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Heidi Prather, D.O. (she/her/hers)

Professor
Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Prather serves as an Attending Physician and Professor in the Department of Physiatry at Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical School. Here she serves as the Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine and Co-Director of the Comprehensive Osteoarthritis Center. This work has resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications, presentations at national and international conferences, and intra- and extra-mural funding in these topic areas. She is a founding Senior Editor for the journal of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PM&R. She has served as President of the Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation and North American Spine Society.

Dr. Prather graduated from Drury College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Biology and Chemistry. She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following medical school, she completed a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Prather is a Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners and board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine. She is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.


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