Paul M. Cooke, MD

Dr. Paul M. Cooke is a Board-Certified Physiatrist at Hospital for Special Surgery specializing in the non-operative care of spine and sports injuries. He has practice locations both at HSS and at Princeton Spine and Sports Physicians - Hospital for Special Surgery Affiliated Physicians office in Princeton, New Jersey.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Physiatrist, Hospital for Special Surgery

Attending Physician, The Medical Center of Princeton

Specialty
Physiatry

Subspecialty
Spine, Sports Medicine, EMG/NCS (Electromyography/Nerve Conduction Studies), Spinal Injection Procedures

Certification

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

State Licensure
New Jersey, New York

Education

MD, UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, US

Residency

UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School / Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey, US

Fellowship

Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Spine and Sports Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, US

Special Expertise

Spine

Electrodiagnosis (EMG/NCS)

Precision spinal injection procedures for lumbar disc herniation

Awards

Academic Chief Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,

UMDNJ -New Jersey Medical School Resident Award for Outstanding Patient Service at UMDNJ- University Hospital

Affiliations

Teaching musculoskeletal physical examination skills to medical students at Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Medical coverage of local high school and college football teams

Board of Advisors, Momentum Fitness Gym, Princeton, NJ

Selected Publications

  

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Clinical Trials

• Facet Joint Intraarticular Steroid Injections versus Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections to Treat Axial Back Pain in Grade 1-2 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis