About Dr. Cooke
Dr. Paul M. Cooke is a board certified physiatrist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York specializing in the non-operative care of spine, sports, and musculoskeletal injuries.
He has served as an Assistant Attending Physiatrist at Hospital for Special Surgery since completing his fellowship training at HSS in 2000. He is also Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. His clinical interests include non-surgical nonsurgical spine care, sports medicine, regenerative medicine and image-guided injection procedures.
Dr. Cooke completed his undergraduate studies at Princeton University where he was a pitcher on the baseball team, followed by graduation from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He completed residency training in the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation also at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School where he served as academic chief resident. He then pursued advanced training with a fellowship in Physiatry Spine and Sports Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery.
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Departments
Specialized Centers
HSS Center for Regenerative Medicine
Special Expertise
Spine
Electrodiagnosis (EMG/NCS)
Precision spinal injection procedures for lumbar disc herniation
Patient Stories
Insurance
If your insurance is not listed, please call our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. If you have out-of-network benefits, then your insurance may reimburse you for a portion of your office visit. We will work with you and your insurance to minimize your out-of-pocket costs. Financial assistance may be available for patients in need.
Credentials
Appointments
Assistant Attending Physiatrist, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Physician, The Medical Center of Princeton
Quality Director, Department of Physiatry, Hospital for Special Surgery
Co-chair, Special Procedures Committee, Hospital for Special Surgery
Department of Physiatry Clinical Competency Committee, Hospital for Special Surgery
Affiliations
Foundation for Orthopedic and Complex Spine (FOCOS) Hospital, Physician Volunteer (2014-present)
HSS Physician Heath Organization (PHO), Board Member
Teaching musculoskeletal physical examination skills to medical students at Weill Cornell Medical College
Medical coverage of local high school and college football teams
Board of Advisors, Momentum Fitness Gym, Princeton, NJ
Certification
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Awards
Academic Chief Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMDNJ
New Jersey Medical School Resident Award for Outstanding Patient Service at UMDNJ- University Hospital
Education
MD, UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey
Residency
UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School / Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey
Fellowship
Weill Cornell Medical College, Spine and Sports Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
State Licensure
Languages
English
Publications by Dr. Cooke
For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.
Blog Posts
Research
Clinical Trials
- Facet Joint Intra-articular Steroid Injections versus Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections to Treat Axial Back Pain in Grade 1-2 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
- Percutaneous Rupture of Zygaphyseal joint Synovial Cysts: Prospective Review of Nonsurgical Management
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo Controlled, Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Effectiveness of 2 Doses of Intradiscal rhGDF-5
Industry Relationships
Industry Relationships
One of the goals of HSS is to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and related disciplines for the benefit of patients. Physicians at HSS may collaborate with outside companies for education, research and medical advances. HSS supports this collaboration in order to foster medical breakthroughs; however HSS also believes that these collaborations must be disclosed.
As part of the disclosure process, this website lists physician collaborations with outside companies. The disclosures are provided by information provided by the physician and other sources and are updated regularly. Further information may be available on individual company websites.
Below are the healthcare industry relationships reported by Dr. Cooke as of April 10, 2023.
- FOCOS - Board or Committee Member
- Orthobond Corporation - Ownership Interest
By disclosing the collaborations of HSS physicians with industry on this website, HSS and its physicians make this information available to their patients and the public, thus creating a transparent environment for those who are interested in this information. Further, the HSS Conflicts of Interest Policy does not permit physicians to collect royalties on products developed by him/her that are used on patients at HSS.
Patients should feel free to ask their HSS physicians questions about these relationships.