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Omar H. El Abd, M.D.

Director Interventional Spine Physiatry, Newton Wellesley Hospital/Spaulding Framingham

Clinical Associate, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital

Director Interventional Spine Physiatry, Newton Wellesley Hospital

Director Interventional Spine Physiatry, Spaulding Sports and Spine Center at Spaulding Framingham

Instructor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School

Education:	MD, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt, 1997
Residency:	Montefiore Medical Center\Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1999-2002
Fellowship:	Penn Spine Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania, 2002-2003
Board Certification:	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2003 Pain Medicine, 2004 American Board of Independent Medical Examiners, 2004
Research Interests:	Non Surgical management of painful spine conditions

In Brief

Languages: Arabic, French, Spanish

Research & Publications

Original Articles:

El Abd, Omar: Low Back Sprain. Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Ed Walter Frontera. Elsevier In print

Bhagia SM, Slipman CW, Nirschl M, Isaac Z, El-Abd O, Sharps LS, Garvin C. Side effects and complications after percutaneous disc decompression using coblation technology. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2006 Jan;85 (1):6-13.

El Abd, Omar: Steorids in Spine Interventions. Interventional Spine. Ed Curtis w. Slipman. Elsevier In print

El Abd, Omar: Spine Interventions. Physical Therapy Textbook. Ed. Zachazewski, James E. Elsevier In print

Chou LH, Slipman CW, Bhagia SM, Tsaur L, Bhat AL, Isaac Z, Gilchrist R, El Abd OH, Lenrow DA. Inciting events initiating injection-proven sacroiliac joint syndrome. Pain Med 2004;5:26-32.

Slipman CW, El Abd OH, Bhargava A, DePalma MJ, Chin KR. Transforaminal cervical blood patch for the treatment of post-dural puncture headache. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2005;84:76-80.

El Abd OH. Cervical spondylotic myelopathy review. The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident 2001;10:9-10.

Nonprint Materials:

Abd OH, Slipman CW. Chiropractic care. Complementary and Alternative Medicine PIER Clinical Guidance from American College of Physicians 2004. http://pier.acponline.org

Abstracts:

El Abd OH, Kim D, Oh-Park M. Acute bilateral facial palsy as an initial presentation of leptomeningeal metastasis: a case report [abstract]. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001;82:1310.