Peter J. Moley, MD

Dr. Peter Moley completed his undergraduate degree at Georgetown University and later attended Georgetown University Medical School. He completed his residency at Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation and followed it with a fellowship in Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery.

He specializes in the non-operative treatment of hips, low backs, and general joint injuries through the use of selective injections and advanced physical therapy programs, which he designs for his patients. He is board certified in both Physiatry and Sports Medicine.

To better direct his injections, he performs fluoroscopic-guided and ultrasound guided injections of the spine, hip, and shoulder. With the accuracy of guidance he injects steroid, PRP, and viscosupplementation in the treatment of hip, spine, and other joint disorders.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Physiatrist, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty

Physiatry

Subspecialty

Hip
Hip Injection Procedures
Shoulder
Shoulder Injection Procedures
Spine
Spinal Injection Procedures
Sports Medicine

Special Expertise

Injuries and Treatment of the Athletic Hip
Low Back Pain and Treatment
Epidural Injections
Ultrasound Injections
Rowing
Sports Medicine

Awards

Academic Chief Resident, 2001

Affiliations

Diplomat, AAPM&R
Diplomat, AAP
NASS
PASSOR

Education

MD, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington DC, 1996
BA, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 1989

Internship

UC Davis Medical School, General Surgery, Sacramento, California, 1998

Residency

Kessler/UMDNJ, Physiatry, Newark, New Jersey

Fellowship

Hospital for Special Surgery, Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine, New York, 2002

Certification

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

State Licensure

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut  

Peter J. Moley, MD has contributed to the following articles on HSS.edu:

Selected Publications

Functional Deficits in Athletes with a History of Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2002 Dec;83(12):1753-8.

Functional Performance Deficits in Athletes with Previous Lower Extremity Injury. Clin J Sport Med. 2002 Mar;12(2):73-8.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.  

Research Description

 

Principal Investigator

1. Fluoroscopically Guided Transforaminal versus Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections: A Prospective Randomized Study in Patients with Spinal Stenosis and Lumbar Radiculopathy
2. Efficacy of Ultrasound Guided Platelet-Rich Plasma or Whole Blood Injection for Proximal Hamstring Tendinosis

Co-Investigator

1. Adolescent Lumbar Disc Herniations: An Outcome Study
2. Prognostic Value of MRI in Predicting Symptom Recurrence in Stress Reactions of Fracture of the Lumbar Pars Interarticularis or Pedicle
3. Physiatry Electronic Registry (PERk)

Clinical Trials

• The Center for Hip Preservation Outcomes Registry
• Percutaneous Rupture of Zygaphyseal joint Synovial Cysts: Prospective Review of Nonsurgical Mangement
• A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Effectiveness of 2 Doses of Intradiscal rhGDF-5

 

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