Staff

SVETLANA LAZAREV PT, OCS
After graduating from Hunter College Summa Cum Laude, Svetlana worked at the Hospital for Joint Diseases, gaining experience in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation. Svetlana is a board certified Orthopedic Specialist. She obtained an Advanced Hip Clinician Certification from the Hospital for Special Surgery in 2012. She is a certified yoga teacher and her treatment approach incorporates yoga and Pilates based exercises.

BORIS GILZON PT, CHT, OCS
Boris graduated from Hunter College Summa Cum Laude in 1989. He gained orthopedic and sports rehabilitation experience at Hospital for Joint Diseases - NYU Medical Center. From 1993 to 1999, Boris worked as Chief PT at Brooklyn Spine and Arthritis Center of New York Methodist Hospital. He became Board Certified Hand Therapist in 2001 and passed the Orthopedic Specialty Board examination in 2009. He received certification in Pilates instruction in 2003. Boris is an Associate Professor at CUNY/SI Department of Physical Therapy. He is a former national level track and field competitor and  presently a competitive triathlete.

ALLISON SANCHEZ-MASI OTR-L/CHT

Allison holds a degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Kansas and has 13 years of clinical experience in the field. In 2003, she obtained her Certification in Hand Therapy. Allison is an expert in a wide variety of upper extremity diagnoses, as well as in the custom fabrication of upper extremity orthotics.

BEATRICE GIURLANI DPT

Beatrice graduated from the University of Pisa physical therapy program in 2004, where she also received her Master's in Sports Prevention and Trauma Rehabilitation. She went on to receive her Master's in Physical Therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA in 2010. Beatrice is a Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage Specialist. She recently finished her Clinical Residency Program at NYU and is preparing to sit for the Orthopaedic Specialist Board Examination. Beatrice is an avid runner and completed her first NYC Marathon in 2011. Her special interest is sports related injuries rehabilitation.

ELANA SIDORINA DPT

Elana graduated from Long Island University with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2010. She has a background in yoga, dance and theater. Her professional interests include treatment of upper extremity diagnoses, as well as the use of Pilates and yoga based treatment methods.

HADI SAMANEH, PT, MS

Hadi earned his Master of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2011. Currently, he is an orthopedic physical therapy resident at NYU pursuing an advanced specialty in orthopedics. His special interest is spine rehabilitation. He is a skilled manual therapist. Hadi is a former collegiate athlete. Presently, he is doing advanced Tai Chi training.