CURRICULUM VITAE
DATE: 10/07/2024
NAME: Boqing Chen, MD, Ph.D.
PRESENT TITLE: Medical Director
Center for Advanced Pain Management and Rehabilitation, LLC.
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
OFFICE ADDRESS: Center for Advanced Pain Management and Rehabilitation, LLC.
249 Bridge Street, Building G, Metuchen, NJ 08840
Phone (732)516-1060, Fax (732)516-1015
TELEPHONE NUMBER/E-MAIL ADDRESS: (732)516-1060
boqing_chen@yahoo.com
CITIZENSHIP: United States
EDUCATION:
A. Graduate and Professional
• Fujian Medical College
Fujian, People's Republic of China
M.D. August 1983
• Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Ph.D., Neuroscience Jan. 1989-April.,1994
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
A. Internships and Residencies
• Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation/ University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Residency
July 1995 - June 1998
• William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
Internship, Department of Internal Medicine
May 1994- June 1995
- Sept. 1988 – Oct. 1988, English study, Fujian, China
• World Health Organization Center for Neurological Study
Shanghai Medical University, People's Republic of China
Neurosurgery Residency
Sept. 1985 – Aug. 1988
• Union Hospital attached to Fujian Medical College
Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China
Surgery Residency
Sept. 1983- Aug. 1985
B. Postdoctoral Appointments
• Medical Director
Center for Advanced Pain Management and Rehabilitation, LLC
249 Bridge Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
Oct. 2003 – Present
• Medical Director
Spine, Occupational and Sports Medicine Center
213 Harrison Ave, Harrison, NJ 07029
Sept. 2002 – Oct.2003
• Attending Physician
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
July 1998 – Sept.2002
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
• Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, NJ
Clinical Associate Professor
June 1998 - present
• Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, NJ
Site-Director, Pain/Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship Program
July 2006 – June, 2019
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JFK Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey
Consultant, Jan. 2004 - present
• Medicine
Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, New Jersey
Consultant, 2008 to present
OTHER EMPLOYMENT OR MAJOR VISITNG APPOINTMENTS: n/a
PRIVATE PRACTICE:
• Medical Director
Spine, Occupational and Sports Medicine Center
213 Harrison Ave, Harrison, NJ 07029
Sept, 2002 – Oct.2003
• Medical Director
Center for Advanced Pain management and Rehabilitation, LLC
249 Bridge Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
Oct. 03 – Present
LICENSURE: New Jersey State Board of Medical Doctor #25MA0668770/ June 2023
DRUG LICENSURE:
CDS: #DO7382200/Oct. 2025
DEA: #BC5810292/Aug. 2027
CERTIFICATION:
• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation #5932/active
• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Subspecialty in Pain Management #23/active
• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Subspecialty in Sports Medicine #Dec. 31, 2028/active
• American Association of Neuromusculoelectrodiagnostic Medicine #2583/active
• New Jersey State MD Acupuncture Certification #P-0172
• Registered in Musculoskeletal Sonoagraphy by ARDMS#171779/March 22, 2013
MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Member, July 1998 - present
• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Member, June 2002 - present
• American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Member, Jan. 2002- present
SPONSORSHIP (Primary Mentorship) OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS:
• Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Co-Director, Pain/Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship Program
July 2006 – June, 2019
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Instructor, Pain Management, Elective Rotation for Medical Students,
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 2012
Site-Director, Fellowship Program of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, NJ. 2016 to June, 2019
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Pain Management
· Minimally Invasive Orthopedic and Neurological Procedures
· Rehabilitation (musculoskeletal disorders, spine pain, arthritis, nerve injuries, sports injuries and occupational injuries)
PUBLICATIONS:
A. Refereed Original Article in Journal
1.Chen, B., Zimmerman, J.R., Soulen, L., DeLisa, J.A., (2000). Continuous Passive Motion After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil, 79(5): 421–426.
2. Chen, B., Stitik, T. P., Foye, P. M., Nadler, S. F., & DeLisa, J. A. (2002). Central Post-Stroke Pain Syndrome. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil, 81(9).
3.Stitik,T.P., Foye,P.M., Chen, B, et al . (2002). Medical student feedback: a mechanism to improve a multi-instructor clinical lecture series? Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil . 81(8):633-5.
4. Aufiero, E., Stitik, T.P., Foye, P.M., Chen, B. (2004). Pyridoxine Hydrochloride Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Review. Nutrition Reviews. 62(3):96-104.
5. Stitik, T.P., Marcia F. Blacksin,M, Stiskal, D.M., Jong H. Kim, J.H., Foye, P.M., Schoenherr, L., Eun-Seok Choi, ES, Chen, B, Saunders,H.J., Nadler, SF. (2007). Efficacy and Safety of Hyaluronan Treatment in Combination-Therapy With Home Exercise for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 88,135-141.
6. Chen B, Rispoli L, Stitik TP, Foye PM, Georgy JS. Optimal needle entry angle for cervical transforaminal epidural injections.
Pain Physician. 2014 Mar-Apr;17(2):139-44.
7. Chen B, Stitik TP, Foye PM. Safety of interlaminar and transforaminal epidural steroid injections.Anesth Analg. 2014 Jan;118(1):236.
8. Lai LP, Chen B, Kumar S, Desai R, Mendoza J, Foye PM, Stitik TP. Ganglion Cyst at the Fibular Head Causing Common Peroneal Neuropathy Diagnosed with Ultrasound and Electrodiagnostic Examination: A Case Report.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Sep;93(9):824-827.
9. Chen B, Rispoli L, Leong M, Stitik PM. Successful Treatment of Gluteal Pain From Obturator Internus Tendinitis and Bursitis With Ultrasound-Guided Injection: A Case Report. Published, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2017.
10. Chen B, Yae S, Delbert M, Stitik T, Foye P. Sternocleidomastoid Tendinopathy in a Pediatric Athlete. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Sep;99(9):e111-e114
11. Boqing Chen, MD, PhD, Kevin W. Tang, BS, Amir Issa, MD, Karim Issa, MD, Arun Zachariah, DO, Patrick M. Foye, MD, and Todd P. Stitik, MD.Pain Medicine, Case Report. 024;8;77-80 Radiofrequency Ablation of the Thoracic Descending Branch of the Posterior Rami: An Effective Intervention for Facet Joint Pain. A Case Report
B. Books, Monographs and Chapters
1. Chen, B., Stitik, T., Foye, B.; Chapter 16 Spinal Injection Procedures; In: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 4th Edition; J. DeLisa, B. Gans (Eds.); page 369-387; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA; 2005.
2. Chen, B., [et al.]; Chapter 68 Spinal Injection Procedures; In: DeLisa’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, 5th Edition; W. Frontera, J. DeLisa, B. Gans, [et al.], page 1875-1903; Lippincott Williams & Wilkin, Philadelphia, PA; 2010.
C. Other Articles (Reviews, Editorials, etc.) In Journals; Chapters; Books; other Professional Communications
1. Chen, B.; Chapter 15, Deconditioning: Physiologic and Functional Changes of Immobility; In: The Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; page 215-222; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.
2. Chen, B.; Chapter 14 Psychiatric Approach to the Acute Low Back Pain; In: The Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; page 196-214; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.
3. Chen, B., Editor, Medical Student Course Syllabus: A Study Guideline for Medical Students; New Jersey Medical School; 1999.
4. Chen, B., Multimedia Approaches for Diagnosis of Low Back Pain (CD disc-based presentation; Scott Nadler, DO, (Ed.);2002.
5. Chen, B.; Epidural Steroid Injections; Medscape.com, Medscape Reference; Clinical Procedures Articles, Anesthetic Techniques; 2003-present.
PRESENTIONS:
A. Professional (Clinical):
1. Speaker, Grand Round: Management of Low Back Pain – A Physiatrist Approach
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 27, 2001
2. Workshop Instructor: Peripheral Joint Injection Techniques
Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002
Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002
3. Poster presentation: Trochanteric Bursitis – Common Sequelae of Lumbosacral Radiculopathy?
Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002
Las Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002
4. Poster presentation: Accuracy of Pain Drawings in Cervical and Lumbar Radiculopathy
Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting 2002, Las
Vegas, NV, Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2002
5. Speaker, Interventional Spinal Injection Procedure for Low Back Pain – An Evidence Based Approach
Resident Didactic Lecture, Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, Albert Einstein Medical School, Montefiore, NY
April 12, 2002
6. Speaker, Grand Round: Interventional Procedures for Management of Spinal Pain
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Albert Einstein Medical School, Montefiore, NY, Oct. 2002
7. Speaker, Management of Acute Low Back Pain - Evidence Based Medicine
CME Seminar,
St. James Hospital, Newark, NJ, Date: Oct. 2002, March 2005
8. Speaker, Selective Spinal Nerve Injections and Lumbar Discogram
Association of Academic Physiatrist Annual Meeting
Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 2003
9. Speaker, Spinal Injection Procedures
Kessler Institute Annual Review Course for Board Certification Examination in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 2003, March 2004 and April 2005
10. Speaker, Platform presentation: Groin Pain in Discogenic Low Back Pain
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Washington, DC, June 2006
11. Speaker, Management of Acute Low Back Pain - Evidence Based Medicine
CME seminar,
Rahway Hospital, Union, NJ, Feb. 2007
12. Platform presentation
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Washington, DC, June 2010
13. Poster presentation, Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Injection of Tibialis Posterior Tendon Sheath
Annual Assembly of American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Boston, USA, Sept. 2012
14. Platform presentation, Vascular Detection Rate of Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections using Digital Subtraction Angiography
International Spinal Intervention Society, Chicago, IL, August 2011
15. Poster presentation, Piriformis Syndrome-A Case Report and Literature Review Annual Assembly of American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Atlanta, Georgia, 2012
16. Advanced Workshop on Platelet Rich Plasma Injection for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Annual Assembly 2012 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Atlanta, Georgia
Annual Assembly 2013 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Washington DC
17. Poster presentation, Lumba transforaminal epidural steroid injection through Kambin’s triangle – further technique considerations
NYNJ Pain Symposium, November 2013, Jersey City, New Jersey
