| Biography |
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- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Dr Speach completed his undergraduate training in 1984 at the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Preprofessional Studies. He completed his medical degree at the State of New York, Upstate Medical Center in 1988. Following an internship year in Transitional Medicine, Dr Speach served as a general medical officer and a brigade surgeon for the 10th Mountain Division based in Fort Drum, NY. In 1996, he completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. After residency, Dr Speach held a full time faculty appointment with the University of Rochester and served as an attending physician with Unity Health System. His experience included medical directorship of Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center that provided full outpatient services for individuals suffering from acute and chronic neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. Dr Speach joined the Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Spine Surgery in 2002. He provides nonsurgical evaluation and management of spinal pain. Dr Speach has additional interests and expertise in the performance of electrodiagnostic studies to assess for peripheral nerve injury, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy and the performance of disability determinations. He co-directs the resident electrodiagnosis courses and the medical school PM&R elective.
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| Contact Information |
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University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Ave., Box 665
Rochester, NY 14642
(p) 585-341-9238
E-mail: david_speach@URMC.rochester.edu
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| Education |
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University of Notre Dame, Indiana. BS, 1984. |
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SUNY Health Sciences Center, New York. MD, 1988. |
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| Internships, Residencies, and Specialty Training |
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Transitional Year, St. Joseph's HHC, Syracuse, New York. |
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PM&R, University of Rochester, 1996. |
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| Board Certification & Licensure |
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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1997 |
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| Research Areas & Interests |
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Low Back Pain |
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Electrodiagnosis |
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Disability Evaluations |
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| Recent Publications |
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Recovery from Stroke: Rehabilitation. Ballieres Clinical Neurology 4(2): 317-338, 1995 Aug. |
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Hypoxic Brain Injury with Motor Apraxia Following Hymenoptera Sting. Brain Injury, 12(3): 239-244. 1998 Mar. |
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Flushing as a side Effect Following Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection.Pain Physician. 2004: 7: 427-429 |
