<p>Rehabilitation Medicine, Electrodiagnosis, Rheumatology.</p>

General Physiatry, Electrodiagnosis, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Stroke Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal conditions like back pain, neck pain , shoulder pain, elbow pain.

<P align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=red size=5>Cardiac Rehabilitation</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Montefiore Cardiac Rehabilitation is a highly personalized program that has a physician present at all times while patients are exercising.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Not all patients need such intense supervision.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>If your medical condition does not require close supervision while exercising any program that is geographically convenient to home or work would be adequate. Many patients suffer from depression or anxiety following cardiac procedures, especially bypass surgery. For these patients close supervision is greatly reassuring and can achieve a more full psychological recovery that can often lag behind physical recovery. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN>“What is the time commitment involved in Cardiac Rehabilitation?”</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000>A standard course of Cardiac Rehabilitation is three times a week for twelve weeks. Some patients require a shorter duration, especially if they were active and committed exercisers prior to their cardiac event.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN>“Now that I’m interested in Cardiac Rehabilitation, can I just sign up?”</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT color=#000000 size=4>No you cannot. All patients must be referred by their primary care provider or cardiologist. Doctors who specialize in cardiac rehabilitation are specialists and must therefore receive a referral from another doctor. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">4)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN>“I am an active person already, do I really need Cardiac Rehabilitation?”</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000>Even “active” patients benefit from a supervised exercise program. Most patients who identify themselves as “active” are not regular exercisers, and most regular exercisers do not perform aerobic exercise in a formal structured way. Physician supervised exercise is the best way to make sure that each patient is getting the right amount of exercise, not too much, and not too little.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT size=4><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">5)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN></SPAN>“Why didn’t my doctor tell me about Cardiac Rehabilitation?”</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT color=#000000 size=2><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Do not feel alone! Cumulatively only 10 - 47% of all patients who are eligible for cardiac rehabilitation are actually referred to Cardiac Rehabilitation programs, although the benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation are well known and well described in the international medical literature. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>Many physicians believe that patients will “do it on their own” if motivated; however, most patients benefit from the reassurance and motivation that physician supervision offers.</FONT> </FONT></P>
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<p>Specializing in care of post-procedure cardiac patients and patients with chronic heart failure who are interested in Cardiac Rehabilitation. </p>

<p>Cardiac rehabilitation and recovery following cardiac events and procedures. </p>

Clinical focus on women&rsquo;s health: pelvic floor rehabilitation and lymphedema management.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

Ongoing research on treating urinary incontinence with biomechanical foot orthosis.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

<p>Anna Maria Lasak, MD, is Clinical Director, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Director, Women&rsquo;s Health Rehabilitation Fellowship Program at Montefiore. She is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team, her clinical focus has been on women&rsquo;s health, specifically pelvic floor rehabilitation and lymphedema management.</p><p>In 1993, Dr. Lasak received her Doctor of Medicine from the Medical University in Warsaw. Her postgraduate training began in 1997, with a year-long internship at St. John&rsquo;s Episcopal Hospital. She then completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2001, becoming Chief Resident in her final year.</p><p>Her research focus is treating urinary incontinence with biomechanical foot orthosis. In 2017, Dr. Lasak became Principal Investigator in an ongoing research project on this topic. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and articles and has been presented nationally.</p><p>Dr. Lasak is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and is a member of the International Pelvic Pain Society and of the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS). </p>

Clinical and academic teaching and patient care with musculoskeletal problems and Neuromuscular disorders.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

EMG, neuromuscular disorders and vascular disorders.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

<p>Sikha Guha, MD, is an attending physician and Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on academic teaching and patient care with musculoskeletal problems, general physiatry and neuromuscular disorders, including electrodiagnosis. She is the coordinator of the bimonthly electrodiagnosis conference for residents and attendings within the Rehab Department.</p><p>Dr. Guha earned her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at Christian Medical College in Punjab, India, in 1975. She completed a rotating internship at Brown Memorial Hospital in Punjab, India, in 1976 and her physical medicine &amp; rehabilitation residency in 1981 at Montefiore Medical Center. She was the Chief Resident in her final year.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Guha&rsquo;s research focuses on electromyography (EMG), neuromuscular disorders and vascular disorders. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and she has given national poster presentations.</p><p>Dr. Guha is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Association of Neuromuscular &amp; Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the American Board of Neuromuscular Medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Association of Neuromuscular &amp; Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Guha won the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Best Teacher Award from Montefiore in 2003 and 2005.</p>