Research & Scholarly Activity

Discrepancy between patient reported percent pain relief and calculated pain score reductions following medial branch nerve blocks
ASPN Annual Meeting 2025

Impact of Educational Posters on Patient Understanding of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Safety
ASPN Annual Meeting 2025

Survey of pain medicine curriculum during physical medicine residency
ASPN Annual Meeting 2025

 Passive patient education on factors affecting pain perception via informational poster
ASPN Annual Meeting 2025

A case of radicular pain associated with cervical nerve root hypertrophy in CMT1A
ASPN Annual Meeting 2025

A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of an explanatory video compared to a generic relaxation video on patient anxiety during interventional pain procedures.
ASPN Annual Meeting 2025

Predictive value of DOWN questionnaire for cervical spondylotic myelopathy among Pain Management patients: a retrospective analysis
NANS Annual Meeting 2025

Ventral spinal cord stimulation 
NANS Annual Meeting 2025

Prevalence of side effects in patients with past documentation of radiocontrast allergy to radiocontrast used in fluoroscopic procedures. 
AAP Annual Meeting 2025

Infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve radiofrequency ablation for refractory knee pain
AAP Annual Meeting 2025

Ketamine infusion for anxiety and depression in chronic pain patients
AAP Annual Meeting 2025

Naloxone prescription fill rate in chronic opioid managed patients
AAP Annual Meeting 2025

Spinal Cord Stimulation versus Intrathecal Pain Pump for Treating Lumbar Radiculopathy: Outcomes, Complications, and Further Interventions 
AAP Annual Meeting 2025

Opioid prescription patterns in SI Joint Fusion Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
AAP Annual Meeting 2025

Sleep aid use in chronic pain population
AAP Annual Meeting 2025

Association of Sleep Disturbance with Catastrophizing and Chronic Pain
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Comparing outcomes using the pain scale versus disability function scale of patients undergoing medial branch blocks and radiofrequency ablation: a retrospective chart review.
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Survey of Pain Medicine Education During Neurology Residency
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Prevalence of Needle Bending for Fluoroscopic-guided Injections
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Trends in Demographics and Health Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries Receiving Interventional Pain Management Services.
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Geographic Distribution and Access Disparities of Interventional Pain Management Physicians Across RUCA Codes
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Gender Differences in Charges, Payments, Practice Volume, & Drug Utilization in Interventional Pain Management 
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Gender Differences Between Male and Female Interventional Pain Management Physicians by CPT Code Utilization and Payment 
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Cervicogenic Headaches
ASRA Annual Meeting 2024

Patient Perception of Culturally Competent Care in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Chronic Pain Patients 
ASA Annual Meeting 2024

Incidence of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia following Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection
AAPMR Annual Meeting 2024 

Impact of Opioid Use Prior to Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Lumbar Radiculopathy on Post-Implantation Healthcare Utilization
AAPMR Annual Meeting 2024

Patient perception of competent care in a nationally representative sample of U.S. chronic pain patients
ASA Annual Meeting 2024

Impact of the Cough Stimulation System on Respiratory Tract Infections in SCI
ASCIP Annual Conference 2024

Impact of acute opioid use following lumbar epidural injections on subsequent healthcare utilization. 
NASS Annual Conference. 2024

Impact of body mass index on opioid prescriptions following lumbar spine surgery. 
NASS Annual Conference. 2024

Anxiety and Depression in chronic pain patients
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

Trends in Submitted Charges to Payment Ratios in Interventional Pain Management: A Medicare Analysis of 2013 - 2022
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

Prospective analysis of genicular nerve block volumes and capture areas in sagittal fluoroscopic view
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

A quality improvement project to evaluated patient satisfaction with Oswestry disability index in outpatient pain management visits
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

Decreasing inflation-adjusted reimbursement for interventional pain management procedures: a Medicare fee schedule analysis from 2000-2022
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

A Medicare analysis of the top 15 most frequently utilized CPT codes in interventional pain management
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

Assessing sleep disturbance in chronic pain patients to determine unmet need as well as to validate a novel screener.
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

Mandatory Distraction and Pain Reduction for Fluoroscopic Procedures
ASPN Annual Meeting 2024

Average needle depth for knee joint injections
AAP Annual Meeting 2024

Stellate ganglion block of Post COVID headaches
AAP Annual Meeting 2024

Tobacco use in chronic pain population
AAP Annual Meeting 2024

Pain psychology scores on opioid compliance prediction
AAP Annual Meeting 2024

MRI guidance for CESI depth
AAP Annual Meeting 2024

Comparison of genicular blocks with and without steroids
AAP Annual Meeting 2024

Ventral Column Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Case Report 
NANS Annual Meeting 2024

Patient compliance with naloxone prescriptions 
ASRA Pain Annual Meeting 2023

Use of E-Cig in chronic pain
ASRA Pain Annual Meeting 2023

Duration of diagnostic genicular blocks
ASRA Pain Annual Meeting 2023

Duration of genicular blocks with steroids
ASRA Pain Annual Meeting 2023

Impact of BMI on Needle depth
ASRA Pain Annual Meeting 2023

Heated lidocaine on pain 
ASRA Pain Annual Meeting 2023

Chronic Pain Disparities Based on Insurance Payor
ASRA Pain Annual Meeting 2023

Ventral spinal cord stimulation
AAPM Annual Meeting 2023

Stellate for Post COVID facial pain
AAPM Annual Meeting 2023

Duration of genicular nerve blocks
AAPM Annual Meeting 2023

Opioid management in Primary Care
AAPM Annual Meeting 2023

Side effects to epidural steroid injection
AAPM Annual Meeting 2023

Gender and pain fellowship
AAPM Annual Meeting 2023

MRI based Genicular Ablation
AAP Annual Meeting 2023

Insurance and Success Rate of SCS
NANS Annual Meeting 2023

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in post TKA pain
NANS Annual Meeting 2023

Wahezi S, Pan J, Wright T, Ference R, Pak D, Calodney A, Nagar V, Deer T, Kim C, Yu T, Tian L, Farah F, Mosechler S. Enhancing Practice Value. Multidisciplinary Pain Medicine Feloowship. 2025

Grabnar M, Mueller R, Kim C. History of Radiofrequency ablation. Radiofrequency Ablation, interventional guide. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2024

Habibi B, Kim C. Mechanism of Action. Radiofrequency Ablation, interventional guide. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2024

Suric V, N, Mata N, Kim C. Knee. Radiofrequency Ablation, interventional guide. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2024

Olsen A, Beal C, Kim C. Anatomy: Cervical to Lumbar Spine. Atlas of Spinal Fusion. 2023

Hillery T, Mata N, Kim C. History of Neuromodulation. Neuromodulation Techniques for the Spine Abd-Elsayed eds. 2023

Nadherny W, Habibi B, Kim C. Important Topic in Intrathecal Devices- Understanding of Imaging, Location of Generator Placement and Anesthesia During Trial and Implants. Neuromodulation Techniques for the Spine. Abd-Elsayed eds. 2023

Van Acker G, Malinowski M, Kim C. Different Waveforms. Neuromodulation, interventional guide. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2023

Habibi B, Van Acker G, Kim C. Programming. Neuromodulation Techniques for the Spine Abd-Elsayed ed. 2023

Mata N, Mueller R, Kim C. Gastric Stimulation. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation. Trescot ed. 2023

Habibi B, Mata N, Kim C. Overactive Bladder. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation. Trescot ed. 2023

Grabnar M, Mueller R, Kim C. History of Radiofrequency ablation. Radiofrequency Ablation, interventional guide. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2023

Habibi B, Kim C. Mechanism of Action. Radiofrequency Ablation, interventional guide. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2023

Suric V, N, Mata N, Kim C. Knee. Radiofrequency Ablation, interventional guide. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2023

Habibi B, Kim C. Trigeminal Neuralgia. Anesthesiology In-Training Exam Review: Regional Anesthesia and Chronic Pain. Banik ed. 2022

Habibi B, Kim C. Occipital nerve block. Anesthesiology In-Training Exam Review: Regional Anesthesia and Chronic Pain. Banik ed. 2022

Habibi B, Cleland T, Kim C. Non-pharmacological management. A Comprehensive Guide for Managing Trigeminal Nerve Pain. Abd-Elsayed ed.  2021

Mata, N, Cleland C, Kim C. Cryotherapy. A Comprehensive Guide for Managing Trigeminal Nerve Pain. Abd-Elsayed ed. 2021

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Subacromial Impingement Syndrome  
R01 NIH/NICHD 

Transcutaneous Direct Current Motor Nerve Block for Spasticity 
R01NIH

Evaluation of Spinal Cord Stimulation with Wire Leads to Restore an Effective Cough in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury
U01NIH 

KeyGrip- A simple FES system for hand grasp
Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership 

Addressing the opioid epidemic through an all-Ohio collaborative medical school training curriculum.
MHA-19-MEDDIR-SOR-MedSchool-63

Spinal cord stimulation for restoration of cough

Pilot study to explore the measurement of impedance at the spinal cord stimulator electrode

MRI for anatomical analysis of genicular nerves

ECAP in ventral spinal cord stimulation

Motor nerve stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee

Yener U, Pritzlaff SG, Schatman ME, Naeimi T, Argoff CE, Ahadian F, Rosenquist EWK, Hunter CW, Emerick TD, Ciftci HB, Kaye AD, Eshraghi Y, Pak DJ, Kim SY, Deer TR, Shaparin N, Gritsenko K, Kaufman AG, Kim CH, Staats PS, Guirguis M, Caldwell W, Furnish T, Bautista A, Mehta N, Skae CC, Sehgal N, Kohan LR, Anitescu M, Wahezi SE. The Current Scope of Pain Medicine Fellowships: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study of Trainees, Directors, and Employers on Shaping Future Leaders. J Pain Res. 2026 Jun 9;19:598637.

Dost B, Kaya C, Turunc E, Karapinar YE, Narayanan M, Koneti K, Bugada D, De Cassai A, Sakul BU, Mariano ER, Elsharkawy H. Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block: A Scoping Review of Anatomical Rationale, Techniques, and Clinical Applications. Pain Ther. 2026 May 9.

Shim WJ, Van Acker GM, Kim CH. Combined Dorsal and Ventral Spinal Cord Stimulation for Treatment of Refractory Neuropathic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report. Pain Med Case Rep. 2026 Apr;10(2):157-160.

Pierson CJ, Jain NB, Hansen K, Hisel TZ, Frost SK, Whitehair VC, Konda C, DeVahl JM, Van Acker G 3rd, DiLorenzo DR, Chae J, Gunzler DD, Kim CH, Wilson RD. Efficacy of Standardized Physical Therapy and Axillary Motor Stimulation for Chronic Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2026 Mar 1;105(3S Suppl 2):S96-S104.

Van Acker GM, Kim CH, Wilson RD. Proof of Concept and Feasibility of Motor Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Postsurgical Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Series. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2026 Mar 1;105(3S Suppl 2):S86-S89.

Van Acker GM, Vrabec TL, Eghrari NB, Green DB, Kim CH. Ventral Column Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Back and Leg Pain: A Case Series. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2026 Mar 1;105(3S Suppl 2):S50-S52.

Eghrari NB, Yazji IH, Yavari B, Van Acker GM, Kim CH. Risk of dementia following gabapentin prescription in chronic low back pain patients. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Jul 10:rapm-2025-106577.

Shermon S, Hillery T, Kim MM, Van Acker G, Kim CH. Evaluation of Genicular Nerve Blocks Durations With and Without Corticosteroid: A Single-blind, Randomized Controlled Trial. Pain Physician. 2025 Mar;28(2):127-135.

Mas D Alessandro NM, Nisar F, Elsharkawy H. Peripheral superior cluneal nerve stimulation for intractable low back pain: Combined fluoroscopy and ultrasound technique, A case series. Interv Pain Med. 2025 Feb 6;4(1):100542.

Grabnar M, Wilson R. Sex Differences in Rates of Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy and Spinal Cord Stimulator Explants: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis. Neuromodulation. 2025 Jan 7:S1094-7159(24)01268-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2024.12.002.

Hillery T, Hill H, Imka E, Di Lorenzo D, van Acker G, Kim C. MRI genicular nerve mapping: a novel approach to sagittal genicular nerve localization. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 Oct 26:rapm-2024-105981. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105981.

Kim S, Hosseini M, Elsharkawy H. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Occipital Neuralgia: A Parallel Approach. Pain Med Case Rep. 2024 Nov;8(7):243-247.

Dimarco A, Geertman R, Kim C, Nemunaitis G, Kowalski K. Effects of withdrawal and re-application of spinal cord stimulation to restore cough. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2024 1-4.

Kulhari S, Eghrari N, Chen M, Kim C. Infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve radiofrequency ablation for refractory knee pain: case series. Pain Medicine Case Reports. 2024;8(5):195-107.

Elsharkawy H, Lebak K, Crofton A, Pope SE, Traxler PA, Baraka SA, Tollinche LE. Retrodural space: a cadaveric evaluation. Anaesth Rep. 2024 Oct 17;12(2):e12323.

Cooper C, Fisher R, Eghrari N, Chen M, Kulhari S, Hosseini M, Kim C. Basic radiation safety practices: observed radiation doses in a phantom model. Pain Med. 2024 Sep 1;25(9):584-586.

Shermon S. Kim C. Impact of opioids and other medications on surgical outcome for cervical myelopathy. AJPMR. 103(8):p 703-709, August 2024.

DeCicco J, Raja F, Ganesan S, Kim C, El-Hayek K. Pediatric Outcomes After Robotic Median Arcuate Ligament Release, Celiac Ganglionectomy, and Lymphadenectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Aug 6:161664.

Eghrari NB, Chen M, Kim CH. Impact of Body Mass Index on Opioid Prescriptions Following Lumbar Spine Surgery. AJPMR. 2024 Jul 31.

Wahezi SE, Emerick TD, Caparó M, Choi H, Eshraghi Y, Naeimi T, Kohan L, Anitescu M, Wright T, Przkora R, Patel K, Lamer TJ, Moeschler S, Yener U, Alerte J, Grandhe R, Bautista A, Spektor B, Noon K, Reddy R, Osuagwu UC, Carpenter A, Gerges FJ, Horn DB, Murphy CA, Kim C, et al. The current state of training in pain medicine fellowships: An Association of Pain Program Directors (APPD) survey of program directors. Pain Pract. 2024 Mar 30.