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Avital Fast, MD Gender: Male
Specialist
Department: Rehab Medicine
Practice Specialty: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Academic Title:
Professor and Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Administrative Title:
Professor and Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Areas of Expertise:
spinal disorders, rehabilitation medicine, sports medicine, neuroradiology, medical education

Biography:
Dr. Fast has served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation since 1994. During his tenure, the Department has tripled its number of Attending staff as well as greatly expanded its services through Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Fast is a nationally and internationally acclaimed clinician, researcher, and educator who has contributed extensively to the field of physical and rehabilitation medicine. He is a co-author of the book Navigating the Adult Spine: Bridging Clinical Practice and Neuroradiology (Demos Medical Publishing, 2006), which discussed various spinal disorders and guidance on neuroradiologic findings. Dr. Fast also holds an ambulatory suspension and rehabilitation apparatus patent from 2008.

Known for being an enthusiastic and dynamic leader, Dr. Fast’s contributions to the field have been recognized by several prestigious organizations. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Clinician Award by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and of the Radiological Society of North America Award for Excellence in Design. An active educator, Dr. Fast continues to train residents several times a week, including session on spine and general kinesiology, and serves as a research mentor to residents.

Prior to joining Montefiore, Dr. Fast served as Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical of New York from 1989 to 1994, and as Associate Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, New York from 1984 to 1989. Dr. Fast practiced medicine overseas; from 1982 to 1984 he was the Chief of the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dr. Fast earned his medical degree at Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem and then completed his residency in rehabilitation medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Main Location:

Montefiore Medical Center

111 East 210th Street

Bronx, NY 10467

Phone: (718) 920-2751

Fax: (718) 882-7216

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Medical Education:	M.D., Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University
Residency:	Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Board Certified:	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Publications:

Fast A., Sosner, J., Begeman P., Thomas M.: “Spine One - Measurement of Lumbar Strains in a Simulated Whiplash Injury: a Cadaveric Study”, Berlin, September 1, 2000.

Fast, A.: “Spinal Stenosis” presented at the Comprehensive Bone Center Conference, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, September 25, 2000.

Haramati, N., Brook, A., Umans, H., Fast, A.: “Spine Disease and Rehabilitation Medicine Physicians: What Do They Really Do and How Can the Radiologist Help”. Presentation at The 86th Annual Assembly, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois, November 26 - December 1, 2000.

Fast, A: Integrative Pain Medicine Course: “Physical Therapies and TENS for Pain”, New York- Presbyterian, May 17, 2003.

Fast. A: “Whiplash Injuries to the Lumbar Spine” Presented to Department of Neurology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, September 3, 2003.

Fast, A: “The Effect of Whiplash Injury on the Lower Back” Invited Presentation to the New York Academy of Medicine/The New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, December 3, 2003.

Fast, A: “Physical Therapies and TENS for Pain”. Invited Presentation to Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons 3rd Annual Course on Integrative Pain Medicine, April 16, 2004.

Fast, A: “Conservative Management of Neck Pain and Degenerative Disc Disease”. and “Conservative Management of Lumbar Disc Herniation and Lumbar Stenosis”.. Course on Degenerative Disease of the Spine: Diagnosis and Management, Montefiore Medical Center, October 24, 2004

Fast, A: Poster Board F145: Shoulder Pain Due to Paget’s Disease of Bone and Concurrent Rotator Cuff Calcification: A Rare Case Report. Presented at AAP Presentation, Puerto Rico, April 2007.

Fast, A: Poster Board S262: “Trochanteric Bursitis” An Unusual Presentation of Ovarian Cyst. Presented at AAP Presentation, Puerto Rico, April 2007.

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