DATE:                  10/01/2020

NAME:                 Boqing Chen, MD, Ph.D.   

PRESENT TITLE:                 Medical Director

                                               Center for Advanced Pain Management and Rehabilitation, LLC.

                                               Clinical Associate Professor

                                               Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

                                               Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

OFFICE ADDRESS:             Center for Advanced Pain Management and Rehabilitation, LLC.

                                   249 Bridge Street, Building G, Metuchen, NJ 08840

                                              Phone (732)516-1060, Fax (732)516-1015

TELEPHONE NUMBER/E-MAIL ADDRESS:                    (732)516-1060

                                                                                               boqing_chen@yahoo.com

CITIZENSHIP: United States

EDUCATION:

A.     Graduate and Professional

Fujian Medical College

Fujian, People's Republic of China 

M.D.                                                                August 1983

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

Ph.D., Neuroscience                                    1989-1994

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

A. Internships and Residencies

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation/ University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,

New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

Residency

July 1995 - June 1998

William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan

Internship, Department of Internal Medicine

May 1994- June 1995

World Health Organization Center for Neurological Study

Shanghai Medical University, People's Republic of China

Neurosurgery Residency

Sept. 1985 – Aug. 1988     

Union Hospital attached to Fujian Medical College

Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China

Surgery Residency

Sept. 1983- Aug. 1985

B. Postdoctoral Appointments

 Medical Director

Center for Advanced Pain Management and Rehabilitation, LLC

249 Bridge Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840

Oct. 2003 – Present

Medical Director

Spine, Occupational and Sports Medicine Center

213 Harrison Ave, Harrison, NJ 07029

Sept. 2002 – Oct.2003

Attending Physician

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,

New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

July 1998 – Sept.2002

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, NJ

Clinical Associate Professor

June 1998 - present

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, NJ

Site-Director, Pain/Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship Program

July 2006 – present

 HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

JFK Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey

Consultant, Jan. 2004 - present

Medicine

Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, New Jersey

Consultant, Status Pending

OTHER EMPLOYMENT OR MAJOR VISITNG APPOINTMENTS: n/a

PRIVATE PRACTICE:

Medical Director

Spine, Occupational and Sports Medicine Center

213 Harrison Ave, Harrison, NJ 07029

Sept, 2002 – Oct.2003

Medical Director

Center for Advanced Pain management and Rehabilitation, LLC

249 Bridge Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840

Oct. 03 – Present

LICENSURE: New Jersey State Board of Medical Doctor #25MA0668770/ June 2021

DRUG LICENSURE:

CDS: #DO7382200/Oct. 2021

DEA: #BC5810292/Aug. 2021

CERTIFICATION: 

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation #5932/Dec. 31 2029

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Subspecialty in Pain Management #23/Dec. 2020

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Subspecialty in Sports Medicine #Dec. 31, 2028

American Association of Neuromusculoelectrodiagnostic Medicine #2583/Dec. 2020

New Jersey State MD Acupuncture Certification #P-0172

Registered in Musculoskeletal Sonoagraphy by ARDMS#171779/March 22, 2013

MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Member, July 1998 - present

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

Member, June 2002 - present

American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Member, Jan. 2002- present

SPONSORSHIP (Primary Mentorship) OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS:

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

Co-Director, Pain/Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship Program

July 2006 – present

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:

Instructor, Pain Management, Elective Rotation for Medical Students,

 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,

New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 2012

        Site-Director, Fellowship Program of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical

        School, NJ. 2016 to present.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Pain Management

Minimally Invasive Orthopedic and Neurological Procedures

Rehabilitation (musculoskeletal disorders, spine pain, arthritis, nerve injuries, sports injuries and occupational injuries)

PUBLICATIONS: 

A.Refereed Original Article in Journal

1.Chen, B., Zimmerman, J.R., Soulen, L., DeLisa, J.A., (2000). Continuous Passive Motion After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil, 79(5): 421–426.

2. Chen, B., Stitik, T. P., Foye, P. M., Nadler, S. F., & DeLisa, J. A. (2002). Central Post-Stroke Pain Syndrome. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil, 81(9).

3.Stitik,T.P., Foye,P.M., Chen, B, et al . (2002). Medical student feedback: a mechanism to improve a multi-instructor clinical lecture series? Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil . 81(8):633-5.

4. Aufiero, E., Stitik, T.P., Foye, P.M., Chen, B. (2004). Pyridoxine Hydrochloride Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Review. Nutrition Reviews. 62(3):96-104.

5. Stitik, T.P., Marcia F. Blacksin,M, Stiskal, D.M., Jong H. Kim, J.H., Foye, P.M., Schoenherr, L., Eun-Seok Choi, ES, Chen, B, Saunders,H.J., Nadler, SF. (2007). Efficacy and Safety of Hyaluronan Treatment in Combination-Therapy With Home Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 88,135-141.

6. Chen B, Rispoli L, Stitik TP, Foye PM, Georgy JS. Optimal needle entry angle for cervical transforaminal epidural injections.

Pain Physician. 2014 Mar-Apr;17(2):139-44.

7. Chen B, Stitik TP, Foye PM. Safety of interlaminar and transforaminal epidural steroid injections.Anesth Analg. 2014 Jan;118(1):236.

8. Lai LP, Chen B, Kumar S, Desai R, Mendoza J, Foye PM, Stitik TP. Ganglion Cyst at the Fibular Head Causing Common Peroneal Neuropathy Diagnosed with Ultrasound and Electrodiagnostic Examination: A Case Report.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Sep;93(9):824-827.

9. Chen B, Rispoli L, Leong M, Stitik PM. Successful Treatment of Gluteal Pain From Obturator Internus Tendinitis and Bursitis With Ultrasound-Guided Injection: A Case Report. Published, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2017.

10. Chen B, Yae S, Delbert M, Stitik T, Foye P. Sternocleidomastoid Tendinopathy in a Pediatric Athlete. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Sep;99(9):e111-e114

B. Books, Monographs and Chapters

1. Chen, B., Stitik, T., Foye, B.; Chapter 16 Spinal Injection Procedures; In: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition; J. DeLisa, B. Gans (Eds.); page 369-387; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA; 2005. 

2.Chen, B., [et al.]; Chapter 68 Spinal Injection Procedures; In: DeLisa’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 5th Edition; W. Frontera, J. DeLisa, B. Gans, [et al.], page 1875-1903; Lippincott Williams & Wilkin, Philadelphia, PA; 2010.

C.Other Articles (Reviews, Editorials, etc.) In Journals; Chapters; Books; other Professional Communications

1.Chen, B.; Chapter 15, Deconditioning: Physiologic and Functional Changes of Immobility; In: The Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; page 215-222; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.

2.Chen, B.; Chapter 14 Psychiatric Approach to the Acute Low Back Pain; In: The Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; page 196-214; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.

3.Chen, B., Editor, Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.

4.Chen, B., Multimedia Approaches for Diagnosis of Low Back Pain (CD disc-based presentation; Scott Nadler, DO, (Ed.);2002.

5.Chen, B.; Epidural Steroid Injections; Medscape.com, Medscape Reference; Clinical Procedures Articles, Anesthetic Techniques; 2003-2013.

PRESENTIONS:

A. Professional (Clinical):

1.Speaker, Grand Round: Management of Low Back Pain – A Physiatrist Approach

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 27, 2001

2. Workshop Instructor: Peripheral Joint Injection Techniques

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002

Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002

3.Poster presentation: Trochanteric Bursitis – Common Sequelae of Lumbosacral Radiculopathy?

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002

Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002

4.Poster presentation: Accuracy of Pain Drawings in Cervical and Lumbar Radiculopathy

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002, Las

Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002

5.Speaker, Interventional Spinal Injection Procedure for Low Back Pain – An Evidence Based Approach

Resident Didactic Lecture, Department of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation, Albert Einstein Medical School, Montefiore, NY

April 12, 2002

6. Speaker, Grand Round: Interventional Procedures for Management of Spinal Pain

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Albert Einstein Medical School, Montefiore, NY, Oct. 2002

7. Speaker, Management of Acute Low Back Pain - Evidence Based Medicine

CME Seminar,

St. James Hospital, Newark, NJ, Date: Oct. 2002, March 2005

8.Speaker, Selective Spinal Nerve Injections and Lumbar Discogram

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting

B. Books, Monographs and Chapters

1. Chen, B., Stitik, T., Foye, B.; Chapter 16 Spinal Injection Procedures; In: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition; J. DeLisa, B. Gans (Eds.); page 369-387; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA; 2005.

2.Chen, B., [et al.]; Chapter 68 Spinal Injection Procedures; In: DeLisa’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 5th Edition; W. Frontera, J. DeLisa, B. Gans, [et al.], page 1875-1903; Lippincott Williams & Wilkin, Philadelphia, PA; 2010.

C.Other Articles (Reviews, Editorials, etc.) In Journals; Chapters; Books; other Professional Communications

1.Chen, B.; Chapter 15, Deconditioning: Physiologic and Functional Changes of Immobility; In: The Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; page 215-222; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.

2.Chen, B.; Chapter 14 Psychiatric Approach to the Acute Low Back Pain; In: The Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; page 196-214; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.

3.Chen, B., Editor, Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.

4.Chen, B., Multimedia Approaches for Diagnosis of Low Back Pain (CD disc-based presentation; Scott Nadler, DO, (Ed.);2002.

5.Chen, B.; Epidural Steroid Injections; Medscape.com, Medscape Reference; Clinical Procedures Articles, Anesthetic Techniques; 2003-2020.

PRESENTIONS:

A.Professional (Clinical):

1.Speaker, Grand Round: Management of Low Back Pain – A Physiatrist Approach

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 27, 2001

2.Workshop Instructor: Peripheral Joint Injection Techniques

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002

Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002

3.Poster presentation: Trochanteric Bursitis – Common Sequelae of Lumbosacral Radiculopathy?

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002

Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002

4.Poster presentation: Accuracy of Pain Drawings in Cervical and Lumbar Radiculopathy

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002, Las

Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002

5.Speaker, Interventional Spinal Injection Procedure for Low Back Pain – An Evidence Based Approach

Resident Didactic Lecture, Department of Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation, Albert Einstein Medical School, Montefiore, NY

April 12, 2002

6.Speaker, Grand Round: Interventional Procedures for Management of Spinal Pain

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Albert Einstein Medical School, Montefiore, NY, Oct. 2002

7.Speaker, Management of Acute Low Back Pain - Evidence Based Medicine

CME Seminar,

St. James Hospital, Newark, NJ, Date: Oct. 2002, March 2005

8. Speaker, Selective Spinal Nerve Injections and Lumbar Discogram

Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting

Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 2003

9.Speaker, Spinal Injection Procedures

Kessler Institute Annual Review Course for Board Certification Examination in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 2003, March 2004 and April 2005

10. Speaker, Platform presentation: Groin Pain in Discogenic Low Back Pain

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

Washington, DC, June 2006

11.Speaker, Management of Acute Low Back Pain - Evidence Based Medicine

CME seminar,

Rahway Hospital, Union, NJ, Feb. 2007

12. Platform presentationn

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

Washington, DC, June 2010

13. Poster presentation, Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Injection of Tibialis Posterior Tendon Sheath

Annual Assembly of American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Boston, USA, Sept. 2012

14.Platform presentation, Vascular Detection Rate of Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections using Digital Subtraction Angiography

International Spinal Intervention Society, Chicago, IL, August 2011

15.Poster presentation, Piriformis Syndrome-A Case Report and Literature Review Annual Assembly of American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Atlanta, Georgia, 2012

16.Advanced Workshop on Platelet Rich Plasma Injection for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Annual Assembly 2012 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Atlanta, Georgia

Annual Assembly 2013 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington DC

17. Poster presentation, Lumba transforaminal epidural steroid injection through Kambin’s triangle – further technique considerations

NYNJ Pain Symposium, November 2013, Jersey City, New Jersey

18. Poster presentation: Detection of vascular uptake in Lumbar Infraneural Transforaminal Epidural Steroid injection using digital subtraction angiography: Retrospective review of 373 injections, Poster presented at American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians 22nd annual meeting; Dallas, TX, USA. (September 2020)

19. Poster presentation: Treatment of Recalcitrant Pain from Shoulder Osteoarthritis with Pulsed Radiofrequency Neuromodulation, Poster presented at American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly 2020 (Team Physiatry 2020); San Diego, CA USA. (November 2020)

20. Poster presentation: Successful treatment of Hemicrania Continua (a rare type of migraine) with Phenobarbital, Poster presented at Association of Academic Physiatrists (February 2021)