New York State, 2001
Connecticut, 2004

Hospital Affiliation

Danbury Hospital, Danbury CT

Back and neck pain, non-operative musculoskeletal and peripheral nerve injury.

8/95-5/99
State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (Downstate)
MD awarded 5/99
Brooklyn, NY

City University of New York, Hunter College
Post -Baccalaure
ate 1/93-7/94
Manhattan, NY

10/72-3/77
University of California, Berkeley
BA (with Honors), Dramatic Art awarded 3/77
Berkeley, Ca

Postdoctoral Training

Hospital for Special Surgery
August 2003-July 2004
Fellow, Spine and Sports, Department of Physiatry
New York City, NY

New York Presbyterian Medical Center
2000-2003
Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
New York City, NY

St Barnabas Medical Center
1999-2000
Transitional intern
Livingston, New Jersey

Scientific and Medical Societies

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation

Else Adler Research Award, Hospital for Special Surgery, Finalist 2002 and 2003
Research Honorarium, New York Medical Society, 2002
Trude Perelman Award, 1999
Joseph Collins Foundation Scholarship, 1997 and 1998
Actors Equity Work Scholarship, 1996
March of Dimes Distinguished Service Award, 1986
Evelyn I. Eisner Prize for Excellence in Acting, Directing, and Dance, 1976

May 2002

Presentation of original research: Prevalence of Peripheral Neurologic Injuries in Rotator Cuff Tears with Atrophy. New York Medical Society, New York City, NY.

June 1976-October 1997:

Employed as an actor, dancer, and director on stages throughout the US, South America, and Europe including television, feature films, and radio.

Publications

Southern D, Lutz GE, Cooper G, Barre L. Are Fluoroscopic Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections Effective in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain? Pain Physician 2003;6(2):167-172

Vad V., Southern D. Prevalence of Peripheral Neurologic Injuries in Rotator Cuff Tears with Atrophy. J Shoulder and Elbow Surg 2003;12: 333-6

Barre L, Lutz G, Southern D, Cooper G. Fluoroscopically Guided Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Prospective Evaluation of Long Term Efficacy. Pain Physician 2004; 7(2): 187-193

Southern D, Lutz G. IDET Technique. In Interventional Spine. Slipman C, Derby R, editors. Elsevier Publications. In press 2004.

Southern D, Bracilovic A, Doty S, Lutz G. Histological Changes following Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha injection in a Rabbit Model. Submitted 2005