physiatrist

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Recent Examples of physiatrist Crandell, the Harvard physiatrist, is a funny, brainy, and upbeat clinician who treats people with amputations in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, a building overlooking Boston Harbor. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 Crandell, the Harvard physiatrist, is a funny, brainy, and upbeat clinician who treats people with amputations in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, a building overlooking Boston Harbor. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 Good options include orthopedic physicians, physiatrists (who specialize in treating pain and physical impairments), or physical therapists. Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 29 Oct. 2024 The study’s results are also promising because, unlike many forms of activity, walking is a safe and accessible exercise for most people, added Paul Cooke, MD, assistant attending physiatrist at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Maggie O'Neill, Health, 3 July 2024 So, now, your physiatrist is recommending injections. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023 An orthopedic surgeon is a reasonable choice, as is a physical medicine doctor (physiatrist). Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023 As a physiatrist, her practice centered on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disabilities related to the brain, nerves, bones and muscles. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2023 Additionally, Shane Davis, MD, physiatrist and non-operative sports medicine specialist with UCLA Health, explains that the heating pads should conform to the body. Madison Alcedo, Health, 25 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for physiatrist
Noun
  • Your neurologist or psychiatrist may assist you in learning about ongoing research trials.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Lagrange, a neurologist, had diagnosed a 42-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • During a procedure to remove the masses, doctors found two additional tumors in her lungs.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lee will have a follow-up with team orthopedist Ken Akizuki for another exam, as well.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • My orthopedist said almost all seniors have some arthritis.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In perpetrator countries, most people were passive witnesses, but there was also considerable participation by elites including artists, university professors, Catholic and Protestant clergy, media moguls, business leaders, and even physicians.
    Robert Williams, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
  • To provide the best maternity care, nurses and physicians have to listen to their patients.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.
    Karen Brown, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
  • His childhood was spent roaming the halls of the large brick hospital where his mother worked as an internist.
    Neda Ulaby, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This involves talking to your child's pediatrician about allergy management techniques.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Toxic algae bloom possibly related to Palisades Fire sickens marine life 02:54 Stephanie Wilcox said her toddler's pediatrician recommended testing their home.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Without more evidence, the leading associations of radiologists, the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America, haven’t recommended whole-body MRIs for the average healthy person.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • What came next felt like a whirlwind: a mammogram, an ultrasound, then a call from the radiologist urging her to get a biopsy immediately.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Your primary care doctor or ob-gyn can also refer you to a specialist like a urologist or urogynecologist who can assess whether something bigger might be going on, Dr. White says.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Even so, these and other natural remedies can support standard treatments if used under the direction of a urologist, a medical doctor specializing in urinary tract conditions.
    Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025

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“Physiatrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physiatrist. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.

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