Dr. Lawrence F. Kobak, DPM, Esq., is Senior Counsel in Frier Levitt’s Healthcare Department, working in the Uniondale, New York office. Prior to joining Frier Levitt, Larry was a partner at Kern, Augustine, PC, and at Abrams, Fensterman, Eisman, Greenberg, Formato & Einiger, LLP where he was director of the firm’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) and Office of Professional Discipline (OPD) Defense.

Larry has extensive experience representing physicians in connection with licensure issues, as well as successfully defending physicians before Medical Boards, OPMC, OPD investigations, as well as Medicare Fraud, Fraud & Abuse, Hospital Actions, RAC Audits, Medicare Audits, OIG Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Medical Audits, and Health Plan Billing Audits.

As a licensed Podiatrist prior to becoming an attorney, he served as the international president of the Academy of Ambulatory Foot and Ankle Surgery. Larry is a fellow of the Academy of Ambulatory Foot and Ankle Surgery, Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery, Ambulatory Division, Diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management, and Diplomate of the American Institute of Foot Medicine.

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Nicholas Bacher, Med Student Liaison to the EPA speaks out! 0

May 21, 2019

Dr. Rosenblum and medical student Nicholas Bacher discuss the paucity of pain management education in medical school.

Nicholas Bacher

Nicholas is the Institutional Medical Student Liaison to the Eastern Pain Society.

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NYSIPP President and Anesthesiologist- Ed Rubin, MD 0

May 7, 2019

An Interview with NYSIPP President and Pain Physician Ed Rubin, MD and the latest PainExam 5 Month Discounts!

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-Surviving a DEA Audit
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The EPA Podcast Series- Baruch Kim, MD 0

Apr 23, 2019

EPA Podcast Series:
Giving First!- An Interview with Baruch Kim, MD
-Networking
-Bestdocz
-Eastern Pain Association

Dr. Baruch Kim obtained his undergraduate degree in Psychology at Stony Brook University with a simple desire to study the "human mind." At Stony Brook University, he participated in conducting a research study in human memory. He has extensive experiences in teaching his peers and students including a self-developed course in Rapid Reading, Optimization of Human Memory, Mid Mapping, as well as his online Chemistry Series and many others.

Dr. Kim finished his medical school in New York, completed his internship in Michigan. He then moved back to New York to join his residency program at the Rusk Rehabilitation of NYU Langone Health, where he has been serving as an administrative chief resident. Dr. Kim will soon begin his journey in pain medicine at the ACGME-Accredited Pain Management Fellowship Program at NYU.

Dr. Kim has featured in the newsletter at NYU on multiple occasions with his institutionwide projects in patient safety. Has contributed to improving the interpretation service at NYU Tisch, NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital and NYU Brooklyn Hospital for all physicians. He also made official institutional guides (tutorial animations) on how to report patient safety events at three hospital sites, and how to perform the IPASS (handoff). He has also created tutorial animations on High Reliability Organization for all house staff at NYU with his sincere dedication to supporting "the culture change" in patient safety.

At the beginning of his PGY 4 year, he was nominated by NYU residency program and the Association of Academic Physiatrists as an ACGME Review Committee member of his field. Dr. Kim has numerous leadership positions on a regional, and national level. He is currently serving as the secretary of the executive committee of Eastern Pain Association, co-chair of the Korean American Medical Residents and Fellows, national chapter, resident chair of social communication committee of the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and quite a few other positions. He manages multiple websites and many social media accounts for medical organizations and national leaders/physicians. He is a founder of BestDocz.com and also a brand strategist for Samuel Shem for his new book, Man's 4th Best Hospital (sequela to the House of God) which is to be released in November 2019.

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Yu Chiu, MD and the Eastern Pain Association 0

Apr 16, 2019

Doctor Yu, has 2 college degrees in Chemistry and Biological Sciences, spent 7 years in a research laboratory working in Nanotechnology, Automated technology, next level diagnostics research, and trained with experts in Cancer Immuno-therapy at the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He has received multiple awards in research, chapter-textbook writing, publications, and was featured in multiple newsletters and magazines.

Doctor Yu graduated from medical school in Pennsylvania, completed a Medicine & Surgical internship in Camden, NJ, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency in New York City. Currently, a Comprehensive and Interventional Pain Fellow at an Anesthesia and ACGME accredited fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Doctor Yu serves as the Director at Large for Eastern Pain Association, Resident & Fellow Board Member at American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and trainee Mentorship at North American Neuromodulation Society. He and a group of Expert Physicians from across the country started an Educational Podcast designed for the General Public called REGENMED101.com that discusses general medical conditions, illness, diseases and injury.

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Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy for the Anesthesia Boards 0

Apr 11, 2019

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Sutherland TN, Lalwani K. Duchene's Muscular Dystrophy. Pediatric Anesthesia: A Problem Based Learning Approach.p. 323-327

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Post Dural Puncture Headaches for the Anesthesia Boards 0

Apr 9, 2019

Cocaine Spinal for Habitual Masturbation and More on the Latest AnesthesiaExam Podcast!
Post Dural Puncture Headache- Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Management

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Treacher Collins Syndrome and Pierre Robin Syndrome 0

Apr 4, 2019

Treacher Collins Syndrome and Pierre Robin Syndrome

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Back to the OR 0

Apr 2, 2019

Dr. Rosenblum comments on his return to the OR and the latest RAPM Publication. See References Below

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Tran DQ, Salinas FV, Benzon HT, et al

Lower extremity regional anesthesia: essentials of our current understanding

2019;44:143-180.

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Anesthetic Management of Obstetric Hemorrhage 0

Mar 28, 2019

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References

Obstetric hemorrhage: Anesthetic implications and management

PS Ghodki, SP Sardesai - Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care, 2019 - apicareonline.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placenta_accreta

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Abdominal Cutaneous Entrapment Syndrome 0

Mar 26, 2019

Dr. Rosenblum Reviews the Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome
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Sheila Clarke, Saravanakumar Kanakarajan, Abdominal cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome, Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain, Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2015, Pages 60–63, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjaceaccp/mku016
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Anesthetic Management of Dilated Cardiac Myopathy and Hypertrophic Cardiac Myopathy 0

Mar 21, 2019

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Review

Hensley, Nadia, MD; Dietrich, Jennifer, MD; Nyhan, Daniel, MD; Mitter, Nanhi, MD; Yee, May-Sann, MD; Brady, MaryBeth, MDAnesthesia & Analgesia: March 2015 - Volume 120 - Issue 3 - p 554–569

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000538

Cardiovascular Anesthesiology: Review Article

J Clin Diagn Res. 2013 Jun; 7(6): 1174–1176.

Published online 2013 Jun 1. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5390.3069

PMCID: PMC3708228

PMID: 23905133

Dilated Cardiomyopathy: An Anaesthetic Challenge

Haramritpal Kaur,1 Ranjana Khetarpal,2 and Shobha Aggarwal3

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Biologics in Pain Medicine 0

Mar 20, 2019

Dr. Rosenblum reviews Key Points in the 2019 ASIPP's Biologics in Pain Medicine Guidelines

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Regenerative Medicine Guidelines

Responsible, Safe, and Effective Use of Biologics in the Management of Low Back Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines

Pain physician 2019; 2019;22;S1-S74. Year Updated 2019

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