David R. O'Brien, Jr., MD
Specialties:
- Physiatry: Spine & Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Interventional Pain Management
Education:
- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, B.A., 1987
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, M.D., 1991
Physiatry Residency:
- University of Cincinnati Hospital, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Cincinnati, OH
Physiatry Fellowship:
- Spine, Sports & Orthopaedic Medicine, Portner Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Honolulu, HI, 1996
Board Certification:
- American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1996, 2004
- American Board of PM&R, Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine, 2002
- American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1998
- American Board of Pain Medicine, 2002
Hospital Affiliations
- Forsyth Medical Center
- Medical Park Hospital
- Forsyth Outpatient Orthopaedic Surgery Center
Professional Memberships:
- Fellow, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Member, American Association of Academic Physiatrists
- Member, American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- Member, North American Spine Society
- Member, Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports & Occupational Rehabilitation
- Member, International Spinal Intervention Society
- Member, North Carolina Medical Society
- Member, North Carolina Spine Society
- Member, American Medical Association
- Member, American Academy of Pain Medicine
- Member, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
Professional Appointments:
- Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor-University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Chapel Hill, NC
- Section Chief for Physiatry, Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, 2003-Present
- Chair, Medical Coding Section: North American Spine Society, 2006-Present
- Associate Editor, The Spine Journal, 2006-Present
- Board of Directors, North American Spine Society, 2007-Present
