Carolinas Medical Center Brain Injury Medicine (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) people

Sima Desai, MD

Program Director

Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Kelly Crawford, MD

Director, PM&R Residency Program

Brain injury medicine physician, Associate Professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Leon Chandler, MD

Faculty Physician

Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Lorelei Johnson, MD, PhD

Research Scientist, Department of PM&R, Carolinas Rehabilitation

Physiatrist, Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Mark Hirsch, PhD

Senior Scientist, Department of PM&R, Carolinas Rehabilitation

Adjunct Associate Professor at Carolinas Medical Center

Meagan Finch, DO

2026-2027

Brain Injury Medicine (physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) fellow, Carolinas Medical Center

Nathan Darji, MD, DO

Faculty Physician, Brain Injury Medicine

Brain injury medicine physician, Faculty Physician at Carolinas Medical Center

Rita Brintzenhoff, MD

Program Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program

Surgical critical care physician, Associate Professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Robin Hurley, MD

Psychiatrist, Department of Veterans Affairs

Specialist physician, Professor at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

War-Related Traumatic Brain Injury and Its Intersection with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mapping Neuroanatomical Pathways to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Tobias Tsai, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Rehabilitation at Levine Children’s Hospital

Brain injury medicine physician, Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Carolinas Medical Center

pediatric rehabilitation