Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Faculty
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Darryl L. Kaelin, M.D.Owsley Brown Frazier Endowed Chair of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationChief, Associate Professor and Residency Director, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medical Director, Frazier Rehabilitation and Neuroscience Institute Specialty: Traumatic Brain Injury Curriculum Vita Darryl L. Kaelin, M.D. is a physician board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Frazier Rehabilitation Center in Louisville, Kentucky where he manages patients with neurological trauma. Dr. Kaelin is also the Division Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Neurological Surgery at the University of Louisville, where he directs the clinical inpatient rotation for the Division’s residents and serves as Residency Director. Dr. Kaelin has published widely in peer-reviewed journals on brain injury medical education, pharmaceutical treatments, spasticity and service reimbursements. He has also led numerous, non-published medication trials sponsored through pharmaceutical funding. He has delivered presentations at regional and national conferences in the areas of spasticity management, pharmaceutical management of brain injury and medical business practice issues. He holds several positions within the Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Association of Academic Physiatrists. He speaks nationally and internationally on several rehabilitation topics including the management of spasticity, deep vein thrombosis, and neuropharmacology. Dr. Kaelin obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame where he played varsity baseball. He earned his medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed his specialty training at the Medical College of Virginia where he presided as their chief resident. Prior to assuming his current positions with the University of Louisville and Frazier Rehabilitation Center, Dr. Kaelin spent six years as the Medical Director of the Acquired Brain Injury Program at Atlanta’s Shepherd Center, a catastrophic care hospital for people with spinal cord and brain injuries. While at the Shepherd Center, he also served as the Medical Director of Brain Injury Research and was a Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Emory University’s School of Medicine. Previously, Dr. Kaelin served for 10 years as the Medical Director of Brain Injury Rehabilitation at the Hook Institute in Indianapolis, where he managed patients with neurological trauma. Dr. Kaelin is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, where he currently lives with his wife and their three children. Dr. Kaelin enjoys coaching sports and traveling in his leisure time. |
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Steven R. Williams, MDProfessor, Division of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationChief, Division of Spinal Cord Medicine Director of Translational Research Vice President of Medical Affairs, Frazier Rehabilitation and Neuroscience Institute/KentuckyOne Health Specialty: Spinal Cord Injury Curriculum Vita Dr. Williams is the Chief of the Division of Spinal Cord Medicine in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and subspecialty certified in Spinal Cord Medicine. Dr. Williams holds the faculty rank of Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and is the Co-Principal Investigator of the Kentucky Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center’s Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). In addition, Dr. Williams holds grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focusing on the prevention of secondary effects from paralysis. His specialized interests include activity based therapies and functional recovery, prevention of the secondary effects of paralysis, consumer education and advocacy and emerging technologies in rehabilitation. Dr. Williams was previously Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA and completed his residency at the Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams, who joined the UofL faculty in July, 2012, is excited about the work he is doing in Louisville. “Practicing in spinal cord medicine allows me the opportunity to assist patients who have experienced a catastrophic life change,” Dr. Williams said. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the world-class researchers and caregivers at Frazier Rehab and the University of Louisville.” |
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John Gormley, M.D.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: General Rehabilitation Curriculum Vita |
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Megan B. Nelson, M.D.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: Cancer Rehabilitation Curriculum Vita |
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Jonathan Pratt, M.D.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: Pain Management Curriculum Vita |
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John Shaw, M.D.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: Orthopedic Surgery/General Rehab Curriculum Vita |
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Michael Stillman, M.D.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: Internal Medicine/Rehab Medicine Curriculum Vita |
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Sarah Wagers, M.D.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: Traumatic Brain Injury Curriculum Vita |
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Michael Weaver, D.O.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: Sports Medicine Curriculum Vita |
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William Williamson, M.D.Assistant ProfessorSpecialty: Stroke - Sub Acute Rehab Curriculum Vita |
