Rebecca Anne Demorest, MD

Dr. Demorest is an Assistant Attending Physician at Hospital for Special Surgery and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College. She is board certified in Pediatrics and fellowship trained in Sports Medicine. She specializes in non-operative management of musculoskeletal and medical conditions affecting pediatric and young adult athletes.

Dr. Demorest completed her undergraduate training with honors at The University of Pennsylvania. She obtained her medical degree from The University of Pittsburgh receiving AOA honors. She completed her pediatrics residency at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and her sports medicine fellowship at The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Demorest comes to HSS from Washington, D.C. where she was Medical Director of Sports Medicine at Children’s National Medical Center. She was Medical Director of the Fairfax County Virginia Public School System and was Co-Medical Director of the annual Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run. She is currently a team physician for USA Rowing and has been a team physician for the Wisconsin Badgers, George Washington Colonials and numerous high schools. She has provided medical care at the 2007 World Rowing Championships, the WNBA Combine, San Francisco Giants road games in Washington D.C., and Madison Marathon and Ironman.

She is an elected member of the Executive Committee of The American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness.

She has done research in the field of sports medicine medical education. Her other interests include concussion management, the female athlete, and pediatric and adolescent sports injuries. She has published more that ten articles and chapters on various sports medicine topics. She has given numerous lectures on sports medicine topics at the local and regional level.  From the Philadelphia area, she is a former high school and collegiate rower and an avid runner.

Appointments

Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College

Specialty
Pediatrics

Primary Care Sports Medicine

Subspecialty
Primary Care Sports Medicine

Certification

American Board of Pediatrics, 2002

Certificate of Added Qualification, Sports Medicine 2004

State Licensure
New York, Connecticut

Education

BA, 1995, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

MD, 1999, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Internship

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-2000

Residency

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2000-2002

Fellowship

University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2002-2004

Special Expertise

Concussion Management

The Female Athlete

Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Injuries

Little League Shoulder/Elbow

Gymnastics Injuries

Rowing Injuries

Research Interests

Sports Medicine Medical Education

Awards

Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Affiliations

Executive Committee Member, The American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness

Fellow, The American Academy of Pediatrics

Member, The American Medical Society of Sports Medicine

Member, The American College of Sports Medicine

Selected Publications

Demorest RA, Landry GL. A Football Player with a Concussion.  Pediatric Case Reviews July 2003;3(3):127-140.

Demorest RA, Landry GL. Prevention of Pediatric Sports Injuries. Current Sports Medicine Reports. December2003; 2(6):337-343.

Demorest RA, Landry GL. Training Principles for Elite Young Athletes. Current Sports Medicine Reports June 2004; (3):167-1723.

Demorest RA, Bernhardt DB, Best TM, Landry GL. Pediatric Residency Education: Is Sports Medicine Getting Its Fair Share? Pediatrics 2005;115:28-33.

For more publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Selected Books/Chapters

Demorest RA, Landry GL. Cardiopulmonary Disease in Athletes. Orthopedic Knowledge Update 3 2004.

Demorest, RA “Adolescents with Joint Pain: A Sports Medicine Perspective” Growing Up. Moving On. Adolescent Rheumatology for the 21st Century. Editors Janet McDonagh, MD and Patience White, MD