Positions

Assistant Professor

H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Interventional Pain Management
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas US

Addresses

7200 Cambridge Street (Office)

Houston, TX 77030-4202
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7246

7200 Cambridge Street (Clinic)

Houston, TX 77030-4202
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7246

Education

BS from The University of California, Irvine

12/2003 - Irvine, California United States

MD from The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

12/2011 - Tucson, Arizona United States

Internship at Abington Memorial Hospital (now Abington Hospital - Jefferson Health), Department of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine Internship)

06/2013 - Abington, Pennsylvania United States

Residency at Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (PM&R Residency)

06/2016 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Fellowship at University of Minnesota Medical School, Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Anesthesiology (Pain Medicine Fellowship)

08/2017 - Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Fellowship at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences (Addiction Medicine Fellowship)

06/2020 - Maywood, Illinois United States

Certifications

Board-Certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Diplomate)

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Board-Certified in Subspecialty of Pain Medicine

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Board-Certified in Subspecialty of Addiction Medicine

American Board of Preventive Medicine

Honors & Awards

2020 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Young Investigator Travel Award

2017 American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Pain Medicine Fellows Scholarship

2008 – 2009 Theodore H. Koff Scholarship in Aging, Health Care Administration, or Gerontology

2008 American Federation for Aging Research Medical Student Training in Aging Research Scholarship (MSTAR)

2001 – 2002 American Association for Cancer Research Thomas J. Bardos Science Education Award

1998 – 2003 University of California, Irvine Regents Scholar

Selected Publications

• "Holder E.K., Husu, E.N., Flanders, A.E. Radiologic Presentation of a Type I Dens Fracture. PMR. 2015 May; 7(5): 547-549.." ;
• Roccaro A.M., Sacco A., Husu E.N., Pitsillides C., Vesole S., Azab A.K., Azab F., Melhem M., Ngo H.T., Quang P., Maiso P., Runnels J., Liang M.C., Wong K.K., Lin C., Ghobrial I.M.. "Dual targeting of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway as an anti-tumor strategy in Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia. Blood. 2009 Nov; 115(3): 559-569.." ;
• Ghobrial I.M., Leleu X., Azab A.K., Runnels J., Jia X., Ngo H., Melhem M., Azab F., Sacco A., Quang P., Burwick N., Moreau A.S., Husu E., Farag M., Roccaro A.. "Novel therapeutic agents in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma. 2009 Mar; 9(1): 84-86.." ;

Memberships

American Academy of Pain Medicine

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Society of Addiction Medicine

North American Neuromodulation Society

North American Spine Society

Pacific Spine and Pain Society

Spine Intervention Society

The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

Skills

Including:

· Compression fracture/Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty · Headaches/Facial pain/Trigeminal neuralgia · Post-stroke pain · Carpal tunnel syndrome · Chest wall pain · Complex regional pain syndrome · Chronic pain syndrome · Spinal cord stimulator/Neuromodulation · Cancer pain/intrathecal pain pump · Pain in patients with opioid use disorder/addiction disorder

Languages

Romanian