Dr. Robert Louis Cristofaro MD
Orthopedist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
3010 Westchester Avenue Suite 104 Purchase NY, 10577About
Dr. Robert Cristofaro is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon practicing in Purchase, NY. Dr. Cristofaro specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system in children. As a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Cristofaro tends to childrens bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Pediatric orthopaedic surgeons can treat newborns to teenagers. Some conditions Dr. Cristofaro treats include gait abnormalities like limping, limp and spine deformities, broken bones and bone and joint infections.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1971
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1971
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hypercalcemia of immobilization in neurologically injured children: a prospective study.
- The congenital clubfoot--controversies.
- Bilateral habitual hip dislocation in a child with Down's syndrome: a case report.
- Source of Pseudomonas in osteomyelitis of heels.
- Avascular necrosis of bone as a complication of renal transplantation.
Treatments
- Cerebral Palsy
- Scoliosis
- Birth Defects
- Femur Fracture
- Blepharoplasty-eyelids
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- Dr. John Martin Nelson MD3010 WESTCHESTER AVE PURCHASE NY 10577