Fermin J. Santos, M.D.

Business Address:
Dickson-Diveley Midwest Orthopaedic Clinic, PA
4320 Wornall Road, Suite 610
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Telephone: (816) 531-5757

Education:

• Interventional Spine Fellowship, September 2009-August 2010

           The Orthopedic Clinic Association
           Scottsdale, Arizona

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, July 2006-June 2009

University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, Kansas

• Internal Medicine Internship, July 2005-June 2006

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa (St. John’s Hospital)
Tulsa, Oklahoma

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), August 2001-June 2005

University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City, Kansas

• Post-Baccalaureate Program, July 2000-July 2001

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

• Honors Degree, Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Honors), August 1997-June 2001

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Awards and Honors:

• Chief Resident for 2008-2009
• The John B. Redford Distinguished Professorship Award for Excellence in  

    PM&R Rotation in 2005

• Mabel and Marshall B. Flowers Scholarship 2001-2005
• Peter T. Bohan Medical School Scholarship 2002-2004
• Greater Kansas City Hispanic Scholarship 2002
• Harry & Christine Lose Scholarship 2002
• Elmer & Helen Shurt Leff Scholarship 2002
• Vilotte & John J. Victor Scholarship 2002

Fermin J. Santos, M.D.
Lecture Experience:

• Grand Rounds: Acute Muscle Weakness. University of Kansas Dept of PM&R.  

    Feb. 2008

• Grand Rounds: Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis. University of Kansas Dept of 

    PM&R Dec. 2006

• Morbidity and Outcome lecture series. Patient with Hydrocephalus. 

    University of Kansas Dept of PM&R. April 2008

• Morbidity and Outcome lecture series. Patient with Moya Moya and Dystonia.

    University of Kansas Dept of PM&R. Sept. 2006

• Morbidity and Outcome lecture series. Compartment Syndrome in a Patient

    Status Post Total Hip Arthroplasty.  University of Kansas Dept of PM&R.
    Feb. 2007

• Pediatric Lecture Series.  Juvenile Dermatomyositis. Children’s Mercy

    Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Nov. 2007

• Pediatric Lecture Series.  Little League Shoulder. Children’s Mercy Hospital,

    Kansas City, MO. Dec. 2007
Publications:

• Pain Resolution After Neurostimulator Implantation in an L1 Complete

    Spinal Cord Injury Patient with L5 Radiculopathy: A Case Report. Fermin  
    J. Santos, MD. Lan Fotopoulos, MD.  Accepted for poster presentation at
    the AAPMR Assembly in November 2008.
Research Activities:

• Instituto de Investigaciones de Valencia, Spain: June 2002-July 2002
  Oxidative stress in patients with multiple sclerosis. Serum levels of peroxides  and hydroperoxides. Maria Burgal, Alberto Hernandez, and Fermin Santos. Data collected and analyzed.

Teaching and Administrative Experience:

• Resident Curriculum Development for 2008-2009
• Main developer and oversight of the University of Kansas Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s website development:
  www.kumc.edu/pmr
  Volunteer:
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, 2004 - 2009

Fermin J. Santos, M.D.
Society Memberships:

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)
• AAPM&R Special Interest Group: Pain Rehabilitation
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Pain Society (APS)

Foreign Languages:

• Fluent-Spanish