orthopaedics

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Jacques S Whitecloud, MD

Like his grandfather and father, Jacques S. Whitecloud, M.D., is a graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Whitecloud completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he received training in manual spine therapies, electrodiagnostic medicine and minimally invasive spine treatments. Dr. Whitecloud believes in not only pain relief, but in rehabilitation – the patient's return to function after a back or neck injury, no matter how slight or severe. Non-operative interventions are his specialty.

Appointments
Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics, Tulane University School of Medicine

Specialty
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Subspecialty
Spine & Rehabilitative Medicine

Certification
American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians

Certification in Evaluation of Disability and Impairment Rating

American Board of Independent Medical Examiners

State Licensure
Louisiana
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Michigan

Education
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US, B.A.., 1988-1992

University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, Master of Fine Arts, Fiction Writing, 1992-1994

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, M.D., 1998

Internship
Tulane University School of Medicine/Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, US, 1998-1999

Residency
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, 1999-2002

Clinical Interests
Non-operative Interventions

Awards

• Resident Physician Peer Teaching Award, 2002

Selected Publications

• "Rehabilitation Pharmacology." Whitecloud, J; Spires MC. Manual of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Publishers, November 2001.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing

Patients searching for information regarding non-surgical and surgical treatment options related to the back or spine should also visit the Tulane Spine Center website.