The PM&R Podcast

In the second episode, co-hosts Lysander Jim, MD and Mauro Zappaterra, MD, PhD  discuss the medicinal use of cannabis in physiatry with Sunil K. Aggarwal, MD, PhD. In addition to conducting his dissertation research on the medical geography of cannabis, Dr. Aggarwal has published original research articles in numerous peer-reviewed journals on the medicinal properties of cannabis. His website can be found at cannabinologist.org. Dr. Aggrawal is completing his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York University Langone Medical Center and will soon begin a clinical fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. He will be discussing an article he co-authored entitled Medical marijuana for failed back surgical syndrome: a viable option for pain control or an uncontrolled narcotic?

Cited article:

Aggarwal, Sunil K., et al. "Medical marijuana for failed back surgical syndrome: a viable option for pain control or an uncontrolled narcotic?." PM & R: the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 6.4 (2014): 363-372.

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In our first episode, we discuss a review article The Use of Ketamine in Neuropathic Pain with co-author Dr. Sanjog Pangarkar. Dr. Pangarkar is the director of the West Los Angeles VA pain medicine service and is board certified in internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine. Learn about ketamine's history, mechanism of action, clinical applications, economic considerations, and a first-hand account of how it is administered. 

Citations include the primary article and a case report that we co-authored with Dr. Pangarkar that is referenced during the interview. 

Primary article: 

O’Brien, Sarah Lee, Sanjog Pangarkar, and Joshua Prager. "The Use of Ketamine in Neuropathic Pain." Current Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reports 2.2 (2014): 128-145.

Case report: 

Zappaterra, Mauro, Lysander Jim, and Sanjog Pangarkar. "Chronic pain resolution after a lucid dream: A case for neural plasticity?." Medical hypotheses(2013).