Brian L. Bowyer, MD Associate Professor of Clinical PM&R The OSU Sports Medicine Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation College of Medicine The Ohio State University

Answers questions in the following forums:

• Amputation
• Rehabilitation
• Sports Medicine

NetWellness Articles associated with this Author:

	Article Name	Forum
	Amputation Overview	Amputation
	OSU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	Sports Medicine
	Take the Pain Out of Your Sprained Ankle	Sports Medicine

Programs:

• Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital
  

Education:

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1976-1980 B.S. (Zoology)
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1980-1984 M.D.
• Physical Medicine, Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, Ohio 1984-1985
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1985-1987

Licensure or Certification:

• State of Ohio License #52275
• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, #2895l3, July, l985
• Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, #2767, May 1988
• Diplomate, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, April 1989

Associations:

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Junior Member 1985-1987 Associate 1987-1988 Fellow 1988-
• American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1985 -
• Association of Academic Physiatrists, l987 -
• American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine Fellow 1989 -
• American College of Sports Medicine Member 1987 -
• American Medical Association, l984 -
• Ohio State Medical Association, 1989 -
• Columbus Medical Association, 1989 -

Affiliations:

• The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, l987 -
• Community Hospital of Springfield, Springfield, Ohio, l987 -
• Hocking Valley Community Hospital Logan, Ohio, l987 -
• Doctors' Hospital of Nelsonville, Nelsonville, Ohio, l987 -

Partial List of Publications:

• Archer TP, Bowyer BL, Oehler MC, Mazzaferri EL. An Elderly Man with Low Back Pain. Hospital Practice: August 15, 1998, 132-138.
• Kozakiewicz RT, Bowyer BL. Quantitative Testing and Thermography in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Chapter in Johnson EW (ed.) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Phys Med Rehab Clin North Am 1997, 8(3): 503-511.
• Bowyer BL, McKeag DB, McNerny JE. Preventing Common Runners' Injuries. Patient Care 1994, 28(12): 72-88.
• Bowyer BL, McKeag DB, McNerny JE. When a Beginning Runner Overdoes It. Patient Care 1994, 28(7): 54-86.
• Bowyer BL, Gooch JL, Geiringer SR. Sports Medicine: Upper Extremity Injuries. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993, 74: S-433-S-437.
• Geiringer SR, Bowyer BL, Press JM. Sports Medicine: The Physiatric Approach. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993, 74: S-428-S-432.
• Press JM, Akau CK, Bowyer BL. Sports Medicine: The Physiatrist as Team Physician. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1993. 74: S-447-S-449.
• Bowyer BL: Patellofemoral Dysfunction and Overuse Syndromes. J Back Musculoskel Rehabil 1992, 2(1): 23-31.
• Zuelzer WA, Bowyer BL (eds). The Knee. J Back Musculoskel Rehabil 1992, 2(1).

Partial List of Presentations:

• Bowyer BL, Mervis LJ. Evaluation and Management of Back Pain. One of the Ohio Medical Education Network Programs, transmitted from Columbus, Ohio to70 hospitals in 12 states. October 12 - 14, 1999.
• Bowyer BL, Rea GL. Low Back Pain: Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation. One of the Ohio Medical Education Network Programs. Columbus, Ohio. November 30 - December 3, 1992.
• "Low Back Pain." Talk show with Tom Wiebell on WOSU-AM. June 15, 1995; March 7, 1991.
• Evaluation and Management of Back Pain. OMEN-TV, satellite broadcast from Columbus, Ohio to 170 member-hospitals in 30 states. October 15, 1999.
• "Low Back Pain: Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation." OMEN-TV, satellite broadcast from Columbus, Ohio to 30 member-hospitals in the eastern half of the U.S. December 4, 1992.
• "Proximal Motor Nerve Conduction and Late Responses." EMG Workshop at the 22nd Annual American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine Courses and Workshops, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; October 6, 1999.
• "Proximal Motor Nerve Conduction and Late Responses." EMG Workshop at the 21st Annual American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine Courses and Workshops, Orlando, Florida; October 14, 1998.
• "Proximal Motor Nerve Conduction and Late Responses." EMG Workshop at the 20th Annual American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine Courses and Workshops, San Diego, California; September 18, 1997.
• "Chronic Back Pain." Medical Staff Conference at Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark, Ohio; April 18, 1994.
• "Selecting PM&R Residents - Processes and Results." Focus Session at the AAPM&R Annual Meeting, the Fontainbleau Hilton Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida; November 3, 1993.
• "Electrodiagnostic Studies: Utility and Applications." Orthopedics Grand Rounds, Rhodes Hall, OSU; September 10, 1993.
• "Use of Electrodiagnostic Testing in Sports Medicine." Part of the Symposium "Sports Medicine for the Primary Care Physician" at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; May 1, 1993.
• "Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of the Numb Foot." EMG Workshop at the 54th Annual Assembly of the American Academy of PM&R, San Francisco, California; November 14, 1992.
• "Low Back Pain: 1992 Update." Part of the course "NSAID Safety in Primary Care Medicine" sponsored by the OSU Division of Rheumatology in conjunction with The OSU Center for Continuing Medical Education; Kings Island, Ohio; October 21, 1992.
• "Evaluation and Management of Low Back Pain." Part of the course "Neurology for Non- Neurologists" sponsored by the OSU Department of Neurology in conjunction with The OSU Center for Continuing Medical Education, Columbus, Ohio; October 3, 1992.
• "Other Nerve Conduction Studies." Part of the Practical Electromyography Course given by the OSU Department of Physical Medicine in conjunction with The OSU Center for Continuing Medical Education, Hamilton, Bermuda; August 3, 1992.
• "Other Upper Limb Entrapments." Part of the above course on Practical EMG; August 6, 1992.
• "Lower Limb Entrapments." Part of the above course on Practical EMG; August 7, 1992.
• "Approach to the Athlete with Back Problems." Breakout session, as part of the "Sports Medicine Symposium", presented jointly by The Ohio State University and Cleveland Clinic Foundation faculty, at the J. Leonard Camera Center, Columbus, Ohio; April 25, 1992.
• "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Evaluation and Treatment." Course at the "Eighth Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves" of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, at the Doral Resort and Country Club, Miami, Florida; February 7, 1992.
• "Lumbar Pain Syndromes in Athletes." Part of the"Central Ohio Team Physicians Forum" at the J.Leonard Camera Center, Columbus, Ohio; November 21, 1991.
• "Evaluation and Treatment of Low Back Pain." Grand Rounds for the OSU Department of Internal Medicine, Rhodes Hall, OSU; January 10, 1991.
• "Electrodiagnosis of the Cranial and Phrenic Nerves." Part of the Basic Electromyography Course given by The OSU Department of Physical Medicine in con- junction with The OSU Center for Continuing Medical Education, Orlando, Florida; July 22, 1990.
• "EMG in Motor Neuron Disease." Part of the above course on Basic EMG; July 23, 1990.
• "H, F, and Axon Waves." Part of the above course on Basic EMG; July 23, 1990.
• "Thoracic Outlet Syndrome." Part of the above course on Basic EMG; July 24, 1990.
• "Orthotics for Sports." Part of the course "Orthotics Update - 1990: For the Practicing Physiatrist," in conjunction with the Department of PM&R at the University of Kentucky, King's Island, Ohio; May 18, 1990.
• "Common Sports Injuries." Presented as part of the Rho Pi Phi Pharmacy Fraternity "Brotherhood Brunch", The Parke Hotel, Columbus, Ohio; February 25, 1990.
• Lectures to the OSU Department of Physical Medicine
  1. Running Shoes 2. Evaluation

Awards:

• 2007 Best Doctors in America®