Baron Tang

PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

Musculoskeletal

I chose EIM for my post-professional training because I wanted to be better for my patients. I completed my training and also ended up being better for my family, my community and my hospital. Having the opportunity to give this gift to others is the best thing about being a part of the EIM team."

Bio

Dr. Baron Tang Sr. serves the Department of Veterans Affairs in White River Junction, Vermont as the Orthopaedic and Pain PT Specialist and is involved in several interdisciplinary efforts to combat persistent pain, opioid abuse and improve full-spectrum health in the Veteran population. His experience also includes performance enhancement and rehabilitation of professional athletes and Olympians. Baron Sr. graduated from Upstate Medical University in 2011, enrolled with EIM’s Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship in 2015, achieved his board certification in Orthopaedics in 2016 and completed the Fellowship in 2018. He is currently part of the EIM faculty, is an author for UpToDate and he is an active member of the APTA and AAOMPT. 

Current Roles:

• Physical Therapist- Orthopedic and Pain Specialist, White River Junction VA Healthcare System
• Program Coordinator, Multi-disciplinary Pain Rehab Program
• Author, UpToDate
• Faculty, EIM

 

Research:

• Author of UpToDate page on “Spinal manipulation in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain”

• • Ongoing- (5/2019 – present)

• Co-author- “Exercise and Low Back Pain in the Older Adult: Current Recommendations”

• • Published to Journal of Allied Health (1/2019)

• Co-author– “The Effectiveness and Harms of Spinal Manipulative Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”

• • Published to JAMA (4/11/17)

• Technical Expert Panel– Evidence Map: Massage for Pain with VA sponsored research article

• • Published to PubMed Health 9/2016

Areas of Interest:

• Population Health

• Maximizing efficiency of care

• Pain

• Clinical Reasoning

• Manual Therapy