Assistant Staff

S teven H. Deschner

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Mechanicsville, Va 23111 Telephone: (804)

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EXPER IENCE: Assistant Professor of Medicine, VCU Spine Center

**** – present

Responsible for the non-interventional management of the

p atient

experiencing chronic pain caused by disease processes,

t r auma or

pr ior intervention. I work both independently and with

fellows or

residents (1/2 day, 2 days per week) routinely seeing 20 –

30 patients per day. I determine whether the patient is

best managed without surgical or procedur a l intervention

o r make the decision to refer for intervention when it is

a ppropri ate. When the intervention is complete, the

p atients a re then retu rned to my pr actice.

Responsible for education and tr a in ing Chronic Pain

Fellows and

Residents in the Physical Medicine and Rehabil itation

p rogram in

t he diagnosis, physical examination, and treatment of

p atients

with a var iety of problems associated with neurological

dysfunction,

chronic pain syndromes due to a myriad of disease

p rocesses.

T ypical patients population include spina l cord inju ry,

m ultiple sclerosis,

neurodegenerative diseases (i.e. Park insons), headache,

seizure

d isorders, tumors resulting in neurologic dysfunction

a nd/or pain, post-

stroke pain syndromes, joint syndromes and a l l aspects of

neck and

back misalignment. Patients with chronic pain

syndromes, i.e. CRPS

I/ I I, fibromyalgia, etc., a re an integra l pa rt of the patient

m ix.

Professor of Anatomy, Depa rtment Chai r

1994-1999

Saba University School of Medicine

Responsible for cur r iculum development for Gross

A natomy, Gross Anatomy Cadaver L aboratory, H istology

a nd Embryology. Responsible for hi r ing Staff Assistant

P rofessors, l aboratory technicians for the depa rtment.

Responsible for a l l Gross Anatomy lectures, setup

a nd coordination of the Gross Anatomy Cadaver

l aboratory and for monitoring staff professors for qua lity

l ectures and l aboratory presentations.

Deschner, Steven

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Associate Professor of Anatomy

1989 – 1994

Parker College of Chi ropractic, D a l l as, Texas

Course di rector for gross anatomy didactic and l aboratory

p rogram.

Responsible for managing staff and instructors in the

education of

over 150 students each term. Responsible for cur r iculum,

g ross

anatomy cadaver l aboratory practicum and evaluation of

staff and students

E D UCAT IO N: Fellowship Spinal Cord I nju ry Medicine

2007

Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehab

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virgini a

Fellowship Research – Acute Pain 2006

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospitals

Columbia University

New York, New York

Residency Neurology 2002 2005

Depa rtment of Neurology

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virgini a

I nternship Neurology 2001--2002

U niversity of Arkansas for Medical

Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas

M.D. Saba University School of Medicine

1997 2000

Ga rdner, Massachusetts

Ph.D Depa rtment of Anatomy

Texas A& M University

College Station, Texas

Deschner, Steven

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H O NORS/AWARDS

Medical School: Dean’s L ist with Honors Core Clinical

C lerkships

D ean’s List with Honors Basic Sciences

Excellence in Teaching Awa rds:

S aba University School of Medicine

1996 – 1998

Teacher of the Year:

S aba University School of Medicine

1998, 1999

L ICE NSES/CERT I F ICAT IO NS

D octor of Medicine

V irgini a Board of Medicine -

C ur rent

Board Certification - Neurology

C ur rent

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