Mercy Hospital Rehabilitation Unit

Anthony J. Bonner, MD is a cardiovascular disease practitioner.
Christina Bumbalo, PharmD is an institutional pharmacy.
Usha Chopra, MD is an anatomic & clinical pathologist.
Danelle M. Backert, PharmD is a pharmacist.
Amee Mehta, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
Mary R. Welch, MD is a physiatrist.
Erin E. Urban, PharmD is a pharmacist.
Kayleigh G. Pung, DO is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Alonso Diaz, MD is a nephrologist renal practitioner.
Trevor Chichelli, DNP is an adult health nurse practitioner.
Reuven Moser, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
Ekaterina A. Rashid, PharmD is a pharmacist.
Sehem Ghazala, MD is a gastroenterologist.
Emma Gargala is a pharmacist.
Muhammad B. Cheema, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine, student in an organized health care education/training program, and primary care medicine.
Jillian M. Owens, PharmD is a pharmacist.
William Du, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
John R. Hart, PharmD, RPh is a pharmacotherapy pharmacist.
Sungeun Kim, MD is an anatomic & clinical pathologist.
Erlin J. Marte, DO, MD, MS is an endocrinologist diabetes metabolism practitioner who practices endocrinology / diabetes & metabolism medicine, internal medicine, hospital medicine, and primary care medicine.
Rakeeba Din, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
Kevin T. Shiley, MD is an infectious disease practitioner.
Tom H. Le, DO is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Laura B. Pochylski, PharmD is a pharmacist.
Umair Masood, MD is a gastroenterologist who practices gastroenterology and student in an organized health care education/training program.
Jiantao Xiao, MD is a thoracic surgeon (cardiothoracic vascular surgeon).
Zachary M. Roeseler, DPT is a physical therapist.
Aaron M. Powell, MD is a diagnostic radiologist.
Marwan Saoud, MD is a critical care medicine practitioner.
Jeffrey P. Steinig, MD is a hospital medicine doctor / hospitalist who practices hospital medicine and surgery.
Vitaly Buza, MD is a cardiovascular disease practitioner.
Fazalur C. Rehman, MD is a nuclear medicine practitioner.
Diana K. Pomakova, MD is an infectious disease practitioner.
Lukas Brightman, PharmD is a pharmacist.
Elvin D. Witmer, MD is a family medicine practitioner who practices family medicine and primary care medicine.
Philip M. Dvoretsky, MD is a cytopathologist who practices cytopathology and anatomic pathology.
Travis A. Mastroianni, DO is a diagnostic radiologist.
Noah Halpern, MD is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Jeffrey M. Parker, DO is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
Joseph S. Thomas, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine, student in an organized health care education/training program, and primary care medicine.
Sarah L. Swinarski, DO is a physiatrist.
Rebecca Z. Ocque, MD is an anatomic & clinical pathologist.
Salvior Mok, MD is a thoracic surgeon (cardiothoracic vascular surgeon).
Michael S. Albert, MD is an anatomic & clinical pathologist.
Tariq N. Ahmad, MD is a hospital medicine doctor / hospitalist.
Dimitra E. Bitikofer, PharmD is a pharmacist.
Raed M. Alnaji, MD is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
Juan D. Mazariegos, MD is an other service specialist.
Christopher Wilcox, DO is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
Bonnie T. Gleason, MD is a critical care medicine practitioner.
Joseph G. Rusnak, MD is a vascular & interventional radiologist who practices vascular & interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology.
Tawfiq S. Zabaneh, DO is an internal medicine practitioner who practices internal medicine and primary care medicine.
Michael P. D. Dibella, MD is an emergency medicine practitioner.
Donald Schmidt, MD is an obstetrician.
Omar Kass-Hout, MPH, MD is a neurologist who practices neurology, internal medicine, vascular neurology, and primary care medicine.
James B. Fitzgerald, MD is a diagnostic radiologist.
Saleela Suresh, MD is a rehabilitation practitioner.
Areeba Altaf, MD.
Ngoc Y. Pham, MD is an obstetrician & gynecologist.
Kent A. Lieber, MD is a family medicine practitioner who practices family medicine and primary care medicine.
Paul Nowak, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Jacquelyn A. Giammaresi, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Julie Everhart, RNFA is a registered first assistant nurse.
Kristen Ritter is an adult health nurse practitioner.
Chelsea M. Pokoj, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Katherine Spears is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Jaime Vona, PA is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Andrew Putzak is a pharmacist.
Maria White is a nurse practitioner.
Krista T. Rektorik, FNP is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice and primary care medicine.
Daniel T. Patrick, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Tiffany T. Nakajima, CNM is a midwife.
Victoria A. Rabidue, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Theresa M. Christensen, CNM, LM is an advanced practice midwife.
Renee Porter, PA is a physician assistant - surgical.
Lauren B. Robel, PA-C is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Alivia R. Caldwell, FNP is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice, general practice nursing (registered nurse), and primary care medicine.
Maureen Kirkpatrick is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting, student in an organized health care education/training program, and primary care medicine.
Kayla C. Flumerfeldt, NP is a hospital medicine doctor / hospitalist.
Deborah F. Capaccio is a physical therapist.
Zennat A. Habir, NP is an adult health nurse practitioner.
Caitlin V. Hackford is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Janice A. Mcnaughton, NP is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice and primary care medicine.
Shaili M. Patel is a pharmacist.
Gita Zhulovchinova, FNP-BC is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice, nursing (registered nurse), and primary care medicine.
Megan K. Heimerl, FNP-BC is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice and primary care medicine.
Kelsey A. Brown, FNP is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice and primary care medicine.
Kelly M. Ruffner is a pharmacist.
Kathleen M. Hayes is a pharmacist clinician (phc) / clinical pharmacy specialist.
Ghassan Mohsin is a medical assistant who practices medical assisting and student in an organized health care education/training program.
Glenn R. Hirtzel, RPh is a pharmacist.
Linda R. Lillis, CNM is a midwife.
Marcia A. Roth, NP is a nurse practitioner.
Nicholas R. Beader is a registered home health nurse.
Erica A. Iacobucci, RPA-C is a physician assistant - surgical.
Marlene Schiferle, RN is a diabetes educator registered nurse.
Stephanie T. Damodar, PA is a physician assistant who practices physician assisting and primary care medicine.
Erica R. Bastian, PA-C is a physician assistant - surgical who practices physician assisting - surgical, physician assisting, and primary care medicine.
Amanda M. Coleman, FNP-BC is a family nurse practitioner who practices family nurse practice and primary care medicine.
Christine M. Heyden is a pharmacist.

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Mercy Hospital Rehabilitation Unit has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since June 05, 2006 and its NPI numbers are 1659310605 , 1932379294 , 1164464921 , 1669782686 , 1851929954 , 1972883304 , 1992073571 (certified on 12/09/2011) , 1134489115 , 1700050523 , and 1144262908. Mercy Hospital Rehabilitation Unit is also known as Western New York Hospitalist Group, PC (Hospital Medicine Doctor / Hospitalist Practice), Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo (General Acute Care Hospital), Mercy Hospital (General Acute Care Hospital), Mercy Hospital Professional Services (General Acute Care Hospital), Chs Neuroscience Group (Neurologist Practice), Chs Surgery Assistants (Surgeon Practice), Bradley R Ertel Md (Physiatrist Practice), Exigence Hospitalist Medical Services Of Western New York, PLLC (Hospital Medicine Doctor / Hospitalist Practice), and Mercy Hospital Skilled Nursing Facility (Skilled Nursing Facility).

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Rehabilitation Hospital Unit

In general, a distinct unit of a general acute care hospital that provides care encompassing a comprehensive array of restoration services for the disabled and all support services necessary to help patients attain their maximum functional capacity. Source: AHA Annual Survey p. A10 1996 AHA Guide. For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital providing inpatient rehabilitation services that meets the following requirements. Rehabilitation Units have in effect a preadmission screening procedure under which each prospective patient's condition and medical history are reviewed to determine whether the patient is likely to benefit significantly from an intensive inpatient program or assessment; ensure that the patients receive close medical supervision and furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, rehabilitation nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy, plus, as needed, speech therapy, social services or psychological services and orthotic and prosthetic services; have a plan of treatment for each inpatient that is established, reviewed, and revised as needed by a physician in consultation with other professional personnel who provide services to the patient; use a coordinated multidisciplinary team approach in the rehabilitation of each inpatient, as documented by periodic clinical entries made in the patient's medical record to note the patient's status in relationship to goal attainment, and that team conferences are held at least every two weeks to determine the appropriateness of treatment; have a director of rehabilitation who provides services to the unit and its inpatients for at least 20 hours a week, is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, is licensed under State law to practice medicine or surgery, and has had, after completing a one-year hospital internship at least two years of training or experience in the medical management of inpatients requiring rehabilitation services.

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