Scientific Director

In his role as Scientific Director, Eric Cosman, Jr, conducts research on the physical and biological mechanisms of Radiofrequency (RF) in pain management, as well as their translation into clinical practice. Among his academic publications are seminal reports on the electric and thermal effects of RF and Pulsed RF, including the discovery of Pulsed RF heat flashes [9] and characterization of Bipolar RF heat lesion geometry [4]. Dr. Cosman is a regular speaker at interventional pain congresses and had authored numerous textbook chapters on radiofrequency physics [1,2,3,7,8]. He is also the chief designer of the G4 four-electrode radiofrequency generator.

Dr. Cosman received bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  His doctoral research focused on the inference of neural networks in humans based on functional neuroimaging data, such as fMRI, MEG, and EEG.  His work was conducted in collaboration with the Surgical Planning Lab (SPL) and the Brigham and Women's Hospital and with the Athinoula A. Martinos. Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005

M.Eng. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000

B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999

Professional

Scientific Director, Cosman Medical, Inc., 2005-present

Research Consultant, Harvard/MIT Broad Institute, 2005-2006

Research Assistant, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, 1999-2005

Publications

1. Cosman ER Sr, Cosman ER Jr. Radiofrequency Lesions. In: P. Prithvi Raj and Serdar Erdine, eds. Pain-Relieving Procedures: The Illustrated Guide. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. 2012.
2. Cosman ER Jr, Gauci CA, Cosman ER Sr. The Physics of Radiofrequency and Pulsed Radiofrequency.  In: Charles Gauci, ed. Manual of RF Techniques (3rd Edition). Ridderkerk, Netherlands: CoMedical BV. 2011.
3. Cosman ER Sr, Cosman ER Jr. The Physics of Pulsed Radiofrequency.  In: Charles Gauci, ed. Manual of RF Techniques (3rd Edition). Ridderkerk, Netherlands: CoMedical BV. 2011.
4. Cosman ER Jr, Gonzalez CD. Bipolar Radiofrequency Lesion Geometry: Implications for Palisade Treatment of Sacroiliac Joint Pain. Pain Practice 2011; 11(1): 3-22.  [PDF]  [Pain Practice]  [PubMed]
5. Erdine S, Bilir A, Cosman ER, Cosman ER. Ultrastructural Changes in Axons Following Exposure to Pulsed Radiofrequency Fields. Pain Practice 2009; 9(6): 407 – 417.  [PDF]  [Pain Practice]  [PubMed]
6. Cosman ER Sr, Cosman ER Jr, Bove G. Blockage of Axonal Transmission by Pulsed Radiofrequency Fields.  In: Proceedings of the Society of Neuroscience Conference; Oct 17-21, 2009; Chicago, IL, USA.
7. Cosman ER Sr, Cosman ER Jr.  Radiofrequency Lesions.  In: Andres M. Lozano, Philip L. Gildenberg, and Ronald R. Tasker, eds. Textbook of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (2nd Edition).  2009.
8. Cosman ER Sr, Cosman ER Jr. The Physics of Pulsed Radiofrequency. In: Charles Gauci, ed. Manual of RF Techniques (2nd Edition).  2008.
9. Cosman ER Jr, Cosman ER Sr. Electric and thermal field effects in tissue around radiofrequency electrodes. Pain Medicine 2005; 6(6): 405-424.   [PDF]  [Pain Medicine]  [PubMed]
10. Cosman ER Jr. Bayesian Population Inference for Effective Connectivity. Ph.D. Thesis, M.I.T.  2005.
11. Cosman ER Jr, Wells WM III. Bayesian Population Modeling of Effective Connectivity. Information Processing in Medical Imaging (LNCS 3565).  2005; 2: 39-51.
12. Cosman ER Jr, Fisher JW III, and Wells WM III. Exact MAP Activity Detection In fMRI Using A GLM with an Ising Spatial Prior.  Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (LNCS 3217).  2004: 703-710.
13. Nain D, Haker S, Grimson WEL, Cosman ER Jr, Wells WM III, Ji H, Kikinis R, Westin CF. Intra-patient Prone to Supine Colon Registration for Synchronized Virtual Colonoscopy. Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.  2002: 573-580.
14. Fisher JW III, Cosman ER Jr, Wible C, Wells WM III. Adaptive Entropy Rates for fMRI Time-Series Analysis.  Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.  2001: 905-912.
15. Cosman ER Jr.  Rigid Registration of MRI and Biplane Fluoroscopy. M.Eng. Thesis, M.I.T.  2000.

Talks

Bipolar RF Technique. "The Truth About Radio Frequency Treatment" Symposium. St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. March 1, 2013.

Physics Behind RF. "The Truth About Radio Frequency Treatment" Symposium. St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. March 1, 2013.

Advances in Radiofrequency Pain Management. Fifth Annual Scientific Meeting of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, College of Anaesthetists of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland. February 23, 2013.

Physics of Radiofrequency. London Pain Forum Winter Symposium "Advances in Pain Medicine". Tignes, France. January 21, 2013.

Radiofrequency Physics for Pain Medicine. Stanford Pain Management Center, Stanford University. Redwood City, CA, USA. January 7, 2013.

Advances in Radiofrequency. Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. November 8, 2012.

RF Physics, Safety and Applications. The 17th Annual Advanced Interventional Pain Conference and Practical Workshop. Budapest, Hungary.  September 4, 2012.

How We Make The Lesion. The 15th World Pain Clinic Congress (WPSC 2012). Grenada, Spain. June 27, 2012.

Principles and Mechanisms of Radiofrequency. Comprehensive Review Course for FIPP exam. London, UK. May 10, 2012.

Advances in Radiofrequency. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Pain Clinic. Bethesda, MD, USA. April 24, 2012.

Advances in Radiofrequency. Johns Hopkins University, Blaustein Pain Treatment Center. Baltimore, MD, USA. April 23, 2012.

The Physical Basis of RF. Colloquium on "Avances en Radiofrecuencia". Madrid, Spain.  February 23, 2012.

Advances in Radiofrequency. Wayne State University, Department of Pain Management. Detroit, MI, USA. January 31, 2012.

Advances in Radiofrequency. University of California Davis, Department of Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Sacramento, CA, USA. January 11, 2012.

Advances in Radiofrequency. Cleveland Clinic, Department of Pain Management. Cleveland, OH, USA. November 11, 2011.

Advances in Radiofrequency. Case Western Reserve University, Department of Anesthesiology. Cleveland, OH, USA. September 26, 2011.

Bipolar Radiofrequency Lesions. World Institute of Pain (WIP) Benelux 2011. Maastricht, Netherlands. June 24, 2011.

Physics of Radiofrequency. Duke University, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management Division. Durham, NC, USA. December 2, 2010.

Physics of Radiofrequency. St. Anna Zorggroep, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management. Geldrop, Netherlands. November 30, 2010.Physics of Radiofrequency. Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, Department of Pain Medicine. Utrecht, Netherlands. November 29, 2010.

Physics of Radiofrequency. Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management. Sliedrecht, Netherlands. November 29, 2010.

Physics of Radiofrequency. The 14th World Pain Clinic Congress (WPSC 2010). Beijing, China. October 31, 2010.

Physics of Radiofrequency. University of California Davis, Department of Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. Sacramento, CA, USA. October 19, 2010.

Physics of Radiofrequency. The 15th Annual Advanced Interventional Pain Conference and Practical Workshop, and the 17th World Institute of Pain FIPP Examination. Budapest, Hungary.  August 31, 2010. [VIDEO]

Optimized Well-Based DNA Sequencing. The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases.  Guilford, CT, USA. October 3, 2006.

Bayesian Population Inference for Effective Connectivity. Information Processing in Medical Imaging Conference. Glenwood Springs, CO, USA. July 12, 2005.

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