Dr. Maria Janakos: Rehabilitation of Patients with a Concussion, Part 2
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Release Date: 11/19/2025
Dr. Kellie Owens: Ethical and Trustworthy AI in Health Care, Part 2
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Kellie Owens, is an assistant professor in the section of medical ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She's a sociologist and empirical bioethicist studying how digital technologies are woven into the fabric of healthcare and society and how governance structures can better support those affected by technological change. She also leads the responsible AI review process for the Division of Applied AI Technologies and with the IRB. PART 2 In medicine, we do know that examples of bias and harm from that bias have happened. The most famous case was brought to our attention from...
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Dr. Kellie Owens: Ethical and Trustworthy AI in Health Care
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Kellie Owens, is an assistant professor in the section of medical ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She's a sociologist and empirical bioethicist studying how digital technologies are woven into the fabric of healthcare and society and how governance structures can better support those affected by technological change. She also leads the responsible AI review process for the Division of Applied AI Technologies and with the IRB. Part 1 Dr. Owens began by indicating that by AI, she means any computer system that's designed to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence,...
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Dr. James Capozzi: High Reliability Organizations, Part 2
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Capozzi is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with specialty training in joint replacement surgery. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Columbia University, he obtained his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic training at Mount Sinai and the Otto Alfrank Adult Joint Reconstructive Fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. In addition to performing hip and knee replacements, Dr. Capozzi specializes in difficult revision surgery, utilizing the newest techniques in joint reconstructive surgery. ...
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Dr. James Capozzi: High Reliability Organizations, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Capozzi is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with specialty training in joint replacement surgery. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Columbia University, he obtained his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic training at Mount Sinai and the Otto Alfrank Adult Joint Reconstructive Fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. In addition to performing hip and knee replacements, Dr. Capozzi specializes in difficult revision surgery, utilizing the newest techniques in joint reconstructive surgery. ...
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Dr. Mahya Beheshti: Visual Impairment
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Mahya Beheshti is a physician-scientist at Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health, where she works at the intersection of medicine and engineering to advance neurorehabilitation and assistive technologies. Her research focuses on neurorehabilitation, human–machine interfaces, EEG-based pattern recognition, and wearable technologies. She is particularly interested in how eye–hand coordination and multimodal neurophysiological signals can inform the development of intelligent rehabilitation systems for individuals with stroke, multiple sclerosis, and...
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Dr. Sofiya Prilik and Dr. Greg Sweeney: Cardiac Rehabilitation: Strategies to Improve Access, Part 2
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Sofiya Prilik is Clinical Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Transplant Rehabilitation and Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the NYU Rusk Rehabilitation department. Dr. Greg Sweeney is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Part 2 The discussion included the following topics: phases of cardiac rehabilitation; impact of mobile apps and wearables; common barriers that patients face in obtaining care; challenges aligning cardiac care with other...
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Dr. Sofiya Prilik and Dr. Greg Sweeney: Cardiac Rehabilitation: Strategies to Improve Access, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Sofiya Prilik is Clinical Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Transplant Rehabilitation and Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the NYU Rusk Rehabilitation department. Dr. Greg Sweeney is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Part 1 The discussion included the following topics: nature of a webinar to be offered on June 12 at NYU on the topic of cardiac rehabilitation; measuring whether the webinar achieves its objectives; outcomes or...
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Drs. Steven Flanagan and Jonathan Whiteson: Leadership Transition, Part 3
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Steven Flanagan is Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chairperson of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk. He provides care for patients with physical and cognitive disabilities. He specializes in treating those who are recuperating from a stroke or brain injury. He is accompanied in this interview by Dr. Jonathan Whiteson who holds the rank of professor in both the Department of Medicine and the Department of Rehabilitation at Rusk Rehabilitation. Dr. Whiteson’s skills and expertise focus on patients recovering from coronary and lung...
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Drs. Steven Flanagan and Jonathan Whiteson: Leadership Transition, Part 2
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Steven Flanagan is Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chairperson of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk. He provides care for patients with physical and cognitive disabilities. He specializes in treating those who are recuperating from a stroke or brain injury. He is accompanied in this interview by Dr. Jonathan Whiteson who holds the rank of professor in both the Department of Medicine and the Department of Rehabilitation at Rusk Rehabilitation. Dr. Whiteson’s skills and expertise focus on patients recovering from coronary and lung...
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Drs. Steven Flanagan and Jonathan Whiteson: Leadership Transition, Part 1
RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr. Steven Flanagan is Howard A. Rusk Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chairperson of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk. He provides care for patients with physical and cognitive disabilities. He specializes in treating those who are recuperating from a stroke or brain injury. He is accompanied in this interview by Dr. Jonathan Whiteson who holds the rank of professor in both the Department of Medicine and the Department of Rehabilitation at Rusk Rehabilitation. Dr. Whiteson’s skills and expertise focus on patients recovering from coronary and lung...
info_outlineDr. Maria Janakos is a sports medicine physiatrist at NYU and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She completed her residency at the University of Louisville and a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. Her clinical interests include concussion management, orthobiologics, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and event coverage. Dr. Janakos is actively involved in medical education at NYU, teaching medical students, residents, and fellows through lectures, hands-on training, and mentorship. At NYU, she is an active member of the NYU Concussion Center, where she regularly lectures on various concussion topics at both local and national levels. She specializes in the care of patients with acute concussions, treating individuals from adolescence through age 45.
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The discussion included the following topics: challenges that patients face during the recovery period; factors determining treatment outcomes; preventing concussions; composition of the interdisciplinary treatment team; and the role of technology in treatment interventions.