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Dr. Leland Berkwits is a board certified specialist in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, with subspecialty board certification in Pain Medicine.   

As a specialist in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, he has over 30 years experience in the treatment of injuries or illnesses of nerve, muscle, and bone with a goal of decreasing pain and enhancing performance without the use of surgery.   When combined with interventional pain management skills of fluoroscopically guided minimally invasive interventions, his experience and training provides the qualifications to understand the complexities of traumatic injury, thereby increasing case value.

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Qualifications include:

• ABMS Board Certified, Subspecialty Pain Medicine, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (ABPMR)

• ABMS Board Certified, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,  American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (ABPMR)

• Certified Independent Medical Examiner , American Board of Independent Medical Evaluators (ABIME)

• ACGME Fellowship Training, Pain Management

• 18+ years experience in Interventional Fluoroscopically Guided Procedures

• 12+ years experience General Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation including:

  • Post-trauma orthopedic rehab

  • Spinal cord injury

  • Brain injury

• Active Licenses in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida

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Publications:

• Co-Editor, Atlas of Image Guided Spinal Procedures, 1st and 2nd Editions, Elsevier, Philadelphia

• Lead Author, Atlas of Image Guided Spinal Procedures, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Philadelphia:

  • Chapter 10, Sacroiliac Intraarticular Joint Injection​

  • Chapter 13A, Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

  • Chapter 15B, Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Nerve (Medial Branch) Injection - Oblique Approach: Fluoroscopic Guidance

• Contributing Author, Atlas of Image Guided Spinal Procedures​

  • Chapter 1, Introduction: How to use This Atlas​

  • Chapter 6, Radiation Safety

  • Chapter 11, S1 Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

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