Our faculty comprises a wide range of backgrounds and interests with many holding dual certifications or other advanced degrees. In addition to providing hands-on, 24-hour department supervision and teaching, all faculty members share a commitment to creating an atmosphere that is conducive to the advancement of our specialty.
Faculty members also participate in regional and national professional organizations and research endeavors. Many also serve on national committees and organizations dedicated to the growth and development of the specialty.
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George Forrest, M.D.
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Andrew Dubin, M.D. Dr. Andrew Dubin is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He has subspecialty Boards in Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Dubin received his medical degree from Albany Medical College, and completed his residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He has been on the staff of Albany Medical Center since 1990. His particular interests are in the area of spasticity and treatment of neuropathic pain. |
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Ian Cole, M.D. Dr. Ian Cole is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical College in Brooklyn and completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein Medical College. He has a special interest in the use of electrodiagnosis—the determination of the nature of a disease through observation of changes in electrical irritability—and sodium hyaluronate injections for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. His research interests include brain injuries and musculoskeletal injuries. . |
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Farag Aboelsaad, M.D. Dr. Aboelsaad received is MD degree from the University of Cairo. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Albany Medical Center and a fellowship in Pain Management at the Pacific Pain Treatment Center in San Francisco. Dr. Aboelsaad is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Special interests include chronic pain management including back and neck pain, chronic headache, peripheral neuropathy and complex regional pain syndromes. |
VA Faculty
Barbara Bates, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Bates is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and spinal cord injury medicine. She received her MD degree from the University of Washington and completed residency in physical medicine & rehabilitation at Albany Medical Center. She is the Director of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service at the VA Medical Center.
Frank LoRe, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. LoRe is Board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He received his MD degree from Albany Medical College and completed residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation from the University of Minnesota. Dr. LoRe is the Clinical Director of the PMR residency program at the VA.
