PeterDWrightMD

Neuroimaging, Pain Medicine

Medical Director

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Although originally trained as a neurologist and neuroimager, I have over the last 25 plus years developed expertise in interventional pain management, and currently serve as medical director for a multidisciplinary pain center.

Millard Fillmore HospitalFellowship, Neuroimaging, 1997 - 1998
Wake Forest University School of MedicineResidency, Neurology, 1994 - 1997
Wake Forest University School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1994
University of Kentucky College of MedicineClass of 1993
Davidson CollegeB.A., Psychology, 1984 - 1988

The David B. Clark Award for Excellence in Neurology The University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 1993
Who’s Who Among American University and College Students 1988
Outstanding College Students of America 1988
Army Achievement Medal US Army, 1984
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Journal Articles

"Cervicogenic Headache: A Report on Success in Diagnosis and Treatment."
Wright PD, Wright BD, Headache Quarterly, 1/1/1992
"Significance of hyperintense vessels on FLAIR MRI in acute stroke."
Kamran S, Bates V, Bakshi R, Wright P, Kinkel W, Miletich R, Neurology, 7/25/2000
"An exploration of the utility of hypnosis in pain management amongst rural pain patients."
Thornberry T, Schaeffer J, Wright PD, Haley MC, Kirsh KL, Palliative and Supportive Care, 1/1/2007
"Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Bacterial Endocarditis: The Neuroimaging Spectrum of Septic Brain Embolization Demonstrated in Twelve Cases."
Bakshi R, Wright PD, Kinkel PR, Bates VE, Mechtler LL, Kamran S, Pullicino PM, Sirotkin I, Kinkel WR, Journal of Neuroimaging, 1/1/1999
"Book Review: Bickerstaff’s Neurological Examination in Clinical Practice."
Wright P, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 1/1/1997
"Enhanced Recovery of Learned Alternation in Ganglioside-Treated Rats After Unilateral Entorhinal Cortex Lesions."
Ramirez JJ, Fass-Holmes B, Karpiak SE, Harshbarger R, Zengel D, Wright P, Valbuena M, Behavioral Brain Research, 4/1/1991
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Books/Book Chapters

Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice.
Chapter: Imaging of Spine.
Page 247 - 265Saadat Kamran and Peter D. WrightEditors: Katirji B, Kaminski H, Preston D, Ruff R, Shapiro B.Butterworth-Heinemann, Woburn, MA2002

Abstracts/Posters

"Predicting outcomes in chronic pain patients."
Wijeratne L, Wright PD, Haley MC, Kirsh KL, American Pharmacist’s Association (APhA) Annual Meeting & Exposition, Atlanta, GA, 3/16/2007
"Predictors of successful outcomes in chronic pain patients."
Wijeratne L, Wright PD, Kirsh KL, Posters-at-the-Capitol 2007, Franfort, KY, 2/15/2007
"Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Bacterial Endocarditis: The Neuroimaging Spectrum of Septic Embolization Demonstrated in Twelve Cases."
Wright P, Bakshi R, Kinkel P, Pullicino P, Mechtler L, Bates V, Sirotkin I, Kinkel W., Poster Presentation, 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroimaging, 1/1/1998

Lectures

"Interventional Treatment Options in Chronic Pain".
University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY, Jun 9, 2005, Jun 15 2006 - 5/31/2007
"Narcotics in the Treatment of Pain".
University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY - 6/10/2004
"Basic Neuroimaging Seminar".
Arlington, VA - 9/7/2003
"Current Treatment Options in Chronic Pain Management".
Multiple Locations, 2001, 2001, 2001, 2001 - 4/1/2003
"Rural Perspective in Pain Management".
Lexington, KY - 4/13/2002
"Tom Dooley’s Syndrome: Head Hanging from Idiopathic Cervical Plexitis."
1/1/1995
"Enhanced Recovery of Function in Ganglioside-Treated Rats After Unilateral Entorhinal Cortex Lesions."
1/1/1988
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