Gerald Lee Nickerson, Jr., MD
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Subspecialty Pain Medicine American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
6/13/16 – present
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
CitiMED Group, Neurology Associates Group, Inc.
152 N.E. 167th Street, Suite 500
North Miami Beach, Florida 33162
12/27/10 – 6/10/16
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
Physicians Group, LLC
4054 Sawyer Road, Sarasota, Florida 34233
3/28/14 – 5/9/14
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
Locum Tenens - Jackson and Coker Medical Group, LLC
3000 Old Alabama Road, Suite 119 – 608
Alpharetta, GA 30022
10/13/09 – 12/23/10 Medical Director
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
Fakhoury Medical and Chiropractic Center
1009 S.W. 17th Street, Ocala, Florida 34471
1/30/08 – 4/30/08
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
Locum Tenens - Gulf Coast Pain Management
3001 Eastland Blvd, Suite 7
Clearwater, Florida 33761
12/17/07- 09/11/09
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
Comprehensive Pain Management Partners
2044 Trinity Oaks Blvd., Suite 220
New Port Richey, Florida 34655
12/8/06 – 6/30/07
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
Florida Gulf to Bay Anesthesiology
2 Columbia Drive, Tampa, Florida 33606
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES (continued)
9/26/06 – 10/02/06
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Interventional Pain Medicine
National Pain Institute
951 Broken Sound Parkway, Suite 225, Boca Raton, Florida 33487
2/23/95 – 8/18/06
Medical Director
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department and Chronic Pain
Program, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center
611 St. Landry Street, Lafayette, LA 70506
12/2/94 – 9/15/06
Private Practice – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
Interventional Pain Medicine and Electro-diagnostic Medicine
501 W. St. Mary Blvd., Ste. 100, Lafayette, LA 70506
7/92 - 12/94
Medical Director, Chronic Pain Management Program
Assistant Medical Director, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Assistant Medical Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dept.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard,
Suite MGB-1004, Los Angeles, California 90048
10/85- 7/92
Emergency Medicine
Locum Tenens, Spectrum Emergency Care Medical Group,
St. Louis, MO
7/85 - 10/85
Family Practice
Covington Medical Group
Los Angeles, California
4/85 - 7/85
Family Practice
Cigna Health
Orange County, California
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HOSPITAL & SURGICAL CENTER AFFILIATIONS
11/11/14 – 11/23/15
9/08/08 – 9/09
10/27/08 – 9/09
2/28/07 – 2/28/08
06/09 – 09/09
2/28/07 – 8/3/07
On or about 2007
On or about 2007
8/95 – 9/06
3/95 – 9/06
4/05 - 8/06
Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Jacksonville, FL
New Tampa Surgery Center, Tampa. FL
Armenia Surgery Center, Tampa, FL
Tampa Outpatient Surgical Facility, Tampa. FL
Community Hospital of New Port Richie, New Port Richie, FL
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
South Bay Hospital, Sun City Center, FL
Largo Medical Center, Largo, FL
Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital of Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Lafayette General Hospital, Lafayette, LA
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital, Lafayette, LA
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Diplomate - Certification 1993, Recertified 2013
Subspecialty Pain Medicine - Certification 2004, Re-certified 2014
MEDICAL LICENSES
Florida #ME95990
Kentucky #457116
New Mexico #MD2013-0039
ACADEMY MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellow (Past Member)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/ASSOCIATIONS
International Spine Intervention Society [ISIS] (past member)
North American Spine Society [NASS} (past member)
Past President, Joseph H. Tyler Chapter - National Medical Association
Meharry Medical College National Alumni Association (past member)
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COMMUNITY RELATIONS/EDUCATION
Health Education - 1. “House Calls” KLFY- TV Guest Appearances (Mr. Berch Stelly - Host)
4/11/95 - Pain Management & Work Hardening
1/16/96 - Rehabilitation Medicine: Working Toward
Realistic Goals
5/21/96 - Recovering from a Spinal Cord Injury
7/12/97 - Pain Management
8/09/97 - Stroke
6/20/98 - Stroke: What You Need To Know
3/06/99 - Low Back Pain
7/06/99 - Stroke Rehabilitation
7/25/01 - Help with Back Pain
8/23/01 - Help with Back Pain
1/26/02 - Easing Pain
6/01/02 - Coping with Back Pain
8/10/02 - Help with Back Pain
1/03/04 - Life After a Stroke
- 2. “Health Update News” KLFY- TV Guest Appearance
1/24/96 - Stroke Rehabilitation
- 3. “Health News” KTTV - Channel 11 TV Guest Appearance /LA, CA
9/23/92 - Back Pain and Woman
- 4. “Youth Matters” The Daily Advertiser Newsprint
Our Lady of Lourdes Newspaper in Education
11/6/95 - Stroke Recovery
-5. “Higher Pain Medication May Worsen Pain Control”
Comprehensive Pain Management Partners Newsletter
April 2009, Issue Number 1
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MEDICAL EDUCATION
7/89 - 7/92
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency
National Rehabilitation Hospital
Washington, DC
7/87 - 7/89
Neurology Residency
Howard University Hospital
Washington, DC
[2 years completed, voluntarily transferred to PMR residency above]
7/84 - 4/85
Neurosurgery Pilot Research Program
King-Drew Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
6/83 - 6/84
Internal Medicine Internship
King-Drew Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
8/78 - 12/82
Doctor of Medicine [MD 12/82]
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
3/77 - 6/78
University of California (UCLA) - Los Angeles, CA
7/76 - 3/77
California State University - Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
9/75 - 6/76
University of Redlands - Redlands, CA
9/74 - 6/75
University of Southern California (USC) - Los Angeles, CA