Description of Research Expertise

I have been actively involved in pelvic pain education for the physiatrists in the AAPMR academy meetings and have published book chapters and journal publications on musculoskeletal and neurological pelvic pain management. I have participated in resident and fellow educational activities in clinical practice and organized structured lectures and practical courses on pelvic injections at the annual academy meetings.

Selected Publications

Malathy Srinivasan: Ways to help reduce back pain Metro Philadelphia, Ortho Corner : 2023.

Appasamy M, Lam C, Alm J, Chadwick AL.: Trigger Point Injections Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am : 2022.

Townsend CB, Liss F, Langman C, Mazur D, Stache SA, Sharma S, Stolzenberg DS, Srinivasan M, Pedowitz D, Namdari S, Wang ML, Greis AC, Ilyas AM.: Perspectives of Orthopedic Patients on Medical Cannabis: A Survey of More Than 2500 Patients Orthopedics : 2022.

Srinivasan M, Torres JE, McGeary D, Nagpal AS.: Complementary and Alternative (CAM) Treatment Options for Women with Pelvic pain Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep : 2020.

Malathy Srinivasan: Back and Hip pain in athletes- Part 1:How the hip,spine and pelvic floor interacts Rothman Orthopedics Website : 2020.

Malathy Srinivasan: Back and Hip pain in athletes- Part 2: Symptoms, evaluation and treatment options Rothman Orthopedics Website : 2020.

Torres JE, Nagpal AS, Iya A, McGeary D, Srinivasan M.: Interventional treatment options for women with pelvic pain Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep : 2020.

Appasamy M, De Witt ME, Patel N, Yeh N, Bloom O, Oreste A.: Treatment strategies for genu recurvatum in adult patients with hemiparesis: a case series PM R : 2015.

Christopher Plastaras and Malathy Appasamy : Interventional procedures for musculoskeletal pain in pregnancy and postpartum:Efficacy and safety- Book chapter Musculoskeletal health in pregnancy and post-partum book : 115-133,2015.

Plastaras C, Appasamy M, Sayeed Y, McLaughlin C, Charles J, Joshi A, Macron D, Pukenas B.: Fluoroscopy procedure and equipment changes to reduce staff radiation exposure in the interventional spine suite Pain Physician : 2013.

Academic Contact Information

Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1800, Lombard Street, 1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366