

Committee/ (Health Care Service Provider Advisory Committee), Department of

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Workforce Development, Division of Workers Compensation, State of Wisconsin- 2006-present

● Member: Advisory committee for the “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent

Impairment (GUIDES)”, American Medical Association (AMA). the most widely Recognized National and International source for impairment assessment- June 2007 to present. ● Vice-Chair: Finance Committee. Wisconsin Medical Society, July 2007 to 2010 ● Distinguished Clinician Award- American Academy of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation—received at the annual meeting of AAPM&R, Boston, MA. September, 29

th. 2007

● Spirit of Caring Award - contributions to the Medical Profession Award.

2008 recipient - Presented by Community Memorial Hospital, Advanced Healthcare And Medical Associates Health Centers, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. March 31

st.2008

● Member, Board of Trustees, Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2008 to present. ● Vice Chair, Occupational Medicine section, Wisconsin Medical Society, Madison, WI. December 2008- 2010 ● President, Waukesha County Medical Society, Waukesha, WI. June 3

rd. 2009-2010

● BEST DOCTORS in AMERICA – —Selected by peers -- 2009-2010

● TOP DOCTORS- Best Physicians 2009; The Business Journal, 11-20-2009

● TOP DOCTORS in SOUTHEASTERN Wisconsin – Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation- 2009, Published in M magazine.

● Chair, Section of Occupational Medicine, Wisconsin Medical society- 2010-11

●Editorial Board. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, IOS press.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1995 to present

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● Editorial Advisory Board. PAIN MANAGEMENT. Published by

“Future Medicine, Ltd.” London. UK. -- 2010 to present

● Past President, Waukesha County Medical Society, Waukesha, WI. 2010-present

● BEST DOCTORS in AMERICA – selected by peers- 2011 to 2012

● Meritorious Service Award—Presented on April 7, 2011 “In recognition of your valuable Contribution to the Wisconsin Medical Society, the profession of Medicine, and the People of Wisconsin through your SIX years of commitment and dedicated service on The Board of Directors, including six years of service on the Finance committee

Including three years as Vice-Chair, and 3 years of service on the Audit Committee.

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS ST. NICHOLAS HOSPITAL, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

• Consulting 1991 to 1994

• Active Staff July, 1995 to present

COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN

• Provisional Staff February 1994 to 1996

• Active Staff 1996 to Present ELMBROOK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, BROOKFIELD, WISCONSIN

• Consulting Staff September, 1980 to September, 1981

• Courtesy Staff September, 1981 to September, 1982

• Associate Staff September, 1982 to September, 1983

• Active Staff September, 1983 to 2004

WAUKESHA, MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN

• Associate Staff 2000 to present

• Active Staff 2002 to 2004

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ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Active Staff February, 1987 to 1995 ST. MICHAEL HOSPITAL, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Courtesy Staff February, 1987 to 1995

WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN

• Provisional Staff September, 1977 to July, 1978

• Courtesy Staff January, 1978 to February, 1982

• Associate Staff February, 1982 to January, 1984

• Active Staff January, 1984 to February, 1987

• Consulting Staff March, 1987 to 2000 SHEBOYGAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

• Consulting Staff December, 1994 to 2000

THE CURATIVE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Active Staff July, 1977 to February, 1987

• Consulting Staff February, 1987 to 1998

SACRED HEART REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Provisional Staff October, 1977 to July, 1979

• Active Staff July, 1979 to February, 1984

• Consulting Staff February, 1984 to 1998 FROEDERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Associate Attending February, 1981 to 1999 MILWAUKEE COUNTY MEDICAL COMPLEX (DOYNE HOSPITAL)

• Associate Attending September, 1977 to 1996

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Courtesy Staff October, 1977 to December, 1980

• Consulting Staff January, 1981 to 1994

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CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI V.A. MEDICAL CENTER, WOOD, WISCONSIN

• Consulting Staff October, 1977 to 2000

SINAI SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

• Consulting Staff February, 1981 to 1992

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

• Chief Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July, 1976 to June, 1977

• Consultant – Handicapped Drivers Program, Veteran’s Administration Center, Wood, Wisconsin, July, 1977 to 1980

• Coordinator – Pain Clinic, Curative rehabilitation Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July, 1977 to July 1986

• Medical Advisory Committee – Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant Program, Milwaukee, Area Technical College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1979 to 1982

• Chairman – Continuing Medical Education Programs, State Medical Society of Wisconsin o Lumbar Disc Disease – State Medical Society of Wisconsin Meeting, Milwaukee, May,

1979 o Rehabilitation for the 1980’s and Beyond – State Medical Society of Wisconsin

Meeting, La Crosse, Wisconsin, March 16,1985 o Management of Patients with Chronic Benign Pain – State Medical Society of

Wisconsin Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – April 14, 1989 o Cumulative Trauma Disorders of the Upper Extremities – State Medical Society of

Wisconsin Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – April 20, 1991 ○ Rehabilitation of Work Related low back injuries – State Medical Society of Wisconsin Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – April 15, 1994 ○ An update on Chronic Pain Management –Wisconsin Medical Society meeting, Radisson West, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-November 5, 2004

• Chairman – Continuing Medical Education Programs, Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation:

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o Rehabilitation After Sports Injuries – University of Chicago Medical School, Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation North Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 1985

o Management of Specific Pain Syndromes – State Medical Society of Wisconsin,

section of PMR Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 4, 1989 o Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker: Why? What? When? How? Who? – State

medical Society of Wisconsin, Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 17. 1990

o Practice Issues Affecting Physiatrists in the 1990’s, State Medical Society of

Wisconsin, Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 20, 1991

• Chairman – Continuing Medical Education Program, Midwest Pain Society o XI Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Pain Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 26-27,

1985 o Myofascial pain Syndrome: Recognition, Assessment and Management, Midwest

Pain Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 14 – 15, 1986 o Controversies in Contemporary Pain Management, Midwest Pain Society, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, May 8-9, 1987

• Chairman – Continuing Medical Education, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, Wisconsin o 1st Annual Pain Symposium – Failed Back Syndrome- Elmbrook Memorial Hospital,

May 7, 1987 o 2nd Annual Pain Symposium – Headaches: Assessment and Management –

Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, May 5, 1988 o The Chronic Pain Patient: Recognition and Rehabilitation, Presented as a regional

conference of the American Academy of Pain Medicine – Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, June 28, 1991

• Chairman – Continuing Medical Education – PAIN, LLC., Mequon, Wisconsin, Current

Approaches to the treatment of Pain, What? Why? How? When? – Held at the American Club – Kohler, Wisconsin, May 2-3, 1998

● Chairman – Preceptor: Pfizer training on August 29, 2005 with discussions on Pain Mechanisms, Pain management, Chronic pain management and Neuropathic pain. A Six hour presentation at the Radisson hotel, Green Bay, WI. August 29

th, 2005.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

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STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

• WISCONSIN MEDICAL SOCIETY - (State Medical Society of Wisconsin) Member 1975 to present

o Work Group #5 - Contracts and Negotiations, SMS Task Force On Medical Care 1984 to 1988 o Committee on Pain and Disability - (Adhoc) 1988 to 1992

○ Planning Meeting Committee - 1989 Annual Meeting 1988 to 1989 o Environmental and Occupational Health Commission (EOHC) - member 1989 to 1995 o Chairman, Ad hoc committee to revise Attending physicians return to work Recommendation form 1983 to 1994 o Chairman - Program committee for SMS program (EOHC) 1991 & 1994 o Member, Sub-committee of Committee on Safe Transportation 1992 to 1993 o Commission on Governmental Affairs - member 1994 to 1999

o Subcommittee on Telemedicine 1996 to 1998

o American Medical Association Political Education Grassroots Network Conference - Attended with the Wisconsin State Medical Society delegation at J.W. Marriott Hotel, Washington D.C., September 16th & 17th 1997 o Chairman – Council on Governmental Affairs 1999 to 2000

o Member - District I Caucus - SMS 1995 to present

o Chairman - Council on Legislation 2000 to 2002

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o Member - Task force on Level Playing Field 1999 to 2000

o Member - Task force on Telemedicine 1999 to 2000 o Member – Task force on Patient Safety 2000 to 2001 o Member – Task force on Patient Compensation 2001 to 2002 o Member – Task force on Constitution & Bylaws 2001 to 2002

o Member –Topical Interest Group in Occupational Health 2000 to 2007

o Chair – Reference Committee on State and National

Issues, House of Delegates meeting 2002

o Member - Council on Health Care Access & Finance

(HCAF)- Member 2002 to 2003

- Vice-chair 2003 to 2005

○ Member – Task Force on Workers Compensation issues 2002 to 2003

○ Member – Reference committee on State and National

Issues, House of Delegates meeting 2003 & 2004

○ Chairman- Pain Management Task Force 2002 to 2004

○ Member – Taskforce on Independent Medical Exams 2003

○ Vice Chair- Wisconsin Federal Medical Political

Action Committee (WisFedMedPAC) 2003 to present

○ Member – Wisconsin Arthritis Advisory Council – to

Develop Wisconsin Arthritis Plan 2002 to 2004

○ Member - Citizen Congress on Healthcare Nov. 14-16, 2003

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○ Member – Workers compensation task force 2004

○ Member – Nominating Committee, WMS. 2005 – 06—07

○ Chairman – Wisconsin Medical Society Political Action

Committee (WisMedPac) -- 2005- 2008

Re-elected Chair- BOD- WisMedPac -- 2008-2011

○ Member, Board of Directors, WMS -- 2005- 2011

○ Member, Occupational Medicine Section 2005-present

Vice Chair 2008-2010

Chairman 2010-11

○ Member, WMS delegation to AMA political advocacy

Meeting, March 12 to 14, 2006. Washington DC. 2006

○ Member, WI Workers Compensation Medical Treatment Guideline

Committee, Div. of WC, Dept of Workforce Development— 2006-2010

○ Member, WMS delegation to the AMA Political Advocacy

Meeting, February 11-13, 2007, Washngon, DC. 2007

○ Member, Bylaws committee to change blaws to reflect

Governence Task Force recommendations. 2007

○ Member, Special Nominating committee 2007

○ Member. Finance Committee 2006 to 2010

○ Vice Chair, Finance Committee 2007 to 2010

○ Member. Audit committee 2007 to 2010

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○ Member: Ad hoc committee to determine WMS 2009 Member 2009 Lists to political candidates

○ National Advisory committee- AMA- with

Wisconsin Medical Society Delegation, Washington, DC 2011

• Wisconsin Medical Political Action Committee (WISmedPAC)

Board of Governors - member 1994 to present

- Vice chair 2000 to 2005

- Chair 2005 to present

• Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation

Member 2008 to present

Donor Ongoing

Member, Scholarship Committee 2009 to present

♣ Legacy Scholarship donor -- for Rukmini Vasudevan (Mom) and Joyce

Vasudevan (wife) – established by Sridhar Vasudevan, M.D. designed for

Female medical student scholarship awarded by WMS Foundation -2009

● Foundation development Advisory Council 2010 to present

• MILWAUKEE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

Member - active 1975 to 1988

- associate 1988 to present

o Needs of Aging Committee 1987 to 1988 o Government Affairs Committee 1993 to 1994 o UWM/MU Pre-Med Student Mentoring Program 1996 to 2000

o Board of Directors – Invited guest 2000 to 2001

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• WAUKESHA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

Member – associate 1975 to 1988

- Active 1988 to present

o Member – Board of Censors 1995 to 1999

o Member – Waukesha County Health Council On Access & Coordination Committee 1995 to 1998 o Alternate Delegate – to the House of Delegates State Medical Society of Wisconsin 1997 to 2002 ○ Delegate – to House of Delegates – Wisconsin

Medical Society 2002 to present o Secretary 1998 to 1999

o President Elect 1999 to 2000

o President 2000 to 2001

o Past President 2001 to 2002

o Member, Executive committee 1995 to present

o Member. Board of Directors of WMS. 2005 to 2011

o President Elect 2008- to 2009

○ President 2009- to 2010

○ Past President 2010 to present

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.● DISTRICT 1 CAUCUS: (Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington & Waukesha County Societies) ○.Member 1995 to present ● Chairman 2002 to 2003

● Chair 2004 to 2005

♣ Co-Chair of District Caucus for HOD 2011 to Present

• SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

○Member 1996 to present

● Vice President 2001 to present

• WISCONSIN SOCIETY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

○Member 1977 to present

o Ad hoc Committee on Medicare Guidelines for

Physical Therapy 1979 to 1980

o Secretary-Treasurer 1987 to 1988 o Vice President 1988 to 1990 o President 1990 to 1991 o Immediate Past President 1991 to 1992 o Liaison councilor to American Academy of PMR 1990 to 1993

• WISCONSIN BACK SOCIETY

○Member 1993 to 2000

• THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN

○Member 1975 to present

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• MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE

○Member 1976 to 1981

• MILWAUKEE NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY

○Member 1985 to 1993 ● MILWAUKEE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

○Member 2006 to 2008

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• AMERICAN PAIN SOCIETY (APS)

Member 1982 to present

○ Public Information Committee 1985 to1986

o Regional Sections Committee 1985 to 1990

o Chairman 1988 to 1990 Professional Education Committee 1985 to 1986

o Chairperson, Ad Hoc Committee on Newsletters 1986 to 1988

o Scientific Program Committee 1987 to 1988

o Ad Hoc Membership Committee 1988

o BOARD OF DIRECTORS - MEMBER 1988 to 1991

o Nominating Committee 1989

o Chairman, Committee to Coordinate Committees 1989 to 1990

o Speakers Bureau, Chairman 1989 to 1992

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o Long Range Planning Committee 1989 to 1990

o Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the Formation of A Journal for APS 1989 to 1990

o Scientific Program Committee 1990 to 1991

o Membership Committee 1990 to 1992

o Organization Relations Committee - Chairman 1992 to 1993 - Member 1993 to 1994 o Regional Section Division - Chairman 1993 to 1994

o Member - Quality Improvement Committee for Acute and

Cancer Pain 1991 to 1994

o Member - Continuous Quality Improvement Committee 1994 to 1997

o Member – Committee to Develop Consensus Statements From American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Pain Society regarding the use of opioids For the Treatment of chronic pain 1994 to 1997

o Member - Professional Courses Subcommittee 1996 to 1997

o Member - Task force on Managed Care organizations 1997 to 1998 (MCO)

o Member - The APS Arthritis Pain Management

Guideline Panel 1999 to 2002

o Member - Scientific Program Committee 1999 to 2000 o Member - Coalition of Pain Rehabilitation Task Force 2002 to 2003

o Member – Taskforce for evaluation of AMC Management 2003 to 2004

o Member - Taskforce on Multidisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation 2003 to 2004

o Member- Coalition on Pain Rehabilitation- CPR Taskforce 2004 to 2005

o Chair- Consensus position statement committee(CPR)- 2004 to 2005

o Peer reviewer-Guidelines for the Management of Low Back Pain—2006-

07

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• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MEDICINE (founded as American Academy of

Algology ) (AAPM)

o Founding Member 1983 to present o Liaison to CARF Committee 1984 to 1990

o Socioeconomic Committee 1984 to 1991 o Ad Hoc Committee for Establishment of Board Standards 1986 to 1987 o BOARD OF DIRECTORS - MEMBER 1986 to 1991 o Liaison to American Pain Society 1986 to 1989 o Co-Chairman, Committee on Board Standards 1986 to 1987 o Chairman, Committee on Algology 1988 to 1990

o Chairman, Subcommittee on Board Certification 1988 to 1990

o Chairman, Subcommittee on Taxonomy 1988 to 1990 o Co-Chairman, CPT- Code Committee 1989 to 1995

o Co-Chairman, JCAHO Pain Standards Committee 1989 to 1992 o Practice Parameters Committee 1989 to 1992

o President - Elect 1989 to 1990 o PRESIDENT 1991 to 1992 o Immediate Past President 1992 to 1993 o ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO AMA 1991 to 1995 o Member - AMA Consortium for Study of Federation 1994 to 1996

o Chairman - AMA-CPT-Advisory Committee 1995 to 1996

o Member - Committee to develop Consensus statement From American Academy of Pain Medicine to the American Pain Society regarding “The use of opioids For the treatment of chronic pain” 1994 to 1997 o Member - Governmental Affairs Committee 1994 to 2000

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o Chairman - Membership Committee 1995 to 1997

o Long Range Planning Committee 1997

o Member - Regulatory Affairs Committee 1997 to 2000

o Philipp Lippe, M.D. Award for outstanding contributions To the social and clinical aspects of Pain Medicine. Presented at annual meeting of American Academy of Pain Medicine. San Diego, California. Feb. 13th 1998 o Member - CPT Advisory Committee 1998 to 1999 o Member - Past Presidents Committee 1998 to present

o Consultant - Long Range Planning Committee 1999 to 2000

o Member- Managed Care Task Force 2003 to 2005

o Member- Scientific Review Committee 2006 to present

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PAIN MEDICINE (ACPM)

• changed) to American Board of Pain Medicine- 1994

•FOUNDING PRESIDENT 1991 to 1992 •Immediate Past President 1992 to 1993 •Chairman Credentials Committee 1992 to 1993 • BOARD OF DIRECTORS - MEMBER 1991 to 1993

• Fellow 1992 to present

• AMERICAN BOARD OF PAIN MEDICINE (ABPM)

Diplomate 1994 (lifetime) •Member - Credentials Committee 1993 to 1996

• MIDWEST PAIN SOCIETY (MPS)

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Member 1979 to present

•Nominating Committee 1981 to 1982

•Program Committee 1981 to 1989

•Chairman - Program Committee 1984, 1986, 1987 •BOARD OF DIRECTORS - MEMBER 1982 to 1983 1986 to 1988 •Vice-President 1983 to 1984 •PRESIDENT 1984 to 1985

•Immediate Past President 1985 to 1986

• WESTERN PAIN SOCIETY (WPS)

•Member 1986 to 1993

• INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR STUDY OF PAIN (IASP)

Member 1977 to present

•Special Interest Group on Prevention Of Chronic Pain 1990 to 1994

•Subcommittee on Refresher Courses 1991 to 1993

•Committee on Public Education and Information - Member 1993 to 1995

•Consultant - Ad hoc Committee to Develop Pain Curriculum for Physical & Occupational Therapy 1993 to 1994

•Primary reviewer - "Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation" IASP-Core Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain 1995

•Secondary reviewer - "Compensation and Disability" IASP -Core Curriculum for Professional Education In Pain 1995 Member - Special Interest Group on Pain and

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Medico legal Issues 1993 to 1999

Member - Public Information and Education (PIE) Committee 1993 to 1999

Member - Steering Committee - Clinical & Legal Issues in Pain 1996 to 1999 Member - Special Interest Group on Sympathetically

Mediated Pain 1997 to present Member - Committee on Newsletter

Rheumatic Pain Special interest Group. IASP 1999 to 2003

Member – Ethics Committee 2000 to 2003

Member – Special interest Group on Neuropathic

Pain 2003 to present

• Member – Council on Ethics in Pain Management 2003 to 2006

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

(AAPMR)

Member 1978 to present

•Liaison to the American Pain Society (APS) 1989 to 1997

•Liaison to American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) 1992 to 1997 •Liaison to International Association for Study of Pain 1995 to 1997 •Special Interest Group on Pain

Rehabilitation 1989 to 2008

•Member - Nominating Committee 1994 to 1995

•Member - Strategic Committee on Business Practice Issues (SCBP) 1995 to 1997

•Member - Awards Committee 1995 to 1996

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•Member - Board of Governors 1996 to 1997 1997 to 2000

•Chair - Subcommittee to Develop "Practice Management Guide" for Physiatrists 1996 to 1997

•Board Liaison - to SCBP Issues 1996 to 1998

•Member - Task Force to develop position descriptions For the members of Board of Governors 1997

•Member - committee to review response to HCFAs Proposed rule regarding revisions to payment policies Under the physician fee schedule (proposed rule RIN0938-AH94, Federal register 62(117): 33158-33305 1997

•Member - committee to review Practice Expense Study Of AAPMR 1997 to 1998

•Member - task force on development of position paper On Inpatient Rehabilitation Program Standards Submitted to CARF 1997

•Member - task force to develop strategies/objectives For Board of Governors 1997 to 1998 •Board Liaison - to the Veterans Administration Advisory Committee - V.A. Physiatrist’s Special Interest Group 1997 to 2000

•Board Liaison – History Preservation Committee 1998 - 2000

•Member - Board of Governors (reelected) 1997 to 2003

•Board Liaison - to the PMR-ERF (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation-Educational and Research Foundation) Fund Management Committee 1997 to 1998

•Member - Task force on Scope of Practice of PM&R 1999 to 2003

•Board Liaison – State Presidents Council 2000 to 2003

•Board Liaison – Membership Marketing Committee 2000 to 2003

•Member - Expert Panel established by AMA-JCAHO-NCQA

To develop performance measures for pain management 2002 to 2004

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•Charter Member – Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and

Occupational Rehabilitation (PASSOR) 1993 to 2004

•Distinguished Clinician Award- Presented at the Annual meeting of the American

Academy of PM&R, Boston, MA. September 29th

. 2007

•Musculoskeletal Medicine Council

Member 2008 to present •Pain Medicine/Neuromuscular Medicine Council

Member 2008 to present

Pain Medicine Practicing Curriculum/ Scope

Of practice Out line Development Group- 2009 to present

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION –

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FUND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

•Member 1997 to 1998

•Treasurer 1997 to 1998

• PHYSIATRIC ASSOCIATION FOR SPINE, SPORTS AND

ORTHOPEDIC REHABILITATION (PASSOR)

•Charter Member 1993 to 2004

•Fellow 1993

• AMERICAN CONGRESS OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE (ACRM)

•Member 1978 to 1992

•Liaison to the American Pain Society 1989 to 1992

•Subcommittee for Continuing Education Review, Reviewer 1988 to 1990

• INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION MEDICINE ASSOCIATION (IRMA)

•Member 1982 to 1991

• ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC PHYSIATRISTS (AAP)

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•Member 1978 to 1993 •Ad hoc Committee for Development of Standardized Curriculum Guidelines For Training Pediatric Rehabilitation in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training Programs 1979 to 1982

• By-Laws Committee Member 1980 ●FOUNDATION OF PM&R

Donor 2000 to present

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRO-DIAGNOSIS

AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY (AAEE)

•Member 1981 to 1993 •Professional Standards Committee 1988 to 1989

• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PHYSICIANS (ASIPP)

Member 1999 to present

• AMERICAN NEUROMODULATON SOCIETY (ANS)

Member 1999 to 2001

• AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA)

Member 1975 to present

•Alternate Delegate from American Academy

Of Pain Medicine 1991 to 1995

•Delegate to Hospital Medical Staff

Section (HMSS) (Now Organized Medical Staff Section) 1991 to 1993

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•Member - Cancer Caucus, House of Delegates, AMA 1991 to 1995 •Member - Wisconsin Delegation to AMA 1991 to 1995 •Member - Brain Trust, House of Delegates, AMA 1991 to 1995 •Alternate to CPT Advisory Committee 1989 to 1995

•Alternate to RUC Committee 1993 to 1995

•Member - Consortium for Study of the Federation 1994 to 1996

•Member - Reference Committee on Constitutional and Bylaws I-94, Honolulu, Hawaii December, 1994 •CPT Advisory Committee of AMA Member 1995 to 1996 ▪AMA National Advocacy meeting, Washington, DC. 2006, 09, 10, 11 •Member: Newly established Advisory Committee for the “Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (GUIDES), the most widely recognized National and International source of Impairment assessment—June 2007 to present.

● NORTH AMERICAN SPINE SOCIETY (NASS)

Member 2001 to present Member, Committee on Practice Management 2004 to 2008 ● AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PAIN EDUCATORS (ACPE) Member 2008 to present CERTIFIED by ASPE 2009 ● AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Member 2011 to present

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● CENTRAL STATES OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION

Member 2011 to present

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DISABILITY EVALUATING PHYSICIANS (NADEP)

•Charter Member 1983 to 1990 •Member 1978 to 1992

•Liaison to the American Pain Society 1989 to 1992

•Subcommittee for Continuing Education Review, Reviewer 1988 to 1990

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FROM INDIA (AAPI) (Wisconsin Chapter) Member 1985 to 2003

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FROM INDIA (AAPI) (National Organization)

Patron / Lifetime Member 1998 to present

• INDIAN SOCIETY FOR STUDY OF PAIN (ISSP)

Member - Life Member 1986 to present

• AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

•Member (associate) 1976 to 1978

• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPEDIC MEDICINE •Member 1983 to 1985

• AMERICAN TEACHERS OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

•Member 1977 to 1980

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• NATIONAL SPINAL CORD INJURY FOUNDATION

•Member 1976 to 1982

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

•Member 1988 to 1993

• AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES

•Member 1992 to 1995

• NATIONAL HEADACHE FOUNDATION

•Member 1998 to 2003

• NATIONAL PAIN FOUNDATION

•Founding Member – Board of Directors 1998 to 2003

• AMERICAN NUTRACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION

▪Member 1999 to 2002

• OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

•Consultant - Proposed Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1976

•Member, Board of Directors - United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 1979 to 1982

•Book Reviewer - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - 1979-82 •Low Back Pain Study Group - The Medical College of Wisconsin - 1980 to 1982

•Second Prize Award - Exhibit on “Ambulatory Pain Strategies” - Wisconsin State Medical Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - May 12, 1980

•Contributor - Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fourth Edition. American Medical Association (AMA), Chicago, Illinois - 1992-1994

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•Member - Board of Directors, National Pain Institute, Atlanta, Georgia - 1992 to 1995

•Physician Advisor - Wisconsin Peer Review Organization, (WIPRO) Southeast Region, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1985 to 1996

•Peer Reviewer - METASTAR - Madison, WI 1996 to 2000

•Member - Editorial Board - Topics in Pain Management - Williams & Wilkins – 1988 to 2002

•Member - Editorial Board - The Clinical Journal of Pain - Raven Press - 1990 to 1991

▪Member - Editorial Board - Pain Digest - Springer-Verlag Publishers - 1990 to 2001 •Section Editor - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine Journal Club Journal, Raven Press - 1994 to 1998 ▪Member, International Advisory Board - The Journal of the Turkish Society of Algology (AGRI) - 1997 to 2005

•Reviewer - Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - 1990 to 1992

•Peer Reviewer - National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research - US Department of Education - Washington, D.C. 1992 •Certificate – Prolotherapy – Physiology & Practice – University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin – October 12 -14, 2000 •Independent Medical Examiner (IME’s) - Perform Independent Medical Examinations on request from different sources- in multiple locations in Wisconsin- Since 1977- to present ●Editorial Board – PAIN MANAGEMENT. Part of Future Medicine FUTURE

MEDICINE . Unitec House, 2 Albert place. London N3 1 QB, UK.-2010 to present

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● CONSULTATIONS

•Consultant, Proposed Occupation Health Nurse Practitioner Program. School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 1976

•Consultant, American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Chicago, Illinois - 1992-1994

•Consultant and Peer Reviewer, Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma. Clinical Practice Guidelines #1. Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (AHCPR). U.S. Dept. Of Health & Human Services. Publication 92-1132, - Maryland, USA, 1992

•Consultant and Peer Reviewer, Management of Cancer Pain. Clinical Practice

Guidelines #9. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). U.S. Dept. Of Health & Human Services. Publication No. 94-0592. Maryland, USA, 1994

•Consultant, Aetna Health Plan. Guidelines for Pain Management - Hartford, CT – July, 1994

•Consultant, CARF Pre survey - The Rehabilitation of Hospital of Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, Colorado - May 1993

•Consultant, Ad hoc Committee to Develop Pain Curriculum for Occupational & Physical Therapy. International Association for Study of Pain (IASP). August, 1994

•Primary Reviewer, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, IASP Care Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain. International Association for Study of Pain – 1995

•Secondary Reviewer, Compensation and Disability. IASP - Core Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain. International Association for Study of Pain – 1995

•Peer Reviewer & Consultant - Task Force on Clinical Practice guidelines for Chronic Pain Management. American Society of Anesthesiologists. 1995 to 1997

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•Consultant - Development of Pain Management Programs - Flower Hospital, Toledo, Ohio. November 17, 1996

▪Peer Reviewer - Waukesha - Elmbrook IPA 1996

•Consultant - Pain & Complementary Medicine Center. St. Joseph’s Medical Center, South Bend, Indiana. October 1997

•Consultant - Comprehensive Pain Center. St. Charles Hospital. Toledo Ohio – 1998 •Consultant – To Develop Comprehensive Pain Management Service, Marshfield Clinic, October – November, 1999 •Attended the 4

th. World Congress of the International Society of Physical

Rehabilitation Medicine, June 10 – 14th, 2007, COEX, Seoul, South Korea.

•Consultant - Core Advisory Board Meeting, Abbott Laboratories, W. Chicago City Center, Chicago Illinois. August 1

st. and 2

nd. 2008

• AWARDS

•Second Prize Award, Scientific Exhibits - “Ambulatory Pain Strategies”. State

Medical Society of Wisconsin Meeting. May 1980

•Paul Harris Fellow - awarded by Brookfield Rotary Club, Rotary Foundation of

Rotary International – 1986

•CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) - for years of

Dedicated service as a Surveyor and Consultant to CARF – 1987

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•Presidential Citation - by President of Rotary International, in recognition of Outstanding & exemplary efforts in fulfilling the objectives of the 1986-87 Presidential Citation Program – 1987 •Chairman, Award in recognition of Five years as Chairman, Dept. of Physical

Medicine & Rehabilitation, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Milwaukee, 1987-1992

•Achievement Award - Mequon Thiensville Rotary Club, Mequon, Wisconsin, 1994

•Meritorious Award - 6 years of service on the Commission on Environmental &

Occupation Health - State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 1995

•Positive Medicine Award - Named in the top 200 of the most positive doctors in

The United States. Positive Medicine Project 1996

•Philipp Lippe Award - for outstanding contributions to the social and clinical aspects of Pain Medicine. Presented by American Academy of Pain Medicine at the annual meeting. San Diego, California. February 13, 1998

•Fathers Club President - Recognition Award, Marquette University High School,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin April 21, 1998

•Fellow of Rusk without walls, Rusk Institute, NYU, New York, NY. Feb 14, .2004 •Meritorious award for 8 years of service on the Council on Legislation, including

Three years as Chair; Wisconsin Medical Society, WI. April 2nd

. 2004.

•Recognition award for 10 years of service on Medical staff. Community

Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. September 23 rd. 2004

•Distinguished Clinician Award of the American Academy of PM&R-

The American Academy of PM&R. Boston, Massachusetts, September 29th

. 2007.

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•Spirit of Caring Award- Contributions to Medical profession award-2008 recipient Sponsored by Community memorial Hospital, Advanced HealthCare and Medical Associates Health Centers. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. March 31

st. 2008

•BEST DOCTORS IN AMERICA—selected by peers – 2009-2010

•BEST DOCTORS in South Eastern Wisconsin- Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation, The Business Journal, November 20, 2009.

•BEST DOCTORS in AMERICA --- Selected by Peers –2011-12

•Meritorious Service Award – Presented “In recognition of your Valuable contribution to the Wisconsin Medical Society, the profession of Medicine, and the people of Wisconsin, through your six years of commitment And dedicated service on the Board of Directors, including six years of service

On the Finance Committee, including three years as Vice-Chair, and 3 years of Service on the Audit Committee- presented on April 7 Th. 2011

•Distinguished Member Award –2011 -- to be presented by the Academy of

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR) “for dedicated efforts on behalf

of the specialty over many years through activities you have engaged in to

represent so well our field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation”. To be

presented at the Annual meeting of AAPMR on Thursday, November 17, 2011

in Orlando, Florida.

SPECIAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

•Surveyor

Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF) -

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Surveyor - 1981 to 1999 (over 70 CARF surveys) •Alternative Medicine- certificate of attendance. Harvard University. Boston, MA. March 17 – 20, 1996 •PROLOTHERAPY: Physiology and Practice. University of Wisconsin- Madison, Wisconsin- October 12-14.2000 • 55-38-7- A course on Communication, by Tim Keogh, PhD., Tulane University, at Butte des Morts country club, Appleton, WI. June 5, 2002

• MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN COMMITTEES:

THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN

•Admissions Committee Member 1977 to 1978

•Target M.D. Program Advisor 1977 to 1987

•Class of 1980 Advisor 1977 to 1980

•Campaign Coordinator - United Way 1978 •Continuing Medical Education Committee Liaison Member 1979 to 1983

•Class of 1984 Advisor 1982 to 1984 •Senior Student Elective (M-4 Selective-Course director) 1980 to present

• THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL

MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

• Continuing Medical Education

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Chairperson 1977 to 1983

Associate Chairperson 1983 to 1986

•Graduate Education Committee Member 1977 to 1987

• Undergraduate Medical Education Committee Member 1977 to 1987

• Evaluation Committee Member 1977 to 1979 Chairperson 1979 to 1986

• Ad hoc Committee - Department Five Year Review And Annual Reports Member 1979 to 1983 Chairperson 1980 to 1983

• Retreat and Faculty Development Committee Chairperson 1980 to 1983 •Clinical Services Committee Associate Chairperson 1983 to 1987

• Annual Report Committee Member 1983 to 1986

•Learning Resources Committee Member 1985 to 1986 •Senior elective (now M-4-Selective) in PM&R 1978 to present

• HOSPITAL COMMITTEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:

ST. NICHOLAS HOSPITAL - SHEBOYGAN

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•Medical Director, Center for Pain and Work

Rehabilitation 1991 to present

•Medical Director, Comprehensive Rehabilitation

Inpatient Unit 1994 to 2006

•Member - Medical Directors Committee 1996 to 1999

•Medical Director - Rehabilitation Services 1999 to present

•Physiatrist – Comprehensive Spine Center of

Sheboygan at St. Nicholas hospital 2005 to 2009

•Member, Committee to develop policy for Chiropractors

Referral for services at St. Nicholas hospital- 2004

COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MENOMONEE FALLS

•Medical Director, Center for Pain Medicine 1994 to 2000

•Medical Director, Center for Pain Rehabilitation 1994 to present

•Rehabilitation Service Committee 1994 to present

•Planning and Marketing Committee 1995 to 2002

•Physician Leadership Conference - Member 1996 to 2000

•Member - Comprehensive Interventional &

Rehabilitation Committee for Managing Pain 1997 to 2000

•Member - Interdisciplinary Hospital Wide Committee For Continuous Quality Improvement in pain Management - Acute, Cancer and Chronic 1998 to 2000

•Member - Medical Staff Education Committee 1999 to 2002

•Member – Credentials Committee 2002 to present

•Member – Musculoskeletal/ Rehabilitation Strategic 2009 to 2010 Planning Task force

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•Member, Rehabilitation Strategic Operations Committee

(SOC) Group planning 2011-present

ELMBROOK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL – BROOKFIELD

•MEDICAL DIRECTOR - PAIN REHABILITATION CENTER 1984 to 2000

•Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Dept. Of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1992 to 1996

•Medical Director, Department of Rehabilitation

Medicine 1982 to 1992 •Rehabilitation Consultant - Pain Rehabilitation And Evaluation Program 1984 to 1986

•Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - Member 1988 to 1990

•Chairman - Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Medicine 1991 to 1992 •Delegate to Hospital Medical Staff Section (HMSS) of the American Medical Association (Now organized medical staff section) 1992 to 1993

•Member - Medical Advisory Committee Dept. Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 1992 to 1996 ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL, MILWAUKEE

•Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine

And Rehabilitation 1987 to 1992

•Medical Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1987 to 1992

•Medical Director, Rehabilitation Institutes

Of Milwaukee 1987 to 1992

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•Medical Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation Units 1987 to 1992

•Executive Committee 1987 to 1992

•Credentials Committee 1987 to 1992

•Cancer Committee 1988 to 1992

•Hand Rehabilitation Advisory Committee 1989 to 1992

•United Way Campaign Coordinator 1990

•Delegate to American Medical Association Hospital Medical Staff Section (HMSS) 1991 to 1992

MARIAN FRANCISCAN HOME, MILWAUKEE

•Medical Director, Transitional Rehabilitation Center (TRC) - Subacute Rehabilitation Unit 1990 to 1992

WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WEST ALLIS

•Associate Director of Physical Medicine Department 1980 to 1982

•Medical Director, Department of Physical Medicine 1982 to 1987

•Nutritional Committee 1985 to 1987 THE CURATIVE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MILWAUKEE

•Associate Medical Director 1978 to 1983

•Medical Director, Pain and Worker’s

Compensation Programs 1977 to 1987

•Professional Policy Advisory Committee Vice-Chairperson 1978 to 1983

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•Research Evaluation Committee Medical Advisor 1978 to 1981

•Human Subjects Review Committee Member 1978 to 1981

•Senior Administrative Group 1979 to 1983

•Credentials Committee Member 1980 to 1987

•Nominating Committee 1980 to 1984

•Task Force on Record Keeping 1979

•Vice President, Medical Staff 1980 to 1983 •Quality Assurance Committee - Chairperson 1983 to 1985 - Member 1985 to 1986 THE CURATIVE REHABILITATION CENTER - CHILDREN’S DIVISION

•Staff Physiatrist 1977 to 1978

•Medical Director 1978 to 1982

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE

•Ad hoc Committee Concerning to Direction of Rheumatology Services at Children’s Hospital 1977

•Consultant to Muscular Dystrophy Clinic 1977 to 1984 •Consultant to the Hemophiliac and Amputee clinics 1977 to 1983

MILWAUKEE COUNTY MEDICAL COMPLEX

•Laboratory Committee 1979 to 1982

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ARTICLES (Peer Reviewed): •1). Vasudevan, S.V. Melvin J.L. Upper Extremity Edema Control. Rationale of the Techniques, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 33 (8), 520-23. August, 1978

•2). Melvin JL, Vasudevan SV, Meyer GA: Electrodiagnostic Techniques in Evaluation of Low Back Pain, Wisconsin Medical Journal, Vol. 78 25-26, December 1979

•3). Melvin JL, Vasudevan SV: Conservative Management of Low Back Pain - A Physiatric Viewpoint, Wisconsin Medical Journal, Vol. 78: 22-24, December 1979

•4). Vasudevan SV, Thielen PT, Melvin JL: Contour Donor Chair: Device to Maximize Effectiveness of Overhead Cervical Traction, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 64 (6), 285, June 1983 •5). Reynolds AC, Abram SE, Anderson RE, Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT: Chronic Pain Therapy with Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation: Predictive Value of Questionnaire. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 64, (7), 811- 314, July 1983

•6). Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT, Murphy J, Donnell R: Design and Selected Applications of an Electronic Touch Sensitive Switch for Motor Impaired Patients. Physical Therapy, Vol 63, (11), 1793-94, November 1983

•7). Lynch NT, Severesen RA, Grunert BK, and Vasudevan SV: Enuresis: A Comparison of Two Treatments. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 65 (2), 98-100, February 1984

•8). Johnson RP, Lazerson J, and Vasudevan SV: Arc Aggregation: A New Method Of Range of Motion Analysis - Demonstration of Use in Hemophiliacs. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 65, 584-87, October 1984

•9). Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT, Grunert BK, Melvin JL, Abram SE: Outpatient Management of Chronic Pain: Long-Term Results. Wisconsin Medical Journal, Vol. 84, 7-9 May 1985

•10). Vasudevan SV, Myers B: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome: Importance of Early Diagnosis and Appropriate Management. Wisconsin Medical Journal, Vol. 84: 24-28, October 1985

•11). Vasudevan SV: The Relationship between Pain and Disability - An Overview of The Problem. Journal of Disability, Vol. 2 (1), January 1991

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•12). Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT: Pain Centers - Organization and Outcomes. Western Journal of Medicine, Vol. 154 (5), May 1991

•13).Vasudevan SV: Survival and Success of Pain Medicine. President’s Message, The Clinical Journal of Pain 7: 73-75, 1991 •14). Vasudevan SV: Strategies for Success - President’s Message, The Clinical Journal of Pain 7: 177-178, 1991 •15).Vasudevan SV: Society News Update - President’s Message, The Clinical Journal of Pain 7: 352-354, 1991

•16). Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation of the Patient with Chronic Pain - Is it Cost Effective? Pain Digest 2:99 - 101. 1992

•17).Vasudevan SV: Physicians and the Workers Compensation System: Wisconsin Medical Journal. October, 1992 P. 532-33

•18).Vasudevan SV: Worker’s Compensation System - Assessment of Disability Status: The Role of the Physician. Wisconsin Medical Journal. October 1992 P. 530-531

•19). Vasudevan, SV: Contributor to American Pain Society Quality of Care Committee: Quality improvement guidelines for the treatment of acute pain and Cancer pain – JAMA V. 274 (No. 23) 1874-1880 December 20, 1995

•20). Vasudevan SV: Role of Functional Capacity Assessment in Disability Evaluation. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. 6:237-248, 1996

•21). Vasudevan SV: Physical Rehabilitation in Managing Pain. PAIN UPDATE, Published by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Vol V, Issue 3, November 1997

•22). Vasudevan SV, Drury DL: The Independent Medical Examination-Purpose and

Process, Wisconsin Medical Journal, Pg. 10-12, Vol. 98, Issue #2, March/April 1999

•23). Drury DL, Vasudevan SV: Denied Workers Compensation Claims-What Physicians Can and Cannot Do. Wisconsin Medical Journal, Pg. 20-22, Vol. 97, Issue # 11, 3 December 1998. •24). Vasudevan, S.V; Potts, E, Mehrotra, C, Pain Management in Arthritis: Evidence- Based Guidelines. Wisconsin Medical Journal, Vol.102, No.7, 2003.

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•25). Vasudevan, S.V.,: Patients with chronic pain: Physicians can help. Guest editorial Wisconsin Medical Journal, Volume 103, Number 3, 11-12, 2004. •26). Vasudevan, S.V., Commentary: Empower and Educate Patients Diagnosed

With Chronic Nonmalignant Pain. Critical commentary on review article “Ethical Challenges in the management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain: Negotiating Through the cloud of doubt”. The Journal of Pain (Official journal of the American Pain Society).Volume 6, No. 1 (January) 2005, pp 10-11. ▪27) Vasudevan, S.V., Patients with Chronic Pain- Can Physicians Help Them? Yes. International Association of Industrial Accidents Boards and Commissions, Volume 43, No. 1, pages 241 to 245, Spring, 2006

•28) •Vasudevan, J.M, Vasudevan, S.V., Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain. Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Volume 20, Issue 3, 207-220, Begall House publishers- 2008

OTHER PUBLICATIONS: . •Grunert BK, Lynch NT, Vasudevan, SV, Melvin JL: Effectiveness of a Short Term Stress Management Program - A Preliminary Report: Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Tension Control, October 28-29, 1979, Chicago, Illinois •Vasudevan, SV, Melvin JL: Stimulating Interest in Rehabilitation through a Course in Preventive Medicine. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 63, November 1982 (Letter to Editor) •Vasudevan SV: Is There a Need for Uniform Guidelines for Pain Clinics\Centers? Published in Proceedings for the People to People Pain Management Delegation to the People’s Republic of China, April 24 - May 8, 1984 • Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation of the Patient with Chronic Pain. Published in Proceedings from the People to People Pain Management Delegation to the Soviet Union, October 25 - November 18, 1985 • Vasudevan SV: Pain After Stroke: Understanding and Managing it. In Be Stroke Smart, V.13 No. 1 Publication of National Stroke Association, Englewood, CO Jan. 1996 •Vasudevan, SV: Understanding & Managing Patients with Chronic Pain. Published in The Journal of the Citizen Ambassador Program, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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Delegation to the Peoples Republic of South Africa - July 13 to 26, 1996 •Simon, L.S., Lipman, A.G., Caudill-slosberg, M., Gill, L.H., Keefe, F.J., Kerr, K.L., Minor, M.A., Sherry, D.D., Vallerand, A.H., Vasudevan, S.V., Jacox, A.K., Spengler,

C.D., Guideline for the management of Pain in Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid

Arthritis, And Juvenile Chronic Arthritis, American Pain Society, Glenview, IL. 2002 •Vasudevan, S.V., Backonja, M., Baker, S., Bryce, D., Dahl, J.L., Feinsilver, D., Keppel, L.,Luce,D., Maiman,D., Reeser,J., Rudin,N., Tyre,T.,Schumaker,E., Earll,M., “Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain”. Published in The Wisconsin Medical Journal, Volume 103, number 3, pages13 to 42, 2004.

ABSTRACTS:

•Lynch NT, Vasudevan, SV, Melvin JL, Grunert BK, Franklin S: Parent Training in the Management of the Handicapped Child with Behavior Problems. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 59, 549 - November 1978

•Grunert BK, Lynch NT, Erdmann BR, Vasudevan SV: Low Back Pain: Use of Emotional Profile Index to Assess Affective States. Archives of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Vo. 60, 541, November 1979 •Vasudevan SV, Grunert BK, Melvin JL, Lynch NT: Outpatient Program for Management of Chronic Pain, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 60, 547, November 1979 •Rusch MD, Lynch NT, Garrison JH, Vasudevan SV, Rosenberg DR, Moser SE: Community Experience and Response to Assertiveness Training among Spinal Cord Injured Persons. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 61 (10), October 1980 •Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV, and Grunert BK: Enuresis: Comparison of Two Treatments. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 61:477, October 1980 •Vasudevan SV, Melvin JL: Training Through Educational Methodology Workshops. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 61: 488, October 1980

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•Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV, Grunert BK, Haeberle J, Melvin JL: Outpatient Program for Managing Chronic Pain: Follow-up. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 61: 490, October 1980 •Vasudevan SV, Melvin JL: Preventive Medicine Course: An Approach to Stimulating Interest in rehabilitation Among Undergraduate Medical Students. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 61: 488, October 1980 •Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT, Abram SE: Effectiveness of and Ambulatory Chronic Pain Management Program. PAIN, 1981 (Supplement 1) •Thielen PT, Vasudevan, SV: The Contour Chair: A Device to Maximize Effects of Overhead Cervical Traction. Physical Therapy, 62: 612, 1982 •Lynch NT, Abram SE, Vasudevan, SV: Concealed Litigation in a Chronic Pain Management Program. PAIN, 1984 (Supplement 2) •Vasudevan SV: “Milwaukee”: An Approach to Counseling the Patient with Chronic Pain. PAIN, 1987 •Haddox JD, Golstein MD, Lyman DR, Hopwood MB, Vasudevan SV: Anger Assessment in Chronic Pain, PAIN, 1990 •Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT, Lyman DR: EPCAT - Elmbrook Physical Capacities Assessment Test - a method to assess activity increase in a Pain Rehabilitation Program. Clinical Journal of Pain – 1992 •Slight A, Lynch NT, Reich M, Vasudevan, SV: Center for Pain and Work Rehabilitation. A program in a small community hospital. 7th World Congress on Pain. (Abstracts) International Association for the Study of Pain. Paris, France August 1993

PRESENTATIONS:

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LOCAL PRESENTATIONS:

Over 400 presentations at local hospitals and at the Medical College of Wisconsin Residency Programs

REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS: •Vasudevan, SV: Biofeedback in Chronic Low Back Pain, Presented at the Wisconsin State Medical Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - April 15, 1978 •Vasudevan, SV: Ambulatory Pain Strategies, Presented at the Bi-State Meeting of the Illinois and Wisconsin Societies of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Lincolnshire, Illinois - September 23, 1978 •Vasudevan, SV: Rehabilitation after Winter Sport Injuries, Presented to the Wisconsin Chapter of American College of Emergency Physicians, East Troy

Wisconsin - February 14, 1979 •Vasudevan SV: Rationale of Physical Conditioning Programs in Management of Lumbar Disc Disease, Presented at the Wisconsin State Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - May 12, 1979 •Vasudevan, SV: An Outpatient Chronic Pain Management Program, Presented at the Wisconsin State Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - May 12, 1979 •Vasudevan, SV: Planning Rehabilitation for Stroke Victims, Presented at the 25th Annual Wisconsin Rehabilitation Association Meeting, Stevens Point, Wisconsin - October 17, 1980 •Vasudevan, SV: Evaluation of the Patient with Chronic Pain, Presented at the Third Midwest Pain Society Meeting, Chicago, Illinois - May 31, 1980

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•Vasudevan, SV: Pain Management, Presented at the conference on Rehabilitation of the Industrially Injured, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin - December 3, 1980

•Vasudevan, SV: Can the Injured Worker be rehabilitated? Presented at the Wisconsin State Medical Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI - March 25, 1983

•Lynch NT, Vasudevan, SV, Abram SE: MMPI and Million-Psychological Screening Tools for Patients with Chronic Pain, Presented at the Midwest Pain Society Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio - May 6, 1983 •Vasudevan SV: Management of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Panel discussion, Midwest Pain Society Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri - March 16, 1984 •Vasudevan, SV: Management of Plasticity - An Overview, Presented at the Regional Physiatric Conference, North Chicago VA Hospital, North Chicago, Illinois – September 15, 1984 •Vasudevan, SV: Management of Chronic Pain, Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc,

Wisconsin - April 10, 1985

•Vasudevan, SV: An Overview of Myofascial Pain, 10th Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Pain Society, Las Vegas, Nevada - February 14, 1986

•Vasudevan,,SV: Role of Physician in Assessment of Patients with Chronic Pain, Department of Rehab Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Detroit, Michigan - August 27, 1987

•Vasudevan SV: Geriatrics Rehabilitation, Presented at Directions in Geriatric Care for The Midwest Geriatric Education Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – December 4, 1987

•Vasudevan, SV: Disability Assessment in the Patient with Chronic Pain - What is the Role of the Physician - 12th Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Pain Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – May 6, 1988

•Vasudevan, SV: Occupational Therapy - New Frontiers and Challenges, Presentation At University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - June 11, 1988

•Vasudevan, SV: University without Walls - The Disabilities Related to Chronic Back Pain and Disorders - Videotape, Department of Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 16, 1988

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•Vasudevan SV: Management to Chronic Back Pain, Presented at the International Rehabilitation Institute of Wisconsin Symposium on the Medical/Vocational/Legal Issues in Managing Work Injury Claims, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, October 6, 1989 •Vasudevan, SV: Physical Examination of the Pain Patient, Presented to the University Of Wisconsin, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Faculty and Residents, Madison, Wisconsin - April 9, 1990 •Vasudevan, SV: Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker, Presented at the State Medical Society of Wisconsin Meeting, Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 27, 1990 •Vasudevan, SV, Elliott R: Cumulative Trauma Disorders - Rehabilitation Principles And Approaches, Presented at the State Medical Society of Wisconsin Meeting, Section of the Environmental and Occupational Health Committee, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, April 20, 1991 •Vasudevan, SV: Pain Centers: What do they do? How to Select the Ideal One for Your Patients? Presented as part of the American Academy of Pain Medicine Regional Meeting, “The Chronic Pain Patient: Recognition and Rehabilitation” Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, Wisconsin, June 28, 1991 •Vasudevan, SV: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome, Diagnosis and Management. Presented to the Aetna Insurance Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 4, 1992 •Vasudevan, SV: Understanding and managing individuals with acute and chronic Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS). Presented at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 26, 1992 •Vasudevan, SV: Recognizing patients with chronic pain - and applying principles of Pain management in rehabilitation hospitals/units. Presented to the Wisconsin Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (WARN), meeting at Elmbrook Memorial Hospital. Brookfield, Wisconsin. January 19, 1993 •Vasudevan SV: Management of Chronic Pain - How to Choose a Pain Clinic. Presented to Medical Staff. Elmbrook Memorial Hospital. Brookfield, Wisconsin. January 28, 1993 •Vasudevan, SV: Diagnosis and Management of Headaches. Presented to Medical Staff. Hartford Hospital. Hartford, Wisconsin. March 26, 1993 •Vasudevan, SV: Chronic Pain and Work Hardening Programs. How to choose the

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Best program for your patient. Presented at the 17th Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Pain Society. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Saturday, May 28, 1993. •Vasudevan, SV: Myofascial Pain Syndrome & the Worker’s Comp Patient - Myth Vs. Reality Presented at Chiron - 1993 Annual Seminar. Madison, Wisconsin, October 14, 1993. •Vasudevan, SV: Managing Chronic Pain, Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc,

Wisconsin, February 25, 1994 •Vasudevan, SV: The Orthopedic Nurse - Pain & its Management. Orthopedic Nurses Association - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 8, 1994 •Vasudevan, SV: Rehabilitation - Identifying & Managing Chronic Pain Patients. Presented at Meeting of Wisconsin Back Society. Madison, Wisconsin, May 2, 1994 •Vasudevan, SV: Managing Aches & Pain in the Elderly. Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association Meeting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 2, 1994 •Vasudevan, SV: Understanding and Managing Acute, Chronic and Cancer Pain – Presented at Community Memorial Hospital. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, July 22, 1994 •Vasudevan, SV: Headaches and its Management. Presented to Center for Women’s

Health. Covenant Health Services - Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield,

Wisconsin. September 22, 1994 •Vasudevan, SV: Treatment of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain... Presented at the 3rd Conference on “Practical Approaches to Low Back Pain”. University of Wisconsin Medical School. Madison, Wisconsin, September 23, 1994 •Vasudevan, SV: Are You Loosing Patience with you Patients? Presented at the

Pain Rehabilitation Center. Elmbrook Memorial Hospital. Brookfield, Wisconsin, March 15, 1996 •Vasudevan, SV: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome - Myth vs. Reality, Presented at Elmbrook Hospital. Brookfield, Wisconsin November 8, 1996 •Vasudevan, SV: Neurophysiological Basis for Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain. Presented by invitation to the Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. The Pioneer Inn. Oshkosh, WI April 17th, 1999

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•Vasudevan, SV: Diagnosing, Managing and Treating Chronic Pain. Presented by Invitation to Medical Systems Inc. Country Inn Hotel & Conference Center Waukesha, WI, May 5th, 1999 •Vasudevan, SV: New Advances in the Treatment of Arthritis. Presented at the Red Circle Inn, Nashotah, WI, May 19th, 1999 •Vasudevan, SV: Appropriate Management of Acute & Chronic Pain. Presented by Invitation to the Fond Du Lac County Medical Society. Fond du Lac, WI, May 27th, 1999 •Vasudevan, SV: Non-operative Rehabilitation Approaches to Spine Pain. Presented By invitation at the Interdisciplinary Symposium of the Wisconsin Back Society. Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, WI, September 2nd, 1999 •Vasudevan, SV: How to Manage Patients with Chronic Pain & Personal injury and Workers Compensation Claims. Presented to claims adjusters of American Family Insurance Company - Appleton, WI, October 27th, 1999 and Wausau, WI, November 3, 1999 •Vasudevan, SV: How are Pain Management Programs Different? What is the “Ideal Model?” for Pain Management? Presented at the Marshfield Clinic – Marshfield, WI, November 3, 1999 •Vasudevan, SV: What are the Drugs Used in Pain Management? Where & How Do? They Work? Presented to the rehabilitation team at Community Memorial Hospital. Menomonee Falls, WI, November 5, 1999

•Vasudevan, SV. Managing Pain in the Workplace. Sheboygan Safety Council Round Table, St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, January 19, 2000. •Vasudevan, S.V. Diagnosis of Chronic Plain & Understanding Neuropathic Pain, Presented to Patient Care Providers at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee

Falls, WI. September, 13, 2000.

•Vasudevan, S.V. a) Pharmacological management of pain and its rationale b) Intervention used in Fibromyalgia, Headaches, Arthritis and Neuromuscular Pain Disorders. Presented to patient care providers at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI, September 27, 2000. •Vasudevan, S. V. Dealing with Hateful Chronic Pain Patients. Presented to the Medical Staff at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. January 26, 2001. •Vasudevan, S.V. Pain Management update for Primary Care Physicians. Bradley

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Center, Milwaukee, WI, April 1, 2001. •Vasudevan, S.V. Pain Physiology for Physical Therapists, Presented to the School For Physical Therapy, Concordia University, Mequon, WI, May 3, 2001. •Vasudevan, S.V. What’s New in Pain Management? Presented by invitation to Wisconsin Association of Rehabilitation provider in the Private Sector (WARPPS) Conference CorVel, Country Inn, Pewaukee, WI, May 4, 2001

•Vasudevan, S.V. Pharmacological Therapy in Pain Management and the Rationale for use. Presented to Mid-America Osteopathic Convention and Scientific Assembly. “Pain management and other family Practice Challenges.” Brookfield, WI, June 15, 2001 •Vasudevan: Update in Pain Management – Presented to the Administrative Law Judges, Department of Workforce Development, State of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October 5, 2001 •Vasudevan, S.V. Past, Present & Future of Pain Management – Presented to Pain Management Team, St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI, October 30, 2001 •Vasudevan, S. V. – review of Acute & Chronic Pain Rehabilitation – Presented to Wausau Insurance, Milwaukee, WI, February 2, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V. – Disability Evaluation in patients with chronic pain. Presented to The “SPINE SYMPOSIUM,” Department of Orthopedics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, February 20, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V. – Creative management of chronic pain – Presented to the Rehabilitation providers in Wisconsin. Organized by CorVel, Brookfield, WI, May 2, 2002 •.Vasudevan, S. V.- Advances in Pain Management-l Nursing-Medical staff- lunch & learn seminars, St. Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, WI. June 26, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V., Management of Neuropathic pain. Presented to Positive Thinkers, Milwaukee peripheral neuropathy support group, Froedtert hospital, Milwaukee, WI. September 23, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V., Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndromes. Presented to Rehabilitation nurses, Medical Systems conference, Brookfield, WI. Sept.27, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V., Rehabilitation of Work related Upper Extremity injuries. Panel discussion at the Concentra / NHR conference, Madison, WI. October 10, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V., Management of pain in Post-Herpetic neuralgia. Pfizer dinner conference, Sticks & Stones, Brookfield, WI. October, 16, 2002

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•Vasudevan, S. V., Post-herpetic Neuralgia- Diagnosis and Management, dinner Meeting at Celia’s restaurant, Milwaukee, WI. November 12, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V., Multidisciplinary approach to Pain Evaluation and Management. Presented to Hawkeye / Indiana Insurance, Pewaukee, WI. November 13, 2002 •Vasudevan, S. V., Management of Post-Herpetic Neuralgia and Neuropathic Pain. Presented to the Wisconsin Society of PMR, Madison, WI. March 6, 2003 •Vasudevan, S.V., Management of Neuropathic Pain and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia. Presented at Medical staff grand rounds. St. Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, WI. February 3, 2003 •Vasudevan, S.V., Understanding and coordinating the care of the patient with chronic pain. Presented at the Case Management Society of America- Green bay chapter, Radisson hotel, Green Bay. WI. April 9, 2003 •Vasudevan, S.V., Rehabilitation of Chronic pain. Presented to SAINTS Occupational Medicine program, St. Michaels hospital, Stevens Point, WI. April 10, 2003 •Vasudevan, S.V., Evidence based guidelines for managing pain in Arthritis. Presented to Wisconsin Arthritis Advisory Council, Stevens Point, WI. April 10, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., What is new in Pain Management. Presented to nursing and medical office staff, St. Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, WI. April 29, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., Preventing and Dealing with Pain in the injured worker. Presented at the seminar on Workers compensation for the primary care physician and other professionals, Wisconsin Medical Society, Marriott hotel, Madison, WI. June 6, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., Management of Pain in Arthritis. Presented to Medical Staff, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. July 11, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome? Understanding and Management. Presented at the training seminar of Sentry Insurance, Stevens Point,

WI. (MEI). September 3, 2003 •Vasudevan, S.V., Managing Pain in Patients with Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Juvenile Arthritis. Presented at the meeting of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses- Wisconsin chapter, St. Vincent’s hospital, Green bay, WI. September 30, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., Post-Herpetic Neuralgia and other Neuropathic pain- Understanding and Management, Presented at the Walworth County Medical Society meeting, Fontana, WI. October 16, 2003

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•Vasudevan, S. V., Management of Acute and Chronic Soft-tissue Pain problems. Presented to ACUITY Insurance adjusters, Sheboygan, WI. October 23, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., Pain and the Injured Worker. Presented at the State Risk Management Forum, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI. November 5, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., Neurophysiology of acute and chronic pain. Presented to Rehabilitation department, St. Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, WI. December, 30, 2003 •Vasudevan, S. V., Rehabilitation of the injured worker with pain-Problems and Solutions, Presented at the meeting of the Wisconsin Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Hilton Hotel, Milwaukee, WI. January 17, 2004 •Vasudevan, S. V.., Work related injuries. Presented at the tenth annual Orthopedic Nursing Conference, Comfort Suites, Green Bay WI. Thursday, February 12, 2004, •Vasudevan, S. V., Rehabilitation of work related injuries- Problems and Solutions, Presented at the seminar on “Five Most Common Injuries in Workers’ Compensation in Wisconsin”, LORMAN educational services, Plaza suites, Wausau, WI. February 25, 2004. •Vasudevan, S.V., Rehabilitation of the injured worker-Problems and Solutions, Presented to the Medical staff of Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls,

WI. February 27, 2004. •Vasudevan,S.V., Process of assessing disability in injured workers. Presented to case managers, Center for Pain Rehabilitation, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. April 28

th. 2004.

•Vasudevan, S.V., Use of COX-II NSAID’s in pre-emptive analgesia, Presented to the department of surgery, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. May 5

th. 2004.

•Vasudevan, S, V.,: Advances in Pain Management. Presented to the Waukesha county medical society at Seven Seas restaurant, Delafield, WI. May 5

th. 2004.

•Vasudevan, S.V..: Current management of chronic pain. Presented for Pfizer at Andrews restaurant, Green Bay, WI. June 19

th. 2004.

•Vasudevan, S.V.,: Understanding AMA guides in evaluating impairment from chronic pain. Presented to American Family Insurance co. Spring Green resort, WI. July 29

th, 2004.

•Vasudevan, S.V.,: Wisconsin Medical Society Guidelines on Pain Management. Presented to the Executive committee of the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), at the Midway Hotel, Brookfield, WI. September 17, 2004.

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•Vasudevan, S.V.,: Dealing with chronic pain in the Emergency room. Presented to the department of Emergency Medicine at St, Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, WI. September 21

st. 2004.

•Vasudevan, S.V., Role of case managers, claims adjusters and rehabilitation nurses in understanding and helping patients with chronic pain. Presented to the Wausau Insurance medical care professionals. Wausau, WI. September 30, 2004. •Vasudevan, S.V.,: Understanding and managing Complex Regional Pain Syndromes ( Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome ). Presented to the staff at United Hartland Insurance, New Berlin, WI. October 6th. 2004 •Vasudevan, S.V.,: Wisconsin Medical Society “Guidelines on assessment and management of chronic pain”. Presented to the Workers Compensation Forum,

Marriott, Waukesha, WI. October 21 st. 2004. •Vasudevan, S.V.,: Understanding the Physiology and management of Acute and Chronic pain. Presented to the Doctorol Physical Therapy program at Concordia University, Mequon, WI. November 3

rd, 2004.

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Rehabilitation principles in chronic pain. Presented (for Dr. Rudin) At the course on “An Update on Chronic Pain Management”, presented by Wisconsin Medical Society, Radisson West, Milwaukee, WI. November 5

th. 04.

•Vasudevan, S.V.,: Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain-developed by the Task force of the Wisconsin Medical Society. Presented at the course on “Update on Chronic Pain Management, Radisson, Milwaukee, WI. Nov.5, 2004. •Vasudevan, S.V.,: What is new in pain management and Spine care? Presented to the Marsho Clinic, Sheboygan, WI. November 8th, 2004. •Vasudevan, S.V.: Pain Guidelines-WMS, Presented to Rehabilitation department in-service, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. November 10

th. 2004

•Vasudevan, S.V., What’s new in pain management and spine care. Presented to staff at Medical arts, Sheboygan, WI. November, 22

nd. 2004.

•Vasudevan, S, V,: Understanding and Using the Wisconsin Medical Society Guidelines in the assessment and Management of Chronic Pain. Presented by invitation at a conference on “ An Integrated Approach to Pain Management”, University of Wisconsin-Superior, at the Holiday Inn, Duluth, MN. Jan. 27. 2005. •Vasudevan, S, V,: Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker with Pain. Presented by invitation to the UW-Superior conference, Duluth, MN. January 27

th. 2005.

•Vasudevan, S.V,: How can Employers, claims adjusters and nurses understand and help individuals with injuries covered under Workers Compensation – Specifically

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Myofascial Pain, RSD, Fibromyalgia etc. Presented to the Workers Compensation Employers Network, The Plaza hotel, Wausau, WI. January 28

th. 2005.

•Vasudevan.S.V.,: Understanding Chronic Pain: How it develops and Medications & hoe do ‘Pain Clinics’ treatments. Presented to SENTRY insurance, (MEI), Stevens

Point, WI. May 2, 2005. •Vasudevan, S.V.: Preceptorship-Pfizer: Six hour presentation on Neurophysiology of pain, Neuropathic pain and its management, Green Bay, WI. August 29

th, 2005

•Vasudevan, S.V.,: Neuropathic Pain: Understanding and Managing it. Presented to The Medical Staff, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Green Bay, WI. –September 1 st. 2005 ▪Vasudevan, S.V., Update on pain management. Presented to Medical Systems conference, Marriott hotel, Waukesha, WI. September 13. 2005. ▪Vasudevan, S.V., Pain-Acute and Chronic-Mechanisms and Management. Presented to the Advanced Nurse Practionor stuents, Marian College, Fond du Lac,

WI. September 15th, 2005.

▪Vasudevan, S.V., Understanding Neuropathic Pain and its Management. Presented to the 6 Th. Annual meeting of the ‘Case management society of America (CMSA) - Milwaukee Chapter’, Country Springs Hotel and Conference center, Pewaukee, WI. Tuesday, October 4

th. 2005.

▪Vasudevan, S.V.: Rationale of Pharmacological and Rehabilitation approaches in care of individuals with Spine Pain. Presented at “What is new in Spine Care”, presented by St. Nicholas hospital at the Blue Harbor resort in Sheboygan, WI. October 22

nd. 2005

▪Vasudevan, S.V.: Neurophysiology of Pain and rationale of Physical Therapy approaches. Presented by invitation to the Doctorate program in Physical therapy, Concordia University, Mequon, WI. November 7

th. 2005.

▪Vasudevan, S.V.: Controversies in Pain Management- Changing Science, Ethics, And Practice. Presented by invitation to the 1243 rd. meeting of the Milwaukee Academy of Medicine, University club, Milwaukee, WI. Tuesday, March 21

st. 2006

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome- Diagnosis and Mananagement, Presented to Society Insurance, Fon Du Lac, WI. August 9

th, 2007

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Understanding and Managing chronic Pain. And Diagnosis and treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndromes. Presented to the Marquette Seminar. Marquette, Michigan. April 18

th. 2008

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Controversies in Pain Management and treatment of Pain.

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Presented to Sentry Insurance “A day of Chronic Pain Education”. Stevens

Point,

WI. Monday June 16th. 2008

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes - Diagnosis and treatment. Presented to Sentry Insurance “A day of chronic Pain Education”. Stevens Point, WI. Monday June 16

th. 2008.

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Understanding and managing patients with pain. Presented by Invitation to the Medical college of Wisconsin Physicians- Sunny slope clinic, Brookfield, Wisconsin, July 21

st.2008.

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Controversies in treatment of acute and chronic pain. Presented By invitation to American Family Insurance company, Brookfield, Wisconsin. September 9

th. 2008.

•Vasudevan, S.V, Understanding and treating Complex Regional Pain Syndromes: Presented to Travelers Insurance Company, Brookfield, WI. October 6

th. 2008

•Vasudevan, S.V: Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Spinal Disorders. Presented to the Medical Staff of Community Memorial hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. October 31

st. 2008.

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Complex regional Pain Syndromes-Presented to Acuity Insurance, Sheboygan, WI. November 5

th. 2008.

Vasudevan, S.V.: Rehabilitation of work injuries- A physiatrist perspective-Discussion. Secura Insurance, Appleton, WI. February 16

th, 2009.

Vasudevan, S.V.: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome-Diagnosis and treatment. Presented to West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, Jackson, WI. March 30

th.

2009. Vasudevan, S.V, Diagnosis and treatment of Low back painful disorders- Recognizing “Red”, “Yellow” and other “Prognostic Flags” in appropriate treatment. Presented by invitation at the conference on “Medical Aspects of Injury Claims” sponsored by Verity Inc. Marriott Hotel, Waukesha. WI. Wednesday, April 28

th.

2010 Vasudevan, S.V: The injured worker with Lower Back Pain- are there prognostic signs to determine improvement? Flags?. Presented to the Milwaukee Insurers Adjusters Association, Thunder Bay Grille, Waukesha, WI. Thursday, September, 16 th. 2010 Vasudevan, S.V. : Musculoskeletal disorders- Acute and Chronis-Pharmacological treatment (muscle relaxants), and Rehabilitation. Presented by invitation to the Residents at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Medical

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College of Wisconsin, Froedtert hospital, Milwaukee, WI. Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Vasudevan, S.V. :Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)- Proper diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment. Presented by invitation at the 16 th. Advanced Workers Compensation Symposium, Wisconsin Bar Association, at the Raddisson hotel,

Milwaukee, WI. On Friday March 11, 2011

NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: •Vasudevan SV, Artzberger SM: Upper Extremity Edema Control - Rationale and Techniques: Presented at the 55th Annual American Occupational Therapy Association Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - October 17, 1975 •Grunert BK, Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV, Melvin JL: Effectiveness of a Short-Term Stress Management Program - A Preliminary Report: Presented at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Tension Control, Chicago, Illinois - October 29, 1978 • Lynch NT, Vasudevan S,V, Melvin JL, Grunert BK, Franklin S: The Effectiveness of Parent Training in the Management of the Handicapped Child with Behavior Problems: Presented at the 40th Annual Assembly of the American Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Orleans,

Louisiana. - November 12, 1978 • Lynch NT, Grunert BK, Vasudevan, S.V., Melvin J.L., Social Skills Training as a Component of Comprehensive Rehabilitation for Chronic Patient Populations: Presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the International Association of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation Services, Miami, Florida - November 18, 1978 •Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV, Melvin J.L, Grunert B.K: Parent Training in the Management of the Handicapped Child with Behavioral Problems: Presented at the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Disabilities, San Francisco, California - September 11, 1979 •Grunert BK, Lynch NT, Erdmann BR, Vasudevan S.V: Assessment of Affective States Accompanying Low Back Pain Utilizing the Emotions Profile Index: Presented at the 56th Annual Session of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii - November 11, 1979

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• Vasudevan SV, Melvin JL, Grunert BK, Lynch NT: Effectiveness of an Outpatient Chronic Pain Management Program: Presented at the 56th Annual Session of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Honolulu,

Hawaii - November 13, 1979 • Vasudevan SV, Melvin JL: Stimulating Interest in Rehabilitation Through Undergraduate Courses in Preventive Medicine: Presented at the 42nd Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington, DC - October 20, 1980 •Vasudevan SV, Melvin JL: Training Faculty to be Effective Teachers Through Educational Methodology Workshops: Presented at the 42nd Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington, DC - October 20, 1980 • Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV, Grunert BK: A Comparison of Two Treatments for Enuresis: Presented at the 57th Annual Session of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Washington, DC - October 23, 1980 •Rusch MD, Lynch NT, Garrison JH, Vasudevan SV, Rosenberg DR, Moser SE: Relationship between Community Experience and Response to Assertiveness Training Among Spinal Cord Injured Individuals: Poster presentation At the 57th Annual Session of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Washington, DC -October 23, 1980 •Lynch NT, Grunert BK, Vasudevan SV: Behavior Management with the Multiply Handicapped Child - A Four Year Follow-Up: Presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, New York - November 21, 1980

• Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV, Grunert BK: A Comparison of Avoidance and Classical Conditioning in the Treatment of Nocturnal Enuresis: Presented at the

Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, New York - November 23, 1980

• Vasudevan SV: Experience with Managing Patients with Chronic Pain in an Outpatient Center: Presented to Medical Staff at the Mary Free Bed Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan - June 12, 1981 •Vasudevan SV: Chronic Pain Management - Principles and Problems in Outpatient Settings: Presented at the Marionjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheaton, Illinois - August 4, 1981

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•Vasudevan SV: Establishing an Outpatient Pain Management Program: Presented to the Medical Staff, Harmarville Rehabilitation Center, Harmarville, Pennsylvania - April 30, 1982

• Thielen PT, Vasudevan SV: The Lounge Chair: A Method in Application of Cervical Traction: Poster session at the Annual Conference of American Physical Therapy Association, Anaheim, California - June 1982

•Vasudevan SV: Use and Selection of Physical Modalities in Managing Chronic Pain and Their Rationale: Presented as a part of a panel on the Role of the Specialist in Chronic Pain Clinics, 5th American Pain Society Meeting, Chicago,

Illinois - November 11, 1983 •Vasudevan SV, Pauley D, Lynch NT: Development of an Inpatient Chronic Pain Program in a Small Community Hospital: Poster presentation, 7th American Pain Society Meeting, Dallas, Texas - October 19, 1985 •Vasudevan SV: Myofascial Pain Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Principles, Presented at the 10th Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Pain Society, Las Vegas, Nevada - February 14, 1986 •Vasudevan SV, Pauley D, Lynch NT: GRADS: A Long-Term Support Group for Chronic Pain Patients, Poster Presentation at the 6th Annual Meeting of the American Pain Society, Washington DC - November 8, 1986

•Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT, Pauley D: PREP: A Successful Inpatient Pain Rehabilitation Program, Poster Presentation at the 6th Annual Meeting Of the American Pain Society, Washington, DC - November 8, 1986

•Vasudevan SV: Assessment and Physician Approach to the Pain Patient, Presented at the Neuroscience Symposium, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio - May 28, 1987 •Vasudevan SV: Pain Measurement and Its Implications - Subjective Technique, Presented at 1988 Annual Meeting of the American Academy Of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Seattle, Washington - November 3, 1988 • Vasudevan SV: Pain Centers and Their Workings - A Colloquium - Physical Rehabilitation Approaches, Presented at the 1988 Annual Conference of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Anaheim, CA

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December 10, 1988 •Vasudevan SV: Models of Preventing and Treating Chronic Pain, Presented at the Third Annual National Disability Management Conference and Trade Show, Miami,

Florida, October 23, 1989 •Vasudevan SV: Evaluating Pain Related Disability: What? When? Why? How? Presented at the 8th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Phoenix, Arizona, October 28, 1989

•Vasudevan SV: Chronic Pain Taxonomy: Are We Speaking the Same Language? Presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Conference, Dallas Texas, November 4, 1989

•Vasudevan SV: Medical Evaluation and Therapeutic Planning for the Patient with Chronic Pain, Presented at Management of Chronic Pain Seminar, Medical College Of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, June 8, 1990

•Vasudevan SV: Taxonomy and Neurophysiology of Pain, Presented as part of the American Academy of Pain Medicine Regional Meeting, "Pain Medicine in the 90's", Colorado Rehabilitation Institute, Denver, Colorado, June 22, 1990

•Vasudevan SV: Physician Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Patient, Presented as part Of the American Academy of Pain Medicine Regional Meeting, "Pain Medicine in the 90's", Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, Illinois, July 27, 1990 •Vasudevan SV, Grabois M: Disability Evaluation of the Pain Patient, Presented at Advances in Pain Management Update 1990, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, September 15, 1990 •Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT, Stieg R: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Multidisciplinary Pain Center Treatment, Presented at the Ninth Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, St. Louis, Missouri, October 26, 1990 •Vasudevan SV: The Relationship Between Pain and Disability - An Overview of the Problem, Presented at the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2, 1990 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Methods in Control of Pain, Presented at the Refresher Course of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Miami,

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Florida, January 17, 1991 •Vasudevan SV: Multidisciplinary Team Approach or Individual "Pain Doctors"? Presented at the Fourth Annual Update on Pain Management, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, September 6, 1991 •Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT: Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain: Possible Models, Presented at the Fourth Annual Update on Pain Management, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, September 7, 1991 •Vasudevan SV: Chronic Pain and Work Hardening Programs: Guidelines for Treatment, Presented as part of the American Academy of Pain Medicine Regional Meeting, "Frontiers in Medicine", Wellspring Center for Human Development, Maple

Shade, New Jersey, September 20, 1991 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Medicine and Chronic Pain and Disability Evaluation, Presented at Perspectives in Pain Management, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas, October 10, 1991 •Vasudevan SV, Stieg R: Assessment of Disability in Individuals with Pain – Breakfast session, American Pain Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 8, 1991 •Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation of the Pain Patient, Presented by invitation at the International Pain Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia - April 23, 1992 •Vasudevan SV: Classification of Pain Centers, How to Choose the Ideal One for Your Patient? Presented by invitation at the Midwest Pain Society Meeting, Chicago,

Illinois, April 25, 1992 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of Chronic Pain and Disability Evaluation. Presented at the Refresher Course, American Academy of Pain Medicine. San Diego, California. February 12, 1993 •Vasudevan SV: The AMA - CPT Process. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. San Diego, California. February 14, 1993 •Vasudevan SV: Preventing and Reversing Disability due to Chronic Pain. Presented by invitation to - Research Planning Workshop National

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Center for Medical Rehabilitation and Research (NCMRR), NIH, Bethesda,

Maryland. March 3, 1993 •Vasudevan SV: Disability Evaluation of the Low Back Pain Patient. Presented by invitation at the Second Annual Winter Conference of the New England Pain Association (NEPA) Killington, Vermont, March 6, 1992

•Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation of the Chronic Pain Patient. Presented at a CME course on evaluating and managing patients with chronic pain. Department of PMR, Medical College of Wisconsin. Curative Rehabilitation Center. Milwaukee,

Wisconsin July 31, 1993

•Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation Principles in Pain Management. Presented by Invitation at the Pain Management Board Review Course, the Osler Institute. Lisle, Illinois, September 5, 1993 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Rehabilitation of Patient with Chronic Pain. Presented by Invitation at Rehabilitation Management Conference - Rehab Expo. Fort

Lauderdale, Florida, September 11, 1993 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Rehabilitation Approaches in Managing Patients with Pain: Presented at AAPM. Orlando, Florida, February 17, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: Pain Management. Presented at Review Course of PM&R - New York University. New York, New York. April 11, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Therapy & the Pain Patient. The 6th International Congress Pain Clinic - Atlanta, GA, April 18, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: "Physical Therapy Modalities". The 6th International Congress Pain Clinic - Atlanta, GA, April 19, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation of the Inured Worker. Wisconsin Back Society – Madison, WI, May 2, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: Understanding& Managing Aches and Pain of Older Adults. Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association Inc. (WPTA) - Marc Plaza,

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Milwaukee, WI, May 12, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: "Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Disability Issues". Harvard Medical School Comprehensive Review in Pain Management Course -Boston, MA June 22-24, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain. Low Back Pain Conference - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, September 23-24, 1994 •Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation of Patients with Pain after Stroke, part of Symposium In Pain in Primary Physical Disabilities. Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Chicago, Illinois. October 12, 1996 •Vasudevan SV, Rucker K.: Disability Assessment Process and Practice. Presented At the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Chicago, Illinois. October 12, 1996 •Vasudevan SV: Starting a Private Pain Practice - Presented to Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and leadership of Flower Hospital. Toledo,

Ohio. November 11, 1996 •Vasudevan SV: Principles in Managing Acute Cancer and Chronic Pain - Presented To Nurses and Medical Staff. Flower Hospital. Toledo, Ohio. November 11, 1996 •Vasudevan SV: Disability Evaluation: Issues & Methods. Presented at the Joint Section on Pain, American Association of Neurological Surgeons & Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Denver, Colorado, April 11th 1997 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Medicine in Pain Management/Myofascial Pain Treatment. Presented at the Joint Section on Pain, American Association of Neurological Surgeons & Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Denver, Colorado, April 11th 1997 •Vasudevan SV: Neurophysiology of Acute & Chronic Pain & Rationale of Rehabilitation Management. Invited Visiting Professor, Medical College of Virginia - Commonwealth University. Richmond, Virginia, May 23, 1997

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•Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation Principles in Management of Chronic Pain - Presented By invitation at the, August 30, 1997 Physical Medicine - “Chronic Pain” Symposium, Organized by Kaiser-Permanente. Laguna Hills, Dana Point, California, August 30, 1997 •Vasudevan SV: Impairment/Disability Assessment in Chronic Pain Patients. Presented by invitation at the Physical Medicine-”Chronic Pain” Symposium, Organized by Kaiser-Permanente. Laguna Hills, Dana Point, California, August 30, 1997 •Vasudevan SV, Schramm D: “Disability Evaluation - Process and Practice” – Presented as a workshop at the 16th annual meeting of the American Pain Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 25th, 1997 •Vasudevan SV: 1) Neurophysiology of Pain 2) Complex Regional Pain Syndromes – What are they? How do you treat them? 3) Pain Rehabilitation 4) Outcome from Multidisciplinary Pain Center - Presented as a half day seminar to rehabilitation Nurses and claims managers. Wausau Insurance. Oshkosh, Wisconsin, November 7, 1997 •Vasudevan SV: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes. What are they? How do you treat them? Presented to nurse case managers. Allegro Co Ltd. Pewaukee, WI, December 5, 1997 •Vasudevan SV: Pain Mechanisms and Management - Presented to the Dept. Of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medical College of Wisconsin. Milwaukee WI. – January 14, 1998 •Vasudevan SV: Myofascial Pain - Interdisciplinary Panel - presented at the Annual Conference of the AAPM, Coronado (San Diego) California February 12, 1998 •Vasudevan SV: Musculosketal Exam - In Patients with Pain. Presented at the Annual Conference of the AAPM, Coronado (San Diego) California, February 12, 1998 •Vasudevan SV: Understanding and Management of Chronic Pain - Presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Association of Health and Life Underwriters. Midway Hotel. Milwaukee, WI, April 14, 1998

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•Vasudevan SV: Current Approaches in Management of Pain: What? When? How? - An Overview - Presented at conference at the American Club. Kohler, WI. May 2, 1998 •Vasudevan SV: Geriatric Rehabilitation - Current & Future Innovative Approaches. Presented as an invited keynote speaker at Education Conference on the Mosaic of Care in the Elderly, at St. Charles Hospital. Toledo Ohio - June 26, 1998 •Vasudevan SV: Coordination Rehabilitation & Interventional Management of Patients With Pain - Presented to medical staff. Community Memorial Hospital. Menomonee

Falls, WI July 31, 1998 •Vasudevan SV: Fibromyalgia - Medical Fact or Social Fiction - Presented by invitation At the Medical & Legal Issues in Workers Compensation and Occupational Medicine, Sponsored by Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (CCIA) and University of Colorado School of Medicine. Denver, Colorado - January 15, 1999 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Strategies for Pain Management. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Palm Springs, CA - February 13, 1999 •Vasudevan SV: Management of Chronic Pain: What Works & What Does Not Work? Presented by invitation to the 8th Annual Workers Compensation & Occupational Medicine Seminar. S.E.A.K. San Diego, California March 26, 1999 •Vasudevan SV: Impairment and Disability - How to Evaluate Patients with Chronic Pain. Presented by invitation to the 8th Annual workers Compensation & Occupational Medicine Seminar. S.E.A.K. San Diego, California. March 26, 1999 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Approaches in Managing Acute & Chronic Pain. Presented by invitation at the Interventional Therapies in Neurosurgical Pain Management. Sponsored by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons & The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (AANS & CNS)-

New Orleans, LA. April 23rd, 1999 •Vasudevan SV: Appropriate Management of Acute & Chronic Pain. Presented by Invitation to the Fond du Lac County Medical Society at South Hills Country Club.

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Fond Du Lac, WI May 27th, 1999 •Vasudevan SV: Management of Patients with Complex Pain Problems - Panel Discussion. 5th Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Update. Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, Department of Pain Medicine in conjunction with the Third Annual Meeting of the American Neuromodulation Society, held at the National Aquarium. Baltimore, MD. .August 13th, 1999 •Vasudevan: Past, Present & Future of Pain Management. Presented by invitation at The 77

th Annual Meeting of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

(ACRM) Hilton Head, South Carolina, October 21, 2000 •Vasudevan, S, V., Rehabilitation Principles in Pain Management. Presented by Invitation at the 5

th. Meeting of the American Society of Interventional Pain

Physicians (ASIPP), Alexandria Hilton, Washington, D.C. September 7, 2003 •Vasudevan, S, V., Disability Evaluation- Basic Principles. Presented by invitation at The ASIPP meeting, Washington, D.C. September 7, 2003 •Vasudevan, S, V, Assessment of Disability in Patients with Chronic Pain. Presented By invitation at the Intensive Review of the speciality of Pain Medicine. Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation, Holiday Inn Chicago city center, Chicago, IL. September 8, 2003 •Vasudevan, S., V., Rehabilitation of the patient with chronic pain. Presented at the Dannemiller Intensive review of the specialty of Pain Medicine, Chicago, IL. September 8, 2003 •Vasudevan, S.V., : Complex Regional Pain Syndromes: P.T. and Rehabilitation, Presented by invitation at the meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Wyndham hotel, Palm Springs, CA. February 26

th. 2005.

•Vasudevan, S. V.,: Pain Management and the Claim process. Presented by invitation To the “International Workers Compensation College”, organized by the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, at the Fluno center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI. On Thursday May 26

th. 2005.

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•Vasudevan, S.V.: Understanding and managing Chronic Pain: What works and What Does not work: Presented by invitation at the National Workers compensation and Occupational Medicine conference, Hyannis port, Cape Cod, MA. July 18

th, 2005

▪Vasudevan, S.V.,: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Medical Treatment And Rehabilitation. Presented at the 66

th annual meeting of the American Academy

Of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA. October 29th, 2005

▪Vasudevan, S.V., Multidisciplinary Pain Programs: Reinvention for the 21 st. Century, part of course on “Changing Healthcare Reimbursement for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Opportunities for the present and future”. Presented the 66

th. Annual meeting of the American academy of PM&R.

Philadelphia, PA. October 30th. 2005.

▪Vasudevan, S.V.: Management of Post Stroke Pain, as part of symposium on “Pain Management in Patients with Primary Rehabilitation Problems”. Presented at the 68

th. Annual assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation, Boston, MA. September 27th. 2007.

▪Vasudevan, S.V.:The Domains of Breakhrough Pain. Presented as part of a satellite symposium held in conjunction with the 68

th.Annual assembly of the American

Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, in Boston, MA. September 27

th.2007

•Vasudevan, S. V.: Rehabilitation Philosophy in Pain Management. Presented at PAIN WEEK 2008, Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, NV. September 5

th. 2008

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Getting Beyond HUM (Hot packs, Ultrasound, Massage): Employing Physical therapy methods; Does Manipulation Work? Presented at PAIN WEEK 2008, Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, NV. September 5

th. 2008

•Vasudevan, S.V.: Responding to Pain Flare Up without Using Medications. Presented at PAIN WEEK 2008, Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, NV. September 6

th. 2008.

•Vasudevan, S.V: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS) and Fibromyalgia

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Syndrome (FMS); Myth? Disease? Disability?. Presented by invitation to the ING 24

th.ROSE (Reinsurance Outcomes and Services Experts) Seminar 2008,

Marriott conference center, Minneapolis, MN. September 11th. 2008

•Vasudevan, S. V: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Translating Research Into Clinical Practice; Treatment and Outcomes. Presented at the 69

th Annual meeting of

The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, San Diego, CA. Saturday, November 22, 2008. •Vasudevan, S.V., Elliott. R.R.: Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS / RSD): New trends and foundations for treatment. A 5 hour workshop presented at The Wisconsin Hand Experience- 2009. Organized by the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee College of Health Sciences and the American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT), held at the Sheraton hotel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Saturday, May 16 th. 2009. •Vasudevan, S.V., Conundrum of Muscle Pain Syndromes. Presented as part of the Course on “Muscle Pain Syndromes: Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and

Treatment- with focus on Myofascial Pain Syndromes and Fibromyalgia

Syndrome”, at the 70 th. Annual meeting of the American Academy of Physical

Medicine and Rehabilitation, Austin, Texas, Thursday, October 22 nd. 2009. •Vasudevan, S.V: Muscle Pain syndromes- with emphasis on Myofascial Pain Syndromes and fibromyalgia Syndrome. Presented by invitation at PAIN WEEK 2010, Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, September 11 th, 2010. •Vasudevan, S.V: Prognostic Factors in Rehabilitation of Patients with Low

Back Pain – Red, yellow, Orange and Blue Flags?. Presented by invitation at the PAIN WEEK- 2010, Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, September 11 th. 2010 •Vasudevan, S.V.: Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Practice Guidelines in treatment Of Low Back Pain – an introduction. Presented as part of a course on “Low Back Pain: Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines (Course # 115), Presented by invitation at the 71 st. Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Seattle, Washington, November 4, 2010 •Vasudevan, S.V: Concepts and Philosophy of setting up a Pain Rehabilitation Program. Presented my invitation as part of a course on “Pain Rehabilitation – PMR Outpatient practice and justifying your treatment (Course322), at the

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INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: •Vasudevan SV: Assessment and Management of Lumbosacral Pain: Presented by invitation to the Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defense, New Delhi, INDIA - February 20, 1981

•Vasudevan SV: Advances in Managing Pain in the United States: Presented by invitation to the Medical Staff and Students, Government Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, INDIA - February 27, 1981

•Vasudevan SV: Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient Presenting with Low Back Pain: Presented by invitation to the Medical Research Council, Dr. V.M. Medical College, Sholapur, Maharashtra State, INDIA - March 2, 1981

•Vasudevan SV, Lynch NT, Abram SE: Effectiveness of an Ambulatory Chronic Pain Management Program: Presented at the Third World Congress on Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - September

11, 1981 •Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV: Brief Psychological Assessment for Patients with Chronic Pain - MMPI-168: Presented at the Scandinavian Association for Study of Pain, Faaborg, DENMARK - May 12, 1983 •Vasudevan SV: Is There a Need for Uniform Guidelines for Pain Centers/Clinics? What is Being done in the United States of America: Presented to the Chinese Medical Association, Beijing, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA - April 24, 1984

• Lynch NT, Abram SE, Vasudevan S. V.: Concealed Litigation in a Chronic Pain Pain Management Program: Poster presentation, 4th World Congress on Pain, Meeting of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Seattle,

Washington, USA - September 5, 1984

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•Vasudevan SV: Acute Versus Chronic Pain - Differences in Evaluation and Management: Presented by invitation to the Kiev Pain Center, Kiev, USSR -

November 11, 1985

•Vasudevan SV: Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain Patient: Presented at the Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Madras, INDIA –

January 30, 1987

•Vasudevan SV: "Milwaukee": An Approach to Counseling the Patient with Chronic Pain: Presented as a poster at the Vth World Congress on Pain of the International Association for Study of Pain, Hamburg, WEST GERMANY, August 6, 1987

•Vasudevan SV: " Milwaukee": An Approach to Counseling the Patient with Chronic Pain: Presented as a poster at the Joint Canadian and American Pain Society Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - November 11, 1988

•Vasudevan SV: Assessment of Disability in Patients with Pain, Presented at the Canadian Pain Society and the American Pain Society Joint Meeting, Toronto,

Ontario, CANADA, November 13, 1988

•Vasudevan SV: " Milwaukee": An Approach to Counseling the Patient with Chronic Pain: Presented as a poster to the Indian Society for the Study of Pain Meeting, New Delhi, INDIA, February 17, 1989

•Haddox JD, Goldstein MD, Lyman DR, Hopwood MB, Vasudevan SV: Anger Assessment in Chronic Pain, Presented as a poster presentation at the Vth World Congress on Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA, April 3, 1990

•Vasudevan SV: Identifying the Chronic Pain Patient, Presented at the Third Annual Vanderbilt International Pain Symposium, Puerto Vallarta, MEXICO,

February 19, 1992

•Vasudevan SV: Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Rehabilitation Principles and Management Strategies, Presented at the Third Annual Vanderbilt International Pain Symposium, Puerto Vallarta, MEXICO, February 19, 1992

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•Vasudevan SV: Use of Physical Agents in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain, Presented at the Third Annual Vanderbilt International Pain Symposium, Puerto

Vallarta, MEXICO, February 22, 1992

•Vasudevan SV: Evaluating Disability in Patients with Myofascial Pain, Presented at the Third Annual Vanderbilt International Pain Symposium, Puerto Vallarta,

MEXICO, February 22, 1992

•Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV: Anger in Patients with Pain - presented at the 5th International Congress - The Pain Clinic. Jerusalem, ISRAEL September 16,

1992

•Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation Principles in Managing the Patient with Chronic Pain. Presented by invitation at the 5th International Congress - The Pain Clinic. Jerusalem, ISRAEL September, 17, 1992

•Slight A, Lynch T, Reich M, Vasudevan SV: Center for Pain and Work Rehabilitation. A program in a small community hospital. Presented at the 7th World Congress on Pain, International Association for the Study of Pain. Paris, FRANCE, August 23, 1993

•Vasudevan SV: Physical Rehabilitation Approaches in Managing Patients with Pain: Presented by Invitation at the 6th international Congress - Pain Clinic. Atlanta,

Georgia - USA April 18-19, 1994

•Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation of Patients with Acute and Chronic Pain. Presented at the Medical University of South Africa (MEDUNSA), Part of the Citizen Ambassador Program of the People to People delegation of Physiatrists to the Peoples Republic of South Africa. Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. July 17, 1996

•Vasudevan SV: Post Stroke Pain - Understanding and Managing It. Presented at the 8th World Congress on Pain of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Vancouver, B.C., CANADA. August 17-22, 1996.

•Vasudevan SV: Assessing Disabilities in Individuals with Pain - as part of a symposium on Pain and Legal Medicine, at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Vancouver, B.C., CANADA

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•Vasudevan SV: Rehabilitation Principles with Chronic Pain Patients. Presented by invitation at the Joint Session of Pain Section of American Association of Neuro Surgeons (AANS), as a satellite session of The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) on Interventional Therapies in Chronic Pain Management at Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. October 3, 1996

•Vasudevan SV: Physical Rehabilitation in Management of Low Back Pain. Presented by invitation at the Symposium "Paradigms of Low Back Pain", at the 7th International Symposium of "The Pain Clinic". Istanbul, TURKEY.

Saturday, October 5, 1996 •Vasudevan SV: Assessment of Disability in Patients with Pain. Plenary Session. Presented by invitation at the 7th International Symposium of "The Pain Clinic". Istanbul, TURKEY. Sunday, October 6, 1996

•Vasudevan SV: Update of the activities regarding the American Pain Society Panel on Developing Guidelines for Managing Pain in Arthritis - Presented to the Special Interest Group on Rheumatic Pain. International Association for the Study of Pain. 9th world Congress on Pain. Vienna, AUSTRIA. Wednesday, August 25th, 1999

•Vasudevan SV: Avaliacao da Incapacidade em Pacientes com Dor Cronica (Evaluation of Disability in Patients with Chronic Pain) - Presented by invitation at the

II INDOR Congresso International de Atualizacao Em Dor. Centro de Cultura e Convencoes de Goiania. Goiania-Goias, BRAZIL, Thursday, October 14

, 1999

•Vasudevan SV: Atuacao fisiátrica Para O Controle da Dor. At above conference. Goiania-Goias, BRAZIL - Saturday, October 16th 1999

•Vasudevan SV: Reconhecendo e Lidando com Pacientes com Dor de Dificil Controle. At above conference. Goiania-Goias,

BRAZIL - Saturday, October 16th, 1999

•Vasudevan SV: Pain Related Disability - Role of Pain Physican in Evaluating Disability. The world Federation for Pain Relief - Current concepts in Acute, Chronic & Cancer Pain Management. New York, New York, USA December 8th, 1999

•Vasudevan, SV. Role of Rehabilitation in Pain Management - Presented by invitation At the XVth National Conference of the Indian Society for Study of Pain and Global

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Update on Pain, Mumbai, India, Saturday, February 12, 2000. •Vasudevan, SV. Assessment of Impairment & Disability in Patients with Chronic Pain. Presented by invitation at the Worldwide Pain Conference 2000, San Francisco, CA, USA. July 18, 2000.

•Vasudevan, S.V. Rehabilitation approached in acute and chronic pain – presented by Invitation at the Worldwide Pain Conference 2000, San Francisco, CA, USA,

July 18, 2000 •Vasudevan, SV. Dealing With Difficult Patients. Presented by invitation at the World Wide Pain Conference 2000. San Francisco, CA, USA. July 18, 2000.

•Vasudevan, S.V. Passado, Presente e Futuro do Treatamento da Dor (Past, Present & Future of Pain Management) Presented by invitation at the 5

th SIMBIDOR

(Simposio & Brasileiro e Encontró International Sobre Dor), Renaissance Hotel Sao

Paulo, BRAZIL, May 17, 2001

•Vasudevan, S.V., Principios de Reabilitacao em Clinica de Dor (Principles in Rehabilitation of Chronic Pain), presented by invitation at the 5

th SIMBIDOR,

Renaissance Hotel, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, May 17, 2001 •Vasudevan, S.V., Como Lidar com Pacientes Difficei’s (Understanding the difficult Patient with pain). Presented by invitation at the 5

th SIMBIDOR. Renaissance Hotel,

Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, May 18, 2001 •Vasudevan, S.V. Managing Pain in Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Chronic Juvenile Arthritis — The American Pain Society Guidelines – Presented to physician Leaders from South America. Pfizer/Pharmacia Conference, Sonesta Resort Hotel, ARUBA, March 1, 2002. •Vasudevan, S. V., Management of Arthritis pain- The American Pain Society Guidelines. Presented by invitation to the Conference on Pain, University of Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. May 17, 2002

.•Vasudevan. S.V., Mechanisms underlying neck and back pain. Presented by Invitation at the 2

nd. International Forum on Pain Medicine, Guadalajara, MEXICO,

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Friday, May 26th, 2006

•Vasudevan, S.V., Fibromyalgia: The American Pain Society Guidelines. Presented by Invitation at the 2

nd. International Forum on Pain Medicine, Guadalajara, MEXICO,

Saturday May 27th. 2006.

•Vasudevan, S.V., Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS)-Physical Rehabilitation Strategies. Presented by invitation at the 2

nd.International Forum on Pain Medicine,

Guadalajara, MEXICO, Saturday May 27th. 2006

•Vasudevan, S. V, Complex Regional Pain Syndromes—Physical Rehabilitation Strategies. Presented by invitation at the 36

th. National Conference of the Indian

Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Sweekar Academy of Rehabilitation sciences, Secunderabad, AP, INDIA, January 19, 2008.

•Vasydevan, S.V., A “Mechanistic” approach in the Rehabilitation of patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS).Presented at the 23

rd. annual

Conference of the Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSPCON-2008), Vellore,

INDIA, February 1st.2008

•Vasudevan, S. V., Rehabilitation of patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS) based on Pain Mechanisms. Poster presentation. The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), Glasgow, Scotland. Wednesday,

August 20th. 2008.

CHAPTERS IN TEXTBOOKS:

•Vasudevan SV, Klingbeil GD: Rehabilitation: In The Preventive approach to

Patient Care. Ed. D.P. Sheridan, I.R. Winogrond, Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc., New York - 1987 •Vasudevan SV: Counseling the Patient with Chronic Pain - the Role of the Physician. In Persistent Problematic Pain: Psychosocial Assessment and

Intervention. Eds. N.T. Lynch, S.V. Vasudevan , Kluwer Publishers, Boston, MA – 1988

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•Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV: Perspectives in Assessment and Treatment of the Chronic Pain Patient. In Persistent Problematic Pain: Psychosocial Assessment

And Intervention. Eds. N.T. Lynch, S.V. Vasudevan, Kluwer Publishers, Boston, MA - 1988

•Vasudevan SV: Management of Chronic Pain - What Have We Achieved in the Last 25 Years? In Organization and Personnel Functions in the Pain Clinic. Ed. J.N. Ghia, Martinus Nyhoff Publishers, Boston, MA – 1989 •Vasudevan SV: Clinical Perspectives on the Relationship between Pain and Disability. In Neurologic Clinics - Pain Mechanisms and Syndromes. Vol. 7, No. 2, May 1989, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA – 1989 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Examination of the Pain Patient. In The Pain Clinic

Manual. Ed. SE Abram. J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1990 •Lynch NT, Vasudevan SV, and Maitra-D'Cruz AM: Myofascial Pain. In The Pain

Clinic Manual. Ed. SE Abram. J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1990 •Vasudevan SV, Monsein M: Evaluation of Function and Disability in the Patient with Chronic Pain. In Practical Management of Pain, 2nd Edition. Year Book - Medical Publishers, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992 •Lynch NT, Kelly J, Vasudevan SV: Psychological Examination and Psychometric Testing. In Practical Management of Pain, 2nd Edition. Year Book Medical - Mosby Publishers, St. Louis, Missouri – 1992 •Vasudevan SV, Hegmann K, Moore A, Cerletty S: Physical Modalities in Pain Management. In Practical Management of Pain. 2nd Edition. Year Book Medical Mosby Publishers - St. Louis, Missouri – 1992 •Vasudevan SV: Impairment, Disability, and Functional Capacity Assessment. In Handbook of Pain Assessment. Ed. DC Turk and R Melzack. The Guilford Press, New York, NY – 1993

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•Vasudevan SV: Physical Rehabilitation of the Pain Patient. In Current Review of

Pain - (Ed) P.P.Raj. Current Medicine, Philadelphia, 1994 •Lippe P, Vasudevan SV, Rucker K.: Pain in Guides to the Evaluation of

Permanent Impairment. 4th edition, The American Medical Association (AMA) - Chicago Illinois 1994 •Sankoorikal J, Vasudevan SV: Evaluation and Management of Low Back Pain. In A Manual of Chronic Pain Management. Ed. M Lefkowitz and A Lebovits. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA pg. 204-210, 1996 •Braker A, Vasudevan SV: Electrodiagnosis in the Evaluation of Low Back Pain. In A Manual of Chronic Pain Management. Ed. M Lebovits, A Lebovits. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA pg. 145-150, 1996 •Schramm D., Vasudevan SV: Assessment of Impairment/Disabilities in the Pain Patient. The Management of Pain (Eds) Ashburn MA, Rice LT, Churchhill Livingston, New York, 1998 •Vasudevan SV: Physical Examination of the Patient Experiencing Pain. In Pain

Clinic Manual (Eds) Abram SE, Haddox JD, Chapter 5. Pages 37-45, Lippincott/Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000. •Vasudevan, S. V., Sladky J: Disability Assessment, in Surgical Management of

Pain, (Ed) Burchiel, K.J., Thieme Medical Publications, New York, NY, 2002 •Vasudevan, S .V. Wasserman, N: Rehabilitation of the patient with Chronic Pain., In Neurosurgical Pain Management. (Ed) Ken Follet, Lippincott, New York.2004.

PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS, CONSULTATIONS, STUDY SECTIONS, SURVEY TEAM: •WORKSHOPS:

• Educational Methodology Workshops, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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1. July 8-9, 1978 2. October 14-15, 1978 3. February 23-24, 1979 4. June 2-3, 1979 5. February 2-3, 1980 6. February 20-21, 1982 7. May 25, 1983 8. June 2, 1983 9. July 28, 1983 •Training Workshop for the commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

- April 6-8, 1981, Chicago, Illinois • Citizen Congress on Health care—An event designed to bring physicians and citizens to

find a common voice regarding healthcare in Wisconsin, Chula Vista resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI. November 14 – 16, 2003

•CONSULTATIONS / SURVEY TEAMS:

•Conducted surveys as a SURVEYOR for the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF) - Since 1981-2000 (over 60 surveys) •MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM - for the study of Reorganization of the Federation of The American Medical Association - 1993-1996.

•CONSULTANT - Potential Uses of "Neurontin" February 2, 1996. Vancouver, B.C., Canada

•CARF NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES / (Rehabilitation Accreditation

Commission)

○ National Advisory Committee on Establishing Standards for Chronic Pain Management Programs, Chicago, Illinois - July 15-16, 1982 ○ 2nd National Advisory Committee on Standards for Chronic Pain Management Programs, Chicago, Illinois - March 5-6, 1987 ○ Program Evaluation Project for Chronic Pain Management Programs, Orlando, Florida – April 23-24, 1987 ○ National Advisory Committee on Standards in Section I and II, Tucson, Arizona – April 6-8, 1988 ○CARF Surveyor Continuing Education Seminar - invited participant - Tucson, Arizona –

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April 5-7, 1991 ○National Advisory Committee on Standards for Pain Management Programs, Tucson, AZ. April 20-23, 1994 ○CARF Surveyor - Continuing Education Seminar. Tucson, Arizona - July 23 - 25, 1998 •OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ○Parke-Davis Speakers Forum Training - Uses of Neurontin. Invited participant. Naples, Florida January 9, 1997 ○”Cochrane Collaboration” - Research group - by invitation for formation at Tufts University & New England Medical Center. Boston, Massachusetts. June 22, 1997 ○”Success Seminar” - Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 10, 1997 ○AMA Grass-Roots Meeting - Influencing Medical Legislative Issues - by invitation of the Wisconsin State Medical Society. Washington, D.C. September 17, 18, 1997 ○AMPAC - American Medical Association Political Action Committee - “Campaign School” Training in political issues. Washington D.C. January 28-31, 1998 ○Prolo-Therapy – Training Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October 12- 14, 2000 ○Complementary & Alternative Medicine Conference – Milwaukee County Medical Society, Milwaukee, WI, October 18, 2000 ○ Botox & Myobloc Injection – Use in clinical practice, Observation at Neurology Clinic, Altoona, PA, December 20, 2001 ○ Speakers Training Workshop, Pharmacia/Pfizer, Wisconsin Dells, WI, March 23, 2002 ○Visit “Spine Center”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, April 30, 2002 ○Neurontin in Post-herpetic Neuralgia. Pfizer training program, Chicago, IL. August 4, 2002 ○Participant- “Citizen Congress on Health Care” at Chula Vista Resort- Wisconsin Dells, WI. On November 14-16, 2003. ○ American Board of Independent Medical Examiners review course-Chicago, Iliinois October 23 and 24

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TV AND RADIO

•"Rehabilitation" - One hour live show, Channel 12, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - January 14, 1979 • "Stroke Rehabilitation" - Special Assignment, Channel 12, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - February 3 & 5, 1981 • "Dealing With Pain" - Public Conference Program of the Milwaukee Public Library, Channel 6, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - October 18, 1981 • "Managing Chronic and Persistent Pain" - Half hour show, aired on WMKE (AM) and WBCS (FM) radio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - November 8, 1982 •"Pain Management" - RVS Cablevision, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - January 19, 1984

•"Litigation and Chronic Pain" - Interview with Physicians Radio Network (PRN), Seattle,

•"Treatment of Back Injuries" - With Gordon Hinkley on WTMJ (AM) radio, Milwaukee, "Chronic Pain" - With Gordon Hinkley on WTMJ (AM) Radio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - January 8, 1987

•"How to Choose a Pain Clinic" - With Gordon Hinkley on WTMJ (AM) Radio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - October 12, 1989

•"Rehabilitation of Patients with Pain” - With Gordon Hinkley on WTMJ (AM) Radio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - August 29, 1991

•"Headaches - Causes and Management" - on Health Break, during DAYBREAK NEWS, TV Channel 6, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 17, 1993 •"Pain - A Four Letter Word You Can Live With" - the Milwaukee Observer - with Jane Jeffries. TV Channel 18. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. August 1993 •"AMT" (American Medical Television_ - AHCPR Guidelines for Acute & Post Operative Pain. Interview with George Lundberg, M.D. editor of JAMA, on CNBC - 8/24/93 •"Low Back Pain" - Diagnosis & Management. WJJD - 1160 AM, Chicago, Illinois - February 13th, 1994 •"Managing Headaches" - on Health Break, during DAYBREAK NEWS. TV Channel 6, Milwaukee, WI August 21, 1994 •"The 12 Best Pain Centers" - on Health Break, during DAYBREAK NEWS. TV Channel 6, Milwaukee, WI, March 25, 1995

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•Advances in Managing Acute & Chronic Pain - Neighbor to Neighbor Show with Kathy Kjer, Call in show WBKV, AM1470 West Bend, WI August 6, 1996 •"Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome - What Is It & How to Manage It" on Health Break, TV Channel 6, Milwaukee, Wisconsin September 21, 1996 •"Managing Patients with Pain" - Channel 26 NBC, Green Bay, WI December 10, 1996 •”What’s New in Understanding Pain and Its Management “, WUWM Radio FM 89.7, At 10 Program – June, 2000 •Headache Management – especially Migraine – Tension Type headaches, WUNM Radio FM 89.7, “At 10 Program, Thursday, October 14, 2000” •2001 Pain Management Guidelines for Hospitals”, Invited guest for talk show on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), Madison, WI, March 21, 2001. •Appropriate Use of “Oxycontin” in Patients with Pain, Wisconsin Public Radio, (WPR), Madison, WI, February 26, 2002 •Advances in drug therapy in arthritis. ON AIR, Wisconsin Medical society, June 14, 2002 • “Hollywood Hot-Dish” - WITI radio- October 18, 2002 •Wisconin Medical Society Pain Guidelines: Invited guest for talk show on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), Madison, WI, May 25

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•The new Pain Guidelines. WFDL, 1170 am. On the ‘Between the lines with Greg Stenzl’ Fon Du Lac, WI. June 1

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•Use of Anti-inflammatory drugs in Pain management-What is the advice. With John Davis, WLSU (WPR-LaCrosse), December 21

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•Controversy in use of COX-II drugs and Naproxen. With Joy Cardin’, Live show on WPR (Wisconsin Public Radio), Madison, WI. December 23 rd. 2004. •Abuse of prescription narcotics/Opioids—Appropriate use and monitoring of patients with Chronic narcotic therapy, WUWM, 89.7 FM, UW-Milwaukee radio interview-3-5-07

• Chronic Pain Management. Live discussion on the morning show “Health Center”, Fox 6 News, December 26

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•Pain Management. Live one hour talk radio show with Ron Krauss, WTKM Radio (AM 1540; FM 104.9), Thursday, 10-11 Am., March 20

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NEWSPAPER AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

•"Aching Pain Behaves Itself": Article in the Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin, July 27, 1977 •"Oh, The Misery of it all - The Aching Back": Insight Section of the Milwaukee Journal, Wisconsin, July 29, 1978 •"The Miracle is learning to Manage Pain": Article in the Curative Comments, Vol. 5, NO. 3, Winter 1978 •"Physiatry - Story of a Developing Body": Article in Horizons, Medical College of Wisconsin, Vol. 11, No.1, January 1980 •"The Wise (Y's) Way to Fitness": Article in the West Suburban YMCA Newsletter, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vol. 5, August 1981 •"Study Shows Pain Program Aids Relief, Reduces Cost": Article in the Health Care News and Features, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, October, 1981 •"Students Learn About Rehab by Example": Article in the MCW World, Medical College Of Wisconsin, December 14, 1981 •"Elmbrook Introduces PREP": Communique, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Wisconsin, November 1984 •"Pain Clinics - People Can Learn to Live With Pain": Waukesha Freeman, Wisconsin, February 20, 1985 •"Seeking Relief from Pain's Fiery Torment": Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin, September 2, 1985 •"PREP Physician Studies Soviet Pain": Communiqué, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Wisconsin - February, 1986 •"Pain: A Plight That for Some Doesn't' Go Away": Brookfield News, May 29, 1986 •"Bright Rehabilitation Outlook for this Rheumatic Disease": Ask the Doctor, The Milwaukee Journal, March 9, 1987 •"Adults Benefit from Exercise", The Catholic Herald, September 11, 1987 •"Painful Realities", The Milwaukee Journal, October 1, 1987 •"Getting a Grip on Pain", Health Care Today, December 87/January 88, WFSI, Milwaukee

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•"Ask Your Doctor: “There’s No Easy Cure for Ethical Headache", The Milwaukee Journal, May 16, 1988 •"New Techniques Aid in Management of Migraine Headaches, Health Care, Community Newspapers, March 23, 1989 •"Chronic Pain - Program Shows How to Survive Daily Pain, Janesville Gazette, May 20, 1989 •"A PREP Patient's Story: The Miracle of the Fifth Floor", Communiqué, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, June, 1989 •"What is the ‘Milwaukee Strategy’ for Counseling/Influencing the Patient with Chronic Pain?” American Pain Society Newsletter, summer 1989 •"Sizing Up the Team Approach - Chronic Pain", Medical World News, August 28, 1989 •"How to Handle Chronic Pain", Wisconsin Woman, September, 1989 •"Chronic Pain - Maybe You Can't Fix It, But You Can Manage It", Brookfield News/Elm Leaves, September 14, 1989 •"Shedding New Light on Pain and Its Treatment", Brookfield News/Elm Leaves, September 14, 1989 •"Long After an Injury, Related Pain May Persist", Ask the Doctor, the Milwaukee Journal, September 9, 1990 •"Helping One Musician Make Beautiful Music", Health Care Today, June/July 1990 •"Narcotics for Chronic Rehabilitation: Beneficial Therapy or Just a Quick Fix", Hospital Rehabilitation, Vol 1 No. 2 May 1991 •"Pain Sufferers `Graduate' to New Lives - in Elmbrook Memorial Hospital Communique, May 1992 •"Free from Pain" - In Sheboygan Press. Sheboygan, Wisconsin, April 5th, 1993 •"Center Helps Patients Cope with Chronic Pain" - Feeling Fine, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI Fall 1994 •"Learning to Deal with Pain"- Lifestyle the Review, Sheboygan, WI November 17, 1994 •"Understanding and Managing Chronic Pain" - Villager, December 12, 1994 •"Center Helps People Cope with Chronic Pain" - The Seminar -The Newsmagazine for Southeastern Wisconsin Older Adults, Jan-Feb 1995 •"Preventing & Reversing Disability Due to Chronic Pain" - in Chronic Pain Management

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Developing a Treatment System for People with Disabilities. National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Publication No.94-3720. March 1994 •"How to Break the Cycle of Chronic Pain, Disuse & Disability" -Internal Medicine News. April 1, 1994 •"Pain, a Four-Letter Word You Can Live With" - Review in the Milwaukee Journal - by Gary Rummler, A guide on how to live with, manage pain - April 25, 1944 •"The Pain That Will Be No More" - AWAKE! June 22, 1994 •"The 12 Leading Pain Centers in the US" - American Health, P.44, March, 1995 •"Coping with chronic pain: One day at a time" - The Freeman, Health News, P. 4B, September 7, 1996 •"Answers to chronic lower back pain" - Villager, To Your Health, January 12, 1997 •"Doctor honored for positive approach" - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 23, 1997 •”Morphine Pump Solves Pain Problems for Some” - Menomonee Falls News, week of Nov. 15, 1998 •”Arthritis Foundation and Other Resources of Pain Management” - WKTT 98.1FM, Sheboygan, WI - December 5, 1998 •”Pain Management goes on a Growth Trend” - the Business Journal. Vol 16, No. 33 May 7, 1999 •”What’s New in Pain Rehabilitation of the Elderly Patient” - Presented as part of “Growing Older”. A new perspective show hosted by David A. Doyle. WOKY Radio/AM 920. Milwaukee, WI Sunday, September 12th, 1999 •”Don’t Suffer from Pain - Treatment is Available” Wisconsin Newspaper Association. The Herald. Iola, WI October 7th, 1999

•”A good year to Exorcise Pain,” Editorial Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Online, January 12, 2001 •”Pain Control Need More Attention” – Letter to the Editor. The Sheboygan Press, Tuesday, March 19, 2002 •”Better strategies for Pain- Guidelines aim to help doctors better diagnose, treat pain” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wednesday, May 26

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•”Magic Pill? COX-2 inhibitors: The Sheboygan Press, Thursday March 3, 2005.

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•”That Hurts: Unlocking the age-old mystery called Pain”. In M magazine, Milwaukee. Wisconsin. September 2007 •”Rethinking Pain: New ways to cope with Discomfort. By Matt Schroeder. In, M magazine, Milwaukee. September 2008

COMMUNITY MEDICAL EDUCATION:

•"Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients": Health Fair, TV12, MECCA, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 7, 1981

•"Physical Fitness in Cancer": "I Can Cope” Program, sponsored by West Allis Memorial Hospital and the American Cancer Society, West Allis, Wisconsin, April 27, 1981 •"A Healthy Life-Style for a Healthy Back": A Community Health Education Program at West Allis Memorial Hospital, West Allis, Wisconsin, November 4, 1981

•"Exercise Oils the Hinges": A Community Health Education Program sponsored by Friends of Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Brookfield, Wisconsin, October 22, 1986 and May 13, 1987 •"Benefits of Exercise", Center for Women and Infants, St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin, June 8, 1988 •"Management of Arthritis Pain": A Community Health Education Program at St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 30, 1988 •"Managing Pain", Mequon-Theinsville Sunrise Rotary Club. Mequon, Wisconsin. August 6, 1993 •"Why Am I in Pain & Why is it Lasting So Long?” Community Memorial Hospital, October 11, 1995 •"Enjoying a Career in Medicine" - to Scout Explorers, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, November 6, 1995 •"Arthritis and Pain Management" - Presented to the community. Two Rivers Senior Center, Two Rivers, WI May 6, 1996 •"Understanding Arthritis - The Management of Pain Associated With It" - Presented to The community. St. Nicholas Hospital - Sheboygan, WI September 17, 1996 •"Arthritis Pain - How to Manage It" - Community Memorial Hospital. Menomonee Falls, WI. August 27, 1996

•”Fibromyalgia” - Understanding & Managing It - St. Nicholas Hospital. Sheboygan,

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Wisconsin March 3, 1997 •”Arthritis - Understanding & Managing Pain for Arthritis” - Villager. February 1998 •”Headaches - Understanding Migraine & Tension Headaches & Their Management” – Community Education Series. St. Nicholas Hospital. Sheboygan, WI March 3, 1998 •”Fibromyalgia - Understanding & Taking Control of Your Life” - St. Nicholas Hospital. Sheboygan, WI April 6, 1998 •”Arthritis & the Management” - St. Nicholas Hospital. Sheboygan WI May 5, 1998 •”Managing Pain in Patients with Arthritis” - Presented at Community Memorial Hospital. Menomonee Falls, WI August 25, 1998 •”CHRONIC PAIN” - Live radio guest on WTKM Radio, Hartford, WI Thursday, January, 21, 1999 •”Arthritis - What’s new in Managing the Pain?” Presented at St. Nicholas Hospital. Sheboygan, WI May 6th, 1999 •”Fibromyalgia - What is it & how I cope do?” Presented at St. Nicholas Hospital. Sheboygan, WI, June 8, 1999. •”Is there anything new in Arthritis Management?” – Presented to the Public, St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan. April 18, 2000. •”Managing Pain in the Workplace” – Presented to Sheboygan Area Safety Council, Black Wolf Run, Kohler, WI. April 5, 2000. •”Puzzled About Managing Chronic Low Back Pain? What approach will work best for you? Presented to the public, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI. Wednesday, September 27, 2000. •”What’s new in managing pain in Arthritis? “Presented to the community for St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI and Arthritis Foundation of Wisconsin, Sheboygan, WI. May 29, 2001 •Managing Headaches – an interdisciplinary approach – presented to the community, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI, September, 17, 2001 •The “New Guidelines For Managing Pain In Arthritis” Presented to the Community, St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI. April 25, 2002 •”Managing Headaches” – St. Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, WI. November 14, 2002 •Update on Fibromyalgia- St. Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan, WI. June 17

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▪Nocioceptive and Neuropathic Pain. Presented along with St. Vincent’s hospital the public At the Curative Workshop of Green Bay, September 29 2005 ▪Fibromyalgia: What is new? The guidelines from the American Pain Society, Presented to The public. Arthritis foundation lecture. September 22, 2005 ▪Pain management – Acute and Chronic Pain rehabilitation at St.Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Presented to the Sheboygan Rotary club. March 7

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•Fibromyalgia- understanding and management, St.Nicholas hospital, Sheboygan,WI. Feb. 22

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•What is new in pain management? Presented to the Kiwanis club, Richards restaurant, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, March 25

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•Fibromyalgia – Understanding and managing this “condition”- Presented to the community, At Community Memorial Medical commons, A Froedert hospital and Community Memorial hospital clinic, in Menomonee Falls. 6 pm. to 7.30 pm, Tuesday, June 8 th. 2010.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Rotary Club of Brookfield •Active Member - 1982 to 1986 •Board of Directors - 1984 to 1986 •International Service Committee - 1983 to 1985 •Vocational Service Committee, Chairman 1985 to 1986 •Chairman, Committee to Develop an Evening Rotary Club - March 1986 •PAUL HARRIS FELLOW AWARD – 1986 Brookfield Sunset Rotary Club •Founding Member - 1986 to 1988 •CHARTER PRESIDENT - 1986 to 1987 •Board of Directors - 1986 to 1988 Elmbrook Rotary Club

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•Member - 1988 to 1990 •Club Service Committee - 1988 to 1989 •Community Service Committee - 1988 to 1989 Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club

•Founding Member 1990 to 1996 •CHARTER PRESIDENT 1990-1991 •Chairman - Membership Committee - 1991-1992 •Member - Community Service - 1992 to Present Brookfield Sunrise Rotary Club

•Member - 1996 to 2004 •Chairman - Membership Committee - 1996 to 1997 Sheboygan Rotary West Club

•Member - 2004 to 2009 •Paul Harris Fellow to Mrs. Joyce Anne Vasudevan, June 2005 ▪Member- Community service and Fund raising committee Rotary Club of Menomonee Falls

•Member – March 2009 to present •Community Service committee- 2009 to present St. Cecilia and St. James School Parents Association

•Board Member 1990 to 1991 •Secretary 1990 to 1991 Child Abuse Prevention Fund - Ozaukee County

•Co-Chairman 1990 to 1991 Marquette University High School (MUHS), Milwaukee, WI

•Secretary, Fathers Club 1995 - 1996

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•Vice President, Fathers Club 1996 - 1997 •President, Fathers Club - 1997 – 1998 Elmbrook School District, Brookfield •"Interviewer" - Practice interviews for senior students applying for jobs - 1996 to Present HINDU TEMPLE OF WISCONSIN

Donor of LORD VENKATESWARA sculpture DONOR

Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation Foundation for PM&R Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Association Wisconsin Medical Society Political Action Committee American Pain Foundation American Medical Association Political Action Committee St. Nicholas Hospital Foundation Community Memorial Hospital Foundation National Public Radio (WUWM-Milwaukee) Rotary International Foundation

MAJOR FIELDS OF INTEREST: •Acute and Chronic Pain Management •Work Related Injury Rehabilitation •Spine injuries and disorders – Non Surgical Evaluation and Management •Independent Medical Evaluations (IME) •Musculoskeletal Disorders - Assessment and Management •Electrodiagnosis •Teaching •Consultation to Health Care Institutions, etc. •Practice Guidelines and Policy Development

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