Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH
- Gender
- M
- Department
- Rehab Medicine
- Practice Specialty
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Medical Education
- Columbia Univ College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency
- Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
- Main Location
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Montefiore at 150 East 210th Street150 East 210th StreetBronx, NY 10467-2412
Phone: (718) 920-2751
Fax: (718) 882-7216
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Montefiore Medical CenterMontefiore Weiler HospitalMontefiore Medical Park at 1500 BlondellMontefiore Wakefield CampusBurke Rehabilitation Hospital - Academic Title
- Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Administrative Title
- Chairman, Rehabilitation Medicine
- Clinical Focus
- Dr. Bartels’ particular areas of interest include: pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes in transplant and advanced lung disease; autonomic physiology; performance enhancement for athletes and individuals with disability, and the benefits of exercise on cognition and overall function. Dr. Bartels also has an interest in the role of rehabilitation medicine in post acute care and the development of new models of care for patients after disabling illness.
- Research Focus
- Dr. Bartels’ research focus is in three key areas – post-transplant outcomes, neuro-psychological rehabilitation for conditions like schizophrenia, and pulmonary mechanics in patients with respiratory issues. He has published in multiple scientific and review papers. He regularly presents his research in the area of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and exercise physiology, both in the United States and internationally.
- Biography
Dr. Bartels received his MD and MPH degrees from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and completed an internship and internal medicine and rehabilitation residencies at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
Prior to becoming the Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in September 2013, Dr. Bartels directed Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and the Human Performance Laboratory at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where he has served as director of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and founder and director of the Human Performance Laboratory.
Over the years, Dr. Bartels has also been recognized for his commitment to educating future physicians, including those outside of his specialty of rehabilitation medicine. While at Columbia, he served as a clinical mentor to two first-year medical students each year and coordinated research teaching for the Rehabilitation residents. He also participated in lecture series events for fellows in the areas of Cardiology and Pulmonary Medicine, sharing the rehabilitation perspective for each specialty.
