Thiru Annaswamy, MD

Associate Professor
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Graduate Program: Biomedical Engineering

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-2080

thiru.annaswamy@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

ResidencySpaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (1999)
InternshipLemuel Shattuck Hospital (1996)
Medical SchoolMysore Medical College (1992)

Research Interests

Diagnostic testing in chronic back pain
Electrodiagnostic testing and outcomes
Neural Plasticity and Recovery in body-weight-supported treadmill training after SCI
Virtual reality based computer simulation of epidural procedures

Publications

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). AAPM&R Case of the Month, EMG Case #102

Ochani P, Annaswamy T. , AAPMR academe http://me.e-aapmr.org/CaseStudies.aspx (electronic publication) , March 2010;

Interrater Reliability of Needle Electromyographic Findings in Lumbar Radiculopathy

Chouteau WL, Annaswamy TM, Bierner SM, Elliott AC, Figueroa I. , American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , 2010; (89(7)):561-69

Synchronous stimulation and monitoring of soleus H reflex during robotic body weight-supported ambulation in subjects with spinal cord injury.

Querry RG, Pacheco F, Annaswamy T, Goetz L, Winchester PK, Tansey KE , Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development , 2008; (45(1)):175-86

Measurement of plantarflexor spasticity in traumatic brain injury: Correlational study of resistance torque compared with the modified Ashworth scale.

Annaswamy T, Mallempati S, Allison SC, Abraham LD , American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , 2007; (86(5)):404-11