Elva Pearson-Delport, M.D.
specializes in physical medicine and 
rehabilitation concentrating on the
diagnosis and management of spine and peripheral joint disorders. She
is proficient in interventional spinal and peripheral joint injections,
including lumbar discography and IDET procedures, done under x-ray guidance
for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes
Dr. Pearson-Delport attended the University of
Manitoba, Canada where she obtained a Bachelor of Physical Education (1981),
and Doctor of Medicine (1988). She completed her residency training in
physical medicine and rehabilitation in 1996 at the University of Manitoba
and then completed a two year fellowship in interventional spinal and
peripheral joint injection techniques in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1998. She
is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in both Canada
and the United States.
Dr. Pearson-Delport is a member of the American
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Canadian Association
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also a member of the
Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation .
Dr. Pearson-Delport has worked with the Canadian Air
Force as a flight medical officer, an air crash investigator, an addictions
counselor, and has taught medical assistants. She has an interest in
the management of osteoporosis, has published a research paper on
osteoporosis and spinal cord injuries, and set up an osteoporosis subclinic
in Hawaii during her fellowship.
Dr. Pearson-Delport is currently focusing her efforts
on the diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain. She works collaboratively
with an orthopedic spine surgeon, spine qualified physical therapists, and
performs x-ray guided injections to determine the pain generator in spine
pain and to provide quality spine care to patients in an outpatient setting.
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