Dr. John Christopher Cianca M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
5959 WEST LOOP S BELLAIRE TX, 77401About
Dr. John Cianca is a physiatrist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Cianca is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Cianca focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Cianca can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Albany Medical College - Union University 1988
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Industrial medicine and acute musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 1. Diagnosing and managing the injured worker with low back pain.
- Industrial medicine and acute musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 3. Cumulative trauma disorders of the upper limb in computer users.
- Industrial medicine and acute musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 5. Effective medical management of industrial injuries: from causality to case closure.
- Industrial medicine and acute musculoskeletal rehabilitation. 6. Occupational health for special populations.
- Distance running: Organization of a medical team.
- Poster 50 Torsional Anatomy of the Lower Limb: The Appearance of Anatomy in Hemispastic Position.
- Poster 196 Brain Injury as a Consequence of Routine PRP Protocol in a Patient on Chronic Antiplatelet Therapy.
- Musculoskeletal Injuries and Regenerative Medicine in the Elderly Patient.
- Intracranial tumor masquerading as cervical radiculopathy: a case study.
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