RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine

Dr.  Capozzi  is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with specialty training in joint replacement surgery. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Columbia University, he obtained his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic training at Mount Sinai and the Otto Alfrank Adult Joint Reconstructive Fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. In...

Dr.  Capozzi  is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with specialty training in joint replacement surgery. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Columbia University, he obtained his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic training at Mount Sinai and the Otto Alfrank Adult Joint Reconstructive Fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. In...

Dr. Mahya  Beheshti  is a physician-scientist at Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health, where she works at the intersection of medicine and engineering to advance neurorehabilitation and assistive technologies. Her research focuses on neurorehabilitation, human–machine interfaces, EEG-based pattern recognition, and wearable technologies. She is particularly interested in how eye–hand coordinatio...

Dr. Sofiya Prilik is Clinical Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Transplant Rehabilitation and Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the NYU Rusk Rehabilitation department. Dr. Greg  Sweeney is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Part 2 The discussion included the following topics:...

Dr. Sofiya Prilik  is Clinical Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Transplant Rehabilitation and Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the NYU Rusk Rehabilitation department.  Dr. Greg  Sweeney is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Part 1 The discussion included the following topics...

Dr. Steven  Flanagan  is Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chairperson of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk. He provides care for patients with physical and cognitive disabilities. He specializes in treating those who are recuperating from a stroke or brain injury. He is accompanied in this interview by Dr. Jonathan Whiteson who holds the rank of professor in...

Dr. Steven  Flanagan  is Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chairperson of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk. He provides care for patients with physical and cognitive disabilities. He specializes in treating those who are recuperating from a stroke or brain injury. He is accompanied in this interview by Dr. Jonathan Whiteson who holds the rank of professor in...

Dr. Steven  Flanagan  is Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chairperson of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk. He provides care for patients with physical and cognitive disabilities. He specializes in treating those who are recuperating from a stroke or brain injury. He is accompanied in this interview by Dr. Jonathan Whiteson who holds the rank of professor in...

Ted  Joyce  is a Professor of Economics at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York and a Research Associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research's program in Health Economics. He has published extensively in the area economic demography and reproductive health policy.  His work on abortion policy has appeared in the  Journal of Political Economy ,  New Englan...

Ted  Joyce  is a Professor of Economics at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York and a Research Associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research's program in Health Economics. He has published extensively in the area economic demography and reproductive health policy.  His work on abortion policy has appeared in the  Journal of Political Economy ,  New Englan...

Both corticosteroid injection and PRP demonstrate initial efficacy where steroid appears to provide superior pain relief, as you can see here going down within the first four weeks, whereas PRP demonstrated longer lasting effect, as you can see that the VAS score is actually going down all the way up to 24 weeks, where the corticosteroid injections kind of peak at four weeks, and then slowly the p...

Dr. Haruki  Ishii discussed a review paper on the risks and benefits of corticosteroid injections versus plasma injections in patients. The aim of this review was to compare the evidence for clinical applications of these injectates as a treatment for a variety of musculoskeletal conditions in patients. Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections for clinical use as discussed here, is defined as autolog...

Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis is a Distinguished University Scholar and a Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) and in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at The University of British Columbia. She holds the Reichwald Family Chair in Preventive Medicine and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, t...

Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis is a Distinguished University Scholar and a Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) and in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at The University of British Columbia. She holds the Reichwald Family Chair in Preventive Medicine and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, t...

With over 20 years of extensive clinical experience, Dr. Kedzierska is a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She serves as a faculty member of an Accredited Physical Therapy Neurology Residency Program. She mentors department staff on assessment/treatment for related diagnosis. She has presented in local and na...

Dr. Maria  Janakos  is a sports medicine physiatrist at NYU and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the University of Louisville and a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. Her clinical interests include concussion management, orthobiologics, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and event coverag...

Dr. Maria  Janakos  is a sports medicine physiatrist at NYU and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the University of Louisville and a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. Her clinical interests include concussion management, orthobiologics, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and event coverag...

Dr.  Zhu  is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include the management of a range of symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment, including weakness, pain, neuropathy, and limited range of motion. Throughout her career, she has been dedicated to proactive healthcare engagement, working closely...

Dr. Patricia Tan serves as Medical Director for Rusk  Pediatrics  Rehabilitation. Her Certification is from the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. She has been selected as a Fellow by the following organizations: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; American Academy of  Pediatrics ; American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine; and the Assoc...

Dr. Patricia Tan serves as Medical Director for Rusk  Pediatrics  Rehabilitation. Her Certification is from the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. She has been selected as a Fellow by the following organizations: American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; American Academy of  Pediatrics ; American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine; and the Assoc...

Dr. Ira  Rashbaum  specializes in mind–body care and treatment of patients who have tension myoneural syndrome, previously known as tension myositis syndrome, a condition that causes pain and symptoms associated with tension and stress factors. His expertise is in diagnosing and treating individuals who have psychosomatic pain disorders. He has an extensive list of publications, national meeting p...

Dr. Ira  Rashbaum specializes in mind–body care and treatment of patients who have tension myoneural syndrome, previously known as tension myositis syndrome, a condition that causes pain and symptoms associated with tension and stress factors. His expertise is in diagnosing and treating individuals who have psychosomatic pain disorders. He has an extensive list of publications, national meeting pr...

Dr. Ronald (James) Cotton who is an electrical engineer, neuroscientist, and physiatrist working as a physician scientist at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, and assistant professor in the Northwestern University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. We have this one paper where we can use diffusion models and generate a bunch of probabilistic samples of movements and they constrain them by...

Dr. Ronald (James) Cotton who is an electrical engineer, neuroscientist, and physiatrist working as a physician scientist at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, and assistant professor in the Northwestern University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. PART 1 All of us probably believe and understand that how someone moves and walks is hugely informative. People are exuding all this informati...

Dr. Steven  Flanagan , a nationally renowned expert in the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI), has worked at the Rusk Rehabilitation Institute at NYU Langone Health since 2008. He serves as the Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chairperson of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. A former President of the American Academy of Physical...