Robert D. Holland, M.D., M.H.A., a board-certified physiatrist with more than 20 years of clinical experience, joined the School of Medicine as chair of rehabilitation medicine in 2023. Dr. Holland is chief of Rehabilitation Medicine and residency program director at New York Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan.

With an interest in healthcare leadership, he previously served as medical director of Amsterdam Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in New York City and chief medical officer of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brooklyn. Dr. Holland has a special interest in musculoskeletal medicine, and as former director of musculoskeletal rehabilitation at Helen Hayes Hospital he collaborated with orthopedic surgeons from The Hospital for Special Surgery, Westchester and Rockland counties.  

Dr. Holland also serves as the medical director of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program for both the Westchester and Rockland County Department of Social Services. Combining a love of flying with his medical training, he serves as a flight surgeon with the U.S. Air Force Air National Guard, 105th Medical Group.

Education

• B.S., Physical Education, Plymouth State University
• M.H.A., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
• M.D., St. George's University School of Medicine
• Internship, Transitional Year, Saint Barnabas Medical Center
• Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Boston Medical Center

Areas of Expertise

• Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Subacute Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Aerospace Medicine
• Healthcare Leadership

Publications

• Jain SM, Balamurugan R, Tandon M, et. al. "Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ISC 17536, an oral inhibitor of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1, in patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: impact of preserved small nerve fiber function." Pain, 163(6), (2022) e738-e747. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002470
• Morse LR, Giangregorio L, Battaglino RA, et. al. "VA-based survey of osteoporosis management in spinal cord injury." PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation, 1(3), (2009) 240-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.10.008

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Recent Presentations

• Long-Term Care Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology, 1/2021
• Reducing Rehospitalization, Jacobi Medical Center, Quality & Patient Safety Event, 10/2019

Memberships and Affiliations

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• American Medical Directors Association