Implementation and Outcomes of a Lifestyle Medicine Program for People with Musculoskeletal Conditions – July 15, 2026

Implementation and Outcomes of a Lifestyle Medicine Program for People with Musculoskeletal Conditions – July 15, 2026

July 15, 2026

About the Speaker:

Heidi Prather, DO Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)/Weill Cornell Medicine Dr. Heidi Prather is an Attending Physician and Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)/Weill Cornell Medicine. She additionally holds the title of Simonsen Family Foundation Scholar. Dr. Prather is the Founder and Medical Director of the HSS Lifestyle Medicine Program—a standardized, interprofessional program designed to assist folks with musculoskeletal ache enhance whole-person well being, scale back ache, and improve operate by way of habits change. While at HSS, she has served because the Clinical Director for Value-Based Programming and Medical Director for the HSS Osteoarthritis Pilot Program. She is a founding Senior Editor for PM&R, the journal of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Notably, she was the primary feminine president of each the Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation and the North American Spine Society. Dr. Prather’s analysis focuses on pre-arthritic hip issues, the hip-spine connection, gender variations in musculoskeletal issues and athletic accidents, and the appliance of way of life drugs in musculoskeletal care. Her work has led to over 100 peer-reviewed publications, nationwide and worldwide shows, and each intra- and extramural funding.

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