Kristina Marie Quirolgico, MD
Dr. Kristina Quirolgico is a physiatrist who is fellowship-trained in primary care sports medicine. She has a special interest in taking care of patients with foot and ankle injuries and specializes in musculoskeletal ultrasound, peripheral joint injections both with and without ultrasound guidance and PRP.
Dr. Quirolgico completed her fellowship at Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she also received her medical degree. She did her internship in Internal Medicine at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, and completed her residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at New York Presbyterian – Columbia and Cornell University Medical Centers.
A former dancer, Dr. Quirolgico has experience providing medical care for ballerinas and modern dancers. During her fellowship, she was a team physician for Rutgers University and Princeton University Athletics covering football, field hockey, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, ice hockey and wrestling.
Back in the Game Patient Stories
Appointments
Assistant Attending Physiatrist, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Physiatrist, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Specialty
Special Expertise
Performing arts medicine
Dance medicine
Sports injuries of the foot and ankle
Ankle instability
Foot arthritis
Ankle arthritis
Knee arthritis
Hip arthritis
Procedures
Ultrasound guided peripheral joint injections
Languages
English
Insurance Information
Please do not hesitate to contact our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. You may still have coverage subject to the availability of 'out-of-network' benefits.
Education
BS, Natural Science/Dance, Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA, May 2008
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 2013
Internship
Internal Medicine, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ, 2014
Residency
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia and Cornell Medical Centers, New York, NY 2017
Fellowship
Primary Care Sports Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ 2018
State Licensure
New York, New Jersey
Selected Books/Chapters
Quirolgico K. Fracture, posterior malleolus. In: Bracker MD, Achar SA, Pana AL, Taylor KS, eds. The 5-minute sports medicine consult. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; in press.
Selected Presentations
Quirolgico K, Krystofiak J, Conway J, Como B, Altobelli A, Putukian M. Echocardiographic findings after abnormal pre-participation screening including ECG: A Division I University's 5 year experience. Oral poster presentation at the annual AMSSM conference on April 27, 2018.
Quirolgico K, Scott C, Townsend C. Pain, PM&R, and performing artists. Podium presentation at the annual PAMA international symposium on July 2, 2017.
Quirolgico K, Giambrone A, Ayyoub Z, Edgley S, Dunning K, McBride K, O'Dell M. Early versus late response to foot drop stimulation in persons with stroke. Podium presentation at the first annual Research Day at Weill Cornell on September 16, 2016.