David Fish

David Eli Fish MD MPH is an American physiatrist and one of the editors of a popular PM&R handbook PM&R Pocketpedia.

Education

After completing a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2001, Dr. Fish completed additional training as a clinical fellow in pain medicine at UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Fish is currently an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCLA School of Medicine.

Awards

Dr. Fish is the recipient of the following:

Foundation for PM&R Education Research Fund's Best Paper Award in 2004. His work demonstrated that there is no statistically significant difference between two competing approaches to achieve muscle strengthening.

DISTINGUISHED CLINICIAN June 2002 UCLA/ WLA VA Multicampus Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Selected by Residents as the distinguished staff attending for the academic year.

TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN PROBLEM BASED LEARNING July 2007 Award given to two distinguished physicians who consistently score 4.5 or better out of 5 on medical student assessments for excellence in teaching 1st year medical students over a three year span. This is a five week course in musculoskeletal medicine learning issues with clinical vignettes.

Course Director

Non-Operative Musculoskeletal And Spine Pain Management David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Multidisciplinary non-operative musculoskeletal and spine pain management team. Students have an opportunity to participate in the evaluation of both chronic and acute musculoskeletal and spine pain patients under the supervision of a multidisciplinary team. This includes medication management, physical therapy, psychological assessment, interventional procedures, peripheral nerve diagnosis with Electromyography and the development of a comprehensive management plan for musculoskeletal and spine patients.

UCLA Spine Center Rotation David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The Comprehensive Spine Center at UCLA consists of a multidisciplinary team that approaches all types of spinal disorders. Students will have a unique opportunity to participate in the evaluation of both operative and non-operative spine patients under the supervision of each member of the multidisciplinary team.

Clinical Physical Examination Testing David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Responsible for testing and teaching of third year medical students for physical examination technique for requirement to start the third year rotations in clinical medicine. The course involves groups of ten medical students at each session to review clinical examination techniques.

Musculoskeletal, Neurology, and Psychology Block 4 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA The course curriculum for first year medical students includes organization of core competencies, laboratory teaching, and general lectureship in the areas of musculoskeletal, pain, neurology, sports medicine, and electrodiagnostic medicine. 150 medical students were enrolled for the course each year for 8 weeks. Responsible for Problem Based Learning discussion groups leadership.

Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine 2007 - present Editorial Board Member responsible for content and review of original articles on the subject of musculoskeletal medicine.

Articles

• Fish DE, Radfar-Baublitz L, Choi H, Felsenthal G (2003). "Correlation of standardized testing results with success on the 2001 American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Part 1 Board Certificate Examination". Arch Phys Med Rehabil 82 (9): 686–91.
• Fish DE, Krabak BJ, Johnson-Greene DJ and deLateur BJ (2003). "Optimal Resistance Training: Comparison of the DeLorme and Oxford Technique". Am J Phys Med Rehab 82 (12): 903–909.

Books

• Choi H, Sugar R, Fish D, Shatzer M, Krabak B. PM&R Pocketpedia. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (2003). ISBN 0-7817-4433-4

References