STEVEN  H. RICHEIMER, M.D.

Curriculum Vitae (abbreviated):

Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology, April 1995, #25792
Diplomate, ABA with Subspecialty Certification in Pain Management, September 1996, #25792
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry), March 1988, #30074
Medical License:  California G51560

PRESENT POSITIONS:

Aug. 2001 - Present Director of Pain Management Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Aug. 2001 - Present Director of Pain Management Norris Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA Aug. 2001 - Present Associate Professor Departments of Anesthesiology & Psychiatry University of Southern California Aug. 1998 - Present Medical-Legal Consultant Richeimer Pain Medical Group Los Angeles, CA Jan. 1995 - Present Associate Clinical Professor Department of Anesthesiology University of California at Davis (UCD) Jan. 2000 - Present Founder & Webmaster helpforpain.com

PAST POSITIONS:

1998 - 2001 Medical Director and CEO Richeimer Pain Medical Group at the Los Angeles Pain Institute Santa Monica, CA 1998 - 2001 Director of Pain Management Saint John's Health Center Santa Monica, CA 1995 - 1998 Director, Pain Treatment Center Department of Anesthesiology University of California Davis Medical Center 1986 - 1995 Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) 1989 - 1991 Psychiatry, Private Practice, Burbank, CA 1986 - 1988 Associate Unit Director, Adult Psychiatry Inpatient Service UCLA - Neuropsychiatric Hospital

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

Jan. 1994 - Dec. 1994 Fellow in Pain Management Beth Israel Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology    Harvard School of Medicine 1991 - 1993 Resident in Anesthesiology UCLA Department of Anesthesiology 1985 - 1986 Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Adult Inpatient UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute 1983 - 1985 Resident in Psychiatry UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute 1982 - 1983 Medical Internship UCLA/Wadsworth VA Hospital

EDUCATION:

1978 - 1982 Doctor of Medicine U.C. San Francisco, School of Medicine 1974 - 1978 Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction Stanford University, Program in Human Biology

LECTURE AND TEACHING APPOINTMENTS (partial list):

Lecturer:  Pain Management for the Workers Compensation Adjuster
Insurance Educational Association Classes, Pasadena & Huntington Beach

Lecturer:  Nerve Blocks: A Guided Tour
6th, 7th, & 8th Annual UCD Pain Management Conferences, 1997, 1998, & 1999
UC Davis School of Medicine

Lecturer & Panelist:  Evaluation & Treatment of Low Back Pain
Family Practice Rounds, Saint John's Health Center

Lecturer: Surgery Rounds: Post-operative Pain Management
Centinella Hospital, Los Angeles

Course Director:  Primary Care Treatment of Pain
The 5th, 6th, & 7th  Annual UCD Pain Management Conferences
At Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, CA, 1996-1998
UC Davis School of Medicine

Guest Speaker:  The Art and the Technology of Pain Medicine
The Leadership Council, UC Davis Medical Center

Lecturer:  Case Studies in Regional Anesthesia
Resident Seminar in Anesthesiology, 1995 - 1998
UC Davis School of Medicine

Lecturer:  Overview of Pain Management for Psychiatrists
23rd Annual Midwinter Program in Continuing Medical Education
Dept. of Psychiatry, UC Davis School of Medicine

Lectures:  Understanding Neuropathic Pain
Review of Acute Pain Management
ASA Regional Refresher Course, Chicago

Lecturer:  Assessing the Pain Patient
6th Annual UCD Pain Management Conference, at Lake Tahoe, CA
UC Davis School of Medicine

Lecturer:  Ethical Problems in the Pain Clinic
Harvard Medical School--Knoll Pharmaceutical Dinner Symposium

Lecturer:  Pharmacological & Psychological Complications of Pain Management
Grand Rounds in Psychiatry
UC Davis School of Medicine

Lecturer:  The Physiology and Treatment of Pain
Neuroscience:  2nd Year Core Curriculum
UC Davis School of Medicine

Lecturer:  Chronic Pain in Occupational Medicine
Grand Rounds in Occupational Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine

Lecturer:  The Psychology of Chronic Pain
Psychology Internship Seminar
UC Davis School of Medicine

Publications (partial list):

BOOKS:

The Psychiatric Drug Handbook, Guze B, Ferng H, Szuba M, Richeimer S.  Mosby, St. Louis, 1992.

The Handbook of Psychiatry. Editors: Guze B, Richeimer S,  Siegel D.  Mosby, Chicago, 1990.

ARTICLES / ABSTRACTS / CHAPTERS:

Guze BH, Siegel DJ, Richeimer SH, Jackson M:  Affective Disorders; in, The Handbook of Psychiatry, Editors: Guze B, Richeimer S, Siegel D.  Yearbook Medical Publisher, Chicago, 1990, pp 93-104.

Macres SM, Richeimer SH, Duran PD: Adjunctive Pharmacology for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain; in, Warfield CA, Bajwa ZH (Eds): Principles and Practice of Pain Management, 2nd edition. McGraw Hill, in press.

Macres SM, Richeimer SH:  Understanding Neuropathic Pain: Pathophysiology and Treatment Modalities.  Current Reviews in Clinical Anesthesia 19(2)14-20,1998.

Macres SM, Richeimer SH:  Review of Acute Postoperative Pain Management.  Current Reviews in Clinical Anesthesia 19(14)147-156,1999.

Richeimer SH:  Pain Problems in the Emergency Room.  Lifeline (Newsletter of Calif American College of Emergency Physicians), September 2000.

Richeimer SH, Case GA: Ethical Issues And Problems Of Trust In The Management Of Chronic, Nonmalignant Pain; in, Warfield CA, Bajwa ZH (Eds): Principles and Practice of Pain Management, 2nd edition. McGraw Hill, in press.

Richeimer SH, Bajwa ZH, Kahraman S, Ransil BJ,Warfield CA:  Utilization Patterns of Tricyclic Antidepressants in a Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic.  The Clinical Journal of Pain 13(4):324-329, 1997.

Richeimer SH:  Evaluation of the Patient with Pain; in, Gershwin ME, Hamilton M (Eds): The Pain Management Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis & Treatment.  Humana Press, 1998.

Richeimer SH, Macres SM: Psychological and Medical Complications of Chronic Pain Management.  Seminars in Anesthesia 15(3):224-237, 1996.