Overview
Joel Frontera is a Physiatrist in Houston, Texas. Dr. Frontera and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Tethered Cord Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Paraplegia, Neurogenic Bowel, Spasticity, and Muscle Spasms. Dr. Frontera is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans
- Community Health
- Friday Health
- Humana
Locations
1333 Moursund St, Memorial Hermann Tirr, Houston, TX 77030
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
When evaluating expertise, MediFind pulls from factors such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
To learn more about how MediFind determines the expertise levels, check out our expert tiers page.
- Distinguished
- Neurogenic Bowel
- Paraplegia
- Advanced
- Muscle Spasms
- Myelomeningocele
- Opisthotonos
- Spasticity
- Tethered Cord Syndrome
- Transverse Myelitis