Areas of Interest
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Chronic Pain Syndromes
- Percutaneous Laser or Non-Laser Disk Decompression for Acute Herniated Disk
- Neuropathic Pain
- Advanced Neuromodulation Therapies
- Spasticity Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy and Adults with Neurological Injuries
Publications (Select)
Entire publication list can be found here.
- DiMarco AF, Geertman RT, Tabbaa K, Polito RR, Kowalski KE. Minimally invasive method to activate the expiratory muscles to restore cough. J Spinal Cord Med. 2017 Oct 11:1-7. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2017.1357916. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29017400.
- DiMarco AF, Geertman RT, Tabbaa K, Polito RR, Kowalski KE. Economic Consequences of an Implanted Neuroprosthesis in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury for Restoration of an Effective Cough.Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2017 Summer;23(3):271-278. doi: 10.1310/sci2303-271. PubMed PMID: 29339903; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5562035.
- Eshraghi Y, Desai V, Cajigal Cajigal C, Tabbaa K. Outcome of Percutaneous Lumbar Synovial Cyst Rupture in Patients with Lumbar Radiculopathy. Pain Physician. 2016 Sep-Oct;19(7):E1019-25. PubMed PMID: 27676672.
- Book Chapter: Post Trauma Chronic Pain Management, 2007
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Investigator
Cleveland FES Center
Director, Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology
MetroHealth Medical Center
Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University
CONTACT INFORMATION
Program Contact
Doris Ward
Contact Number
(216) 778-3609
Contact Email
dward@metrohealth.org