Akinpelu Akitola Beckley, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
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About Akinpelu Akitola Beckley, MD
Akin Beckley, MD, MBA is an Assistant Professor and Associate Residency Program Director at Columbia University Medical Center's Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Beckley also serves as the Medical Director of the Inpatient Unit at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He specializes in seeing patients with neurological problems, cancer, amputations, and cardiopulmonary issues.
Dr. Beckley received his undergraduate education at the University of Western Ontario and his MBA and MD from the University of Connecticut. He completed his internship and residency in Surgery at the Hospital of St. Raphael before moving on to complete his residency in Rehabilitation Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
Dr. Beckley's interests lie in neurological and cancer rehabilitation. His focus, when treating patients, is to help them get back to their level of function prior to them becoming ill using an interdisciplinary and collaborative method. He employs the help of other departments such as PT and OT to provide the best care necessary for the patient. He also emphasizes the importance of education among his patients and medical students to assure effective continued care.
Board Certifications
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise
Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
Arthritis
Back and Neck Pain
Back Pain
Bursitis
Cancer Rehabilitation
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Hand and Wrist Problems
Lower Back Pain
Muscle Atrophy
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Neurological Rehabilitation
Osteoporosis
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation After Brain Injury
Spasticity
Spasticity Management
Spasticity Treatment
Stroke Rehabilitation
Tendonitis
Education
Internship: Hospital of Saint Raphael
Residency: Hospital of Saint Raphael
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at CUMC
Associate Residency Program Director
Medical Director of Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Internship: Hospital of Saint Raphael
- Residency: Hospital of Saint Raphael
- Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at CUMC
- Associate Residency Program Director
- Medical Director of Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Board Certifications
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation