Robert D. Holland, M.D., M.H.A., a board-certified physiatrist with more than 20 years of clinical experience, joined the School of Medicine as chair of rehabilitation medicine in 2023. With an interest in healthcare leadership, he previously served as medical director of Amsterdam Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in New York City and chief medical officer of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brooklyn. Dr. Holland has a special interest in musculoskeletal medicine, and as former director of musculoskeletal rehabilitation at Helen Hayes Hospital he collaborated with orthopedic surgeons from The Hospital for Special Surgery, Westchester and Rockland counties. He is the current chief of Rehabilitation Medicine and residency program director at New York Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan. 

Dr. Holland serves as the medical director of the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program for both the Westchester and Rockland County Department of Social Services. Combining a love of flying with his medical training, he serves as a flight surgeon with the U.S. Air Force Air National Guard, 105th Medical Group.

Areas of Expertise

• Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Subacute Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Aerospace Medicine
• Healthcare Leadership

Education

• B.S., Physical Education, Plymouth State University
• M.H.A., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
• M.D., St. George's University School of Medicine
• Internship, Transitional Year, Saint Barnabas Medical Center
• Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Boston Medical Center

Recent Publications

View NIH publications from Robert Holland, M.D., M.H.A. here.

Recent Presentations

• Long-Term Care Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology, 1/2021
• Reducing Rehospitalization, Jacobi Medical Center, Quality & Patient Safety Event, 10/2019

Memberships and Affiliations

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• American Medical Directors Association