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PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Joel A. DeLisa, MD, Chairman
Susan Garstang, MD, Director, Residency Training Program
The goals of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation are to assist patients to develop to their fullest physical, psychological, social, vocational, avocational, and educational potentials consistent with their physiological or anatomic impairments and environmental limitations.Specialized services are provided for disabilities resulting from spinal cord injuries, head trauma, fractures, amputations, cancer, arthritis, soft tissue injury, swallowing disorders, developmental disorders, chronic pain syndromes, neuromuscular diseases, neurological and neurosurgical conditions and cardiopulmonary disease. The Department plays a major role in the Northern New Jersey Model Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) System, a National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research funded initiative.The Department has two sections: Physiatry, which includes trauma and acute spinal cord injury rehabilitation, outpatient services, and the electrodiagnostic laboratory; and Rehabilitation Therapy Services, which includes occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, therapeutic recreation, cardiac rehabilitation, a hand service, a pediatric program and WorkForce. A team approach is utilized, which includes coordination with physicians, other allied health professionals, family, and educational and employment settings.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Acute Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Karen L. Kepler, DO, PhD, Director
A key component of the Northern New Jersey Model Spinal Cord Injury System, this program provides consultation on the rehabilitation needs of patients with traumatic injuries to the central nervous system. Along with the department of neurological surgery, the program is involved in a ground-breaking spinal cord injury study of the effectiveness within 14 days of injury of treated autologous white blood cells in restoring function. The Phase II clinical trial of ProCord, sponsored by Proneuron Biotechnologies, Inc., is a randomized-controlled study involving patients with acute complete spinal cord injury who meet study criteria.Expertise is also available in neck pain, back pain and other musculoskeletal disorders as well as injured worker and general physiatry problems.
Appointments: (973) 972-4478
24 hour access to ProCord spinal cord injury trial: 973-641-0600
Staff
Susan Garstang, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Electrodiagnostic Laboratory
Electrodiagnostic evaluation for inpatients and outpatients is performed with state-of-the-art equipment and the latest techniques. These diagnostic tests can be helpful in characterizing and localizing lesions, monitoring the disease process, and prognosticating outcome.The Electrodiagnostic Laboratory uses the most advanced computerized technology and offers a complete range of electrophysiological testing for the diagnosis of a wide variety of disorders, including peripheral and proximal neuropathies, radiculopathies, plexopathies, peripheral nerve injuries, entrapment syndromes, neuromuscular transmission defects, cranial nerve disorders (CN-V and VI), motor neuron disease, spinal cord pathology, and myopathies.The laboratory includes electromyography (routine study with disposable electrodes), motor and sensory nerve conduction studies.
Appointments: (973) 972-2802
Staff
Patrick M. Foye, MD
Todd P. Stitik, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Outpatient Services
Todd P. Stitik, MD, Director
Services are offered for patients with acute, subacute and chronic musculoskeletal problems, such as neck and back pain, as well as general rehabilitation in areas such as sports medicine, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, spinal cord injury, stroke, head trauma, amputee, and neuromuscular disorders. Prosthetics and orthotics clinics are available as well as an injured worker program. Independent medical exams (IMEs) and electrodiagnostic testing (EMG) are performed.
Appointments: (973) 972-2802
Staff
Eric Altschuler, MD, PhD
Patrick M. Foye, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Physiatry (medical)
John R. Bach, MD, Vice Chairman
The section provides inpatient and outpatient consultation for general rehabilitation. Particular expertise is available in cases of respiratory insufficiency, including the supervision of a home mechanical ventilation program and the use of non-invasive methods of ventilatory support as alternatives to tracheostomy ventilation. A comprehensive program of rehabilitation for individuals with neuromuscular disease is offered.
Appointments: (973) 972-7195
Staff
Susan Garstang, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Rehabilitation Therapy Services
Kathy Opromollo, Director
Therapy services focus on maximizing the performance and independence levels of individuals whose lives are interrupted or delayed by insult, injury, illness, or disease. Unless otherwise noted, therapy services are available to both inpatients and outpatients.
Appointments: (973) 972-3466 for inpatients and (973) 972-2801 for outpatients.
Rehabilitation Therapy Services - Cardiac Rehabilitation - Phases I, II, III Michael J. Katz, PT, Manager
This program consists of exercise using state-of-the-art telemetry and education on risk factor intervention. It is designed for patients following myocardial infarction, coronary angioplasty, coronary revascularization, stable angina pectoris, valvular replacement, and other manifestations of heart disease, including congestive heart failure.
Cardiac Rehab Team
Victor Castaneda, MSPT
Jennifer Flemming, RN, M.S.
Jenna Mirabella, M.S. Rehabilitation Therapy Services - Hand Service The hand program is provided by occupational therapy services and incorporates physical therapy services as indicated. The program provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of pathologies of the hand and upper extremity. The team includes a certified hand therapist.
Appointments: (973) 972-2800
Staff
Jeong Hu, OTR, CHT
Payal Patel, OTR
Dawn Stackewicz, OTR
Kelly Thacker, OTR, CHT
Ruchi Vaccher, OTR Rehabilitation Therapy Services - Occupational Therapy Annette V. McCullough-Chambers, O.T.R., Manager
Occupational therapy offers evaluation and treatment in two practice areas: The specialty area of Physical Dysfunction provides evaluation and treatment for the following: nerve and tendon repairs, orthopaedic-related injuries, reconstructive surgeries to the hands, open and closed head injuries, cerebral vascular accidents, spinal cord injuries and burns. Services include: splinting fabrication, adaptive equipment design and consultation, activities of daily living intervention, visual-perceptual motor remediation, pressure garment and device fabrication and fitting, functional cognitive reintegration, edema and pain reduction, and sensory motor/sensibility retraining . The specialty area of Psycho-Social Dysfunction (limited to inpatient acute care psychiatry) provides purposeful activities to develop and maintain a patient's ego-strength, self-image, socialization skills, and productivity. Therapeutic activities are designed to assist in adapting or developing skills in home management, self care, consumer tasks, use of community resources, pre-vocational training, cognitive skills, and social and interpersonal coping techniques. Rehabilitation Therapy Services - Pediatric Program The service consists of occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology. The focus is on the early detection and treatment of movement disorders, and the improvement of oral-motor development, feeding and functional performance in self-care, play and school activities. Appointments: (973) 972-2800
Staff
Nidhi Gupta, MSPT
Avani Malankar, MSPT
Yajaira Rodriguez, OTR
Linda Tucker, CCC-SP
Ruchi Vacchar, OTR Rehabilitation Therapy Services - Physical Therapy Michael J. Katz, PT, Manager
The Physical Therapy Division offers traditional therapy services in the following areas: orthopaedics, neurology, medical/surgical, pain management, work conditioning, post-trauma, wound care (including burns), sports medicine, pediatrics, cardiac rehabilitation. Therapists are also available for consultation on special seating, assistive devices for ambulation, home adaptive equipment, postural support devices, and general rehabilitation equipment. The division has particular interest in body mechanics training and spine rehabilitation and is available for job site ergonomic assessments to reduce worker injury. Rehabilitation Therapy Services - Speech-Language Pathology Services Ann Gulyas, CCC-SLP, Manager
The Speech-Language Pathology Division focuses on the evaluation and treatment of children and adults who have speech, language, cognitive and swallowing disorders. Therapists focus on managing the communication and/or swallowing disorder in the most functional way possible. Rehabilitation Therapy Services - Therapeutic Recreation Annette V. McCullough-Chambers, O.T.R., Liaison
This program, currently limited to inpatient acute care psychiatry, involves the use of recreation to improve or maintain mental functioning to assist individuals in expressing independent leisure lifestyles. It includes a continuum of services, including therapy, leisure education, and recreation participation. Services are provided through one-to-one or group therapy sessions. Rehabilitation Therapy Services - WorkForce Michael J. Katz, PT, Manager
This program provides industrial medicine services in six components: outpatient work conditioning; spine rehabilitation; functional capacity evaluation; job site analysis; pre-placement screening; and back education workshops. It is staffed by experts in the field and is supported by state-of-the-art equipment.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Spinal Injection Service
Todd P. Stitik, MD, Director
Patrick Foye, MD
Spinal injections are performed either to confirm a suspected diagnosis and/or reduce pain and inflammation for the patient with spinal problems. These procedures can also be effective for relieving associated pain in the upper and lower extremities. When pain has not gone away with more conservative treatment (oral medications, physical therapy, etc.), an injection of local anesthetic and anti-inflammatory steroid or other nerve block procedure may provide relief. The goal is to decrease pain and inflammation and thus improve the patient's functional status and quality of life. Types of injections include epidural steroid injections (to treat disc herniations and inflamed nerve roots), facet joint injections (for facet arthritis), and sacroiliac joint injections (for back pain originating from the sacroiliac joint).
Appointments: (973) 972-2802
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Trauma Rehabilitation
This program provides inpatient and outpatient consultation on the rehabilitation needs of patients with traumatic injuries. These injuries include brain trauma, multiple fractures, peripheral nerve injuries, amputations, and burns. Consultations are also available in other areas of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Appointments: (973) 972-2802
Staff
Elie P Elovic, MD
Susan Garstang, MD
Peter P. Yonclas, MD
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