Jonas Sokolof
Jonas Sokolof — Board-Certified Physiatrist & Certified Life Care Planner | Oncological Rehabilitation & Interventional Pain Management Expert Witness based in New York, NY. specialization in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Oncological Rehabilitation, Interventional Pain Management.
Board-Certified Physiatrist & Certified Life Care Planner | Oncological Rehabilitation & Interventional Pain Management Expert Witness
New York, NY
About
Dr. Jonas M. Sokolof, CLCP, is a board-certified physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Harvard Medical School-trained rehabilitation physician, and Certified Life Care Planner with extensive experience evaluating complex medical conditions, functional impairment, causation, future medical needs, and medical damages. He is fellowship-trained in sports and musculoskeletal medicine, non-surgical orthopedic care, and interventional physiatry.
Dr. Sokolof has held clinical, academic, and leadership positions at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health/Rusk Rehabilitation, Weill Cornell Medical College, and other major healthcare institutions. His clinical expertise includes musculoskeletal and spine disorders, chronic pain, cancer rehabilitation, functional impairment, and the long-term consequences of injury and disease.
His medical-legal work includes physician life care planning, medical damage assessment, review of future medical care requirements, causation analysis, disability claim review, workers’ compensation matters, and personal injury and medical malpractice cases. He has experience providing objective, evidence-based medical opinions for attorneys and insurers and translating complex medical records, diagnoses, treatment histories, functional limitations, and anticipated future care into clear and defensible conclusions.
Dr. Sokolof has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters and has lectured nationally on rehabilitation medicine, musculoskeletal disorders, chronic pain, cancer rehabilitation, and related topics. He has also served as a Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Clinical Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical Colle
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R)
Oncological Rehabilitation
Interventional Pain Management
Non-Surgical Orthopedic Care
Disability Claim Peer Review
Workers' Compensation
RICO Fraud Cases
Traumatic Brain Injury
Cancer Related Damage Assessment
Life Care Planning
Sports Medicine
Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice
Credentials & Licenses
Board Certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP)
International Commission on Healthcare Certification (ICHCC)
State Medical License
State of New York
Certified Practitioner (Functional Medicine)
Institute for Functional Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine Core Competencies
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Education
Clinical Fellowship in Sports/Musculoskeletal Medicine and Interventional Physiatry
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Rutgers University (Formerly UMDNJ)
2007–2008
Residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Harvard Medical School
2004–2007
Internship in AOA Traditional Rotating Internship
Saint Vincent's Midtown Hospital
2003–2004
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine in Osteopathic Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine/NYIT
Bachelor of Science in Human Biology
State University of New York at Albany
High School Diploma
Horace Greeley High School
Certification in Functional Medicine
Institute for Functional Medicine
Certification in Lifestyle Medicine
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Certification Course in Structural Acupuncture for Physicians
Harvard Medical School
Experience
Longevity Center Physician
Fountain Life
2025–
Director of Oncological Rehabilitation and Functional Medicine, Primary Care Service Line
Catholic Health, Saint Francis Hospital
2023–2025
Director of Oncological Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
NYU-Langone Health/Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation in collaboration with Perlmutter Cancer Center
2018–2022
Assistant Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
2008–2018
Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
2008–2018
Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
NYU-Grossman School of Medicine
2018–2019
Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
NYU-Grossman School of Medicine
2019–2022
Academic Appointment (Pending)
New York Institute of Technology School of Osteopathic Medicine
Awards
Rehabilitation Medicine Teacher of The Year Award
New York Presbyterian/Columbia University/Weill Cornell Medical Department · 2017
Award for Recognition of Endeavors to Enhance the Field of PM&R
Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · 2007
Manuel Lipson Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship
Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · 2000
Stanley Schiowitz Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Teaching Fellowship
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Cum Laude Graduate
State University of New York at Albany · 1996
Memberships
American College of Sports Medicine
Moving Through Cancer Executive Taskforce Steering Committee Member
American College of Sports Medicine
Member Participant, Scientific Roundtable on Exercise in Cancer
American College of Rehabilitation Medicine
Co-Chair, Lifestyle Medicine Group
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Co-Chair, Fitness Working Group
Publications
1
Enhancing the Nutrition Prescription Using Behavioral Approaches
Lifestyle Medicine: 4th Ed (Rippe JM). CRC Press · 2024
article
2
Medical and Cardiac Risk Stratification and Exercise Prescription In Persons With Cancer
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · 2024
article
3
Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis in a Patient With Acute-Onset Low Back Pain and Osseous Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Setting of Suspected Malignancy
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · 2023
article
4
A Family Physician's Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine
Supplement to The Journal of Family Practice · 2022
article
5
Translating 2019 ACSM Cancer Exercise Recommendations for a Physiatric Practice: Derived Recommendations from an International Expert Panel
PM&R · 2021
article
6
Sciatic Neuropathy after Radiation Treatment
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · 2021
article
7
Aromatase Inhibitor Musculoskeletal Syndrome
Breast Cancer and Gynecologic Cancer Rehabilitation: 1st Ed (Cristian A). Elsevier · 2021
article
8
Moving through cancer: Setting the agenda to make exercise standard in oncology practice
Cancer · 2020
article
9
An article on exercise oncology (Stout NL, Brown JC et al.)
Cancer · 2020
article
10
Surgical Recovery
Exercise Oncology: 1st Ed (Schmitz K). Springer · 2020
article
11
Exercise is medicine in oncology: Engaging clinicians to help patients move through cancer
CA Cancer J Clin · 2019
article
12
Enhancing the Nutrition Prescription Using Behavioral Approaches
Lifestyle Medicine: 3rd Ed (Rippe JM). CRC Press · 2019
article
13
The effect of preoperative exercise on upper extremity recovery following breast cancer surgery: a systematic review
Int J Rehabil Res · 2018
article
14
Pain in the Cancer Rehabilitation Patient
Comprehensive Pain Management in the Rehabilitation Patient: 1st Ed (Carayannopoulos A). Springer · 2017
article
15
Characterization and Management of Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor-Related Adverse Events in Patients With Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma
Oncologist · 2016
article
16
Left Thigh Pain
AAPM&R Online Case Study, MSK Case #42 · 2014
article
17
Rehabilitation in Cancer Patients
Oncology for the Primary Care Clinician (Rose MG, DeVita VT, Lawrence TS, Rosenberg SA). Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins · 2013
article
18
Injectable Agents
PM&R Knowledge NOW/American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · 2013
article
19
Use of medial branch blocks before radiofrequency ablation for lumbar facet joints
PM R · 2012
article
20
Breast Cancer
PM&R Knowledge NOW/American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation · 2012
article
21
Prolotherapy vs. Corticosteroid Injections for Treatment of Lateral Epicondylosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
PM R · 2011
article
22
Cancer Rehabilitation
UpToDate (Savarese DM, Ed), UpToDate · 2010
article
23
Osteoporosis
Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: 2nd Ed (Frontera W, Silver J). Elsevier · 2008
article
24
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: 2nd Ed (Frontera W, Silver J). Elsevier · 2008
article
25
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: 2nd Ed (Frontera W, Silver J). Elsevier · 2008
article
26
Central Hypersensitivity in Chronic Pain
The Painless Messenger: A Practitioner's Resource for Chronic Pain Management · 2006
article
27
Physiotherapy and rehabilitation in the new millennium
The Practice of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technique: 2005 Ed (Savitz MH, Rauschning W, Chiu JC, et al., eds). AAMISS Press · 2005
article
28
Six-hour versus 12-hour protocols for AMI: CK-MB in conjunction with myoglobin
Am J Emerg Med · 2001
article