"This reference provides a comprehensive, pragmatic approach for physical medicine physicians; speech, occupational, and physical therapists; and nurses with cancer survivor responsibilities...Any cancer program with significant rehabilitation services will find this a useful addition to its library."
--Journal of the American Medical Association
"As the first true textbook dedicated to cancer rehabilitation, the editors have done an excellent job of organizing the topics and recruiting authoritative authors in the field of cancer rehabilitation. This book is a must-have for clinicians who wish to specialize in cancer rehabilitation."
--Doody's Reviews
"[T]his book is the only source to date to address the topics most pertinent to the emerging arena of cancer rehabilitation in one location. Each chapter highlights "key-points," for a quick overview and provides a thorough list of references for more in-depth study...This book is a milestone and must-have for anyone involved in the care of those with cancer."
--American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
“...Cancer Rehabilitation contains excellent accounts of cancer syndromes causing physical disability and pain, and well-done matched chapters that describe wider therapeutic approaches to help patients with these syndromes. Physical rehabilitation is covered in fine fashion. Cancer Rehabilitation provides an excellent source of wisdom on those issues…an oncologist will not find the concepts of pain, physical debility, and related therapeutic approaches so concisely and clearly discussed in many other texts. Cancer Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice meets a high standard in this area.”
--International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics., Vol. 78, No. 2, p. 636, 2010
A Doody's Core Title 2012This new comprehensive reference provides a state-of-the-art overview of the principles of cancer care and best practices for restoring function and quality of life to cancer survivors. Authored by some of the world's leading cancer rehabilitation experts and oncology specialists, the principles section provides primer-level discussions of the various cancer types and their assessment and management. The practice section thoroughly explores the identification, evaluation, and treatment of specific impairments and disabilities that result from cancer and the treatment of cancer. This groundbreaking volume enables the entire medical team to provide superior care that results in a better quality of life for cancer survivors.
Features include:
- Multi-specialty editorship and authorship from physiatry, oncology, physical therapy, occupational therapy,and related disciplines.
- Focus on therapeutic management of cancer-related impairments and complications.
- In-depth treatment of the medical, neurologic, musculoskeletal, and general rehabilitation issues specific to this patient population.
Michael O'Dell, MD, Chief of Clinical Services, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Michael Dean Stubblefield, MD, is a graduate of Brown University with dual degrees in biology and honors in philosophy. He received his medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed a combined residency in internal medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. He is triple board certified in PM&R, internal medicine, and electrodiagnostic medicine (EMG).
Dr. Stubblefield started his career in cancer rehabilitation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2001, ultimately rising to the position of Chief of Cancer Rehabilitation. He built the program from a handful of inpatient therapists to a robust team of more than one hundred therapists and five physicians.
Dr. Stubblefield joined Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation as Medical Director for Cancer Rehabilitation in 2015. He serves as the National Medical Director for Cancer Rehabilitation and Complex Medical for Select Medical as well as the National Medical Director for the ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation Program. ReVital has grown under his leadership to include more than 1000 highly trained cancer rehabilitation therapists practicing in hundreds of centers in 25 states.
Dr. Stubblefield is globally recognized as a leader in the field of cancer rehabilitation. His clinical expertise is in the identification, evaluation, and rehabilitation of neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, pain, and functional disorders resulting from cancer and its treatment, particularly those caused by radiation and neurotoxic chemotherapy. He is an expert electromyographer and performs procedures such as botulinum toxin (Botox) injections for the relief of pain and spasm in cancer survivors.
Dr. Stubblefield has been on the Castle Connolly list of America's top doctors, America's top doctors for cancer, and New York metro area's top doctors for many years. He is an accomplished researcher who has published extensively, authored numerous review articles and book chapters, and frequently lectures on a wide range of cancer rehabilitation-related topics. In addition to his role as editor of Cancer Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, the only comprehensive textbook in the field, Dr. Stubblefield is a peer reviewer for more than 30 journals.
