https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3889-7557Dr. Dinesh Kumbhare is a Clinician Scientist and Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto within the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a Scientist at KITE and the Schroeder Chair in Pain Assessment and Rehabilitation at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. He is cross-appointed to the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is also adjunct faculty in Kinesiology and Biomedical Engineering at McMaster University.
Dr. Kumbhare obtained his MSc in Health Research Management from McMaster University and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is section editor for the Physiatry Reviews for Evidence in Practice and Resident, Fellow Section with the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He was the principal author of the book, Buschbacher’s Manual of Nerve Conduction Studies. According to the Neurodiagnostic Journal, this is “the gold standard in many EMG labs, this manual is a practical working reference for performing a wide variety of common nerve conduction studies. It provides both practicing clinicians and trainees with an impressive database of reference values they can use to interpret nerve conduction results with confidence.”
He is the Director of the SPARC Clinic (Schroeder Pain Assessment and Rehabilitation Research Center) at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. SPARC is an interdisciplinary treatment and research centre powered by the University Health Network’s KITE Research Institute. SPARC clinic provides comprehensive care for people suffering from chronic pain using evidence-based best practices delivered by an interdisciplinary team of physicians and clinicians at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. SPARC is uniquely positioned to provide a platform for the investigation of pain disorders involving research in biomedical engineering, physical medicine and rehabilitation, clinical epidemiology, and kinesiology. The clinic is believed to be the first such facility in Canada to provide these opportunities for patients, clinicians and researchers. More information about the SPARC clinic can be found at www.sparc-clinic.com.