BROOKLYN, N.Y., Aug. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jeffrey S. Fine, MD, has been named chief of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn and vice chairman for network development for Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Health throughout the borough.

Rusk Rehabilitation oversees NYU Langone Health's comprehensive inpatient and outpatient programs throughout the New York metropolitan region to treat and guide recovery from accident-related trauma; fractures and other types of injuries; arthritis; joint replacements; spinal cord injury; brain injury; stroke; multiple sclerosis; Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders; pain disorders; and cardiac and pulmonary conditions. Physiatrists (physicians trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation), coordinate care of teams of clinical specialists including physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, audiologists and neuropsychologists to provide a wide array of services individually tailored for children and adults.

"Dr. Fine is an extremely accomplished clinician and administrator to lead our exemplary rehabilitation team in Brooklyn," says Steven R. Flanagan, MD, the Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU School of Medicine and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine for NYU Langone Health. "The department does a great job of restoring patients' functional abilities, enabling them to have a good quality of life after their initial injury or illness."
About Dr. Fine

Fine previously served as regional director for rehabilitation services at Elmhurst and Queens Hospital Centers, both part of NYC Health + Hospitals, and coordinated the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency program as associate program director at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Earlier, he was assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and clinically served as a staff physiatrist in the Denver Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center; the University of Colorado Health Science Center; and Denver Health Medical Center, where he was director of Rehabilitation Medicine.

A graduate of New York Medical College, Fine completed his internship at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center and his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Mount Sinai. He is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and in three subspecialties — pain medicine, spinal cord injury medicine and brain injury medicine.

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