Job Description:
Duties include leadership as the medical program director of the Joint Commission Advanced Accreditation SCI program at Rusk, and chronic care of patients with SCI who have ongoing rehabilitation needs. The SCI medicine program at MU Health Care is an established area of treatment for patients with SCI who reside in the mid-Missouri area and beyond. Prominent features of this practice include:
• Joint Commission Advanced Accreditation for SCI at Rusk
• Teaching responsibilities for the MU PM&R residency program (12 residents)
• Spasticity treatment program including neurotoxin, intrathecal baclofen
• Excellent relationships with orthopedic and neurosurgery colleagues
• MIZZOU Neuro Center outpatient treatment center (on site) with PT/OT/ST specialized therapists in neurologic treatment (including seating clinic)
• PM&R research faculty with grant funded opportunities for clinical and translational research collaboration
