Dr. Steven Helper
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2225 Broadway W.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6K 2E4
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Dr. Steven Helper's Credentials
Accepting New Patients
Yes, this doctor is accepting new patients
Biography
Dr. Helper, graduated in Medicine from the University of Manitoba (2001), and completed his residency program at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine. He is a certified specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dr. Helper subsequently earned a Fellowship in Interventional Spine Pain Management at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Spine Center. He recently authored three textbook chapters on the topic of spinal intervention. His primary interest is the performance of x-ray guided spine injection procedures for pain management.
Languages
- English
Education
- University of Manitoba (Grad. 2001)
- University of British Columbia (Grad. 2006)
Publications & Research
- Prospective study in interventional spine care: 2003 § To establish the efficacy of lumbar medial branch neurotomy § Supervised by Dr. Howard Intrater, Department Head; Health Sciences Center Pain Clinic § Principal Investigator; Data unpublished.
- Book Chapter 81 “Lumbar radicular pain: Medical Rehabilitation”, in Interventional Spine, An Algorithmic Approach, CW Slipman, R Derby, FA Simeone, TG Meyer, Editors. Elsevier Science, Ltd, London, UK, 2007.
- Book Chapter 32: “Percutaneous Treatments for Painful Cervical Discs” in iSpine: Evidence- Based Interventional Spine Care, Michael J. DePalma, Editor. Demos Publishing. March 18, 2011.
- Prospective Clinical Trial: Percutaneous Disc Decompression (PDD) 2006 - 2008 § Large prospective trial to assess the efficacy of PDD for contained lumbar focal protrusions causing radiculopathy § Completed (& Revised February 2011): Not submitted for pub
- Retrospective study in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: 1999 – 2001 § Comparison of radiographs of children with extended oligo-articular JRA to those with poly-articular JRA
- Book Chapter 21: “Intradiscal Therapies”, in Lumbar Intervertebral Disc, Frank Phillips and Carl Lauryssen, Editors. Thieme Publishing Ltd, New York, New York, 2009
I'm sure there are many other good Doctors out there but, this Doctor is in a completely different league. Extremely knowledgeable. thorough and thoughtful. Exceptional !!
Submitted March 3, 2024