CV David C. Flemming, MD

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CURRICULUM VITÆ: David Christopher Flemming

329 Old Greenfield Road
Peterborough
NH 03458
603 924 9892

dcflemming@aol.com

Director of Anesthesiology
Heywood Hospital
242 Green Street
Gardner, MA 01440

Education:

MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London, England.

1961-66

House Surgeon (obstetrics and gynecology), Charing Cross Hospital Group, London, England.

1966

House Physician (general medicine and anæsthesia), Charing Cross Group of Hospitals, Harrow Hospital,
Middlesex, England.

1967

Senior House Officer in Anæsthesia, Charing Cross Hospital, London, England.

1967-68

Registrar in Anæsthesia, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

1968

Senior Registrar in anæsthesia, Charing Cross Group of Hospitals, London, England.

1970-73

Fellowship (cardiac anæsthesia), Charing Cross Group of Hospitals, London, England.

1972

Fellowship (pediatric anesthesia), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1975

Specialty or Board Certification:

United Kingdom Board Certification in Anesthesiology
Fellow of the Faculty of Anæsthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1970--(FFARCS).

Licensure:

United Kingdom  

1966

Pennsylvania 035401-L

1974

Wisconsin 19839

1975

Illinois 036-062690

1981

New Hampshire 10821

2000

Massachusetts 208551

2001

University and Public Service:

Instructor, Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1973 - 75

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Director Neuroanesthesiology
Director Clinical Laboratory ‘77 - ’81
Co-Director, Pain Management ’76 - ‘78

1975 - 81

Consultant to Department of Anesthesia, Waupun Memorial Hospital, Waupun, Wisconsin

1981 - 85

Director of Anesthesia, Freeport Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Illinois

1981 - 85

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois

1986 - 87

Attending Anesthesiologist, St. Francis Hospital, Blue Island, Illinois
Director of Anesthesia ’87 - ’88

1987 - 89

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, . Director of Neuroanesthesiology, ‘89 - ’92 Member, Pediatric anesthesia Team, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL

1989 - 94

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL.

1994 - 96

Director of Medical Services, The Center for Integrated Therapy, Chicago, IL.

1994 - 98

Specialist in Pain Management, American WholeHealth.

11/98 - 3/99

Locum Tenens Anesthesiologist: Surgicenter of Greater Milwaukee; All Saints Hospital Group, Racine, WI; Monadnock Community Hospital, NH.

3/99 - 12/99

Anesthesiologist, Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, NH 03458

1/00 – 6/01

Director of Anesthesiology, Heywood Hospital, Gardner, MA 01440
Chairman, Liaison Committee, October 2004 to present time.

08/2001 -

Awards and Honors:

General Certificate of Education - Northern Universities Joint Matriculation Board
Response on transformers rated national model

1959

Certificate of Merit, Dissection, Charing Cross Hospital Medical School

1962

Professional Societies:

Bath Institute of Medical Engineering

1968-76

Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiology

1975-82

American College of Angiology

1975-76

American Medical Association

1980-83
1985-89

Bascome Hill Society, Life Member

1980-Present

Society for Neurological Anesthesia and Neurological Supportive Care

1975-95

American Society of Anesthesiology

1975-95

American Pain Society

1992-2001

The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

1995-2003

Invited Lectures:

Pneumatics in ventilator mechanics, Wessex Region Anæsthesia Society, Portsmouth, England

1970

Anesthesia for drug abusers, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1973

Principles of fluid logic applied to ventilators, American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting

1975

The flute from Bach to the present, with particular reference to Theodore Boehm and his work, faculty recital, University of Wisconsin School of Music, Madison, Wisconsin

1976

Intracranial hypertension in pediatric practice, Department of Pediatrics. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

1977

Amelioration of brain damage, Department of Anesthesiology University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

1979

Pathophysiology and therapy of raised intracranial pressure, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

1979

The role of respiratory therapy in the treatment of raised intracranial pressure. University of Wisconsin, Madison,Wisconsin

1980

Effects of anesthesia on splanchnic blood flow, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

1981

Hazards of airway management, Annual meeting Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1984

18-lecture series on anesthesia, Loyola School of Dentistry, Maywood, Illinois

1986

Visiting lecturer, Management of hypertension during anesthesia, Schering Drug Co.

1986

Neurosurgical anesthesia: Cerebral blood flow and intracranial pressure, Association of Surgical Technologists, Northwest Suburban Chapter 244, Chicago, Illinois

1986

Management of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy using Hypnosis and Massage Therapy. University of Chicago Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Annual Conference, What's New in Anesthesia? New Drugs, Techniques and Technologies in Anesthesia and Critical Care.

1992

Response of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy to Ego State Therapy Under Hypnosis. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, England, Conference on Pain and the Sympathetic Nervous System

1996

Getting Serious about the Mind Body Connection. Lecture to Shimer College.

1998

Hypnosis in the Treatment of RSD: Lecture to the National RSDS Association, Atlantic City, NJ.

1999

Physical Disease, Autonomic Function and Hypnosis: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 May Provide a Conceptual Model – with Carol B. Low, Ph.D. ASCH Convention, Indianapolis IN.

2002

Community Teaching Activities:

America On Line Community Leader and Chat Host on reflex sympathetic dystrophy 1996 - 2001.

Presentations

1 Ventilation system characteristics affecting trace anesthetic levels in the operating room. ASA Scientific Presentations. 1975
2 Does thiopental or nitrous oxide disrupt the EEG during enflurane anesthesia? ASA Scientific Presentation. 1976
3 Xenon inhalation as an adjunct to computerized axial tomography of the brain: Preliminary study. Association of University Radiologists, 24th Annual Meeting, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 1976
4 Sensitivity of CT scanners to xenon, Implications for regional blood flow method. 4th International Conference on Medical Physics, Ottawa, Canada. 1976
5 Xenon and Krypton as contrast media with computerized tomography. 1st International Meeting of Non-tumerous Conditions of the Brain, Eye and Spinal Cord. 1976
6 Preliminary tests of real time computerized video fluoroscopy. Summer Meeting of the AAPM, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1977
7 Preliminary tests of real time computerized video radiography. Summer Meeting of the American Association for Physical Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1977
8 Real time computerized fluoroscopic imaging of infant dog hearts. Summer Meeting of the AAPM, San Francisco, California. 1978
9 New non-invasive motion immune cardiovascular imaging using K-Edge fluoroscopy. AAPM, San Francisco, California. 1978
10 Contribution of trend monitoring in anesthetic care. ASA Scientific Presentations. 1978
11 Venous Air Embolus; Quantification by ultrasound. Society of Neuroanesthesiology and Neurological Supportive Care, Scientific Presentation, New Orleans, Lousianna. 1979
12 EEG during rapidly changing halothane or enflurane. ASA Scientific Presentation. 1979
13 The dynamic pressure response to halothane and enflurane. ASA Scientific Presentation. 1979
14 Design of a fast blood transfusion set. ASA Scientific Presentations, St. Louis, Missouri. 1980
15 Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Management Aided by Hypnosis. American Pain Society 11th Annual Meeting, Scientific Presentation, San Diego, California, 1992. 1992
16 Integrating Hypnotherapy and Allopathic Medicine: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, San Diego, California. 1995
17 Integrating Hypnotherapy with Medical Anesthesia in the Treatment of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. 38th annual Scientific Meeting and Workshops of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Orlando, Florida. 1996
18 Integrating Therapeutic Imagery and Medical Treatment in Chronic Pain Management: Section Chairman: Imagery and Chronic Pain. The Power of Imagination, 19th Annual Conference of the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery, Madison Wisconsin. 1997
19 Long term remission in intractable complex regional pain syndrome, type 1: Including hypnosis with an integrated multidisciplinary treatment protocol. American Pain Society 16th Annual Meeting, Scientific Presentation, New Orleans, Lousianna, 1997. 1997
20

Low, C.B., Flemming, D.C., Hypnosis for Atypical Pain Disorders. 2½ hr. workshop, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

2002

21 Integration of Medical and Psychological Services in the Treatment of Physical Disease. American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Conference, Indianapolis IN.

2002

22

Low, C.B., Flemming, D.C., Flemming, J.R., Lloyd, S.R. (April 2003), Hypnosis for Atypical Pain Disorders, 5½ hr. workshop, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Annual Meeting, Alexandria, VA.

April 2003

23 Low, C.B., Flemming, D.C., Sympathetically Maintained Pain Disorders as Somatoform Dissociation, mini-workshop, International Society for the Study of Dissociation, Chicago, IL.

Nov 2003

24

Low, C.B., Flemming, D.C., MacAleese, M., Lloyd, S.R. Hypnosis for Atypical Pain Disorders, 6½ hr. workshop, Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Chicago, IL.

2003

Bibliography

Editorships:

Editor of "The Release" Newsletter of The Center for Integrated Therapy (1994 - 1998).

Associate Editor, The Clinical Bulletin of Myofascial Therapy (1997 - 1999).

Book Chapters:

  1. Edwards MW, Flemming DC: Deliberate Hypotension. Surgical Clinics of North America. Volume 55, pp. 947-957, 1975
  2. Flemming DC: Hazards of Endotracheal Intubation. Complications in Anesthesia. Cooperman LF, Orkin F, eds. Lippincott, pp.165-172, 1983.
  3. Flemming, DC, Orkin FK, Kirby RR: Hazards of Tracheal Intubation. Complications in Anesthesia. Gravenstein N, Kirby RR, eds. 2nd edition Lippincott Raven, p 229-239, 1996.
  4. Flemming, DC. Self evaluation forms for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Pain Management Patient Education Resource Manual, 1st and 2nd editions, Aspen Publishers, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, 2000 and 2001

Letters to Editor:
Flemming DC: Diazepam and Death? Letter, Journal of Oral Surgery, 32:807, 1974

Journal Articles:

1

Flemming DC, Johnstone RL: Recognition Thresholds of Halothane and Ether. Anesthesiology 46:69, 1977

2

Kruger RA, Goodsit MM, Mistretta CA, Crummy AD, Sackett JF, Riederer SJ, Houk TL, Shaw CG, Flemming DC: Digital K-Edge Subtraction Radiography. Radiology 125:243-245, 1977

3

Winkler SS, Flemming DC, Alexander SC, Sackett JF, Holden JE: Xenon Inhalation as an Adjunct to Computerized Tomography of the Brain, preliminary study. Investigative Radiology 12:1 pp.19-20, 1977

4

Kruger RA, Mistretta CA, Lancaster J, Houk TL, Goodsit M, Shaw CG, Riederer SJ, Hicks J, Sackett J, Crummy A, Flemming DC: A Digital Video image Processor for Real Time Subtraction Imaging. Optical Engineering 17:6 652-657, 1978

5

Flemming DC, Rampil IJ: Physiologic Trend Monitoring During Anesthesia by Computer. Proc. AAMI 217, 1978

6

Rampil IJ, Flemming DC: An Inexpensive Microcomputer Trend Monitoring System. Proc. 6th Annual New England Bioengineering Conference, Pergammon Press, New York, 1978

7

Kruger RA, Lancaster J, Mistretta CA, Houk T, Riederer SJ, Shaw CG, Goodsit M, Flemming DC, Crummy A, Zweibel W, Rowe G: Preliminary Studies of Real Time Computerized Fluoroscopy for Non-invasive Visualization of the Cardiovascular System. Radiology 130:49-57, 1979

8

Sasse FJ, Flemming DC, Hoff BH, Smith NT, Rampil IJ: The D-Circle, Closed Circuit Operation of the Bain Circuit. Can Anaesth Soc J 26:5, 1979

9

Kruger RA, Mistretta CA, Houk TL, Riederer SJ, Shaw CG, Ergun DL, Carbone D, Kubal W, Crummy A, Zwiebel W, Rowe G, Flemming DC: Real Time Computerized Fluoroscopic Cardiac Imaging. Soc Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 167:77-82, 1979

10

Flemming DC, Fitzpatrick J, Hellman D, Fariello RG, Duff T, Hoff BH: Diagnostic Activation of Epileptogenic Foci by Enflurane. Anesth 52:431-433, 1980

11

Hoff BH, Flemming DC, Sasse FJ: Use of Positive Airway Pressure without Endotracheal Intubation. Crit Care Med 7:559-561, 1980

12

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Coalson DW, Finn RS, Uitvlugt AM, Glosten B, Flemming DC, Apfelbaum JL: Subjective and psychomotor effects of subanesthetic doses of propofol in healthy volunteers. Anesthesiology, 76:696-702, 1992

13

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Zaragoza JG, Coalson DW, Uitvlugt AM, Flemming DC, Binstock WB, Cutter T, Apfelbaum JL: Assessing the abuse potential of Propofol in healthy volunteers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1992

14

Dohrn SD, Lichtor JL, Coalson DW, Flemming DC, Zacny, JP: Subjective and Psychomotor Effects of Bolus Doses of Nitrous Oxide in Humans. Human Psychopharmacology, 8:97-106, 1993

15

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Flemming DC, Coalson DW, Thompson, WK: A Dose-Response Analysis of the Subjective, Psychomotor, and Physiological Effects of Intravenous Morphine in Healthy Volunteers. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 268:1-9, 1994

16

Dohrn SD, Lichtor JL, Coalson DW, Flemming DC, Zacne JP: Reinforcing Effects of Extended Inhalation of a Low Nitrous Oxide Concentration in Humans. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 46:927-932, 1993

17

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Zaragozo JG, Coalson, DW, Uitvlugt AM, Flemming DC, Binstock WB, Cutter T, Apfelbaum J: Assessing the Behavioral Effects and Abuse Potential of Propofol Bolus Injections in Healthy Volunteers: Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 32:45 57, 1993

18

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Binstock WB, Coalson DW, Cutter T, Flemming DC, Gloston B: Subjective, Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Intravenous Meperidine in Healthy Volunteers: Psychopharmacology, 11:306-314, 1993

19

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Coalson DW, Apfelbaum JA, Flemming DC, Foster V. Time Course of Brief Inhalations of Nitrous Oxide in Normal Volunteers: Addiction, 89: 831 - 839, 1994.

20

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Thapar P, Coalson DW, Flemming DC, Thompson BA: Comparing the Subjective, Psychomotor and Physiological Effects of Intravenous Butorphanol and Morphine in Healthy Volunteers. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 270: 579-588, 1994

21

Flemming DC, Gainer MJ, Perkus BL, Lowe CB, Flemming, JR: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Response to Hypnosis Suggests Different Paradigm for the Disease. Clinical Bulletin of Myofascial Therapy, Vol 2(2/3) 59-73, 1997

Abstracts:

1

Mistretta CA, Kruger RA, Houk TL, Riederer SJ, Shaw CG, Ergun D, Kubal W, Crummy A, Zwiebel W, Rowe G, Zarnstorff W, Flemming DC: Computerized Fluoroscopy Techniques for Non-invasive Cardiovascular Imaging. Recent and Future Developments in Medical Engineering Vol. 152, 1978

2

Rampil IJ, Sasse FJ, Smith NT, Hoff BH, Rusy BF, Flemming DC: A New Method for Testing the Response to an Inhalational Agent. Scientific Abstracts ASA, 51:3 S26, 1979

3

Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Zaragoza JG, Coalson DW, Uitvlugt A, Flemming DC, Binstock W, Cutter T: Does propofol have the potential for recreational use or abuse? Anesthesiology 77:A1122, 1992

4

Lichtor JL, Zacny J, Coalson DW, Flemming DC, Uitvlugt A, Apfelbaum JL, Thisted R, Lane BS: The postoperative period and alcohol: Does intravenous sedation have an effect? Anesthesiology 77:A24, 1992

In Preparation:

Flemming DC, Gainer, M. and Low, CB: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, type 1: Trauma, Dissociation and Autonomic Anarchy.

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