I am so incredible grateful to do Physiatry residency at UCLA/VA!

Drumroll please 🥁! Meet the incoming class of residents joining the @dom_ucla. We are elated to welcome these LEADERS who will shape the future of medicine 🌟. Join us in welcoming our new colleagues 👏! Full details: bit.ly/3VgiCz2
#MatchDay2024

I am excited to welcome the next class of #physiatry #residents David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System! Welcome to our #pmr family! Department of Medicine at UCLA Health Assoc. of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) AAPM&R News #MatchDay2024

Congratulations to all who #Match2024 #physiatry ! Very excited to have you all join the team!

To those who did not match please do not give up your dream! We need more Physiatrists, take your time, process, and come back stronger! We believe in you!

#spasticity master course at AAP’24 Assoc. of Academic Physiatrists (AAP).
UTHealth Houston PM&R UTSWPM&R UPMC PM&R UTSWPM&R MCW Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Mount Sinai Rehabilitation and Human Performance #JeffersonPMR Paul Winston MD - Restoring Movement is the goal. Mr Mike-PGH Fatma Gul

Reminding myself that this one rotation is only temporary and once I'm done I'll be that much closer to doing my pm&r residency 😭😩

Pain!

23 year old man with headache, left sided weakness, blurry vision, confusion, and seizure 3 weeks after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine diagnosed with FLAMES (FLAIR-hyperintense lesions in anti-MOG-associated encephalitis with seizure) thieme-connect.de/products/ejour…

I am a Pediatric 👶🏾 Physiatrist that is an expert in atypical functional development and treating the consequences of disabilities that children are born with 🤱🏽 or acquire💥! Kids and adolescents with ♿️🩼🧩👨🏾‍🦯🦾🦿🏥 and more find home with me and my team! #physiatry

🚨New publication alert🚨

Several stroke rehab guidelines recommend 180 mins of therapy/day, 5 days/wk

We looked at:
➡️Average rehab intensity (RI) in Ontario

➡️Associations of RI with FIM🔺, discharge location, 90-day home time & rehab effectiveness

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17…

#Newpub in ArchivesPMR by CU Physical Medicine faculty Drs. Adam Kinney, Emma Rickles, Jeri Forster, Lisa Brenner on Unmet Need for Outpatient #OccupationalTherapy Among #Vets With Mild #TBI in the #VeteransHealthAdministration : Role of Facility Characteristics. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37116557/

Congratulations C.K. Franz, M.D., Ph.D. on receiving the scientific impact award at AANEM #physiatry

A supreme honor working with Dr. Kothari on the special issue #DoC in PM&R Clinics of North America Elsevier Clinics
us.elsevierhealth.com/disorders-of-c…

Articles available:
sciencedirect.com/journal/physic…

Extremely grateful for all authors' contributions!

Appreciate the opportunity! Blessen C. Eapen, MD

Who needs neurologists and radiologists? This study found artificial intelligence is >99% accurate in diagnosing multiple sclerosis based on interpretation of MRI images by MobileNetV2 networking with exemplar-based learning. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37835771/

Our latest study reveals: anti-CGRP mAbs can impact cortical thickness within just 3 months of treatment. Responders showed decreased thickness in specific brain regions: potential recovery process from hyperexcitable brain state in #migraine #MRI #CGRP 👉rb.gy/recyn

Paul Thompson shows the diversity of ENIGMA consortium, which involves 33 groups worldwide. #WCPG2023

Important to consider 'Ancestral diversity' in normative modeling and other imaging-genetics analysis.

ENIGMA's existing efforts and current extensions in Asia, including India.

A single teaspoon of flaxseeds may double one’s daily production of lignans, phytonutrients that appear to play a role in both breast cancer prevention and survival. See the video “Breast Cancer Survival & Lignan Intake” at bit.ly/3cqtBNQ  to learn more.

Importance of 24-hour physical behaviors for type 2 diabetes.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

⁦VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System⁩ hosted its Inaugural #pmr Adaptive #Veterans Sports Invitational. Thanks ⁦Jaysha Patel⁩ for capturing the true essence of the event. ⁦A.J. Kothari⁩ ⁦Steven R. Simon, MD⁩ #adaptivesports #vr ⁦VA Innovation⁩ abc7.com/abc7-salutes-v…

Waves of Valor #veteran Adaptive surf camp VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Veterans Affairs AAPM&R News ACRM Assoc. of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) AOTA APTA Federal ATRA