Dr. Caroline B. Koo, MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
264 Pleasant St Concord NH, 03301About
Dr. Caroline Koo is a physiatrist practicing in Concord, NH. Dr. Koo is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Koo 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. Koo 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
SUNY Downstate Medical School medical degree 2006
Board Certification
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
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Fellowships
- Cleveland Clinic interventional spine medicine 2011
Fellowships
- Cleveland Clinic (Interventional Spine Medicine) (2011)
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Get to know Physiatrist Dr. Caroline B. Koo, who serves patients throughout the State of New Hampshire.
A prominent physiatrist specializing in medical spine care, Dr. Koo is affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, seeing patients at their offices in Nashua and Manchester, New Hampshire. She can also be found on staff at Cheshire Medical Center.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health (D-HH) is New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer. D-HH serves a population of 1.9 million patients across northern New England and provides access to more than 1,800 providers in almost every area of medicine. They are committed to improving the health of the population, for generations to come.
Graduating with her medical degree from the SUNY Downstate Medical School in 2006, Dr. Koo completed her internship at Bassett Healthcare Hospitals and Clinics in 2007, and her residency in physical medicine & rehabilitation from the New York University Medical Center in 2010. Finally, she completed her fellowship in interventional spine medicine at Cleveland Clinic in 2011.
An authority in her field, the doctor is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as in pain medicine, by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR). The mission of the ABPMR is to serve the public by improving the quality of patient care in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).
Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. Physiatrists treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons.
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