Dr. Todd Schlifstein, DO

I specialize in muscle, bone, and joint problems. I work with many professional, collegiate and high school athletes as well as the casual active person. I speak for 12 different pharmaceutical companies, conduct research for them, i am on A advisory committees to Congress, and attend many speaking engagements. I am at the cutting edge of the always changing field of medicine.

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At a very young age, Dr. Todd Schlifstein knew he wanted to be a medical doctor. He started volunteer hospital work at the age of 12. By 15 years old he was doing medical research at the University of Iowa on Bone Marrow Transplants and then at Boston University studying lasers to evaluate velocity of blood flow during the following year. Coming from a very close and supportive family, this helped him and his brothers towards many great achievements. His older brother started medical school at the age of 19. His younger brother graduated from Wharton business school, was an all …-american wrestler, award winning artist, trumpet and guitar player. During his high school years, Dr. Todd Schlifstein was on the wrestling team, played baseball, soccer, football, and played trumpet in the band. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Cornell University He majored in Clinical Nutrition, as he thought nutrition is something every medical doctor should know. During his Residency at NYU Medical Center, he was Chief Resident in 1999. He stayed on the Faculty at NYU School of Medicine and was an Attending Physician at NYU Medical Center until 2008.
With his long time childhood friend, Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein and Dr. Todd Schlifstein opened Fountain Medical Group and Fountain MedSpa in 2008.
I have worked for the NYC Marathon for 6 years as a medical team captain, worked with UFC fighters, ringside physician in NY State, worked as Team Physician Area Football Team, worked at the US Tennis Open, and taken care of many professional athletes.
Dr. Schlifstein is a speaker and consultant for more than 12 pharmaceutical companies. He is regularly featured as a medical expert on a variety of topics for top media outlets including New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, US News and World Report, Washington Post, LA Times, CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, CNN, CNN Headlines News, Fox News, Discovery Channel, MAXIM Magazine- Ask Dr. MAXIM, Men's Athletic Quarterly, Sports Illustrated, Good Morning America, The Today Show, ESPN, ESPN Cold Pizza, WebMD, and many more.
I testified at 2 Congressional Hearings as the Medical Expert invited by Congress for Steroids in Sports in 2006 and Performance Enhancing Drugs Human Growth Hormone in 2008.
I am an expert of ultrasound guided injections, trigger point injections, viscosupplementation injections for osteoarthritis and PRP injections for arthritis, tendon tears, chronic tendonitis, and other injuries.