Email

general-neuro@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Chief, Neurology Section

Neuroscience Service Line
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Chief, Neurology Service

Pavilion for Women
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas

Education

BA from Amherst College

06/1976 - Amherst, Massachusetts

Neuroscience

MD from New York University, School of Medicine

06/1980 - New York, New York

Internship at University of Connecticut

Farmington, Connecticut

Internal Medicine

Residency at University of Connecticut

Farmington, Connecticut

Internal Medicine

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Neurology

Fellowship at University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Pain and Neuro-oncology

Certifications

Neurology

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Pain Medicine

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Non-ABMS certification

American Board of Pain Medicine

Websites

Selected Publications

• Shirani P, Jawaid A, Moretti P, Lahijani E, Salamone AR, Schulz PE, et al "Familial occurrence of complex regional pain syndrome." Can J Neurol Sci. 2010;37(3):389-94. Pubmed PMID: 20481275
• Shirani P, Salamone AR, Schulz PE, Edmondson EA "Ketamine treatment for intractable pain in a patient with severe refractory complex regional pain syndrome: a case report." Pain Physician. 2008;11(3):339-42. Pubmed PMID: 18523505
• Simpson RK, Jr, Edmondson EA, Constant CF, Collier C "Transdermal fentanyl as treatment for chronic low back pain." J Pain Symptom Manage. 1997;14(4):218-24. Pubmed PMID: 9379069
• Edmondson EA, Simpson RK, Jr, Stubler DK, Beric A "Systemic lidocaine therapy for poststroke pain." South Med J. 1993;86(10):1093-6. Pubmed PMID: 8211322