Sherilyn W. Driscoll, MD
Chair
Dr. Driscoll is a consultant in the Mayo Clinic Department of PM&R with joint appointment in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and associate professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She enjoys teaching and mentorship, currently serves as the program director of the pediatric rehabilitation medicine fellowship and leads the professional development effort in PM&R. Her clinical expertise is pediatric PM&R with special interests in brain injury and spina bifida, and she holds subspecialty certification in pediatric rehabilitation medicine.
Jeffery S. Johns, MD
Vice Chair
Dr. Johns is Associate Professor and Vice Chair of PM&R at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). He is the Medical Director of Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, where he also serves as the Spinal Cord Injury Program Medical Director. Additionally, he is the Executive Medical Director of the Rehabilitation & Pain Medicine Patient Care Center at VUMC. His clinical expertise includes spinal cord injury, acquired brain injury medicine, spasticity management, burn rehabilitation and amputation rehabilitation. Dr Johns holds subspecialty certification in spinal cord injury medicine.
Daniel M. Clinchot, MD
Secretary
Dr. Clinchot is the vice dean for education at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine. He also serves as professor with tenure in The OSU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and as the Harry C. and Mary Elizabeth Powelson Professor of Medicine at OSU. In addition, Dr Clinchot is professor and chair of OSU’s Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy. He has published extensively on traumatic brain injury and innovation in medical education. In addition, he played a central role in developing OSU’s national reputation for curricular innovation.
Keneshia M. Kirksey, MD
Treasurer
Dr. Kirksey is the Medical Director of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Shelby County, Alabama, where her clinical expertise is in spinal cord injury medicine, stroke, and general rehabilitation. She is a professor and works part-time in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In past roles as a residency program and medical director and co-investigator for the UAB Spinal Cord Injury Model System, she has a combined 20 years of experience. Passionate about volunteering, she serves on numerous national PM&R committees and societies and enjoys mentoring future physiatrists.
Graham Sisson, Jr, JD, PhD
Public Member
Dr. Sisson has served as the Director for the Governor's Office on Disability for the state of Alabama for more than 15 years. He has been an adjunct professor at Auburn University, his alma mater, in the Department of Rehabilitation and Special Education, College of Education. He has a jurisprudence degree from Vanderbilt University and has served as a law professor. He has served as State ADA Coordinator and Assistant Attorney General/Deputy Attorney General for the State of Alabama for over 25 years. He has been a licensed attorney for over 32 years.
Susan D. Apkon, MD
Susan Apkon, MD is a Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is the Fischahs Chair of Pediatric Rehabilitation at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Her clinical expertise is in the care of children and young adults with neuromuscular conditions, and she is an investigator in numerous clinical trials for this population. Dr. Apkon holds subspecialty certification in pediatric rehabilitation medicine.
Monica Baldridge, MD
Dr. Monica Baldridge serves as the Senior Medical Director for Post-Acute Care Management at Optum. She was previously the Medical Director of the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at Memorial Hermann TIRR – The Woodlands and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School. Her clinical interests include brain injury and stroke rehabilitation and spasticity management in addition to utilization management. She holds subspecialty certification in brain injury rehabilitation and has been an ABPMR Part II oral examiner for 10 years.
Diane W. Braza, MD
Dr. Braza is professor and chair of PM&R at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. She served as the co-developer and clinical director of SpineCare, a multidisciplinary spine program in greater Milwaukee. She continues to see patients at SpineCare. Her clinical expertise includes spine and musculoskeletal medicine and electrodiagnosis. She holds subspecialty certification in pain medicine. Dr Braza has been participating in continuing certification since 1994.
Shashank Davé, DO
Dr. Davé is an Associate Clinical Professor in both the Department of PM&R and Department of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is also the Assistant Residency Program Director of PM&R and Program Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum at IUSM. He served 10 years as Co-Chief of PM&R at IU Health. He has extensive experience with Board Certification, serving the National Board of Medical Examiners test material development committee (TMDC) for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) from 2014-2018. He has served as a volunteer for the ABPMR for more than 10 years as a Part II oral examiner and as a Senior Reviewer of Item Development and Associate Committee Member of the Part I Examination. His clinical interests include spasticity management, interventional spine, and neuromuscular disorders.
Christopher J. Garrison, MD MBA
Dr. Garrison serves as the chief of PM&R for the Seton Healthcare Family and residency program director of The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program. He also serves as the medical director for Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr Garrison’s career includes 20 years of experience in complex neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. As a member of the faculty of the Dell Medical School, he enjoys training the next generation of physicians and exchanging ideas with other leaders to improve patient care.
Susan V. Garstang, MD
Dr. Garstang is currently the Associate Chief of Staff for Academic Affiliations at the VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she is also a staff physician in PM&R. Her focus is musculoskeletal medicine, spinal cord injury, stroke, and ALS. She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of PM&R at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr Garstang holds subspecialty certification in spinal cord injury medicine and brain injury medicine.
David Lin, MD
Dr. David Lin is the Medical Director of the Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at the Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital. He joined New York-Presbyterian Hospital in 2003, after completing a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York University/Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in New York, where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Lin has been a Part II oral examiner since 2016 and was promoted to a vignette writer/observer for the past 3 years. He is the only PM&R physician to be board certified in four specialties: Brain Injury Medicine, Neuromuscular Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, and Sports Medicine.
Kevin P. Murphy, MD
Dr. Murphy is the medical director of pediatric rehabilitation for Sanford Health Systems in Bismarck, North Dakota and Bemidji, Minnesota. He is also the CEO and chief medical officer for Northland Pediatric Rehabilitation LLC, a private practice consulting service for pediatric rehabilitation medicine. His clinical expertise includes rural specialty healthcare, pediatrics, adults with childhood-onset disability (lifespan care), musculoskeletal medicine/ultrasound, neuromuscular, and brain injury medicine. He holds subspecialty certification in pediatric rehabilitation medicine.
Vu Q. C. Nguyen, MD
Dr. Nguyen is Professor and Chair of PM&R at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. He is the United States National Societies Representative to the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees and former President of the Residency and Fellowship Directors Council of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. His 20-plus years career has been dedicated to the care of the disabled patient, specifically those with stroke and brain injury. Dr Nguyen enjoys broad research endeavors including neuromodulation of hemiplegic shoulder pain, botulinum toxin, and pedagogy.
David W. Pruitt, MD
Dr. Pruitt is Professor, Clinical Pediatrics & Clinical Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise in the field of pediatric rehabilitation medicine include overseeing the rehabilitation care of children with a wide variety of congenital and acquired conditions that result in functional impairment and disability. Dr. Pruitt’s areas of focus include rehabilitation care in the acute inpatient setting, as well as outpatient care of children with cancer, acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury.