Health Care for Performing Artists

As a performing artist, you endure with the effects of frequent practice and repetitive motions, inconsistent work environments, and high levels of stress from performances and auditions. It’s easy to get injured, and time lost to injury comes with a financial and an emotional cost.

At Eastman Performing Arts Medicine will provide expert clinical care to performing artists for both chronic and acute conditions.  Our medical professionals are experienced in performance injuries and provide specialist appointments within 48 hours.

Conditions We Treat

Our team consists of general practitioners as well as specialists like Neurologists, Orthopaedists, and Otolaryngologists (ear, nose and throat) who can treat a range of injuries including but not limited to:

• Vocal strain, hoarseness and laryngitis
• Sprains and strains
• Sore joints and muscle cramps
• Trigger finger, Tennis Elbow, and Bowler’s Thumb
• Stress fractures and twisted ankles
• Tendonitis and arthritis
• Snapping hip syndrome
• Vocal nodules & polyps
• Performance Anxiety

Comprehensive Care

Eastman Performing Arts and Medicine offers a multidisciplinary team of UR Medicine experts, working with the Eastman School of Music, to deliver specialized care specifically tailored to performing artists.

Our Physicians

Ralph Manchester, MD
University Health Services                                        

Brian Giordano, MD
Orthopaedics                                                            

Mark Mirabelli, MD
Orthopaedics/Family Medicine                                    

Gregg Nicandri, MD
Orthopaedics

David Mitten, MD
Orthopaedics                                                             

Jonathan Mink, MD
Neurology                                                                                                                     

Glenn Schneider, MD
Otolaryngology

Schedule an Appointment: (844) 452-8762