Alyssa Mixon, DO
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Bio & Overview
As a cancer rehabilitation doctor, Alyssa Mixon, DO, cares for patients before, during, and after their cancer treatment. She helps her patients manage a variety of neurologic, musculoskeletal, and lymphatic conditions and side effects that can result from cancer treatment. With each patient, Dr. Mixon strives to optimize their functional capacity and quality of life. She offers interventions, including:
- Botulinum toxin injections for migraines and spasticity
- Steroid and trigger point injections
- Osteopathic manipulative treatments
She has expertise in conditions related to cancer treatment, including:
- Nerve, muscle, skeletal & functional disorders
- Lymphedema
- Chemotherapy-induced neuropathies
- Radiation-induced neuropathies/plexopathies
Dr. Mixon was born and raised in New England. She attended the University of New Hampshire, where she earned a dual degree in biology and classics. She then attended University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she focused on learning about the cancer patient population and rehabilitation. After graduating from medical school in 2016, Dr. Mixon moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for her physical medicine and rehabilitation residency training at Thomas Jefferson University. She became the first cancer rehabilitation fellow physician in Philadelphia, pioneering the program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Mixon joined the UVA faculty in 2021. She enjoys spending her free time with family, friends, and her dog. She also enjoys traveling, yoga, and photography.
Academic Information
- Department
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Academic Role
- Assistant Professor
- Division
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Research Interests
- Cancer rehabilitation, breast cancer and racial disparities, radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy
- Gender
- Female
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine (2016)
- Residency
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (2020)
- Fellowship
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (2021)
- Certification
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Highlights
Meet Cancer Rehabilitation Physician Alyssa Mixon, DO, MBA
Dr. Alyssa Mixon: My name is Dr. Alyssa Mixon. I am a cancer rehabilitation physician with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. I have always been drawn to helping people and also fascinated with how the body works, how it moves, and how it heals. As a cancer rehabilitation physician, I focus on helping patients optimize their quality of life and their function. There are several issues that can arise when patients are diagnosed with cancer. This can be before, during, and after treatment. And I'm able to help ensure that these patients are able to get into the correct rehabilitative programs to improve their range of motion, reduce their pain, improve their stability, their posture, providing exercises, as well as medical management and interventions that can assist in their recovery. In addition, I am an osteopathic medical physician, which means I offer osteopathic manipulative treatment to help improve any complaints that patients have from a musculoskeletal or muscle and bone, soft tissue standpoint. The University of Virginia is not just a hospital system. It is a network of experts in so many different fields coming together to encourage diversity, inclusivity, as well as communication and collaboration.
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