Dr. Andrew Creighton is an Attending Physiatrist at Hospital for Special Surgery in the Department of Physiatry. He is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. He specializes in the care of acute and chronic musculoskeletal, sports and spine conditions. A former collegiate golfer and current competitive amateur golfer, Dr. Creighton's research interests focus on the complex biomechanics of the golf swing as it relates to injury prevention and recovery. 

Dr. Creighton earned his medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. He then completed his internship in Internal Medicine at State University of New York at Buffalo - Catholic Health Program and completed his residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Washington University in St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children's Hospital Consortium PM&R Program where he served as Academic Chief Resident and won the award for Resident of the Year in the 2017-2018 academic year. He is fellowship-trained in spine and sports medicine at HSS. 

As a physiatrist, Dr. Creighton's ultimate goal is to optimize his patients' function through injury prevention, active rehabilitation, and guided return to sport and activity. Each patient is given a personalized plan and an exercise prescription. When procedures are indicated, he is skilled in fluoroscopic-guided injections of the spine and peripheral joints, as well as ultrasound-guided injections for joint, tendon and muscle pathology, including platelet-rich plasma and hyaluronic acid.

Departments

Special Expertise

Sports injury prevention and rehabilitation 
Sports medicine
Spine
Fluoroscopic-guided procedures
Ultrasound-guided procedures

Procedures

Fluoroscopic-guided interventional spine and joint procedures
Ultrasound-guided peripheral joint and soft tissue procedures
Electrodiagnostics