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Belasco, Nicholas D., DO

Belasco, Nicholas D., DO
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About

Certification: Family Medicine,

MEDICAL DIRECTOR, BON SECOURS CONCUSSION MANAGEMENT & REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Nicholas Belasco, DO, CAQSM, CIC

Dr. Belasco attended medical school at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his Family Medicine residency at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, a member hospital of the Atlantic Health and Mount Sinai Medical Systems. He also served as chief resident at Overlook Hospital, receiving a number of awards in Osteopathic Medicine as well as graduate medical education research. In 2010, he completed his fellowship in Sports Medicine with the Atlantic Healthcare System Sports Medicine Program, home of the New York Jets, and began working with the Bon Secours Medical Group in September of that same year.

Dr. Belasco is a credentialed impact consultant (CIC) and the Medical Director of the Bon Secours Concussion Management and Rehabilitation Program, one of the largest sports concussion programs in New York, providing care for close to two thousand concussion and mild traumatic brain injury patients a year.

A recognized regional expert on concussion, Dr. Belasco provides lectures and training for athletic departments and healthcare professionals alike on the newest state and federal regulations for concussions and return to play protocols. Dr. Belasco also serves as an expert consultant to over a dozen local school districts and colleges, Orange County (NY) BOCES, the Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association, the Orange County Department of Health, several local hospitals, regional sports programs, and medical associations. Dr. Belasco also serves as medical director of the Occupational Medicine Department of the Bon Secours Charity Health System and the school physician for the Middletown, Goshen, Cornwall, Orange County BOCES and South Orangetown, NY school districts.  He is an associate professor of medical education for the Orange Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Program, and serves as adjunct faculty for Dominican College.

Dr. Belasco also participates in cutting edge research in the area of sports concussion as the content expert on concussion for one of the largest national health policy research firms.  He has worked on projects for private groups as well as the CDC in the area of concussion research. Dr. Belasco has also presented at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement on the topic of patient safety and medication reconciliation within graduate medical education.

The Concussion Management and Rehabilitation Program is an integrated program of multiple medical disciplines and technologies providing a state-of-the-art experience for the patient, offering patients access to the most up-to-date medical treatments available for concussive injuries.  The Program provides care for patients throughout the Hudson Valley in New York as well as Pike County Pennsylvania and Northern New Jersey.

 

  • 4 Patients' Choice Awards from Vitals.com -- Only doctors who have received top scores by their patients and pass other quality measures are awarded the Patients' Choice Award.
  • 4 Compassionate Doctor Awards from Vitals.com 
  • 4 On-Time Doctor Awards from Vitals.com 


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Nicholas Belasco, DO, sports medicine specialist and Director of the Concussion Management and Rehabilitation Program at Bon Secours Medical Group, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, discusses symptoms of concussions and how to treat them on WRCR Radio. Tune in.

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Education

Medical Education: New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
Residency: Overlook Hospital (New Jersey), Summit, NJ - Family Medicine
Fellowship: Overlook Hospital (New Jersey), Summit, NJ - Sports Medicine

Specialties

Specialties:
  • Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
  • Family Medicine
Special Clinical Interest: Sports Medicine

Locations

Bon Secours Charity Health System Medical Group, PC

1 Hatfield Lane
Suite 1B
Goshen, NY 10924
Phone: 845.291.0966
Fax: 845.291.0983

257 Lafayette Avenue
Suite 140
Suffern, NY 10901
Phone: 845.777.3550