St. Mary's Hospital and Spine Center One Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 |
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Residency, July 1986-June 1990
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
Chief Resident, April 1989-April 1990Medical School, September 1982-June 1986
University of Washington, Seattle,WACollege, September 1977-June 1981
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
B.A., BiochemistryAwards and Honors:
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Mortar Board
College Scholar
Summer Research and Travel Fellowship-Israel, 1979
MEDICAL LICENSURE/BOARD CERTIFICATION
Board Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners, 1987
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, May 15, 1991
American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, April 18, 1993
Medical licenses: Wisconsin, 1987
California, 1990
WORK EXPERIENCE
St. Mary's Spine Center, St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
March 1992-presentAltaBates Rehabilitation Center, AltaBates Medical Center, Berkeley, CA
August 1990-August 1992Research Technologist, Psychotropic Medication Studies, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, 1981-1982Summer Lab Technician,
1980 Dr. S. Hakomori, 1978 Dr. S. Pollack, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1980Resident Advisor, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 1979-1980
ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Silverman JL, Rodriquez AA, Agre JC: Reliability of a HandHeld Dynamometer in Neck Strength Testing. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX, November 1989. Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 70:A94 (Abstract).
Silverman JL, Rodriquez AA, Agre JC, Taniguchi MH: Quantitative Anterior Cervical Flexor Strength in Subjects with Chronic Neck Pain and Normal Controls. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX, November 1989. Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 70:A37 (Abstract).
Durette MR, Rodriquez AA, Agre JC, Silverman JL: Needle Electromyographic Evaluation of Myofascial Trigger Points, Tender Points, and Associated Muscle Bands. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, San Antonio, TX, November 1989. Published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 70:A38 (Abstract).
Silverman JL, Rodriquez AA: Electromyographic Evaluation of the Diaphragm with Needle Electrode. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Chicago, IL, September 1990. Published in Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 79:19P (Abstract).
Hsu KY, Zucherman JF, Kim T, DeLong B, Silverman JL: Recurrent Samelevel Lumbar Disc Herniation: Analysis of Predisposing Factors. Presented at International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, June, 1995, and North American Spine Society, October, 1995 Published in Meeting Abstracts.
PUBLICATIONS
Avery D, Silverman J: Psychomotor Retardation and Agitation in Depression. Relationship to Age, Sex, and Response to Treatment. Journal of Affective Disorders, 7:6776; 1984.
Silverman JL, Rodriquez AA, Agre JC: Quantitative Cervical Flexor Strength in Normal Subjects and Subjects with Mechanical Neck Pain. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 72:67981; 1991.
Durette MR, Rodriquez AA, Agre JC, Silverman JL: Needle Electromyographic Evaluation of Patients with Myofascial or Fibromyalgic Pain. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 70:1546; 1991.
Silverman JL, Rodriquez AA: Needle electromyographic evaluation of the diaphragm. Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 34:509511; 1994.
LECTURES
American Back Society Annual Meeting, 12/96
Sports with the Spine in Mind: Cycling and Golf with Stephanie Taylor, P.T.
Electrodiagnosis
Developing a Pain Management Program at a Community Hospital with Drs. Arthur Schuller and Franklin Perry
St. Mary's WomanKind
Osteoporosis