Robert J Mendez is an anesthesiologist and pain management physician currently serving as the Medical Director of the Pain Management Clinic at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. He received his medical degree and completed his residency in anesthesiology and fellowships in pain medicine and obstetrical anesthesiology. Dr. Mendez has held numerous leadership positions in the Navy and currently maintains licenses to practice medicine in Virginia and Florida. He has extensive experience in interventional pain management procedures and teaching.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Of
ROBERT J MENDEZ, D.O.
CAPTAIN, Medical Corps, United States Navy
2956 Adam Keeling Road
Virginia Beach, Va. 23454
(757) 481-1117 (residence)
(757) 953-3158 (office)
Marital Status: Married
Wife: Janet Guilano Mendez
Children: Christine Catherine
Robert Joseph
EDUCATION
College Florida International University BA Chemistry 1981
Medical School Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor of Osteopathy 1986
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Internship Portsmouth Naval Hospital Psychiatry 1986-1987
Portsmouth, Virginia
Residency Portsmouth Naval Hospital Anesthesiology 1987-1990
Subspecialty Tract Bowman Gray School of Medicine Obstetrical Anesthesia 7/89-12/89
Portsmouth Naval Hospital Obstetrical Anesthesia 1/90-3/90
Portsmouth Naval Hospital Pain Management 4/90-6/90
Fellowship Portsmouth Naval Hospital Pain Medicine 1992-1993
Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatric Pain May-June 1993
Harvard Hospital Consortium

2. LICENSURE
Virginia 0102036928
Florida 0S5368
POSITIONS HELD
Medical Director, Pain Management Clinic June 2002 – Present
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Assistant Chairman, Activity Compensation Panel for August 2011 - Present
Civil Service Physician and Dentists Pay Plan
Staff Physician November 2010 - Present
Neuroscience Division, Bon Secors Hospital System
Staff Physician 1999 - November 2010
Center for Pain Management
Program Director, Pain Management Fellowship August 1993 – October 2006
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Chairman, Command JCAHO Pain Management Standards Committee October 2000 – August 2002
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va
Chairman, Medical Records Review Committee January 1997 – February 2002
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Chairman, Management of Hospital Information Functional Team January 1997 – February 2002
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Assistant Department Head, Anesthesiology May 1995 - July 2000
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Head, Department of Anesthesiology Aug. 1994 - Feb. 1995
Fleet Hospital Five, Zagreb, Croatia
Director, Surgical Services Dec. 1991 - Aug. 1992
United States Naval Hospital, Naples, Italy
Head, Department of Anesthesiology Aug. 1990 - Aug.1992
United States Naval Hospital, Naples, Italy

3. Head, Department of Anesthesiology March 2003 - May 2003
Fleet Hospital Five, Kuwait
CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Anesthesiology 1991 – Lifetime Certification
Recertified 2009 (voluntary)
ABA Additional Qualifications in Pain Management 1993 – Recertified 2003, 2013
National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners 1987
RESEARCH AND PRESENTATIONS
Beckman WA, Mendez RJ: Cerebellar Herniation After Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Injection. Regional
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2006;31(3)282-5.
Mendez RJ, Paine,G, Mazzilli MA: Evaluation of the L2 Spinal Nerve Root Infiltration as a Diagnostic Tool for
Discogenic Low Back Pain. Pain Physician 2005;8:55-59.
Mendez RJ, Eisenach J: Epidural Clonidine Analgesia After Cesarean Section. Anesthesiology
1990;73:848-852.
Moran TJ, Little WL, Mendez RJ: Axillary Blockade Utilizing Perineuronal Meperidine: A Prospective,
Randomized, Double – Blind Study. Reg Anesth 1995;20:33. Abstract.
Mendez RJ, Little WL: Chapter: Local Anesthetics. The General Medical Officers’ Manual. United
States Navy Publication; 1993.
Little WL, Mendez RJ: Chapter: Acute Pain Management. The General Medical Officers’ Manual.
United States Navy Publication; 1993.
Mendez RJ, Moran TJ: The Use of Intravenous Lidocaine for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia. American
Journal of Pain Management 1997; Vol. 7, No. 1:14-17.
Poster Presentation: New York State Society of Anesthesiologists Post Graduate Assembly. 1996 Annual
Meeting. The Use of Intravenous Lidocaine for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia.

4. Presentation: Society of Obstetrical Anesthesiologists and Perinatologists. 1990 Annual Meeting.
Epidural Clonidine Analgesia After Cesarean Section.
Presentation: American Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. 1996 Annual Meeting. The Use of
Intravenous Lidocaine for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia.
Presentation: American Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. 1999 Annual Meeting. Axillary
Blockade Utilizing Perineuronal Meperidine: A Prospective, Randomized, Double – Blind Study.
Faculty Lecturer, Instructor for interventional techniques, Society for Pain Practice Management Course,
October 2004
Faculty Lecturer, Instructor for fluoroscopically guided interventional techniques, Society for Pain Practice
Management Course, July 2005
Faculty Lecturer, Instructor for for fluoroscopically guided interventional techniques, Society for Pain
Practice Management Course, October 2006
Faculty Lecturer, Society for Pain Practice Management Course, October 2008
-Lecture: Current Trends in Neuromodualtion
-Fluoroscopic Workshops:
1) Spinal Cord Stimulation
2) Percutaneous Discectom
3) Provocative Discography
4) Sympathetic Blocks
Faculty Lecturer, American Society of Regional Anesthesia/Pain Medicine Fall Meeting, 2008
-Lectures: 1) Spinal Cord Stimulators – Trouble Shooting
2) Basic Fuoroscopy – Guided Techniques
-Program Based Learning Discussions:
1) Peripheral Neurostimulation: Who’s a Candidate?
2) Failed Low Back Surgery Syndrome: What Now?
Faculty Lecturer, Virginia Osteopathic Medical Society, 2009 annual meeting, “Multidisciplinary
Techniques for the Treatment of Low Back Pain”.
Faculty Lecturer, Society for Pain Practice Management Course, October 2009
-Fluoroscopic Workshops:
1) Spinal Cord Stimulation
2) Percutaneous Lysis of Adhesions

5. Poster Presentation at the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine annual
meeting November, 2010. Treatment of meralgia paresthetica with ultrasound-guided pulsed
radiofrequency ablation of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.Infusion.
Poster Presentation at the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine annual
meeting November, 2010. “The Use of Intravenous Magnesium for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia”
Abstract dissertation at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Pain Society October, 2010. Voogd EP,
Mendez RJ. The use of Intravenous Magnesium for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Blinded,
Controlled, Prospective Study.
1) Poster Presentation at the Uniformed Services Society of Anesthesiology annual
meeting October, 2010.
2) Poster Presentation at the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists annual
meeting December, 2010.
Abstract dissertation at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Pain Society October, 2010. Swiber MJ,
Voogd EP, McLane JW, Mendez RJ, Thiel RP. Treatment of Uncontrolled Chronic Pain in an
Opioid-Tolerant Patient with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type III by Ketamine Infusion.annual
meeting November, 2010.
Faculty Lecturer, Society of Pain Practice Management Course, January 2012
-Lectures: Ultrasonography for Sacroiliac Joint Injection
Ultrasonography for Piriformis Muscle Injection
-Ultrasound Workshops:
1) Sacroiliac Joint Injection
2) Piriformis Muscle Injection
Faculty Lecturer, Grand Rounds Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, Interventional Procedures for the
Teatment of Lumbar Pain, April 2012.
Abstract dissertation at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia Annual Research
Competition April, 2012. Voogd EP, Mendez RJ, Mazzilli MA, Beckman WA, Moran TJ. The
use of Intravenous Magnesium for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Blinded, Controlled,
Prospective Study. (Third Place in Category 1A)
Poster presentation at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia Annual Research
Competition March, 2012. Swiber MJ, Voogd EP, McLane JW, Mendez RJ, Thiel RP. Treatment
of Uncontrolled Chronic Pain in an Opioid-Tolerant Patient with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type III
by Ketamine Infusion.

6. Poster presentation at the Annual National Meeting of the American Society of Interventional Pain
Physicians June, 2012. Voogd EP, Fowler IM, Moran TJ, Mendez RJ. Spinal Cord Stimulation
for the Treatment of Intractable Chronic Functional Abdominal Pain/Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Fowler IM, Tucker AA, Mendez RJ. Treatment of meralgia paresthetica with ultrasound-guided pulsed
radiofrequency ablation of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. Pain Practice. 2012;12(5):394-8.
Faculty Lecturer, Society of Pain Practice Management Course, Orlando, Florida, January 2013
-Lectures: Ultrasonography for Sacroiliac Joint Injection
Ultrasonography for Suprascapular Nerve Blockade
-Ultrasound Workshops:
1) Sacroiliac Joint Injection
2) Suprascapular Nerve Blockade
Faculty Lecturer, Society of Pain Practice Management Course, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2013
-Lectures: Ultrasonography for Sacroiliac Joint Injection
Ultrasonography for Piriformis Muscle Injection
-Ultrasound Workshops:
1) Sacroiliac Joint Injection
2) Piriformis Muscle Injection
-Fluoroscopy Workshop
1) Lysis of Epidural Adhesions
2) Intercostal and Paravertebral Nerve Blocks
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Uniformed Serviced University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. 1996 - present
Assistant Clinical Professor of Physiatry and Rehabilitative Medicine, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine,
Norfolk, Virginia. 2009 - present
AWARDS AND HONORS
Outstanding Military Clinical Investigator for both 1996 and 1999 – American Military
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Association.
Meritorious Service Medal
Navy Commendation Medal – two gold stars in lieu of third award

7. National Defense Medal
United Nations Service Medal
NATO Service Ribbon
Humanitarian Service Ribbon
Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon
Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon
Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon – two stars in lieu of third award
Overseas Service Ribbon – bronze star in lieu of second award
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
PERSONAL REFERENCES
Available on request