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Department of Rehab Medicine,Brain Injury Research
5 East 98th Street, Room B-15
New York, NY 10029
Tel
212-241-8850
Fax
212-241-0137
Office Hours
Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Disabled Access
Yes

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  • Medicare
  • No Fault
  • Worker

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Business Offices

Address
Department of Rehab Medicine, Brain Injury Research Center
5 East 98th St, Room B-15
New York, NY 10029
Tel
212-241-8850
Fax
212-241-0137

Joshua B. Cantor

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR  Rehabilitation Medicine

Overview

Specialty Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
Clinical Interests Brain Injury
  Adjustment to Disability
  Rehabilitation Psychology
Languages English
  French
Gender Male
E-mail joshua.cantor@mountsinai.org
Education and Training PHD, Long Island University
  Internship, Clinical Psychology, Jewish Child Care Association
  Fellowship, Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Dr. Cantor is Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. He is a clinical psychologist and specializes in neuropsychological assessment, psychotherapy, and cognitive remediation with individuals with brain injuries and other neurological disabilities.

Dr. Cantor is a senior researcher in the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on TBI Interventions, the New York TBI Model System, and the Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center.

Dr. Cantor received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Long Island University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in rehabilitation psychology and clinical neuropsychology at Mount Sinai.

Training

Education and Training PHD, Long Island University
  Internship, Clinical Psychology, Jewish Child Care Association
  Fellowship, Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Clinical Practice

Specialty Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
Clinical Interests Brain Injury
  Adjustment to Disability
  Rehabilitation Psychology
Languages English
  French

Research

Dr. Cantor is a senior researcher in the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on TBI Interventions, the New York TBI Model System, and the Mount Sinai Injury Control Research Center. His research focuses on individuals with brain injury and individuals with TBI in particular. His research has focused on the following areas:

  • Cognitive rehabilitation and cognitive remediation after TBI
  • Treatment of executive dysfunction after TBI
  • Effects of aerobic exercise on cognition and mood following TBI
  • Psychotherapy for post-TBI depression
  • Screening for Post-TBI depression
  • Community integration after TBI
  • Fatigue and insomnia after TBI
  • Sleep after TBI
  • TBI outcomes

For more information, see the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Central website.

Publications

Ashman TA, Cantor JB, Gordon WA, Sacks A, Spielman L, Egan M, Hibbard MR. A comparison of cognitive functioning in older adults with and without traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2008; 23(3): 139-148.


Ashman TA, Cantor JB, Gordon WA, Spielman L, Egan M, Ginsberg A, Engmann C, Flanagan S. Objective measurement of fatigue following traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2008; 23(1): 33-40.


Cantor JB, Ashman TA, Gordon WA, Ginsberg A, Engmann C, Egan M, Spielman L, Dijkers M, Flanagan S. Post TBI fatigue and its impact on participation and quality of life. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2008; 23(1): 41-51.


Cantor JB, Gordon WA, Ashman TA. Screening for brain injury in schoolchildren [abstract]. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 2006; 21:. Abstract 424.


Gordon WA, Zafonte R, Cicerone K, Cantor J, Brown M, Lombard L, Goldsmith R, Chandna T. Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: State of the science. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2006; 85(4): 343-382.


Gordon WA, Cantor JB, Ashman TA, Brown M. Treatment of post-TBI executive dysfunction: Application of theory to practice. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2006; 21: 156-167.


Cantor JB, Ashman TA, Schwartz ME, Gordon WA, Hibbard MR, Brown M, Spielman L, Charatz HJ, Cheng Z. The role of self-discrepancy theory in understanding post-TBI affective disorders: A pilot study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2005; 20: 527-534.


Cantor JB, Gordon WA, Schwartz ME, Charatz HJ, Ashman TA, Abramowitz S. Child and Parent Responses to a Brain Injury Screening Questionnaire. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2004; 85(Suppl. 2): S54-S60.


Ashman TA, Schwartz ME, Cantor JB, Hibbard MR, Gordon WA. Screening for substance abuse in individuals with traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury 2004; 18(2): 191-202.


Hibbard MR, Cantor JB, Charatz HJ, Rosenthal R, Ashman TA, Gundersen N, Ireland-Knight L, Gordon WA, Avner J, Gartner A. Peer support in the community: Initial findings of a mentoring program for individuals with TBI and their families. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 2002; 17(2): 112-131.


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