Svetlana Ilizarov, MD

Dr. Svetlana Ilizarov is a board certified physiatrist who joined the staff of Institute for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction at Hospital for Special Surgery in 2002. She specializes in Rehabilitation of patients after limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery (Ilizarov Surgery). She was trained by her father Prof. Gavriil A. Ilizarov in Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction at the Center of Reconstructive Orthopaedics and Trauma in Russia.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Physiatrist, Hospital for Special Surgery

Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Specialty
Physiatry

Subspecialty
Limb Lengthening

Certification

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

State Licensure
New York

Education

MD, Chelyabinsk Medical School, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Internship
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Bronx, New York, US
Residency

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York, US

Fellowship

Kurgan Center of Reconstructive Orthopaedics and Trauma, Postgraduate studies, Kurgan, Russia

Hospital for Joint Diseases - NYU, Arthroscopic Surgery, New York, US

Special Expertise

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction

Prosthetics/Orthotics

Conservative treatment of musculoskeletal disorders

EMG/NCS (Electromyography/Nerve Conduction Studies)

Affiliations

American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Fellow Member

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society: ASAMI – North America, Honorary Member

Selected Publications

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Languages
Russian