Assistant Clinical Professor, UC Irvine (volunteer faculty)
Interventional Pain Management - Private Practice

Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, OCMMC
Board of Directors – Tustin Hospital and Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor, UC Irvine
Director, Anesthesia for Liver Transplant
Assistant Director, UC Irvine Pain Management Center
Director, FHP and Kaiser Per Diem Group

Rutgers (Robert Wood Johnson)
Medical School
Camden, New Jersey
Doctorate of Medicine

University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
Cum Laude with Delta Zeta and Dean's List Honors

Residency
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Department of Anesthesiology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CA-3 Subspecialties: Acute & Chronic Pain, Cardiac Anesthesia,
Ambulatory Anesthesia (Pediatric)

Internship
Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

North American Spine Society
American Society of Addiction Medicine
California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery
National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers
International Spinal Injection Society
International Association for the Study of Pain
American Society of Regional Anesthesia
American Medical Association
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
International Anesthesia Research Society
American Society of Chest Physicians
International Liver Transplant Society

American Board of Addiction Medicine – Certified (11/18/2000)
American Board of Anesthesiology – Board Certified (10/1993)
American Board of Anesthesiology – Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine (1/94)
American Board of Pain Medicine – Board Certified (2/20/1995)
Qualified Medical Examiner – Certified (10/15/2000)
Medical Review Officer - Certified
California Medical License -- #G073289
National Board of Medical Examiners – Diplomate
Drug Enforcement Administration – Licensed
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Advanced Trauma Life Support
California Fluoroscopy x-ray Supervisor and Operator License

Carbon Fiber Ligament Prosthesis.

Joseph J., Torjman M., Bernstein CA: Intraoperative monitoring of dynamic lung compliance during thoracotomy procedures. Abstract published Anesthesiology.

Bernstein CA, Torjman M., Ritter D.: Preoperative glycopyrrolate: PO, IM or IV Administration? Abstract published Anesthesia & Analgesia. Paper published Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.

McNulty S., Odorisio L., Bernstein CA: Serotonin variability during CPB: The effect of sampling site and time. Abstract published Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Heropoulos M., Bernstein CA: Sevoflurane Study: A phase HI, multi-center, open label, randomized, comparative study evaluating the use of Sevoflurane versus isoflurane in the maintenance of anesthesia in elderly, ASA Class I, II and III inpatient.

Bernstein CA, Ghouri A.: Propofol Narcotic Mixtures: Assessment of homogenicity. Abstract published Anesthesia and Analgesia.

Bernstein CA, Waters JH: Hetastarch versus Albumin: Comparative effects on coagulation via thromboelastography. Abstract published Anesthesia and Analgesia.

Waters JH, Bernstein CA: Acid-Base Change Following Hetastarch or Albumin. Abstract published Anesthesia and Analgesia.

Waters JH, Miller L., Bernstein CA: Causes of Metabolic Acidosis in Prolonged Surgery. Abstract published IARS.

Preoperative Glycopyrrolate: PO, IM or IV administration.
Poster Presentation, IARS

Glycopyrrolate, Possible silent aspiration prophylaxis. Medical Monitoring Technology Conference. Vail, CO

New Devices for Management of the Difficult Airway. Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA

Anesthesia for Adrenal Cortex Dysfunction and Pheochromocytoma.  UCI Lecture Series.

Examination and Diagnosis of the Patient with Chronic Low Back Pain, UCI Lecture Series

Anesthesia for Transplantation Surgery. UCI Lecture Series.

The Anesthesia Machine and Ventilator. UCI Lecture Series.

New Devices for Management of the Difficult Airway. UCI Emergency Department

New Devices for Management of the Difficult Airway. Kaiser Hospital

Examination and Diagnosis of the Patient with Chronic Low Back Pain. FHP – Fountain Valley, CA.

Accelerated Opiate Neuro-Regulation, National Association of Sentencing Advocates, Annual Conference

Accelerated Opiate Neuro-Regulation a Medical Supplement, National Association of Addition Treatment Providers, Annual Conference

Rapid Detoxification and Opioid Hyperalgesia, University of California – Irvine, Alumni Pain Symposium

Spinal Cord Stimulation and Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia, Idaho Pain Society, Key Note Speaker

A Clinical Evaluation of the Genesis Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) in combination with ANS leads for the management of Chronic pain of the trunk and limbs. Lead Investigator. Anticipated publication. Journal of Neuromodulation

Advanced Topics in Neuromodulation, San Diego, CA Moderator.

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain, Web presentation on Spineuniverse.com

The Use of Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation in Chronic Abdominal, Pain Physician Journal, 9:261-266 Richard Paicius, MD, Clifford Bernstein, MD, Cheryl Cohen, MD