Nameer Haider, MD

The Haider family has lived in the Central NY area since 1968. Dr. Nameer Haider grew up in New Hartford, and graduated from New Hartford High School class of 1984.

His Father, Dr. Zafar Haider, was a physician, and the founder of Centrex Clinical Laboratories. Dr. Zafar Haider and his wife Hadiga, donated the Centrex Clinical Laboratories as a charitable gift, to Faxton Hospital, during their lifetime. This was the inspiration that led young Nameer, then a high school student, to pursue a career in Medicine to help the local community.

Following in the footsteps of his father, he went off to do his BSc. at the University of Punjab, and completed his medical education with Honors from King Edward Medical College. Dr. Nameer Haider, M.D. is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PHYSIATRIST and sub-specializes in Pain Management.)

He completed his internship training in Medicine and Surgery at East Carolina University Medical Center, where he recently presented Grand Rounds on Interventional Pain Management.

Dr. Haider completed his specialization training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Albert Einstein College of Medicine LIJ-Northshore University campus where he also served as Chief Resident. During this time, he worked at many of the large hospitals in the metropolitan NY area.

After completing his residency, Dr. Haider received training in interventional Pain Management techniques at various centers, including Stanford University, and the University of Maryland.

He returned to the Central NY area and began practicing Medicine in 1999. He has served as Medical Director of the Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation unit at Rome Memorial hospital, and is currently the Medical Director of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Outpatient services at the Sitrin Medical Rehabilitation Center in New Hartford. He has been integrally involved in the development of programs and services at Sitrin, including the Fibromyalgia program, the Chronic Pain program, and Lymphedema program. He also developed the Biofeedback program, and has been integrally involved in forming the multidisciplinary treatment team, including Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Psychotherapy, Speech Pathology, Rheumatology, and Neurology. He is currently involved in a research project on Fibromyalgia and Chronic pain with SUNY.

Dr. Haider currently has clinical privileges and sees patients at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, St. Lukes Memorial Hospital, Faxton Hospital, Little Falls Hospital, Oneida Hospital, and Rome Memorial Hospital.

As medical director of Advanced Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation PLLC, Dr. Haider sees patients on an outpatient basis. Conditions that Dr. Haider treats include musculoskeletal and sports medicine, back/neck pain, spinal stenosis, arthritis, scoliosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, spasticity, lymphedema, and RSD. He also has expertise in work related injuries, and motor vehicle accidents. Dr. Haider has testified as an expert witness in many court cases.

Dr. Haider has training in the most advanced techniques in treating pain, including minimally invasive spinal surgery and laser disc surgery. Procedures done by Dr. Haider include injections for acute and chronic pain, injections for spasticity, prolotherapy injections, and trigger point injections. He also performs spinal and joint injections including Disc Decompressor, IDET and Nucleoplasty which are used to treat disc problems. Dr. Haider has made a significant investment in the latest State of The Art Medical Equipment and many of these procedures are done using live X-Ray (fluoroscopic) guidance. Dr. Haider also performs EMG’s and nerve conduction studies to diagnose problems effecting nerves and muscles. All of the procedures are done by Dr. Haider in his office suites, allowing patients freedom from hospital stays and the ability to return home after the procedure.

He resides in New Hartford with his family. (Download Resume)

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Mi-Hyon Cho, MD

Advanced Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, PLLC is pleased to announce that Mi-Hyon Cho, M.D., who is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and New York State Certified in Acupuncture, has joined the practice.

Dr. Mi-Hyon Cho was born n Seoul, South Korea and lived there until she was 15 years old. She then immigrated to Scarsdale, New York with her family. She graduated from Edgemont High School in Scarsdale, New York in 1982. She then went on to Wellesley College where she graduated from in 1986 with a B.A. in Mathematics.

Dr. Cho attended medical school at SUNY Brooklyn and graduated in 1992 with an M.D. She then completed a one year internship in Internal Medicine at the Westchester County Medical Center in 1993. Dr Cho completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the prestigious Rusk institute of the New York University Medical Center in 1996.

Dr. Cho has served as Assistant Chief of Rehabilitation Services at the Manhattan VA Hospital from 1996 – 2001. In 2001, she relocated to Dover, Delaware with her husband and was employed by CN MRI as an Attending Physiatrist.

She and her husband then relocated to the Utica area in November of 2002. Since that time she has been employed by Advanced Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Dr. Cho is currently focusing on out-patient rehabilitation, electrodiagnostic testing, non-invasive pain management and acupuncture.

Dr. Cho resides in Clinton, New York with her husband, Dr. Michael Cho, who is a Neurosurgeon with the Slocum-Dickson Medical Group, and her two children, William and Isabella. (Download Resume)

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Denny J. Battista, DO., FAAPMR., CIME.

Dr. Battista received his Bachelor of Science degree at St. Bonaventure University and graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1994. He completed a one year fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and then a one year rotation in Internal Medicine at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. He completed a residency in the specialty field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Nassau County Medical Center in 1998.

In July of 1998, Dr. Battista left his Long Island home and moved to Central NY. He became Board Certified a year later in his specialty and in July of 2000 became a Board Certified Independent Medical Examiner.

After working as an attending physician in the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for five years, he decided to join Doctors Haider, Pekis and Cho in the group practice, Advanced Physical Medicine, in July of 2003. Over that time Dr. Battista has taken on a special interest in Comprehensive Pain Management. He is board eligible in Pain Management and plans to sit for the exam this year. In addition, he has been actively learning fluoroscopically guided interventional pain procedures and is slowly attaining certification. His arrival has provided us the security to remain the most complete and competent pain management practice in the area.

In addition to providing comprehensive pain management, Dr. Battista provides comprehensive outpatient physical medicine, sports medicine, spine medicine and occupational medicine. Other services include EMG and Electrodiagnostic studies, Osteopathic Manipulation, Botox intervention, and joint injections. Dr. Battista is currently the Medical Director of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Carthage Area Hospital in Carthage New York. He has been integrally involved in the development of programs and services at the hospital, most recently assisting with the hospital’s CARF accreditation.

Lastly, he resides with his wife, Jennifer, and their two-year old son, Louis, and 10 month old daughter, Alexa, in New Hartford, NY. (Download Resume)

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Debra Dermady RN, MS, ANP

Debra Dermady is a Masters prepared Adult Nurse Practitioner who graduated from SUNYIT Utica/Rome in 2001. She has been a registered nurse for over 14 years, graduating from Mohawk Valley Community College in 1989. She received her BS in nursing from SUNYIT in 1996.

She was employed by Faxton - St. Lukes Health Care for 10 years working in a variety of positions from a staff/charge nurse on a medical surgical oncology unit to her final position as the charge nurse on the acute rehab unit at Allen Calder.

After graduation from SUNYIT with her MS in nursing she accepted a position as an ANP at Planned Parenthood of Mohawk Valley. In 2002 she then accepted a position with Dr Haider providing inpatient care in the Acute Rehabilitation unit at Rome Memorial Hospital and outpatient services for pain management at the Utica offices of APMR. Currently she is providing out patient care to pain management clients at our Utica and Clinton offices.

Debra is currently a member of the New York Nurses Association (NYSNA), Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, and The New York State Nurse Practitioner’s Association.

She resides in Sauquoit with her two sons.

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