Dr. Lynne Taylor Nicolson, MD

Dr. Nicolson, an attending physiatrist at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, has served as chief of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Sunnyview since 1998.

A cum laude graduate with departmental honors in chemistry of St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, Dr. Nicolson received her medical degree from Albany Medical College. She completed post-graduate training at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in the Department of Preventive, Family and Rehabilitative Medicine. She also had additional training at Strong Memorial Hospital/Monroe Community Hospital's Division of Rehabilitation Medicine in Rochester, NY.

Dr. Nicolson holds board certification from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and is a frequent lecturer on stroke rehabilitation and pain management.

In addition to her other appointments, Dr. Nicolson holds consultation privileges in physiatry at Ellis Hospital. …Her professional affiliations include membership in the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the American Spinal Injury Association, the Schenectady County Medical Society, the Medical Society of the State of New York, and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Nicolson has served on the physician advisory board for the Epilepsy Association. Since 1991, she has also been a survey consultant to the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), a not-for-profit organization that accredits several types of specialized services, including medical rehabilitation, adult day services, assisted living, behavioral health, and employment and community living services. In that capacity, she participates in assessing the ability of rehabilitation providers to meet CARF's international standards of quality.