The Cleveland Clinic Neurology Program is a multidiciplinary program that includes rotations with ortho and, rheum, as well as neuro and Santosh Thomas, and interventionist who trained at the Florida Spine Institute in Clearwater. It should be noted this is different from the anesthesia-based CCF program headed up by Nagy Mikhail
LSU, on the other hand, has three different pain programs, albeit at 2 locations. The only anesthesia pain program is in Shreeveport, not at the mothership in New Orleans. The neurology program is headed up by Harry Gould. There is clearly an interventional component to this program, as a recent graduate now works exclusivily as an interventionist. She works with the MD they farm there interventional component out to, Alan Parr, whose has a palatial office across the lake from New Orleans. Dr. Parr is a board member of ASIPP, but has a reputation for being excessively aggressive procedurally in the New Orleans academic community. LSU's PM&R-based pain program is nominally headed by Dr. Phalen. Prior to Katrina, the fellows worked 1.5d/wk with Dr. Charles Aprill, an extraordinary teacher and a founding member of ISIS, during the 6-8mo they were assigned to Charity Hospital. They also spent 4-6 mo at the VA, where they were nearly autonomous. However, post-Katrina, my information may be ancient history, so I would urge anyone considering any of the three LSU programs to check with the folks in NOLA.
