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   23521 Paseo De Valencia
   Suite # 204
   Laguna Hills, CA 92653
   949-458-2026

About Dr. Pitino

Dr Lisa Pitino, D.O. is a board certified specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and ACGME Fellowship trained in Pain Management. She practices comprehensive rehabilitation and pain management with a focus on the spine and musculoskeletal system. She has been in private practice since 2008.

• Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• ACGME Fellowship trained in Pain Management
• Private outpatient practice in comprehensive rehabilitation and pain management since 2008
• Hospital privileges:
  • Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
  • Mission Hospital (pending)
  • Pacific Hills Surgery Center
  • Surgery Center for Pain Intervention

EXPERIENCE

• June 2011 - Present
  Saddleback Pain Specialists
• September 2008 - May 2011
  Spine Nevada

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

• 2007 - 2008    Pain Fellowship
  University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
  Department of Anesthesiology
  San Antonio, Texas
• 2003 - 2007    Internship and Residency; Chief Resident 2006 - 2007
  
  University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
  Department of Rehabilitation
  San Antonio, Texas

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

• Diplomat, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• California State Osteopathic Medical Board, 2008 to present
• California Flouroscopy Supervisor and Operator License

MEMBERSHIP

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• International Spine Intervention Society

HONORS

• Scaife Medical Scholarship Program in Addiction Studies, 2000
• College of Creative Studies Research Stipend Recipient, 1998
• Order of Omega, Delta Delta Chapter, Initiate, 1997
• President 1998-1999
• Regents Scholarship Recipient, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995

LECTURES

• April 2008 Department of Anesthesiology Pain Grand Rounds
  Complications of Intrathecal Pumps
• December 2007 Department of Anesthesiology Pain Grand Rounds
  Electrodiagnostic Medicine for the Pain Medicine
• May 2007 PM&R Orthotic Module Lecture
  Introduction to the Upper Extremity
• January 2007 PM&R Prosthetic Module lecture
  Prosthetic Prescription for the Transfemoral Amputee
• November 2006 PM&R Anatomy/Kinesiology Module lecture
  Osteopathic Principles in Musculoskeletal Medicine
• October 2006 PM&R Anatomy/Kinesiology Module lecture
  Foot and Ankle dissection
• August 2006 PM&R Anatomy/Kinesiology Module lecture
  Thorax and Abdomen dissection
• May 2006 PM&R Electrodiagnostic Module lecture
  Lower Extremity Entrapment Syndromes 1: Foot drop, Accessory Peroneal Nerve, and Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
• March 2006 PM&R Electrodiagnostic Module lecture
  Journal Review of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• January 2006 PM&R Neurology Module lecture
  Journal Review of Falls in the Elderly
• October 2005 PM&R Pain Module lecture
  Geriatric Pain
• November 2004 Geriatric Grand Rounds
  Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Geriatric Patient: Medical versus Surgical Management

RESEARCH

• Ulnar Sensory Nerve Action Potential Transcarpal Latency
• Not Submitted for Publication
• Acute Hemiparesis in a 29 year-old Man: A West Nile Virus Case Report
• Poster presented November 5, 2005 at the American Medical Association Resident Fellow Section Research Poster Symposium
• PM&R Research module lecture November 15, 2005
• Dr. Stanley Parsons, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Research Assistant. Developed experiments studying the activity of vesamicol on acetylcholine transport
• June 1998 to December 1998

PUBLICATIONS

• Reno Friends & Family Column
• January, February, and March 2009
• AAP Newsletter
• RFC Update Fall 2006
• RFC Update Spring 2007
• Fellowship Information Fall 2007

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