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Son D. Le, MD, FAAPMR
Benjamin W. Johnson, Jr., MD, MBA, DABPM, FIPP
Damita L. Bryant, MD, FAAPMR, MBA
Son D. Le, MD, FAAPMR
The Founder and Medical Director of Center for Spine, Joint, & Neuromuscular Rehabilitation, Dr. Le has practiced as a board certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physician for over ten years. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and has been practicing in the Nashville area since the spring of 2001.Dr. Le has a special interest in comprehensive pain management that includes coordinating the utilization of advanced and minimally invasive procedures such as spinal cord neuromodulation for the treatment of chronic pain, diagnostic and therapeutic injections, responsible medication management, behavioral and emotional pain management counseling, and functional rehabilitation through aggressive physiotherapy and adaptive equipments.
Dr. Le earned his Bachelor of Science in 1991, from the University of California, Irvine and graduated from The Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, in 1995. He completed his Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as Chief Resident, at the University of Chicago, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, in 1999.
Dr. Le’s broad level of medical expertise includes the specialization of non-surgical orthopedics and sports medicine offering a broad choice in treatment modalities for patients suffering from pain related to the neck, back, joints of the arms and legs, including injuries of the muscles and peripheral nerves.
Dr. Le is active in various professional organizations ranging from local to international. He is a member of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, American Academy of Pain Management, International Spine Intervention Society, Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports, & Occupation Rehabilitation, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and their local chapter, the Tennessee Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
Benjamin W. Johnson, Jr., MD, MBA, DABPM, FIPP
Dr. Johnson is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management. Dr. Johnson is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology, diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine and Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice. Dr. Johnson serves as Co-Medical Director for Center for Spine, Joint, & Neuromuscular Rehabilitation.
Dr. Johnson earned his undergraduate degree in 1973 at Wheaton College in Illinois and graduated from medical school in 1980 from University of Illinois, College of Medicine.
Dr. Johnson began his residency training in General Surgery in 1980 at University of Illinois-Chicago. He joined the Navy in 1982 and accepted a residency position in Anesthesiology. In 1984, he completed his Anesthesiology residency at the Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. In 1985 Dr. Johnson completed dual fellowships of Thoracic Anesthesiology and Regional Anesthesiology/Pain Management at the University of California San Diego, Naval Hospital. In 1991, Dr. Johnson joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine as the Assistant Medical Director of the Vanderbilt Pain Control Center, becoming Director in 1997. In 1996, Dr. Johnson was awarded his Executive MBA from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Johnson continues to be a member of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesiology in his role as Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt.
Dr. Johnson is active in various professional organizations ranging from local to international, serving on the board of the Tennessee Pain Society and is a past president of the Southern Pain Society. He is also a graduate of the Tennessee Medical Association Physician Leadership College and serves on the Board of the Nashville Academy of Medicine, and is chairman of the Practice Management and Quality Committee of the Tennessee Medical Association. In addition to his clinical and teaching responsibilities, he has collaborated on over 50 papers, abstracts and serves as a manuscript reviewer for the Clinical Journal of Pain, Current Review of Pain, and the Journal of Spinal Disorders. Dr. Johnson previously served as one of the executive editors of Pain Practice, “the official journal of the World Institute of Pain.”
Dr. Johnson has a special interest in comprehensive pain management including the utilization of peripheral neuromodulation for intractable migraines and spinal neuromodulation for the treatment of neuropathic pain.
Damita L. Bryant, MD, FAAPMR, MBA
Dr. Bryant is board certified in Physical Rehabilitation Medicine & Rehabilitation. Dr. Bryant received her bachelor's degree from Syracuse University. In 1995, she received her medical degree from Albany Medical College in New York. She completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at JFK-Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, New Jersey in 1999. Additionally, Dr. Bryant earned her MBA from University of Tennessee in 2005. Dr. Bryant is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Dr. Bryant has extensive experience in treating patients with musculoskeletal pain syndromes with a multimodal approach to care. Dr. Bryant has experience in caring for patients in a variety of settings including in-patient rehabilitation brain trauma units, outpatient musculoskeletal medicine with an emphasis on pain management, as well as urgent care settings.
Dr. Bryant has a special interest in the utilization of Botox, Myobloc, and Dysport (botulinum toxin type a) for spastic disorders associated with injury or disease of the central nervous system including trauma, stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and cerebral palsy. Dr. Bryant also provides treatment of patients with arthritic pain of the hips, knees, and shoulders that have not responded to oral medication management, herniated disc, patients with history of failed epidural steroid injections and Parkinson’s patients suffering from functional problems related to gait.
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