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Robert P. Pannullo, MD

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Robert P. Pannullo

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Interventional Physiatry and Pain Management
(732) 938-6090
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About Robert P. Pannullo

Robert Pannullo, MD is a board certified interventional physiatrist, pain management physician and independent medical examiner. Dr. Pannullo received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and graduated with highest honors from Upsala College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry. He received postgraduate training at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and completed his fellowship in interventional spine techniques and pain management at OSS Health in York, PA. under the direction of Michael B. Furman, MS, MD.

Accomplishments

  • Named to Jersey’s Best Top Doctors list, selected by Castle Connolly
  • Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Honors: Family medicine, general surgery
  • Recommended for clinical honors in internal medicine
  • Member, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Member, American Academy of Pain Medicine
  • Member, Phi Beta Kappa honors society

Clinical Interests and skills

Arthrography

  • Cervical, thoracic and lumbar epidural steroid injections
  • Cervical and lumbar facet joint injections
  • Cervical and lumbar facet joint radiofrequency ablation
  • Cervical and lumbar medial branch blocks
  • Discography
  • Dorsal column stimulator trial placement
  • Electrodiagnosis and nerve conduction studies
  • Fluoroscopically guided percutaneous spinal procedures
  • Peripheral joint injections including, but not limited to:
  • Sacroiliac joint, hip, knee and shoulder injections
  • Sympathetic ganglion injections

Additional Information:

Assistant: Alison Michie

Phone: 732-283-2663, ext. 5103

Email: AlisonM@uognj.com

Hospital Affiliations:

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Surgical Institute (SI) University Center for Ambulatory Surgery (UCAS)

Accepting New Patients:

No

Procedures Conditions

Procedures:

Cervical and Lumbar Facet Joint Injections

Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS)

Dorsal Column Stimulator Trial and Permanent Placement

Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Facet Joint Radiofrequency Ablation

Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections

Sacroiliac Joint Injections and Sacral Nerve Ablation

Discography

Electromyography (EMG)

Intra-Articular Ultrasound Guided Joint Injections and Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Shoulder, Elbow, Hip, Knee, Wrist, Ankle and Feet

Sympathetic Ganglion Injections

Lumbar Percutaneous Disc Decompression/Nucleoplasty

Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks

Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty (IDET)

Conditions:

Greater Trochanteric Hip Bursitis

Spondyloarthropathy

Shoulder Bursitis

Peripheral Mono or Poly-neuropathy

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Radiculopathy

Sciatica

Brachial Plexus and Lumbar Plexus Neuropathy

Coccydynia

Piriformis Syndrome

Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)

Cervical and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Arthritis

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Lateral and Medial Elbow Epicondylitis

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

Mid to Low Neck & Back Pain

Publications

Publications:

Pannullo, RP. “Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in the workers compensation patient,” Presentation to Qual-Lync, Piscataway, NJ, 1/31/18


Pannullo, RP. “Electromyography in the workers compensation patient,” Presentation to Horizon Casualty, Newark, NJ, 10/25/17


Pannullo, RP, “Doctor, is my leg pain really coming from my back?” Monmouth County Woman, July/August 2011


Pannullo, RP. What Is Pain Management and How Does it Fit Into the Overall Treatment for an Injured Worker? Determine When and How Pain Management May Be Effective in the Rehabilitation of a Disabled Employee. New Jersey Self Insured Association, Harrah’s Atlantic City Resort and Casino, 5/6/11


Furman, MB; Puttlitz, K; Pannullo, RP. Spinal Senosis and Neurogenic Claudication in: Lorenzo CT, Meier III RH. (Chief Eds.); eMedicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. St. Peterberg: eMedicine Corporation, 2000


Pannullo, RP. Percutaneous procedures in the management of spinal disorders: Lumbar intradiscal electorthermy annuloplasty (IDET) lecture presentation at KDV Orthopaedics, York, PA, 2000


Pannullo, RP. The evaluation and treatment of low back pain; lecture presentation at Penn State Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, 1999


Pannullo, RP, et al; Thoracic Disc Herniation presenting as Brown Sequard Syndrome; Archives of PM&R. Sept 1997;78:1048-9


Henry, AP; Pannullo, RP; Lachman, EA; Bodack, MP; Nagler, W; Diagnosis of metastatic lung cancer in a diabetic with hip and thigh pain; Archives of PM&R. Sept 1996;77:955


 

Televised Interviews


Guillian-barré syndrome: Channel 16, ABC News, Pennsylvania, Health Watch; 1999


Spinal cord injury: Channel 28, Pennsylvania, Eyewitness News, Health Beat; 1998

Education

Education:

Medical Degree, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit

Residency:

Orthopaedic Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City

Fellowships:

OSS Health, Interventional Spine Techniques and Pain Management, York

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