Curriculum
Vitae
Name: MASOOD HASHMI,
M.D.
Place of Birth: England
Citizenship: United States of
America
Office Address: 109 NE 19th
Drive
Okeechobee, FL 34972 USA
Tel: 863-467-0974 Fax: 863 - 467- 1612
dhashmi@bellsouth.net
Qualifications: M.B., B.S. 1989, Dow
Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Eligible for American Board of Psychiatry &
Neurology
Medical Licenses:
Florida, USA
Michigan, USA
Memberships: American Academy of
Neurology
American Academy of Thermology
American Academy of Pain Medicine
Current
Position:
Staff Neurologist: February 2008 to
present.
Raulerson Hospital, Okeechobee, FL, USA
Private Practice:
February 2008 to present.
My current practice
in Okeechobee, Florida involves treating outpatients
with general neurological problems such as
epilepsy, peripheral
neuropathies, headache, multiple sclerosis,
cervical and lumbar
radiculopathies. I have a special interest in
treating patients with
chronic pain such as Complex Regional Pain
Syndrome (formerly called
reflex sympathetic dystrophy), posttraumatic
cervical/lumbar strain,
spinal stenosis and diabetic neuropathy. Patients
are referred to my
office from all parts of the United States and
from other countries such
as the U.K., Australia and Singapore.
Previous
Positions:
Private Practice: March 2004 to present. Space
Coast Neurology, Palm Bay, Florida.
March 1997 –
March 2004 (Neurological Associates, Vero Beach)
Outpatient general neurology. The primary focus of the practice involved
treating patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Treatment consisted of a
comprehensive evaluation prior to medical and interventional pain management.
Patients were referred from all parts of the USA and other countries around the
world. I co-authored several articles on complex regional pain syndrome.
Staff Neurologist:
1998 – 2002
Sebastian River Medical Center
Sebastian, Florida, USA
Postgraduate Training:
General Surgery:
April 1989 – September 1989
Civil Hospital and Dow Medical College
Karachi, Pakistan
General
Medicine: October 1989 – March 1990
Civil Hospital and Dow Medical College
Karachi, Pakistan
Ophthalmology:
April 1990 – December 1990
Raza Eye Clinic
Karachi, Pakistan
Internal
Medicine: July 1991 – June 1992
Catholic Medical
Center of Brooklyn & Queens
Jamaica, New York, USA
Neurology Residency:
July 1992 – June 1995
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Neurology Chief Resident: July 1994 –
June 1995
New York
University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
Neuro-Oncology Fellowship: July 1995 – March
1997
MD Anderson
Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd. Houston, Texas, 77030 USA
Specialist Courses and Training:
Buprenorphine & Office
Based Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Buprenorphine
Training Course,
Medical University of South Carolina. May 2006.
Investigator Training for Medical Research,
University of Rochester Medical Center. June 2005.
Four day Pain
Management Workshop, February 2005. American Academy of Pain Medicine.
Fifteen-hour workshop
in the study the American Medical Association Guides
to Evaluation of
Permanent Impairment. American Board of Independent
Medical Examiners,
February 2004.
Principles and
Practice of Pain Medicine, June 2002. Harvard Medical
School, Boston,
Massachusetts.
Electromyography and
Electroencephalography, 5-day workshop. Mayo Clinic,
Jacksonville, March
2000.
Chronic Regional Pain
Syndrome (RSD): Current Research and Diagnostic
Techniques, Lake Buena
Vista, Florida. The Florida Medical Association and
The Neuropathic Pain
Research Institute, December 2000.
Research: Principal Investigator, current
ongoing multicenter, double-blind,
placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of
Lenalidomide 10mg in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome
type I,
protocol number. CC-5013-CRPS-002. Sponsored by the Celgene
Corporation.
Publications:
1. Hashmi, M., Kyritsis, A.P.: Diagnosis and
treatment of intramedullary
spinal sarcoidosis.
(letter) J. Neurol. 1998 May; 245(3): 178-180.
2. Ginsberg, L.E., Fuller, G.N., Hashmi, M., et
al: The significance of
lack of MR contrast
enhancement of supratentorial brain tumors in adults:
histopathological
evaluation of a series. Surg. Neurol. 1998
Apr; 49(4);436-440.
3. Hooshmand, H., Hashmi, M.: Complex regional
pain syndrome (Reflex
sympathetic dystrophy
syndrome): Diagnosis and therapy-a review of 824
patients. Pain Digest.
1999 Feb; 9:1-24.
4. Hooshmand, H., Hashmi, M., Phillips, E.M.:
Infrared thermal imaging as
a tool in pain
management – an 11 year study, part I of II. Thermology
International, volume
11, no. 2, 53-65 April 2001.
5. Hooshmand, H., Hashmi, M., Phillips, E.M.:
Infrared thermal imaging as
a tool in pain
management – an 11 year study, part II. Thermology
International, vol 11,
no. 3, 117-129 August 2001.
6. Hooshmand, H., Hashmi, M., Phillips, E.M.:
Venipuncture complex
regional pain syndrome
type II. American Journal of Pain Management, vol
11, no. 4, 112-124
October 2001.
7. Hooshmand, H., Hashmi, M., Phillips, E.M.:
Nerve blocks for neuropathic
pain. Abstracts of the
10th World Congress on Pain. San Diego, California.
International
Association for the Study of Pain (IASP Press). Page 208 No.
638-P272, August 19,
2002.
8. Vinay K. Puduvalli, Masood Hashmi, Victor A.
Levin, Athanassios P.
Kyritsis, et al.
Anaplastic Oligodendrogliomas: Prognostic Factors for
Tumor Recurrence and
Survival. Oncology 2003; 65:259-266.
9. Hooshmand, H., Hashmi, M., Phillips, E.M.:
Cryotherapy can cause
permanent nerve
damage: A case report. American Journal of Pain
Management, Vol 14,
no. 2, 63-70 April 2004.
