Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Conferences
Timeline
Publications
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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MOHAMMAD ZAIDI

MOHAMMAD ZAIDI

Clay,NY

Summary

Board-certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and pain-medicine trained physician with solid background in patient care and medical diagnostics. Demonstrated ability to improve patient outcomes through comprehensive treatment plans and effective communication with multidisciplinary teams. Proven track record of utilizing critical thinking and diagnostic skills to deliver high-quality healthcare.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pain Medicine Fellow

SUNY Upstate Medical Center
06.2025 - Current
  • Led interdisciplinary teams to improve patient care
  • Collaborated with healthcare professionals to enhance treatment plans for diverse patient populations.
  • Mentored junior staff in patient examination, pain physiology and treatments
  • Facilitated training sessions focused on improving clinical skills and knowledge retention among peers.

Consultant Physician – AI Model Creation, Training, and Quality Assurance

Pareto AI
01.2025 - Current
  • Created grading criteria to assess AI responses in a public-facing AI model. This also included grading AI responses and quality assurance tasks.

Consultant Physiatrist

Medrina
07.2024 - Current
  • Management of subacute rehabilitation patients and pain management procedures

Pain Medicine Fellow

Manhattan Restorative Health Sciences
07.2023 - 07.2024
  • Non-ACGME-accredited interventional pain fellowship. Evaluated, diagnosed, and treated acute and chronic pain patients in a private practice outpatient setting.

Academic Chief Resident, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
07.2022 - 06.2023
  • Organized academic lectures for the residents, scheduled board review sessions, and helped create an ultrasound curriculum for the program.

Resident Physician, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
07.2020 - 06.2023
  • Diagnosed and managed complex patient cases across diverse medical disciplines.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient care plans and treatment outcomes.

Medicine Intern, Preliminary

Northwell—Long Island Jewish Medical Center/North Shore University Hospital
07.2019 - 06.2020

Education

M.D. - Distinction in Research

Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ
05.2019

B.A. - Research Distinction in Neuroscience, Cum Laude

Boston University
Boston, MA
06.2013

Skills

  • Patient history assessment
  • Clinical decision-making
  • Performing physical evaluations
  • Teaching and mentoring
  • Patient assessment
  • Assessment results evaluation
  • Patient care planning
  • EMR / EHR
  • Medical coding
  • Bedside manner
  • Prescription writing
  • Specializing in Pain, PM&R

Affiliations

  • AAPM&R
  • AAP
  • AMA
  • IPSIS
  • NYSIPP

Certification

  • ACLS 2025-2027
  • BLS 2025-2027

Conferences

NYNJSIPP 2022
NYNJSIPP 2023

Timeline

Pain Medicine Fellow

SUNY Upstate Medical Center
06.2025 - Current

Consultant Physician – AI Model Creation, Training, and Quality Assurance

Pareto AI
01.2025 - Current

Consultant Physiatrist

Medrina
07.2024 - Current

Pain Medicine Fellow

Manhattan Restorative Health Sciences
07.2023 - 07.2024

Academic Chief Resident, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
07.2022 - 06.2023

Resident Physician, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
07.2020 - 06.2023

Medicine Intern, Preliminary

Northwell—Long Island Jewish Medical Center/North Shore University Hospital
07.2019 - 06.2020

M.D. - Distinction in Research

Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School

B.A. - Research Distinction in Neuroscience, Cum Laude

Boston University

Publications

  • Shahgholi L, Ortiz N, Naeimi T, Dhall R, Zaidi M, Kim C, Deer T, Kaye A, Wahezi SE. Adipose Tissue Impacts Radiofrequency Ablation Lesion Size: Results of an Ex Vivo Poultry Model. Pain Physician. Accepted August 2023 for publication Dec 2023 – Feb 2024.
  • Post-Laminectomy Pain. Seidel B., Singh R., Zaidi M. PM&R Knowledge NOW, April 2022. https://now.aapmr.org/post-laminectomy-pain/
  • Adhesive Capsulitis. Oh-Park M., Zar S., Zaidi M. PM&R Knowledge NOW, December 2020. https://now.aapmr.org/adhesive-capsulitis/
  • Kornitzer J, MD; Abdulrazeq, H. F. MD; Zaidi, M. MD; Bach, J. R, MD; Kazi, A. MD; Feinstein, E. DO; Sander, H. W. MD; Souayah, N. MD. Differentiating Flail Limb Syndrome From Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: October 2020 - Volume 99 - Issue 10 - p 895-901 doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001438
  • Saini N, Zaidi M, Barry M, Heary RF. Previously unreported complications associated with integrated cage screws following anterior lumbar interbody fusion: Report of 2 cases. J Neurosurg Spine. Mar 2018. 28(1):1-6.
  • Jalan D, Saini N, Zaidi M, Pallottie A, Elkabes S, Heary RF. Effects of early surgical decompression on functional and histological outcomes after severe experimental thoracic spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. Jan 2018. 26(1):62-75.
  • Ding M, Zaidi M, Trovato E. Subacute Combined Degeneration and Polyneuropathy from Nitrous Oxide Abuse: a Case Report (presented at AAP, 2023).
  • Singh R, Zaidi M. Spinal Cord Hemorrhage and Injury Following Epidural Steroid Injection: A Case Report (electronic poster for AAPM&R conference, 2022).
  • Zaidi M, Elashvili M. Bovis in the Blood: A Case of Ischemic Stroke Caused by Streptococcus Bovis Infective Endocarditis (electronic poster for AAP conference, 2021).
  • Reduction of Total Acetaminophen Dosage in an Acute Rehabilitation Unit. Zaidi M, Mworu T, Lau T. Quality Improvement projected presented at Burke Hospital’s Resident Research Day, 2021.
  • Saini N, Zaidi M, Barry M, Heary RF. Complications Associated with Integrated Cage Screws Following Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: 2 Cases (electronic poster for the 85th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 22 – April 26, 2017).
  • Jalan D, Saini N, Zaidi M, Elkabes S, Heary RF. Early Surgical Decompression in the Rat yields Functional Benefits following Spinal Cord Injury (electronic poster for 84th AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 30 – May 4, 2016).

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

  • Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) 2021-2023
  • Resident liaison to the GME at Burke
  • Physiatrist in Training (PhiT) Ambassador, 2021-2022
  • Resident liaison to the AAPM&R Resident Council

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Rutgers – NJMS, M.D. with Thesis Program
  • 1-year basic science research program focusing on acute spinal cord injury treatments, at the Reynolds Family Spine Laboratory. This resulted in multiple poster presentations at academic conferences and a peer-reviewed journal publication, listed below. Advisors: Robert Heary, MD; Stella Elkabes, PhD.
  • Https://sites.rutgers.edu/bhs-neurological-surgery/research-overview/tim-reynolds-spine-research-center/former-team-members/

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Loukas, M., Tubbs, R., Feldman, J., Netter, F., Machado, C. & Marzejon, K. (2017). Netter's introduction to clinical procedures. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. Reviewer: Mohammad Zaidi