Dr. Angela Lee Aldam This is Me

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1. 1. August2005

   www.bristolrotaryct.org/COG/20 - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/1/2005   Last Visited: 9/5/2006

   Angela Aldam, M.D., a Physiatrist, was our guest speaker today. Dr. Aldam is Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Electrodiagnostic Medicine. As a Physiatrist, she says her primary function is to help her patients have a good quality of life, and good care. A Physiatrist, she says, serves as a coordinator of the various modalities of care a patient might need. Their goal is to help improve a patient's care and the quality of his/her life. The patient is treated as an individual and is very much a part of his/her healing team. The specialty came into existence around the end of World War II helping injured service men deal with their injuries. Physiatrists assist stroke victims, persons dealing with back pain and arthritis, those with pinched nerves, those dealing with traumatic brain injury, and those with spinal cord problems, to name just a few. Dr. Aldam is on the medical staff of Bristol Hospital. She is member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Academy of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. She also serves on the medical advisory board f he Bristol Hospital Wellness Center. Dr. Aldam's presentation was most interesting, and we thank her for being with us today.
   
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2. 2. Untitled

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   Published on: 10/6/2003   Last Visited: 1/25/2004

   ANGELA LEE ALDAM, M.D., JOINS BRISTOL HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF
   
   (Bristol, Conn., 10/6/03) - Physiatrist Angela Lee Aldam, M.D., has joined the medical staff at Bristol Hospital. She will be establishing her physical medicine practice at the Bristol Hospital Wellness Center, 842 Clark Ave., Bristol.
   
   Dr. Aldam is Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Aldam graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. She earned her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, and completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Saint Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has held the positions as Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Albany Medical College and as Assistant Director of the Residency Program at Albany Medical Center Hospital.
   
   Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation focuses on the restoration of functional independence in people afflicted with a variety of conditions including low back pain, sports-related injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, stroke, amputations, neuromuscular disorder and work-related injuries and fibromyalgia. Electrodiagnostic medicine uses an EMG (electromyogram) to diagnose and evaluate diseases of muscles and nerves, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and pinched nerves of the neck or back.
   
   Dr. Aldam is accepting new patients and can be reached at 860-582-WELL (9355).

3. 3. The Bristol Press

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   Published on: 11/1/2003   Last Visited: 11/30/2003

   Since only 2 percent of physicians choose to specialize as a "rehab doctor," many people are not familiar with the term, said Angela Aldam, a physiatrist who recently joined the staff at the Bristol Hospital Wellness Center.
   
   Aldam uses specialized equipment made for electrodiagnosis, a way to diagnose some conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome by testing a patient's nerves to see if the nerves react to the electric currents with healthy nerve patterns or ones that may indicate damage, Aldam said.
   
   Physiatrists use various approaches to manage rehabilitation patients' conditions, including medication, physical therapy and sometimes referral to chiropractic care, she said.
   
   "The whole goal is to improve the quality of life," Aldam said.
   
   She said since many of the conditions she treats do not have a cure, she concentrates on prevention and helping her patients improve their condition to be more manageable.
   
   By making sure patients are using the right equipment, whether walkers or wheelchairs, Aldam said she hopes to improve her patients' abilities to get around -- which should in turn help improve their quality of life and protect them from further complications.
   
   Many of her patients' conditions are "disabling, chronic conditions," Aldam said. This sets them up for things like chronic infections, bedsores and weakening joints and muscles caused by inactivity. Those complications can be avoided, however, by rehabilitation.
   
   "We try to determine what would help," she said. "We try to come up with a plan that would reduce the risk of complications."
   
   Aldam spends her time, about 20 hours a week, at Bristol Hospital, the Wellness Center and Ingraham Manor. She called the Wellness Center a "state-of-the-art facility."
   
   Aldam came to the area from the Albany Medical Center in New York and said so far the health-care community has been very welcoming. Aldam said she works closely with the primary care physicians in the area to coordinate patient care.