Matthew H. Kalter, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Pain Management
About Dr. Kalter
Dr. Matthew Kalter treats pain without surgery. He is double board certified in pain medicine and in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and his practice centres on image-guided injections, epidurals and nerve blocks for back, neck and joint pain — often for people who have already been through a surgery that did not fully work. One patient wrote that she arrived at his office in tears after a failed spinal operation and has been under his care ever since.
Dr. Kalter is the medical director of MK Spine & Joint Rehab and previously spent nearly a decade as an attending physiatrist and pain management physician with Suffolk Orthopedic Associates. He earned his medical degree at Ross University School of Medicine, completed his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Stony Brook, and finished a pain management fellowship at the Center for Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation in Annapolis. He has been named a Patients’ Choice Award winner three times and one of America’s Top Physicians. He sees patients in Kew Gardens and New Hyde Park.
Clinical interests
- Epidural steroid injections
- Nerve blocks
- Image-guided joint injections
- Chronic back and neck pain
- Post-surgical pain
- Radicular pain
Education & training
- Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA — BS, cum laude
- Ross University School of Medicine — MD
- Internship, Internal Medicine — New York Hospital of Queens, Weill Cornell, Flushing, NY
- Residency, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — State University of New York at Stony Brook
- Fellowship, Pain Management — Center for Pain Medicine & Rehabilitation, Annapolis, MD
Board certification
- American Board of Pain Medicine — certified 2011
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — board certified 2010
Hospital affiliations
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
- Plainview Hospital
Professional memberships
- American Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Medical Society of the State of New York
- Suffolk County Medical Society
- American Medical Association
- American College of Physicians
Awards & honors
- Patients' Choice Award — 2009, 2010, 2011
- America's Top Physician — 2009
- Medical school honors in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, neurology and psychology
Conditions & treatments
What patients say
After a botched spinal surgery, I went, sobbing, to Dr K’s office. He is the most compassionate, knowledgeable and caring doctor I’ve ever met. He knew exactly what to prescribe. I felt much better very quickly.
That was 17 years and 5 cervical/lower back surgeries ago‼️. Dr Kalter is amazing!
Dr. Kalter is very knowledgeable and extremely helpful. Dr. Kalter was recommended by people that he helped get out of pain. The office is well with wonderful staff. Thank you doctor for relieving my pain.