Faculty

All physicians at the Rusk Institute are physiatrists (specialists in rehabilitation medicine) who hold faculty positions at the NYU School of Medicine's Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and maintain their own practices.

For the physician's complete profile, click on the name.

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

• Jeffrey Cohen, MD- Educational Site Director
• Medically Complex Service
• Jung Ahn, MD- Director, Attending Physician
• Valery Lanyi, MD- Attending Physician
• Neurorehabilitation Service
• Ira Rashbaum, MD- Director, Attending Physician
• Jaime Levine, DO- Attending Physician
• Musculoskeletal Service
• Alex Moroz, MD- Director, Attending Physician
• Jaclyn Bonder, MD- Attending Physician
• Jeffrey Heckman, DO- Attending Physician
• Cardiopulmonary Service
• Jonathan Whiteson, MD- Director, Attending Physician
• Robert Deporto, MD- Attending Physician
• Pediatric Service
• Joan Gold, MD- Director, Attending Physician
• Renat Sukhov, MD- Attending Physician
• Electrodiagnostic Service
• Dong Ma, MD- Director, Attending Physician
• General Rehabilitation
• Sofiya Prilik, MD- Attending Physician
• Louis Tranese, MD- Attending Physician
• Angela Liu, MD- Attending Physician
• Mary Bezkor, MD- Attending Physician
• Gerald Varlotta, MD- Attending Physician

Hospital for Joint Diseases

• Arthur Jimenez, MD- Educational Site Director
• Orthopedic Rehabilitation
• Amit Bansal, MD- Attending Physician
• Joyce Pines, MD- Attending Physician
• Sue Qu, MD- Attending Physician
• Neurorehabilitation Service
• Michal Eisenberg, MD- Attending Physician

Bellevue Hospital Center

• Owen Kieran, MD- Educational Site Director
• Traumatic Brain Injury Unit
• Brian Im, MD- Attending Physician
• Shailaja Kalva, MD- Attending Physician
• General Rehabilitation Unit
• Esin Kaplan, MD- Attending Physician
• Mark Ragucci, MD- Attending Physician
• Electrodiagnostic Service
• Sie Kim, MD- Director, Attending Physician
• Rehabilitation Consultation Service
• Ryul Kim, MD- Attending Physician

Veterans Administration (VA) New York Harbor Healthcare System

• Nicole Sasson, MD- Educational Site Director
  • Manhattan Campus
    • Qiang Fang, MD- Attending Physician
    • Philip Poulos, MD- Attending Physician
    • Marguerite Diab, MD- Attending Physician
    • Brenner, MD- Attending Physician
  • Brooklyn Campus
    • Peiti Cai, MD- Attending Physician
    • Chow Ng, MD- Attending Physician
    • Cynthia Racine, MD- Attending Physician