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Paul H. Lento, MD

Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Telephone:  215-707-7021

Email: paul.lento@tuhs.temple.edu

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Undergraduate degree, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 1988

 

MD, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1992

 

Internship, Naval Hospital Pensacola, Pensacola, FL, 1993

 

Residency, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2000

 

Fellowship, Sports and Spine Rehabilitation Rehab Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001

 

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• Non-surgical treatment of sports, spine and other musculoskeletal injuries
• Performing musculoskeletal ultrasound diagnostic and interventional procedures for various musculoskeletal conditions

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• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Subspecialty Board in Pain Management

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• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• North American Spine Society
• International Spine Intervention Society
• American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine

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Lento PH, Strakowski JA. The use of ultrasound in guiding musculoskeletal interventional procedures. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 2010 Aug;21(3):559-83

Ellen Casey, Paul Lento, Joseph Ihm, Chapter 13 Vascular Injuries of the Lower Limb in Nerve and Vascular   Injuries in Sports Medicine Akuthota and Weinstein  (eds) (In Press) 2009 pp 135-200

Lento, PH, Primack S. Advances and utility of diagnostic ultrasound in musculoskeletal medicine. Curr Rev Musculoskeletal Med. 2008 Mar (1):24-31

Paul Lento and William Sullivan Soft Tissue Injuries Following Whiplash,   In Slipman  Derby Simeon Mayer (eds) Interventional Spine, An Algorithmic Approach  2008 pp 601-606

Paul Lento & Venu Akuthota “Meniscal Injuries” Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Frontera Silver Rizzo (eds) Second Edition 2008 pp359-366

Paul Lento & Venu Akuthota “Collateral Ligament Sprain” Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Frontera Silver Rizzo (eds) Second Edition 2008 pp319-24

Venu Akuthota, Sonja Stilp, & Paul Lento “Iliotibial Band Syndrome” Essentials of Physical Medicine and                   

 Rehabilitation. Frontera Silver Rizzo (eds) Second edition 2008 pp 337-44

Lento, PH. Sullivan W.The downed runner. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 2005 Aug 16(3):831-49

Muche J, Lento PH. Posterior Knee Pain and Its Causes The Physician and Sports Medicine 2004;32(3)

Akuthota,V, Lento,P. Pathogenesis of lumbar spinal stenosis pain: why does an asymptomatic stenotic patient flare? Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 2003 Feb 14(1):17-28

Paul Lento “Pearl in Diagnosing Discogenic Pain” Physician and Sports Medicine 2002; 30:(2)

Lento P, Akuthota V.“A Comprehensive Review of Knee Meniscal Injuries” Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation 2000; 15:55-62

Lento, P H. Saukkonen, K. Aoki, N. Lefer, A M. Beneficial effects of a specific leukotriene receptor antagonist in splanchnic artery occlusion shock. European Journal of Pharmacology. 1989 Jun 165(2-3):241-9

Osborne, J A. Lento, P H. Siegfried, M R Cardiovascular effects of acute hypercholesterolemia in rabbits. Reversal with lovastatin treatment. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1989 Feb 83(2):465-73

Stahl, G L. Craft, D V. Lento, P H. Detection of platelet-activating factor during traumatic shock. Circulatory Shock. 1988 Nov 26(3):237-44

Aoki, N. Siegfried, M. Tsao, P. Lento. Beneficial mechanisms of action of a prostacyclin enhancing agent in splanchnic artery occlusion shock. Research Communications in Chemical Pathology & Pharmacology. 1988 Jun 60(3):275-89

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