Dr. Shinto Koshy, MD

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Get to know Physiatrist Dr. Shinto Koshy, who serves patients throughout the State of California.

A skilled physiatrist, Dr. Koshy is affiliated with the Providence Centers of Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, seeing patients at their offices in Placentia and Orange, California. His philosophy of care is a comprehensive approach while focusing on prevention, educating patients about their pain, and giving patients the opportunity to make the right choices with their healthcare.

With a broad educational background, he earned his medical degree from the Ross University School of Medicine, before completing his internship and residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center. He then went on to complete his fellowship in interventional spine medicine at the Providence Centers of Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine.

As a testament to his success, the doctor is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and interventional spine 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).

Maintaining membership status, Dr. Koshy is an active member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Among his other roles, he can be found on staff at Providence St. Jude Medical Center, Providence Mission Hospital Laguna Beach, and Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange.

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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