Dr. Paul Pipia MD

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Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Paul Pipia identified specializing in Physical Medicine and RehabilitationPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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 musculoskelatal system such as neck and back pain, sports injuries, or other painful conditions affecting the limbs, for example, 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 call 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..

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Dr. Pipia is affiliated with 1 hospital:

SUNY Downstate Medical Center
445 Lenox Rd
Brooklyn, NY

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Dr. Paul Pipia has been confirmed to have a license in New York

Education

Dr. Pipia attended medical school at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and graduated in 1989 having 24 years experience. Additional Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation training was conducted at Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Additional Internal Medicine training was conducted at Staten Island University Hospital.

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