Andrew Morchower, MD

Andrew Morchower, MD is a fellowship-trained interventional spine and pain management specialist utilizing a wide range of minimally invasive techniques and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Dr. Morchower diagnoses and treats painful conditions of the low back and neck in addition to other musculoskeletal injuries and disorders.  

Dr. Morchower completed his interventional spine fellowship with Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists in Pennsylvania. During his fellowship, he was a co-investigator on an ISIS sponsored investigation which studied the effects of lumbar and cervical epidural steroid injections. Prior to fellowship, he completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. During residency, he received the Best Researcher Award for his work involving pain reduction during needle EMG, and he was elected as to the Graduate Medical Education Committee. Dr. Morchower completed an internship at the Chicago Illinois’ Louis A. Weiss Memorial/University of Chicago Hospital where he founded and directed The Stroke Support Group at Weiss Hospital.

Dr. Morchower earned his medical degree, as well as a Masters of Public Health degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and Public Health in New Orleans, Louisiana. He obtained his bachelor’s degree at Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Dr. Morchower has had posters presented both nationally and internationally on topics including the reduction of pain during needle EMG, the management of intrathecal baclofen withdrawal and the improvement of cardiac rehabilitation. He is a member of American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR), International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS) and the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM).

Research & Experience

Area of Specialty

Interventional Spine & Pain Management

Education

Interventional Pain Fellowship
Orthopaedic & Spine Specialists
York, PA

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Transitional Intern
Louis A. Weiss Memorial/ Univ. of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, IL

Medical Doctor
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

Masters of Public Health, Health Systems Management
Tulane University School of Public Health
New Orleans, LA

Bachelor of Science in Management
A.B. Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, LA
Tulane University

Honors

2010 UT Southwestern PM&R Scientific Day
Best Researcher Award

Best Abstract Runner-Up at the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine 57^th Annual Meeting

Leadership

UT Southwestern Graduate Medical Education Committee
Member, elected by UT Southwestern residents
Subcommittees: Resident work hour restrictions, Jan 2008 – June 2010

Stroke Support Group at Weiss Hospital, Chicago, IL
Founder, 2006
Director, 2006 – 2007

Abstracts

Effect of Lidocaine Iontophoresis on Pain During Needle EMG
Abstract presented at European Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Congress
Venice, Italy   May 2010
Abstract presented at AANEM Annual Meeting
Quebec City, Canada   Oct., 2010
Abstract presented at AAPMR Annual Assembly
Seattle, WA   Nov, 2010

Innovative Approach for Managing Intrathecal Baclofen Withdrawal: A Case Report
Abstract presented at AAPMR Annual Assembly
Austin, TX   Oct. 2009

Does gender play a role in improvement following an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program?
Clinical researcher at NYU Cardiac Rehabilitation Center
Abstract presented at AAPMR Annual Assembly
Philadelphia, PA   Oct. 2005

Editorial Appointments

Contributing Editor, Rehab in Review Journal
Screening Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, April 2008 – Feb. 2010

Presentations

Grand Rounds: Medical Management of Chronic Pain
UT Southwestern, Feb. 2010

Grand Rounds: Impairment Ratings and Disability: How to Rate Pain and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
UT Southwestern, Oct. 2009

Journal Club: The Effects of Total Knee Arthroplasty on Physical Function in the Older Population
UT Southwestern, Dec. 2008

Conferences

St. Jude Medical Foundations for Fellows
Miami, FL Feb. 2011

Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator Graduate Workshop
Baltimore, MD Jan. 2011

Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulator Cadaver Workshop
Denver, CO   Oct. 2010

Boston Scientific Spinal Cord Stimulator Cadaver Workshop
Pittsburgh, PA   Oct. 2010

Update in Pain Management with Cadaver Workshop
Dallas, TX   Jan. 2009

Teaching

Performing the Shoulder Examination
UT Southwestern Medical School, MS-1 clinical workshop