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Chief, Cancer Rehabilitation
Miami Cancer Institute
Elsevier Medical Publishers (Products/Services: No) (Independent Contractor, editor of books for Elsevier)
Dr. Cristian graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and its affiliates where he also served as Chief Resident. He is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Pain Medicine. He holds a Master’s degree in Health Care Management from Harvard University School of Public Health. He has served as Chief of Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Medicine at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center in NY, Service Chief, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Vice-Chairman and Residency Program Director at Kings brook Jewish Medical Center, Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Northwell Glen Cove Hospital and currently as Chief, Cancer Rehabilitation Miami Cancer Institute.
He has held academic appointments at several medical schools in the New York City including Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medical College and Hofstra School of Medicine and is Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University. He has authored publications and edited several books in various aspects of rehabilitation medicine including cancer rehabilitation of the central nervous system, breast and gynecologic cancer rehabilitation, lung cancer rehabilitation, medical education in rehabilitation medicine and patient safety in rehabilitation medicine as well as written books for lay public on amputee care and spinal cord injury. He has lectured on several topics in rehabilitation medicine including cancer rehabilitation, geriatric rehabilitation, patient safety and quality improvement in rehabilitation medicine both at regional and national conferences and has received awards for clinical excellence and teaching in rehabilitation medicine.
