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About Christine E. Townsend, MD
Christine Townsend, MD is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University Medical Center's Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine. She specializes in seeing patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries, and sports and dance-related injuries.
Dr. Townsend is a former dancer who spent 6 years performing professionally and teaching dance prior to earning her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She received her MD from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at New York-Presbyterian – Columbia and Cornell. She then went on to complete a ...
Board Certifications
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Expertise
- ACL Injury Tear
- Adolescent Sports Injuries
- Ankle Injury
- Ankle Pain
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Bursitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cervical Neck Pain
- Disorder of Ligament
- Elbow Joint Pain
- Elbow Pain
- Foot and Ankle Injuries
- Fractures
- Golfer's Elbow
- Hamstring Tear
- Hamstring Tendonitis/Injury
- Hand and Wrist Problems
- Hip Injuries
- Hip Pain
- Iliotibial Band Syndrome
- Injury of Muscle
- Joint Injections
- Joint Pain
- Kinetic Chain Approach
- Knee Injuries
- Knee Injury
- Knee Pain
- Kyphosis
- Lumbar Pain
- Meniscus Tear
- Meniscus Tears
- Minimally Invasive Procedures
- Muscle Injuries
- Muscle Pain
- Muscle Stiffness
- Muscle Strain
- Muscle/Ligament Disorder
- Muscleoskeletal Injuries
- Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine
- Musculoskeletal Pain
- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
- Neck Pain
- Neuropathy
- Non-operative Sports Medicine
- Non-Surgical Spine Treatments
- Overuse Injuries (Athletes)
- Overuse Injury
- Patellar Tendinitis
- Physiatry Consult
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
- Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy
- Regenerative Medicine
- Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Repetitive Stress Injury
- Rotator Cuff Injury
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Runner's Knee
- Sacroiliac Joint Pain
- Scoliosis
- Second Opinions
- Shoulder Injury
- Shoulder Joint Instability
- Shoulder Pain
- Spine Care
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Pain
- Spine Rehabilitation
- Spine Trauma
- Spine Tumors
- Sports Injuries
- Sports Injury
- Sports Injury Rehabilitation
- Sports Medicine
- Sports Medicine Rehabilitation
- Sprain
- Sprains and Strains
- Stress Fracture
- Stress Fracture of Femur
- Stress Fracture of Tibia
- Tear of Meniscus of Knee
- Tennis Elbow
- Trigger Finger
- Trigger Finger Therapy
- Trigger Point Injections
Education
- Fellowship: Montefiore / Montefiore Hospital
- Medical School: University of Kansas
- Residency: Residency NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Och Spine At NewYork-Presbyterian
Education
- Medical School: University of Kansas
- Fellowship: Montefiore / Montefiore Hospital
- Residency: Residency NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at CUMC
Board Certifications
- physical medicine and rehabilitation