UPMC Medical Education Brain Injury Medicine (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Fellowship · Pittsburgh, PA

Sponsored by UPMC Medical Education · Directors Amy Wagner and Amy Wagner

Amy Wagner, MD
Director, Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
Brain injury medicine physician, Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Amy Wagner, MD
Director, Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
Amy Wagner earned a biology degree at Illinois State University and an MD at Northwestern University Medical School before completing physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation. She is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, directs UPMC’s Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship, and practices brain injury rehabilitation. Her research centers on rehabilitation biomarkers, neuroplasticity and recovery after traumatic brain injury, and cardiac arrest. She coined the term “Rehabilomics” for rehabilitation-centered biomarker research.
Rehabilomics and biomarker-guided personalized rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury, Neurobiology of neuroplasticity and recovery after traumatic brain injury, Cognitive training and rehabilitation paradigms after experimental traumatic brain injury, Dopamine-focused neurorehabilitation following cardiac arrest
Gary Galang, MD
Assistant Director, PM&R Fellowship Programs
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, spasticity, post-concussive syndrome, neurotoxins, and motor neuron disease
Kevin Franzese, DO
Assistant Director, Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Brain injury medicine, medical education
Alissa Totman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
management of brain injury, spasticity, botulinum toxin injections, medical education
Briget Hyde, MD
Brain Injury Medicine Fellow
Jennifer Shen, MD
Assistant Professor
Physiatrist, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Stroke, brain injury, and general inpatient rehabilitation
Kali Webb, DO
Assistant Professor
Physiatrist, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Stroke rehabilitation, acquired brain injuries, spasticity management
Maria Twichell, MD
Assistant Professor
Physiatrist, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation after amputation, general rehabilitation
Nisha Patel, MD, DO
Assistant Professor
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Samir Sherali, MD
Brain Injury Medicine Fellow
Brain Injury Medicine (physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) fellow, UPMC Medical Education

Amy Wagner, MD
Director, Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
Brain injury medicine physician, Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Amy Wagner, MD
Director, Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
Amy Wagner earned a biology degree at Illinois State University and an MD at Northwestern University Medical School before completing physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation. She is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, directs UPMC’s Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship, and practices brain injury rehabilitation. Her research centers on rehabilitation biomarkers, neuroplasticity and recovery after traumatic brain injury, and cardiac arrest. She coined the term “Rehabilomics” for rehabilitation-centered biomarker research.
Rehabilomics and biomarker-guided personalized rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury, Neurobiology of neuroplasticity and recovery after traumatic brain injury, Cognitive training and rehabilitation paradigms after experimental traumatic brain injury, Dopamine-focused neurorehabilitation following cardiac arrest
Gary Galang, MD
Assistant Director, PM&R Fellowship Programs
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, spasticity, post-concussive syndrome, neurotoxins, and motor neuron disease
Kevin Franzese, DO
Assistant Director, Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Brain injury medicine, medical education
Alissa Totman, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
management of brain injury, spasticity, botulinum toxin injections, medical education
Briget Hyde, MD
Brain Injury Medicine Fellow
Jennifer Shen, MD
Assistant Professor
Physiatrist, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Stroke, brain injury, and general inpatient rehabilitation
Kali Webb, DO
Assistant Professor
Physiatrist, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Stroke rehabilitation, acquired brain injuries, spasticity management
Maria Twichell, MD
Assistant Professor
Physiatrist, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation after amputation, general rehabilitation
Nisha Patel, MD, DO
Assistant Professor
Brain injury medicine physician, Assistant Professor at UPMC Medical Education
Samir Sherali, MD
Brain Injury Medicine Fellow
Brain Injury Medicine (physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) fellow, UPMC Medical Education