The University of Michigan's Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award (DDLA) Selection Committee has selected Dr. Michelle Meade and her colleagues, all members of the Michigan Medicine Disability Council Team, as recipients of the Ninth Annual DDLA.
Mary Roberts, PT, DPT, NCS, a neurological clinical specialist at the Canton Health Center, worked with patient Lesley Daniels to help her walk for the first time in five years during her son's senior football ceremonies.
The new pediatric cancer rehabilitation clinic founded by Drs. Cody Andrews and Alecia Daunter was awarded a $9,000 grant from the Lincoln Park Public School Gold Rush Initiative.
Congratulations to Jeanie Kunz, OTR/L for being awarded the 2017 Master Clinician Award from Michigan Occupational Therapy Association (MiOTA) this past weekend at their annual conference.
A daring liver procedure and rehabilitation with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation saved Max Bontekoe's life after a near-fatal motorbike accident. He’s the only patient in the world known to have survived this type of surgery.
His collaborators include:P2C grant: Dr. Riann Palmieri-Smith (Kinesiology) and Dr. Edward Wojtys (Orthopaedic Surgery)
R21 grant: Dr. Riann Palmieri-Smith (Kinesiology), Dr. Edward Wojtys (Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr. Mark Peterson (PMR), Dr. Cathie Spino (SPH).
September 17- 23 is National Rehabilitation Awareness Week and we invite you to look back at some of the great press our rehab faculty and staff have received recently, including a lead profile story in the Michigan Medicine Headlines.
A new clinical trial will explore three interventions in improving one of the most disabling symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis: fatigue.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (link is external) has approved a $3,476,448 funding award over four years to Michigan Medicine’s Tiffany Braley, M.D., M.S. and Anna Kratz,
Researchpalooza brings together more than 75 exhibitors from labs and offices across campus to highlight the stellar services and cutting edge research going on at the medical school.
Dr. Emily Briceno is Co-investigator on a newly awarded R01 titled “The Effect of Lower Blood Pressure over the Life Course on Late-life Cognition in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites (BP-COG)” (PI-Levine, Internal Med)
A recently awarded research grant will fund a study to assess the quality-of-life (QoL) perceptions among spinal cord injury (SCI) patients across four continents.
The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Michigan Medicine received the exciting news today that we have been ranked by US News and World Reports as one of the nation’s best departments of PM&R!
Dr Noelle E Carlozzi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan, as well as Director of the Center for Clinical Outcomes Development and Application (CODA). Her research aims to develop brief, sensitive patient self-report measures that evaluate the impact of a disease on a
The work of occupational therapy clinical specialist Rob Ferguson, MHS, OTRL, and the rest of the Stroke Rehabilitation Program is featured in an article at the MHealth Blog
The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) honored Austin Shepherd last week for his work bringing Braille books to Michigan Medicine patients and family members.
Former PM&R patient Carroll Knight and his friend and DJ Jerry Arnett bring their love of karaoke to the inpatient rehabilitation unit.
Sandra Cole, PhD, a well known sexologist and faculty member in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and in the Medical School, passed away on May 15, 2017.
