Mitchell Batavia

Dr. Mitchell Zackery Batavia, Associate Professor in the Physical Therapy at New York University, holds a BS in Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware, an MA in Motor Learning from Columbia University, and a PhD in Pathokinesiology from New York University. He completed a Robert Salant Post Doctoral Fellowship at NYU / NYU Medical Center in 1998, and earned a Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Epidemiology from University of London in 2008.

Dr. Batavia has published peer-reviewed journal articles and textbooks in the area of rehabilitation sciences and physical therapy. His earlier books include The Wheelchair Evaluation: A Practical Guide (1998 Butterworth Heinemann; 2004 Korean Translation), a "nuts and bolts" textbook on wheelchair prescription The Wheelchair Evaluation and Clinical Research for Health Professionals: A User-Friendly Guide (2001, Butterworth Heinemann) Clinical-Research-Health-Professionals-User-Friendly, an introduction to research/ scientific inquiry using metaphors to drive home challenging and often misunderstood concepts. In 2006, Batavia penned the comprehensive reference textbook Contraindications in Physical Rehabilitation: Doing No Harm, (2006, Saunders/ Elsevier Best Seller) aimed at informing practice and improving patient care by bringing variant physical rehabilitation safety guidelines/ concerns under "one roof. "Contraindications in Physical Rehabilitation

In 2010, Dr. Batavia authored The Wheelchair Evaluation: A Clinician's Guide 2nd Edition (Jones & Bartlett). In this second edition, he dedicated four new chapters to address timely prescriptive issues as funding for equipment becomes tighter and documentation comes under increasing Medicare scrutiny. He also created animation and video clips in an accompanying CD for the book to assist teachers and learners. (see sample at http://www.jbpub.com/Catalog/9780763761721/Resources/).The textbook has been adopted for use in accredited continuing education.

In September 2010, he also joined the Cochrane Collaboration, an international, not-for-profit, independent organization aimed at examining the evidence for health care.

In 2015-2016, Batavia embarked on a Memoir Project, co-authoring Wisdom from a Chair: Thirty Years of Quadriplegia, The Memoirs of Andrew I Batavia Wisdom From a Chair published in spring 2016, during the ADA's 25th Anniversary year. The Book (with forewords by Former US Attorney General and former Governor of Pennsylvania Dick Thornburgh and Senator John McCain of Arizona), describes the amazing life of an international disability activist, and scholar, Andrew I Batavia, with high-level quadriplegia.

In 2019, he published a personal essay "A brother's memoir", in the journal, Disability & Society" https://link.growkudos.com/1k5my2o70u8

describing the discovery of Andrew Batavia's Memoir "Wisdom from a Chair"