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  • Aetna (627)
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  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (104)
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  • Regence BlueShield (1)
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  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (198)
  • Male (706)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Orthopedic Surgery (277)
  • Orthopedic Sports Medicine (163)
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (112)
  • Sports Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (71)
  • Physical Therapy (70)
  • Sports Medicine Pain Management (62)
  • Hip & Knee Orthopedics (55)
  • Pain Medicine (52)
  • Orthopedics (50)
  • Orthopedic Shoulder & Elbow Surgery (49)
  • Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery (43)
  • Chiropractic (37)
  • Chiropractic Sports Medicine (37)
  • Family Medicine (36)
  • Pain Management (33)
  • Orthopedic Physical Therapy (32)
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Pain Medicine (31)
  • Sports Rehabilitation Medicine (31)
  • Interventional Pain Medicine (30)
  • Interventional Spine Medicine (29)
  • Sports Physical Therapy (27)
  • Acupuncture (24)
  • Spine Physiatry (22)
  • Sports Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (21)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (19)
  • Bone & Joint Non-Surgical Orthopedics (18)
  • Massage Therapy (18)
  • Headache Management (17)
  • Neurological Physical Therapy (17)
  • Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (16)
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Age
  • Under 40 (146)
  • 41-50 (238)
  • 51-60 (213)
  • 61-70 (139)
  • Over 70 (39)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (253)
  • Tomorrow (249)
  • Schedules online (15)
  • Accepts new patients (677)
  • Telehealth (396)

Language

Language
  • Albanian (1)
  • Arabic (6)
  • Arabic, Egyptian (4)
  • Bengali (1)
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  • Chinese (6)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (4)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (7)
  • Creole (1)
  • Croatian (1)
  • Farsi (5)
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  • French (16)
  • French Creole (1)
  • German (6)
  • Greek (5)
  • Gujarati (7)
  • Haitian Creole (2)
  • Hebrew (17)
  • Hindi (21)
  • Hungarian (1)
  • Italian (18)
  • Japanese (5)
  • Kannada (1)
  • Korean (6)
  • Malayalam (1)
  • Mandarin (3)
  • Marathi (4)
  • Norwegian (1)
  • Persian (1)
  • Polish (8)
  • Portuguese (2)
  • Punjabi (4)
  • Russian (25)
  • Serbian (1)
  • Shanghanese (1)
  • Spanish (162)
  • Swedish (1)
  • Tagalog (1)
  • Tamil (2)
  • Telugu (3)
  • Turkish (1)
  • Ukrainian (1)
  • Urdu (6)
  • Uzbek (1)
  • Yiddish (2)
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Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (183)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (524)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (671)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (705)
  • 1 Star And Higher (717)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • NYU Langone Hospitals (92)
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (69)
  • North Shore University Hospital (51)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital (49)
  • Lenox Hill Hospital (47)
  • Stamford Hospital (36)
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center (34)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Queens (29)
  • St Charles Hospital (27)
  • Stony Brook University Hospital (26)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital (25)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence (24)
  • Buffalo General Medical Center (24)
  • Glen Cove Hospital (23)
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel (22)
  • Vassar Brothers Medical Center (22)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (21)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (21)
  • Strong Memorial Hospital (20)
  • Sisters of Charity Hospital (19)
  • Kenmore Mercy Hospital (19)
  • Helen Hayes Hospital (17)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center (17)
  • University Hospital S University N Y Health Science Center (16)
  • Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (16)
  • South Shore University Hospital (16)
  • Phelps Hospital (15)
  • Northern Westchester Hospital (15)
  • Weill Cornell Medical Center (15)
  • ECMC Health Campus (14)
  • Mather Hospital (14)
  • Staten Island University Hospital (14)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital (14)
  • Rochester General Hospital (13)
  • St. Anthony Community Hospital (12)
  • Mount St. Mary's Hospital (12)
  • Hackensack University Medical Center (12)
  • Garnet Health Medical Center (12)
  • White Plains Hospital (12)
  • St John's Riverside Hospital (12)
  • Peconic Bay Medical Center (12)
  • Montefiore Medical Center (11)
  • Putnam Hospital Center (11)
  • Westchester Medical Center (11)
  • St. Catherine of Siena Hospital (10)
  • Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca (10)
  • Maimonides Medical Center (10)
  • St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center (10)
  • Northern Dutchess Hospital (9)
  • UPMC Chautauqua (9)
  • Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (9)
  • Mount Sinai South Nassau (9)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (9)
  • FF Thompson Hospital (9)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (9)
  • Stony Brook Southampton Hospital (8)
  • Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall (8)
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital (8)
  • Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (8)
  • Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital (8)
  • Bassett Medical Center (8)
  • St. Joseph's Health Hospital (7)
  • Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (7)
  • Greenwich Hospital (7)
  • St. Joseph's University Medical Center (7)
  • United Memorial Medical Center (7)
  • University Hospital at Downstate (7)
  • Unity Hospital (7)
  • Auburn Community Hospital (7)
  • Samaritan Medical Center (7)
  • Huntington Hospital (7)
  • Long Island Community Hospital (7)
  • Plainview Hospital (7)
  • Guthrie Corning Hospital (6)
  • Nyack Hospital (6)
  • Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (6)
  • Valley Hospital (6)
  • Jupiter Medical Center (6)
  • Columbia Memorial Hospital (6)
  • Guthrie Cortland Medical Center (6)
  • Brooks-TLC Hospital System (6)
  • Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue (6)
  • Adirondack Medical Center Saranac Lake (6)
  • Saint John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore (6)
  • Mercy Medical Center (6)
  • Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills, Callicoon Campus (6)
  • O'Connor Hospital (6)
  • Englewood Hospital (6)
  • Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (6)
  • Holy Name Medical Center (5)
  • Highland Hospital (5)
  • UHS Binghamton General Hospital (5)
  • Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital (5)
  • Mount Sinai Morningside (5)
  • Geneva General Hospital (5)
  • Ocean University Medical Center (5)
  • Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (5)
  • Canton-Potsdam Hospital (5)
  • St Joseph Hospital (5)
  • Community Memorial Hospital (5)
  • Olean General Hospital (5)
  • Crouse Hospital (5)
  • Jersey Shore University Medical Center (4)
  • Rome Health Hospital (4)
  • Oswego Hospital (4)
  • Elizabethtown Community Hospital (4)
  • University of Vermont Medical Center (4)
  • River Hospital (4)
  • Catholic Health-St. Joseph Campus (4)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway (4)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln (4)
  • Jones Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Alice Hyde Medical Center (4)
  • Wyoming County Community Hospital (4)
  • Ellis Hospital (4)
  • Richmond University Medical Center (4)
  • Centrastate Medical Center (4)
  • Bon Secours Community Hospital (4)
  • JFK University Medical Center (4)
  • NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island (4)
  • Syosset Hospital (4)
  • Medina Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Morristown Medical Center (4)
  • Aspen Valley Hospital (4)
  • Oneida Health (4)
  • Carthage Area Hospital (4)
  • Glens Falls Hospital (4)
  • Arnot Ogden Medical Center (3)
  • Cobleskill Regional Hospital (3)
  • St Luke's Hospital-Monroe Campus (3)
  • Westfield Memorial Hospital (3)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital (3)
  • Cleveland Clinic Hospital (3)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem (3)
  • Samaritan Hospital (3)
  • Naples Community Hospital (3)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital (3)
  • Lewis County General Hospital (3)
  • Norwalk Hospital (3)
  • Newton Medical Center (3)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County (3)
  • Noyes Memorial Hospital (3)
  • St Peter's Hospital (3)
  • Riverview Medical Center (3)
  • Saratoga Hospital (3)
  • Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (3)
  • Fairview Hospital (3)
  • Mount Sinai Queens (3)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi (3)
  • NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital (3)
  • Overlook Medical Center (3)
  • Bayonne Medical Center (3)
  • MidHudson Regional Hospital (3)
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  • Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (3)
  • Doctors Hospital (2)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (2)
  • Nassau University Medical Center (2)
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  • Long Island Jewish Valley Stream (2)
  • Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (2)
  • Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (2)
  • University Hospital-University of Michigan (2)
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  • Monmouth Medical Center (2)
  • Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital (2)
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  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull (2)
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  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • Southern Ocean Medical Center (1)
  • Northern Light Mercy Hospital (1)
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  • St. Mary's Hospital Amsterdam (1)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan (1)
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  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital (1)
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  • M Health Fairview University of MN (1)
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  • Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville (1)
  • Riverside Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Virtua Willingboro Hospital (1)
  • Park City Hospital (1)
  • University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (1)
  • Saint Vincent's Medical Center (1)
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  • Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell (1)
  • Franklin Memorial Hospital (1)
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  • Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills, Harris Campus (1)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Miners Campus (1)
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  • Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital (1)
  • UHS Delaware Valley Hospital (1)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (1)
  • Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Desoto Memorial Hospital (1)
  • St. Joseph Hospital (1)
  • Houston Healthcare (1)
  • Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery (1)
  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital (1)
  • Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (1)
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  • Wellington Regional Medical Center (1)
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  • Sharon Hospital (1)
  • Novant Health Matthews Medical Center (1)
  • Chenango Memorial Hospital (1)
  • ProMedica Toledo Hospital (1)
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  • Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic (1)
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  • Jefferson Lansdale Hospital (1)
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  • HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital (1)
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital (1)
  • St James Hospital (1)
  • Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical (1)
  • Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (1)
  • Palisades Medical Center (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian (1)
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Affirming Care
  • LGBTQ+ affirming (6)
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Frequently Asked Questions About Sports Medicine Specialists in New York

You can find top-rated group practices in New York using our group practice search feature (link to group practice state page). Simply select your city, and we'll provide you with a list of highly-rated group practices in your area.

Many sports medicine specialists within our network are open to new patients. To locate them, initiatate a search for sports medicine specialists in New York, and you'll see the available options. You can then use the filter option to specify sports medicine specialists who are currently accepting new patients.

Certainly, to find sports medicine specialists in New York that accept Cigna, simply perform a search for sports medicine specialists in New York and use our filter options to refine your search by selecting 'Cigna' as your insurance provider. This will help you identify the sports medicine specialists near you who are currently accepting Cigna insurance.

Female sports medicine specialists in New York, can be located by using our doctor search tool. After performing a search for sports medicine specialists near you, select 'Female' under gender to narrow your results.

To make the most of your upcoming doctor's appointment, start by gathering your medical records and listing your current medications. Take note of your symptoms and any questions you have. Don't forget to bring your insurance card and identification, and try to arrive a bit early. If your doctor provided specific instructions, be sure to follow them. Consider taking a trusted friend or family member for support during the appointment, and remember to be open and honest with your doctor about any changes in your health or concerns you may have.

Seeking a second opinion is your right as a patient. To do so, begin by discussing your desire for a second opinion with your current doctor. They can often recommend another specialist. You can also research and contact a specialist directly using our doctor finder. Ensure that your medical records and test results are shared between both doctors for a comprehensive evaluation.

You may need to see a specialist if you have a specific medical condition or symptoms beyond the scope of your primary care doctor. To get a referral, start by discussing your concerns with your primary care physician. They can evaluate your condition and provide a referral if necessary. Many insurance plans require referrals for specialist visits, so be sure to check your coverage.

When selecting a healthcare provider, consider factors such as their qualifications, experience, location, and whether they accept your insurance. Additionally, ask for recommendations from friends, family, or your current doctor. It's important to choose someone you feel comfortable with and trust.

Some signs that warrant immediate medical attention include severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, severe injuries, severe allergic reactions, loss of consciousness, and signs of stroke or heart attack. If you experience any of these symptoms, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

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