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.
Despite Mother Nature’s attempts, we had another successful Bike Day on Friday, May 5th.
Congratulations to Dr. Lisa DiPonio, whose promotion to Clinical Associate Professor has been approved by the Board of Regents. Dr. DiPonio has just started as Chief of service for PM&R at the AAVAMC and is well known for her medical student and resident teaching. Please join me in congratulating her on this well-deserved promotion.
His project is entitled “ Openness to cognitive approach of non-specific chronic back pain: A Randomized controlled trial of emotional awareness verses general health activities to assess openness to cognitive approach of non-specific back pain.”
At the department-wide meeting on April 24 th we awarded the Tom Lucas TRAIL Blazer Awards: one to recognize a faculty member, one to recognize a non-clinical staff member, and the other to recognize a clinical staff member.
Robert Werner, MD, Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and chief of the physical medicine and rehabilitation service at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center (AAVAMC), will be retiring May 1, 2017.
The Michigan Medicine Stroke Rehabilitation Program recently underwent Joint Commission survey, and the surveyor verified the tremendous work that our inpatient rehabilitation team has done to create a high-quality program in evidence-based stroke rehabilitation. Our program has now been officially certified with no citations!
Doctors find their calling in many different ways. In honor of National Doctors’ Day, Michigan Medicine physicians reflect on the paths that led to their profession.
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Peterson for the recent publication, along with his collaborators from China, of "Low Normalized Grip Strength is a Biomarker for Cardiometabolic Disease and Physical Disabilities Among U.S. and Chinese Adults" in The Journals of Gerontology .
Congratulations to JR Richardson, JT Eckner and colleagues for their recent publication in the American Journal of PM&R related to reaction time, gait, balance and falls, including JR’s editorial comment. The article was featured on the cover of the journal, see attached for the articles and the journal cover. The cover picture is JR’s
Dr. Michelle Meade's gave a talk sponsored by the Interprofessional Health Student Organization that drew a crowd of about 20 students and was featured in the Michigan Daily .
