Here at Mount Sinai we understand that, as a patient, it is
of paramount importance that you feel you know, and can trust, your physician.
With this in mind, every month we will be introducing you to one of our doctors
in more depth, so that you can get to know them a bit better, and we are
beginning with our System Chair and Director of Sports Medicine, Dr. Joseph Herrera.
Dr Herrera began his training at the DO, University of
Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey, before undergoing his residency training
in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation through a combined program organised by
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center. Following
this, he then did a further fellowship in Interventional Spine and Sports
Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.
Following his training he was appointed to the New York
State Athletic Commission and served as the Chief Team Physician for USA Boxing
Metro. His work treating and evaluating both amateur and professional athletes
led to him being awarded the Rocky Marciano Physician of the Year Award, for
excellence in the field of Sports Medicine. This is just one of the many awards
Dr. Herrera has won during his time, including being named one of the Best
Doctors in America, one of New York’s Super Doctors, a Castle Connolly Top
Doctor, and an American Pain Scholar by the American Pain Society.
Dr. Herrera has authored and edited a number of prominent
medical works, including the “Manual to
Musculoskeletal Medicine” and “Essential
Sports Medicine”, served as Chief Editor of Medical journal “Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine”
and has been interviewed on TV and radio, and in a number of popular
publications, for his expertise.
Having been fellowship trained in Interventional procedures
for spinal and joint conditions, he now heads up our own Interventional Spine
and Sports Medicine Program as Fellowship Director. He is also the Residency
Program Director for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program. His
research and clinical interest focuses on sports-related injuries, knee, back,
and shoulder pain, electrodiagnostic studies, and fluoroscopic guided spine and
joint intervention. His interventional procedures include – but are not limited
to – discography, radiofrequency neurotomy, and interlaminar and trasforaminal
epidural injections.
Most importantly, his average patient experience rating is
4.8 out of 5!
If you think Dr.
Herrera could help with your condition, you can book a consultation here.
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