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Name: MASOOD HASHMI, M.D.
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Current Position: Private Practice, General Neurology 4951 Babcock Street. N.E, Suite 1 Palm Bay, FL 32905 USA Tel: 321-984-7997 Fax: 321-984-7935
Qualifications: M.B., B.S. 1989, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Medical Licenses: Florida, USA Michigan, USA
Memberships: American Academy of Neurology American Academy of Thermology American Academy of Pain Medicine
Current Position
Private Practice March 2004 My current practice in Palm Bay, 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 1997 – March 2004 Outpatient general neurology at Neurological Associates in Vero Beach, Florida. 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 Civil Hospital and Dow Medical College Karachi, Pakistan
General Medicine Civil Hospital and Dow Medical College Karachi, Pakistan
Ophthalmology 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 Houston, Texas, 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 1, 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.
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