Omar Hammam El Abd MD

Pain Medicine

Director, Newton Wellesley Interventional Spine

378 Washington StWellesley, MA 02481
Phone+1 781-489-5541
Fax+1 781-489-5340

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Summary

Dr. Omar El Abd is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a subspecialty in Pain Medicine, based in Wellesley, MA. He completed his residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an internship in Internal Medicine at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. Dr. El Abd is currently the Director at Newton Wellesley Interventional Spine since 2014 and has extensive experience in pain measurement. He has authored several publications on pain-related subjects, notably in journals such as the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Physician. His work has been widely cited. Dr. El Abd has been recognized as a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly and Boston Magazine multiple times between 2015 and 2020. He graduated from Cairo University School of Medicine in 1997.

Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1999 - 2002
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Cairo University School of MedicineClass of 1997

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2003 - 2027
PA State Medical License 2002 - 2004
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2015-2020
Top Doctors Boston Magazine, 2017-2019
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Longitudinal Medical Record, Partners Healthcare System, 2013-2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

20 citations
Immediate and acute adverse effects following transforaminal epidural steroid injections with dexamethasone.
El Abd O, João Eduardo Daud Amadera, Daniel C. Pimentel, Gomba L
Pain Physician. 2015-05-01
6 citations
Generalized Pruritus as an Unusual Side Effect After Epidural Injection With Dexamethasone
Omar El Abd, Daniel C. Pimentel, João Eduardo Daud Amadera
PM & R. 2015-02-01
1 citations
In response to digital subtraction angiography is not the answer for safe epidural injections.
El Abd O, Daud Amadera Je, Pimentel Dc, Pimentel Ts
Pain Physician. 2014-05-01