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About Dr. Vincent Codispoti

Dr. Vincent Codispoti is a board-certified Interventional Physiatrist specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Management. He earned his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Anesthesia-Pain Management at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He currently serves as an Associate Physician and Interventional Physiatrist at Orthopedic Associates of Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Codispoti served as a United States Army Active Duty Physician for eight years, attaining the rank of Major before receiving an Honorable Discharge in June 2013. During his service, he was deployed to Iraq as a Battalion Surgeon with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and held numerous leadership positions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — including Associate Residency Program Director and Director of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He also served as Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. Dr. Codispoti has contributed to the peer-reviewed medical literature on topics including Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and care of the combat amputee, and has delivered invited lectures at national conferences on electrodiagnostic medicine and combat rehabilitation. He is the recipient of multiple military honors, including the Meritorious Service Medal and Iraq Campaign Medal, as well as several academic and teaching awards. He is an active member of professional societies including the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the International Spine Intervention Society.

Credentials & Certifications

• Board Certification – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Board Certification – Electrodiagnostic Medicine — American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Pain Medicine – Board Eligible
• M.D. — New York University School of Medicine
• Member, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Member, International Spine Intervention Society
• Member, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Member, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• Member, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Education & Training

• Fellowship, Anesthesia – Pain Management
  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · 2014
• Residency, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  Walter Reed Army Medical Center · 2009
• Internship, Transitional Intern
  Walter Reed Army Medical Center · 2006
• M.D., Medicine
  New York University School of Medicine · 2005
• B.A., with Honors, Economics
  Vassar College · 2001

Publications & Presentations

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type II associated with lumbosacral plexopathy: A Case Report, Pain Medicine (2010)
• Medical Issues in the Care of the Combat Amputee, Textbooks of Military Medicine: Care of the Combat Amputee, Borden Institute (2009)
• Occult Spinal Cord Injury in a Polytrauma Patient with Bilateral Transfemoral Amputations and Severe TBI: A Case Report, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Poster) (2008)
• Three-Dimensional CT Modeling as a Tool for Rehabilitation of a Patient with a Comminuted Pelvic Fracture: A Case Report, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Poster) (2007)
• Correlation of Knee Adductor Moment and Ground Reaction Forces in Traumatic Unilateral Trans-tibial Amputees: A Retrospective Study
• 'Introduction to Electrodiagnostic Medicine' – Invited Guest Lecture, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology Pain Fellowship; Sinai Hospital of Baltimore PM&R Residency Program (2011)
• 'Rehabilitation of the Combat Wounded' – Podium Lecture, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Annual Meeting of the Board of Medical Trustees (2008)
• 'Rehabilitation of the Combat Wounded and Subsequent Integration into Civilian Life' – Podium Lecture, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (2007)

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