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Office
Bldg 16 (Feinstein) Art.16 Clinic
1200 East and West Road
Buffalo, NY 14224Phone+1 716-608-2477Fax+1 716-674-0237
Summary
- Biographical sketch: Thomas Polisoto, M.D. 4/2024
Medical Director of WNY DDSOO 2013-2024 overseeing care for DD patients
• Former Director of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Unit / Division at South Buffalo Mercy Hosp 2010-present.
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Family Medicine, and former dept of PM&R; SUNY at Buffalo for the past 34 years.
• Attending at Oishei Childrens Hospital and all Catholic Health hospitals
• Board certified in Pediatrics[retired] and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation [active]
• Sub-specialty PM & R boards: Brain Injury Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine & Pediatric Rehabilitation
• 1988 Graduate of UB PM&R Residency & Former Director of the UB PM&R Residency Program for 8 years [2002-2010]
• 1985 Graduate of Joint Program Pediatric Residency from South Buffalo Mercy hospital and Childrens Hospital of Buffalo
• Voted a Top-Doc in PM&R in Buffalo / WNY by Castle-Connolly / Buffalo Spree for clinical Rehabilitation expertise from 2008, 2010-2024
• Expertise / Interests include Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy, Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Trauma, Multiple Sclerosis, Amputee Care, Neuromuscular Disease, Autism, & Stroke
• Co-authored several conference posters, publications, and research projects and now actively teaching all UB medical students on the care of disabled patients in a Family Medicine Department Grant / project in all 4 years of the medical school curriculum.
• Over 100 lectures to multiple audiences regionally and locally on Rehabilitation topics ranging from Stroke, Amputee, Traumatic Brain injury, Neuromuscular Disease to Pediatric Rehabilitation topics.
Education & Training
- University at BuffaloResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1985 - 1988
- University at BuffaloResidency, Pediatrics, 1982 - 1985
- University of C.I.F.A.S School of MedicineClass of 1982
- State University of New York at FredoniaBS, Chemistry, 1964 - 1969
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1988 - 2025
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Brain Injury Medicine
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Buffalo Spree Magazine Castle Connolly TOP DOC Western New York, 2008, 2010-2024
- Patients Choice Award OpenCare, 2015
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Practice Fusion EHR, Practice Fusion, Inc., 2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsReassessing physical disability among graduating US medical students.Demetrius Moutsiakis, Thomas D. Polisoto
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2010-11-01
Journal Articles
- Reassessing Physical Disability Among Graduating US Medical StudentsDemetrius Moutsiakis, Thomas Polisoto, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists, 11/1/2010
Abstracts/Posters
- Rehabilitation Of Muscular Dystrophy And Associated Neuromuscular DiseasesPolisoto, TD, Rehabilitation Resident Lecture Series; Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse University Department of P, 3/22/2013
- Pediatric Prosthetic & Orthotic Considerations -Upper ExtremityPolisoto, TD, 2012 Regional Course In Upper Limb Rehabilitation MetroHealth Rehabilit, 5/5/2012
- Special Considerations In The Lower Limb Pediatric Amputee2011 Regional Course In Lower Extremity Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute Of Ohio, 4/9/2011
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Lectures
- Considerations in Pediatric UE OrthoticsERIE CO MEDICAL CTR REHAB SYMPOSIUM - 9/17/2022
- Rehabilitation Of Neuromuscular Diseases, Stroke, Back Pain, Mercy Hospital Lecture Series on Rehabilitation TopicsCatholic Health Internal Medicine Residency - 1/1/2013
- Quality Care Of the Developmentally DisabledFamily Medicine UB Medical School Rotation - 1/1/2009
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