Overview
| Specialty |
Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
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| Clinical Interests |
Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Stroke |
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Spasticity |
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Neuro-Muscular Diseases |
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Multiple Sclerosis |
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Botox Injection |
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Electrodiagnosis |
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Trigger Point Injections |
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Pain Management |
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Baclofen Pumps |
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Geriatric Rehabilitaion |
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Parkinson's Disease |
| Languages |
English |
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Spanish |
| Gender |
Female |
| E-mail |
anne.ambrose@mssm.edu |
| Education and Training |
MBBS, St. John's Medical College |
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Masters In Clinical Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
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Residency, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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Internship, Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Dr. Ambrose joined Mount Sinai in 2004 after completing her Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine. She received a Masters in Clinical Research from Mount Sinai in 2008. Currently she is an Assistant Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her main interests are in the treatment of patients with neurological conditions, including brain injuries, strokes and neuro-muscular disorders, She has published several peer reviewed articles in neurological conditions. Dr. Ambrose is active in several local organizations including the New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury.
Research
Kerala-Einstein study: Risk factors for cognitive decline
This is a NIH: Fogarty International Center Grant investigating the epidemiology of cognitive and cardiac risk factors in developing nations
New York Traumatic Brain Injury Model System -investigator in the NIDDR funded program involving the "model" care and research in traumatic brain injury individuals
Publications
Verghese J, Levalley A, Hall CB, Katz MJ, Ambrose AF, Lipton RB. Epidemiology of Gait Disorders in Community Residing Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006; 54: 255-261.
Brittany A, Matsumura MD, Ambrose AF. Balance in the elderly. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine-Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ClinGeriatrMed 2006 may; 22(2): 395-412.
Ambrose AF, Levalley A, Verghese J. A Comparison of Parkinsonian and Frontal gaits in the Elderly. J Neurol Sci , 2006 Oct 25 2006 June; 248(1-2): 215-218.
Verghese J, Levalley A, Ambrose AF, Lipton RB. A Comparison of Parkinsonian and Frontal gaits in the elderly. J Am Geriatric Soc 2005;: A133.
Ambrose AF, Peller S, Verghese J. Leisure activity participation in urban elderly. J Am Geriatric Soc 2005; 1: A77.
Verghese J, Lipton RB, Katz MJ, Hall CB, Derby C, Ambrose AF, Kuslansky G, Sliwinski M, Buschke H. Leisure activities and the risk of dementia in the elderly. N Engl J Med 2003; 348: 2508-1516.
