Michael B. Furman, MS, MD is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and a special consultant at Sinai Baltimore’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. Recognized as a thought leader and educator in spine care, Dr. Furman is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation with sub-specialization in pain management and sports medicine. Dr. Furman is the lead editor and author of Atlas of Image-Guided Spinal Procedures.
Dr. Furman has been course director or instructor at many AAPM&R, PASSOR, NASS, and ISIS spinal procedure workshops and courses. He is the Founder and Director of the Sports and Interventional Spine Fellowship at Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists in York, PA. Dr. Furman has received several awards for his teaching, service, and clinical care including the PASSOR Distinguished Clinician Award and the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Lectureship Award.
Dr Furman earned his masters in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, received his medical degree from Temple University, finished internship at York Hospital followed by residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Temple University Hospital. He completed his Interventional Pain fellowship at Georgia Pain Physicians, Atlanta. He has been in private practice since 1995 with Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists, PC in York, PA, a multidisciplinary group that includes orthopaedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, physiatrists, podiatry, and PM&R Sports and interventional Spine fellows. He is certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with ACGME subspecialization in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine.
He has served on numerous AAPM&R, PASSOR, RPC, NASS, and ISIS committees and task forces including non-operative treatments, research, medical education, clinical guidelines, maintenance of certification, credentialing, billing-coding, finance, and bylaws. He was chair of the AAPM&R Resident Physician Council from 1992-1993, has served on the PASSOR Board of Governors and the AAPM&R Board of Governors.
Dr. Furman’s area of special interest is the diagnosis and treatment of spinal disorders, sports injuries, and other painful conditions. He teaches internationally and locally on these and other related topics with numerous original publications and chapters.
