Brain Injury
Minneapolis VAMC
HennepinHealthcare
HennepinHealthcare
Minneapolis VAMC
Minneapolis VAMC
HennepinHealthcare
HennepinHealthcare
Minneapolis VAMC
Brain Injury Fellows
Brain Injury Fellow
Hometown: Topeka, KS
Undergrad: Washburn University (Topeka)
Medical School: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Parker, CO)
Residency Program & Specialty: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Minnesota
Professional Interests: Brain Injury, Spasticity Management, Electrodiagnostics, Graduate Medical Education Teaching/Research
What you love most about Minnesota: Variety of outdoor activities.
Pain
Department of Anesthesiology - Pain Management
What do you love most about teaching? I like the learning that goes on as I prepare and teach a very intelligent group of people. Teaching certainly expands my knowledge-base. I strongly believe what Roman Philosopher Seneca said, “While we teach, we learn.”
What do you love most about Minnesota? Well, there are so many things to love. A few of my favorites are great biking trails, lakes, fishing, Minnesota Twins, and fair or festival for just about every occasion.
Minneapolis VA
What do you love most about teaching? Seeing trainees enthusiastic about learning and taking a broad view of pain.
What do you love most about Minnesota? I’ve learned to see beauty in the prairie. Great parks.
Fairview Pain Management Group
Fairview Pain Management Group
What do you love most about teaching? It keeps me learning new things every day.
What do you love most about Minnesota? Parks and bike paths everywhere! Hockey and skiing in the winter!
HealthEast Pain Center
What do you love most about teaching? Exposing to Fellows and Residents a Psychiatry perspective on Chronic Pain.
What do you love most about Minnesota? The fascinating people and nature found everywhere.
Minneapolis VA
What do you love most about teaching? Being able to learn with the students; helps to stay current with the literature.
What do you love most about Minnesota? The change in seasons.
Minneapolis VA
Minneapolis VA
What do you love most about teaching? Seeing the tremendous growth and increased autonomy that occurs throughout the fellowship year.
What do you love most about Minnesota? It’s a big city with numerous cultural amenities, with a ton of outdoor activities, and convenience.
Program Director, Site Director, Minneapolis VA
Fairview Pain Management Group - Site Director
Minneapolis VA
What do you love most about teaching? Over the course of the year, we see tremendous growth as fellows become more adroit and confident – more thoughtful and thorough. This is immensely gratifying. I also love the exchange; one I believe must occur in order for learning to take place. The pupil sacrifices time and certainty for new eyes, for a new way of seeing and organizing the world. It is a joy and privilege to guide new clinicians as they hone their skills and develop eyes of their own.
What do you love most about Minnesota? The Midwest is home to me. Mild summers, punishing winters, and Minnesota nice… what’s not to love?
Minneapolis VA
What do you love most about teaching? Pain Medicine offers us a unique opportunity to evaluate and think about the human body and brain in a holistic way. The nervous system integrates our emotional regulation and pain experience in complicated and fascinating ways. As pain specialists, it is incumbent upon us to evaluate the mechanical aspects of the musculoskeletal system, the function of the nervous system, and the way all of this interacts with our emotional stability. I find my work mentally stimulating and morally rewarding. I enjoy teaching because I appreciate the ability to share my passion for all of this with the residents and fellows. When learners have a passion for the work, it’s fun to help them understand what at first seems foreign and confusing. It’s my honor to act as a guide while they find their way toward mastery of the technical, the academic, and the emotional aspects of what we do.
What do you love most about Minnesota? The people, the lakes and the beer.
Fairview Pain Management Group
Minneapolis VA
What do you love most about teaching? I enjoy building relationships between healthcare disciplines through improved knowledge and understanding of what each brings to the table. In that way, I hope to optimize healthcare and healthcare provider satisfaction by facilitating a healthcare paradigm where the outcomes are greater than the sum of their parts.
What do you love most about Minnesota? The variety, from seasons to food to cultural experiences. It’s the ultimate sampler!
Pain Fellows
Pain Fellow
Hometown: Rockford, IL
Undergrad: University of Wisconsin – Madison
Medical School: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Program & Specialty: New York University – PM&R
Professional Interests: Interventional pain, neuromodulation
What inspired you to follow your educational path? Ability to directly influence patient outcomes and work as part of an interdisciplinary team
What attracted you to the U of MN? Why are you excited to be matched here? Strong faculty focus on education, wide range of procedures, and diverse rotation sites
What do you hope to accomplish? Increase patients’ functionality and quality of life through developing creative approaches to treating refractory pain
Do you have any interest in research? If so, in what area? Yes – neuromodulation and novel applications for spinal cord stimulation
What do you like to do in your spare time? How will the Twin Cities support that? Fishing, hiking, biking, water and snow skiing – plenty of lakes and trails!
Pain Fellow
Hometown: Rye, NH
Undergrad: Bethel University
Medical School: Kansas City University
Professional Interests: Acute pain, point-of-care ultrasound
Why you chose the U of M: I was attracted to the location and being in a program that teaches medication management while getting to perform a ton of procedures as well.
What you love most about Minnesota: the lakes.
Pediatric
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
The patient and family are at the center of all that we do. My goals include providing evidence based care and being an effective communicator in order to accomplish that. I also partner with the other members of the health care team to assist those we serve in reaching their goals.
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
I believe it's important to partner with my patients and their families. I carefully listen to parents and caregivers so we can work together toward common goals for a child’s care. As a pediatric rehabilitation physician, I work to assemble a team around a child to best support that child's development.
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
My work as a physician is centered around helping my pediatric patients and their families identify areas of ability so that the children can reach attainable goals despite their impairments. I focus on maximizing function despite limitations with the ultimate goal of expanding the child's participation in family and community.
Pediatric Fellows
FL2
Graduation Date: July 2023
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Undergrad: Reed College
Medical School: New York Medical College
Professional Interests: Neuromuscular disease, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, generalized hypermobility
Why you chose Minnesota: I chose to come to Gillette Children's for fellowship as they have wonderful, broad training in all aspects of pediatric rehabilitation medicine. Getting to be near the Minnesota State Fair is also a bonus!
FL2
Graduation Date: July 2023
Hometown: Farmington, MN
Undergrad: Notre Dame
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Professional Interests: Pediatric cancer and pain rehab, ultrasound, spasticity management, medical education
Why you chose Minnesota: Gillette offers incredible all around pediatric rehab training. The team dynamic, patient population, clinical setting, and resources available to advance my education and career are all exactly what I was looking for in a PRM fellowship.
FL1
Hometown: Miami, Fl
Undergrad: University Of Miami
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Professional Interests: Gait Analysis, Adaptive Sports and Recreation, Cerebral Palsy
Why you chose Minnesota: Minnesota offers broad exposure to both inpatient and outpatient pediatric rehabilitation that will help me grow into a well-rounded physiatrist. The program will also give me the opportunity to explore my interests within the field of Pediatric PM&R including gait analysis. I'm so excited to be joining the Minnesota team as it is very evident that I am going to receive an unparalleled education.
What you love about Minnesota: I've never been to Minnesota but I love the outdoors and am looking forward to enjoying watersports on the many lakes and the Mississippi River. I'm excited to experience a new (albeit much colder) climate and can't wait to explore the Twin Cities with my co-fellows.
FL1
Hometown: Mayagüez, PR
Undergrad: Universidad de Puerto Rico- Recinto de Mayagüez
Medical School: Universidad Central del Caribe
Professional Interests: Neuromuscular diseases, gait and spasticity
Why you chose Minnesota: I chose Minnesota because it provides an in-depth education, variety of patient population and vast procedural exposure during training. Most importantly, I felt that the current fellows were genuinely happy with their training and work environment. I am confident that I will be well prepared in all areas of Peds Rehab Medicine.
What you love about Minnesota: To be determined...I have never been to Minnesota, but I am looking forward to the multiple outdoor activities, the food scene and ample brewery selection.
Spinal Cord Injury
Minneapolis VAMC
PM&R Affiliate/HealthPartners
Minneapolis VAMC
Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
I believe it's important to partner with my patients and their families. I carefully listen to parents and caregivers so we can work together toward common goals for a child’s care. As a pediatric rehabilitation physician, I work to assemble a team around a child to best support that child's development.