EDWARD MENDELSOHN, MD PLLC is a physical medicine rehabilitation in New York, NY. The provider is physical medicine and rehabilitation, also referred to as rehabilitation medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with diagnosing, evaluating, and treating patients with physical disabilities. These disabilities may arise from conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Alternatively, the disabilities may result from neurological trauma or disease such as spinal cord injury, head injury or stroke. A physician certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation is often called a physiatrist. The primary goal of the physiatrist is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Pain management is often an important part of the role of the physiatrist. For diagnosis and evaluation, a physiatrist may include the techniques of electromyography to supplement the standard history, physical, x-ray and laboratory examinations. The physiatrist has expertise in the appropriate use of therapeutic exercise, prosthetics (artificial limbs), orthotics and mechanical and electrical devices. EDWARD MENDELSOHN, MD PLLC NPI is 1669760641. The provider is registered as an organization entity type and is a multiple single specialty group.
The provider's business location address is:
853 BROADWAY
SUITE 200
NEW YORK, NY
ZIP 10003
Phone: (212) 750-1110
Fax: (212) 750-1140
The provider's authorized official is Edward Joel Mendelsohn .
The authorized official title is Doctor and has the following contact phone number (212) 750-1110.
The enumeration date for this NPI number is 7/12/2011 and was last updated on 9/27/2011.