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Department of Orthopaedics
State University of New York at Buffalo



CURRICULUM VITAE
James J. Czyrny, M.D.
Present Position
Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine
Office Address
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, New York 14215
Education
State University of New York at Buffalo, M.D. 1981
State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A. 1977
Hospital Training
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine 1981-1984
Current Professional Appointments
Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine
Attending Staff - Kalieda Health System
Consulting Staff - Lockport Memorial Hospital
Certification
Diplomat National Board of Medical Examiners, 1982
Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1985
Active Member (by examination) American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1986,
Licensure
New York State
Current Research Activities
Faculty Preceptor to Anina Merrill, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
"Rehabilitation of Amputees with End Stage Renal Disease"

Faculty Preceptor to Valerie Waters, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
"Outcomes of Patients with Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome"

Faculty Preceptor to Doreen Kelly, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
Outcomes of Patients with Multiple Lower Extremity Trauma"

Faculty Preceptor to Jackie Lipford Krause, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
Comparison of Patients Treated with Cervical Spine Injury Treated with Halo Immobilization vs. Surgical Stabilization without Halo."

Faculty Preceptor to James Lawrence, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
"Importance of Paraspinal Muscle Electromyography in Radiculopathy"

Faculty Preceptor to Eric Javier, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
"Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections in Lumbar Stenosis"

Faculty Preceptor to Joseph Williams, M.D., Senior Internal Medicine Resident Research Project
"Phrenic Neuropathy after Cardiac Surgery"

Faculty Preceptor to Tat Shing Fung, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
"Transcutaneous Electrical Muscle Stimulation to Enhance Venous Blood Flow in the Lower Limbs."

Faculty Preceptor to Yuliy Pershman, M.D., Senior PM&R Resident Research Project
"Functional Outcome of Patients with Lumbar Radiculopathy Treated with Epidural Steroid Injection."
Publications
Czyrny JJ, and Cowan TB
Rehabilitation Management of Myofascial Pain Syndromes.
In Peimer CA ed. Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, New York, McGraw Hill Inc., 1996 pp. 2345 2374.

Czyrny JJ
Examination of the Wrist and Hand
In Lee KH ed. Examination of the Musculoskeletal System.

Articles in Referred Journals

Chukka JG, Hisser CL, Edward JA, Seffner RR, Czyrny JJ
Monozygotic Female Twin Carriers Discordant for the Clinical Manifestations of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Neurology 3 7:1147 115 1, 1987.

Szollar SM, Czyrny 11
Neurologic Complications of Thyrotoxicosis: Case Report
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 69:41 43,1988.

Czyrny JJ, Hamilton BB, Gresham GE
Rehabilitation of the Stroke Patient
In Bisenberg MG and Gresiak RC: Advances in Clinical Rehabilitation New York, Springer Publishing Co., 1990, Vol. 13, pp. 64 96.

Strong M, Hruska J, Czyrny J, Heffner R, Brody A, Wong Chung J
Nerve Palsy During Femoral Lengthening: MRI, Electrical, and Histologic Findings in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System: A Canine Model.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 14:347 351,1994.

Glasauer F and Czyrny JJ
Hyperhidrosis as Presenting Symptom of Post Traumatic Syringomyelia.
Paraplegia 32:423 429, 1994.

Czyrny JJ and Merrill A
Rehabilitation of Amputees with End Stage Renal Disease: Functional Outcome and Cost.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 72:353 357,1994.

Czyrny JJ and Glasauer FE
An unusual location for heterotopic ossification: Lumbar anterior longitudinal ligament.
J. Spinal Cord Med 18:194 199, 1995.

Czyrny JJ and Lawrence J
Importance of Paraspinal Muscle Electromyography in Cervical and Lumbosacral Radiculopathy.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 74: 45 8 460, 1995.

Peimer CA, Heffner RR, Howard CS, Czyrny JJ and Sherwin FS
Peripheral Nerve Repair Using Non Neural Sheaths and Conduits.
Hand Surgery 1: 123 13 0, 1996.

Czyrny JJ and Lawrence J
The Importance of Paraspinal Muscle EMG in Cervical and Lumbosacral Radiculopathy: Review of 100 Cases.
Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology 36: 503 508, 1996.

Czyrny JJ and Kelley D
Functional Outcomes of Patients with Multiple Lower Extremity Trauma.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 77:407 411, 1998.

Baker JG, Fiedler RC, Ottenbacher KJ, Heinemann AW, and Czyrny JJ
Follow up Functional Outcomes after Outpatient Rehabilitation.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 77: 202 212, 1998.

Juneja G, Czyrny JJ, and Linn RT
Admission Balance and Outcomes of Patients Admitted for Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 77:388 393, 1998.

Strong M, Czyrny J, and Hayman M
Nerve Palsy During Limb Lengthening of the Tibia: Electrophysiological Findings in the Canine Model
(submitted for publication).

Santora JM, Granger CV, Czyrny JJ, and Deutsch A
Using Clinical Performance Data for Quality Improvement in Medical Rehabilitation Programs
(submitted for publication)

Javier, ER, Czyrny JJ
Spinal Accessory Nerve Injury and Shoulder Pain
(submitted for publication)


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