Hongtao Michael Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Clinical Interests: Interventional Physiatry/Interventional Pain Management
MEDICAL EDUCATION:
1997-2001 M.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine,
Lexington, KY
POST DOCTORAL TRAINING:
2005-2006 Fellow, Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2004-2005 Chief Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2001-2005 Resident Physician, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE:
North Carolina
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Born and raised in China, Dr. Guo graduated from the Shandong University with a major in Biology. Dr. Guo came to the United States for graduate study and obtained his PhD degree in Pharmaceutic Sciences from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Guo stayed in Lexington, Kentucky for his medical education and graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Dr. Guo completed his internship and residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Virginia, where he served as the Chief Resident. He went on to receive his fellowship training in Pain Management in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Guo joined the faculty, as Assistant Professor, at the Wake Forest University Department of Neurology in 2006. As an Interventional Physiatrist, Dr. Guo’s primary clinic interest includes treatments of pain and other associated symptoms in the neck, back and extremities with epidural injections, joint injections, nerve blocks, denervation, etc. In addition, he contributes to the in-patient care in the rehabilitation hospital. Dr. Guo enjoys educating and training medical students and residents in interventional physiatry and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Outside the hospital, Dr. Guo enjoys spending time with his wife and their two sons. They enjoy sports, movies/shows, traveling and having fun with friends
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Guo, HM, Jenkins, JG. Evaluation of Tinel’s sign as a screening test for ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 2005
Guo, HM, Bryant, MG. Hypervitaminosis A and worsening bone mineral density in a patient with osteoporosis: A case report. American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 65th Annual Assembly, 2004.
Guo, H, Gillespie, MN, Olson, JW. Monocrotaline (MCT) increases polyamine uptake by cultured porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Experimental Biology 93, 1993
Lipke, DW, Guo, H, Olson, JW, Soltis, EE. Multiple polyamine regulatory pathways control compensatory cardiovascular hypertrophy in coarctation hypertension. Clin Exp Hypertension, 19:269-295, April 1997
Aziz, SM, Toborek, M, Guo H, Lipke, DW. Oxidative stress mediates monocrotaline-induced alterations in tenascin expression in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Int. J Biochem Cell Biol, 29(5):775-787, 1997
Ramasamy, S, Guo H, Hennig, B. Atherosclerosis, oxidized lipid-mediated alterations in proteoglycan metabolism in cultured pulmonary endothelial cells. Atherosclerosis, 120:199-208, Feb. 1996
Lipke, DW, Guo, H, Arcot, SS, Soltis, EE. Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) reduces fibronectin (FN) and laminin (LN) deposition and normalizes vascular function in the coarctation hypertensive aorta. Experimental Biology 94, 1994
Brown, M, Guo, H, Olson, JW, Soltis, EE. Eflornithine (DMFO) treatment and vascular polyamines in established hypertension in the DOCA-salt rat. Experimental Biology 93, 1993
Newman, P, Guo, H, Olson, J, Soltis, E. Eflornithine (DMFO) treatment and vascular polyamines in spontaneously hypertensive rates (SHR). Experimental Biology 93, 1993
Soltis, EE, Guo, H, Arcot, SS, Olson, JW. The vascular ornitine decarboxylase/polyamine system in deoxycortisone acetate hypertension. Council for High Blood Pressure Research, 1993.