Schedule Online
ColumbiaDoctors - Midtown
51 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Schedule Online
Have you seen this provider?
Get Directionsto 51 West 51st Street (opens in new tab)
Insurances Accepted
Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- EPO
- NY Signature
- Student Health
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
- HMO
- Great West (National)
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- ConnectiCare
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicare Managed Care
- Local 1199
- MagnaCare
- Traditional Medicare
- Railroad
- Multiplan
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Empire Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Christopher J. Visco, MD
Christopher J. Visco, MD, FAAPMR, RMSK is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University Medical Center's Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, an Assistant Attending Physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Sports Medicine Fellowship Director, and Associate Residency Program Director. He specializes in treating patients with sports and spine injuries.
He completed his residency in PM&R at Kessler/UMDNJ and his Spine and Sports Fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University. His main areas of interest are in sports and musculoskeletal medicine, applications of diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound, preventative and regenerative musculoskeletal care, and medical education. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, and is a registered musculoskeletal sonographer.
He is an award-winning teacher, has been an invited lecturer internationally, edited a textbook, is a peer-reviewer for multiple journals and has been a regional, national and international course director multiple times.
Dr. Visco sees patients at both CUMC's main campus at 180 Ft. Washington Ave., Suite 199, and at CUMC's midtown campus at 51 W. 51st Street. Call 212-305-3535 for an appointment.
Board Certifications
Specialties & Expertise
EDUCATION
- Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
- Internship: Atlantic Health System - Overlook Hospital
- Residency: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine -UMDNJ
- Medical School: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Ursula Corning Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Research (in Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine) at the Columbia University Medical Center
- Sports Medicine Fellowship Director
- Residency Program Director
- Vice-Chair of Education, Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
AWARDS & HONORS
- Alumnus of the Year Award Rutgers/Kessler PM&R Residency Program
- Pioneer Certificate for registered musculoskeletal ultrasound credentialing
- Teacher of the Year Award NYP Columbia/Cornell PM&R Residency
- Baskin Award for Fellow Researcher
- James P. McLean Teaching Award
- Super Doctors New York Rising Starts 2016, 2014, 2013
- New York, Super Doctors 2018, 2017
- New York Magazine Top Doctors 2018, 2017
- Tops Doctors New York Metro Area 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
