Publications:134
David F Putrino, PhD
About Me
Dr. David Putrino is an Official Medical Provider for Red Bull’s Sponsored Athletes in North America.
David has a PhD in Neuroscience. He worked as a clinician in Australia, before moving to the United States to study computational neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, MIT and NYU. He has served as a faculty member at Weill-Cornell Medicine and Burke Medical Research Institute.
He is currently the Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System, and a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He works to develop innovative technology solutions for individuals in need of better healthcare accessibility.
He consults with the Red Bull High Performance division to use evidence-based technologies to improve athletic performance. He is also the “Chief Mad Scientist” of Not Impossible Labs, a group that crowd-sources accessible technological solutions for high-impact humanitarian problems. David’s research has been featured on the ABC, Sport’s Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, Time, Wired and the LA Times to name just a few.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation and Human Performance
Research Topics
Cell Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience
Education
PhD, The University of Western Australia
Publications
Selected Publications
- Digital physiological biomarkers predict within-person symptom changes in complex chronic illness. Annie Aitken, Abbey Sawyer, Akiko Iwasaki, Harlan M. Krumholz, Rory Preston, Paul Calcraft, Harry Leeming, Jenna Tosto-Mancuso, Amy Proal, Michael A. Osborne, David Putrino. npj Digital Medicine
- Surgical screening protocol for craniocervical instability secondary to ehlers-danlos syndrome and other connective tissue disorders: analysis of a 347 patient case series. Allison R. Bloom, John B. Biggins, Andrew Brodbelt, Misao Nishikawa, Mansoor Foroughi, Ilene S. Ruhoy, Randall Dass, Kamil Rohana, Jeffrey D. Wood, David Putrino, Veit Rohde, Christoph Bettag, Shawn Belverud, Travis Caton, Paolo A. Bolognese, Tanvir Choudhri. Neurosurgical Review
- Expert perspectives on Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome - Insights from the 3rdInternational Conference of the Charité Fatigue Center. Annick Fehrer, Lara Windzio, Simon Schoening, Sophie Steiner, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Nina Babel, Uta Behrends, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Guido Cammà, Alan Cash, Wolfram Doehner, Jeroen den Dunnen, Øystein Fluge, Christiana Franke, Kathryn Hoffmann, Claudia Kedor, Laura Kim, Wiebke Löhden, Olav Mella, Lorenz L. Mihatsch, Michael J. Peluso, Christian Puta, David Putrino, Anuradha Ramoji, Wakiro Sato, Birgit Sawitzki, Georg Schlieper, Yehuda Schoenfeld, Martina Seifert, Fridbjörn Sigurdsson, Anouk Slaghekke, Kristian Sommerfelt, Franziska Sotzny, Elisa Stein, Juergen M. Steinacker, Michael Stingl, David M. Systrom, Karl J. Tronstad, Klaus Wirth, Bernhard Wörmann, Rob C.I. Wüst, Takashi Yamamura, Carmen Scheibenbogen. Autoimmunity Reviews
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Putrino during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Board Service
- Social Creatures
Equity
(Stock or stock options valued at greater than 5% ownership of a publicly traded company or equity of any value in a privately held company)- Precision Recovery
- BeCare, LLC
Founder/Co-Founder/Partner
- Precision Recovery
Outside Employment
- Thorne HealthTech
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.