Dr. Cyrus Kao is a highly experienced, board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) and pain medicine physician with a focus on impairments and disabilities resulting from sports injuries, MVA, catastrophic injuries, chronic pain, and arthritis. Dr. Kao is board-certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPM&R) and the ABPM&R Pain Medicine. He has active unrestricted medical licenses in multiple states, including NJ, HI, FL, NV, AL, CA, NY, VT, TN, GA, MN, CT, LA, IL, WV, OH, TX, MI, MS, CO, and PA. He is also certified by the New York Worker’s Compensation Board and the Colorado Worker’s Compensation Board for medical-legal consultation purposes. Dr. Kao is a certified life care planner (LCP-C) and is proficient in performing medical/legal consultations for personal injury/WC cases.

Dr. Kao is proficient in electromyography/nerve conduction studies (EMG/NCS) and certified to perform minimally invasive lumbar decompression (mild) procedures for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication. He is also proficient in ultrasound (US)-guided injections, trigger point injections, and botulinum toxin injections. He is currently the medical director of Rehabilitation Consultants LLC, serving the community at various skilled nursing facilities and performing interventional minimally invasive lumbar decompression procedures for appropriate candidates with lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication. Dr. Kao has completed several research projects and has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has also been invited to give lectures and oral presentations at various conferences. He is a member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, North American Spine Society, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), New York Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (NYSPM&R). Available in bases of NY/NJ/CT, TN, CA, FL and nationally - flexible with travel to perform Life Care Planning Cases.