Christopher J. Visco, MD

Christopher J. Visco, MD Specialties: Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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Christopher J. Visco, MD
Specialties: Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
180 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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    51 West 51st Street
    New York, NY 10019
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About Christopher J. Visco, MD

Christopher J. Visco, MD, FAAPMR, RMSK is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University Medical Center's Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, an Assistant Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Sports Medicine Fellowship Director, and Associate Residency Program Director. He specializes in treating patients with sports and spine injuries.


He completed his residency in PM&R at Kessler/UMDNJ and his Spine and Sports Fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University. His main areas of interest are in sports and musculoskeletal medicine, applications of diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound, preventative and regenerative musculoskeletal care, and medical education. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, and is a registered musculoskeletal sonographer.


He is an award-winning teacher, has been an invited lecturer internationally, edited a textbook, is a peer-reviewer for multiple journals and has been a regional, national and international course director multiple times.


Dr. Visco sees patients at both CUMC's main campus at 180 Ft. Washington Ave., Suite 199, and at CUMC's midtown campus at 51 W. 51st Street. Call 212-305-3535 for an appointment.


Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Expertise

  • ACL Injury Tear

  • Adolescent Sports Injuries

  • Ankle Injuries

  • Ankle Injury

  • Ankle Pain

  • Cervical Neck Pain

  • Consultations and Second Opinions

  • Elbow Joint Pain

  • Executive Health

  • Foot and Ankle Injuries

  • Fractures

  • Golfer's Elbow

  • Hamstring Tear

  • Hamstring Tendonitis/Injury

  • Iliotibial Band Syndrome

  • Injection, Steroid, Spine

  • Injury of Muscle

  • Kinetic Chain Approach

  • Knee Injuries

  • Knee Injury

  • Meniscus Tear

  • Muscle Injury

  • Muscle Pain

  • Muscle Stiffness

  • Muscle Strain

  • Muscle/Ligament Disorder

  • Nerve Conduction Studies

  • Overuse Injuries (Athletes)

  • Patellar Tendinitis

  • Patellar Tendonitis

  • Physiatry Consult

  • Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy

  • Rehabilitation

  • Repetitive Stress Injury

  • Rotator Cuff Injury

  • Rotator Cuff Tear

  • Runner's Knee

  • Second Opinions

  • Shoulder Injury

  • Shoulder Joint Instability

  • Shoulder Pain

  • Spine Rehabilitation

  • Spine Trauma

  • Sports Injuries

  • Sports Injury

  • Sports Injury Rehabilitation

  • Sports Medicine Rehabilitation

  • Sprains and Strains

  • Stress Fracture

  • Stress Fracture of Femur

  • Stress Fracture of Tibia

  • Tear of Meniscus of Knee

  • Tennis Elbow

Education

  • Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
  • Internship: Atlantic Health System - Overlook Hospital
  • Medical School: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
  • Residency: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine -UMDNJ

Board Certifications

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Sports Medicine

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Awards

  • Alumnus of the Year Award Rutgers/Kessler PM&R Residency Program
  • Pioneer Certificate for registered musculoskeletal ultrasound credentialing
  • Teacher of the Year Award NYP Columbia/Cornell PM&R Residency
  • Baskin Award for Fellow Researcher
  • James P. McLean Teaching Award
  • Super Doctors New York Rising Starts 2016, 2014, 2013
  • New York, Super Doctors 2018, 2017
  • New York Magazine Top Doctors 2018, 2017
  • Tops Doctors New York Metro Area 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016