Dr. Dr. Ivan Hinnant
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
620 John Paul Jones Cir Navy Medical Center Portsmouth VA, 23708About
Dr. Ivan Hinnant is a physiatrist practicing in Portsmouth, VA. Dr. Hinnant is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Hinnant 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. Hinnant 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
Howard University College of Medicine 1995
Board Certification
American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
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Treatments
- Back Pain
- Pain
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Get to know Physiatrist Dr. Ivan D. Hinnant, who serves patients in Portsmouth, Virginia.
A highly-trained physiatrist, Dr. Hinnant works at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, a United States Navy medical center in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is the oldest continuously running hospital in the Navy medical system.
A member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, he is licensed to practice medicine in Virginia and New York.
A 1995 graduate of the Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. Hinnant went on to perform his residency in internal medicine with Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. He followed this up with an additional residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at New York Medical College.
With over 20 years of experience in his field, the doctor is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (ABPMR). Founded in 1947, the ABPMR is the medical certifying board for the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation. It is one of 24 medical specialty boards that make up the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, also known as physiatry and physiatrics, 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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