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Neil Pitzer, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Contact:

   Phone:   303-788-9322
   Fax:        303-788-9337

Affiliations:

   University of Colorado Hospital

Certifications:

   Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 
   Colorado Division of Worker's Compensation- Level II Accreditation

 

Dr. Pitzer has been practicing medicine for 20 years in Colorado . He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and is Co-director of the Peripheral Nerve Injury clinic. He is also involved in the Spine clinic and the Electrodiagnostic testing lab with special interest in peripheral nerve injuries and unusual electrodiagnostic studies. Other interests include General Musculoskeletal Conditions and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Electrodiagnostic Parameters of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, Differential Diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Undergraduate: Dartmouth College, B.A. (Biochemistry)

Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School

Internship:        Ohio State University Hospital, Internal Medicine

Residency:        Ohio State University Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

"A NEW SKI-TIP CONTROL DEVICE FOR HANDICAPPED SKIERS"  Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 1987, 68(9)

"SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE HANDICAPPED SKIER", The Physician and Sportsmedicine, March 1988

"ELECTRONIC FILTER EFFECTS ON NORMAL MOTOR AND SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION TESTS", American Journal of PM&R, February 1990, 69(1).

"ELECTRONIC FILTERING OF THE PERIPHERAL AUTONOMIC SURFACE POTENTIAL", Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 1990 71(10)

"THYROID DYSFUNCTION IN A GENERAL REHABILITATION POPULATION", Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 1990 7l(10)

"TRANSTHORACIC STIMULATION OF THE PHRENIC NERVE"  Muscle and Nerve, September 1994, 17(9)

"ASSESSING THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE GAG REFLEX", Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September, 1995 76(9)

"CADWELL EXCELL, TECHNOLOGY REVIEW", Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, January 1996, 13(1)

"REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY" Colorado Neurological Institute Review, Summer 1996, 7(1)

"PLACEMENT OF THE GROUND ELECTRODE IN THE OPERATIVE FIELD DURING INTRAOPERATIVE MONITORING OF THE NERVE REPAIR: A REPORT OF A TECHNIQUE." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, September 2004, 85(9)

"DETERMINING THE FREQUENCY OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME" Abstract, American Society of Regional Anesthesia Annual Meeting, November 2004, Phoenix, Arizona

"PRIMARY TUMOR OF THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS: A CASE REPORT" Abstract, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, volume 89, Issue 11, November 2008.