VCU PM&R - Faculty

Faculty
		Title (s)	Site(s)	Specialty
*David Cifu, MD***
	Chairman Dept of PM&R		VCU/VA	Administration
	National Director of PM&R, for Dept of Veterans Affairs		VA	Administration
	Clinician – PM&R		MCVH/VA	BI, Geriatrics, EMG
*J. Mike Barcus, MS*
	Research Faculty		CERSE	Administration
*Woolford* *Beach, PhD***
	Clinician – SLP		MCVH	Aphasiology
*Sharon Benedict, PhD*
	Director of Assisted Living for TBI, of Dept of Veterans Affairs		VA	Administration, BI
Badiul Bhuiyan, MD, MPH
	Clinician – Primary Care		VA	SCI
Meenu Bindal, MD
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	Pain, Musculoskeletal
*Brian Burkhardt, MS*
	Clinician – Biomedical Engineering		VA	Assistive Technology
*William Carne, PhD*
	Research Faculty		VA	BI, Parkinsons disease
	Clinician – Psychology			Parkinsons disease
*Deborah Caruso, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	SCI
*Denis Castillo, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	SCI
*Teodore Castillo, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	SCI
*Adrianne Dery, MBA, CMPE***
	Department Administrator		VCU	Administration
*Micaela Cornis-Pop, PhD***
	Director of Polytrauma Rehabilitation for Dept of Veterans Affairs		VA	Administration, BI
*Steven Deschner, MD, PhD*
	Clinician – Neurology		Spine Center	Pain, Musculoskeletal
*Charles Dillard, MD*
	Clinician – Peds PM&R		ChoR	Peds, BI
*David Dolbow, PT, PhD*
	Research Faculty		VA	SCI, Geriatrics
	Clinician – PT		VA	SCI
*David Drake, MD*
	Director, Pain Medicine Programs		VA	Administration
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	Pain, Intervention, CAM
*Jeffery Ericksen, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	Musculoskeletal, U/S, CAM
*Leah Farrell-Carnahan, PhD*
	Research – Psychology		VA	BI, PTSD
*Aaron Fox, MD*
	Clinician – Primary Care		VA	Polytrauma
*David Gater, MD, PhD*
	Chief, SCI Medicine Service		VA	Administration
	Director, SCI Fellowship			Education
	Clinician – PM&R			SCI, Obesity, Exercise
*Lance Goetz, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	SCI, Employment
*Gary Goldberg, MD*
	Director, PTRP Program		VA	Administration
	Clinician – PM&R			BI, EMG, U/S
*Emilie Godwin, PhD*
	Clinician – Psychology		MCVH	Family Care, BI
*Ashraf Gorgey, LPT, PhD*
	Research Faculty		VA	SCI, Exercise, Obesity
	Clinician – PT			SCI
*Carolyn Graham, PhD*
	Research Faculty		CERSE	Research Design
*Yaoming Gu, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		Spine Center	Pain, Intervention, U/S
*Maged Hamza, MD*
	Chair, Division of Interventional Pain and Musculoskeletal		Spine Center	Administration
	Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship		VCU	Education
	Clinician - Anesthesology		Spine Center	Pain, Interventio
*Nancy Hsu, Psy.D***
	Clinician – Psychology		MCVH	Peds, BI
*Anne Hudak, MD*
	Research Faculty		VCU	BI
	Director, PNS program		VA	BI
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	BI
*Tripti Jena, MD***
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	Stroke, General
*Jeffrey Kreutzer, PhD*
	Chair, Division of Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology		VCU	Administration
	Clinician – Psychology		MCVH	BI
*Richard Kunz, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		MCVH	BI, Spasticity
*Timothy Lavis, MD*
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	SCI
*Denise Lester, MD*
	Clinician - Anesthesology		VA	Pain, Intervention
*Henry Lew, MD, PhD*
	Research Faculty		VCU	BI
*Jennifer Marwitz, MS*
	Research Faculty		VCU	Administration, BI
*Scott McDonald, PhD*
	Research Faculty		VA	Polytrauma, Resiliency
*Shane McNamee, MD***
	Chief, PM&R Service		VA	Administration
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	Polytrauma, BI
*James McGowan, MD*
	Director, Outpatient and Consults		MCVH	Administration
	Director, Compliance			Administration
	Clinician – PM&R			Stroke, Amputation, Orthopedics
*William McKinley, MD*
	Vice Chairman for Education		VCU	Administration
	Director, Residency Training		VCU	Education
	Clinician – PM&R		MCVH	SCI, EMG
*Laura Manning, PhD*
	Research Faculty		VA	Polytrauma, BI
*Eugene Monasterio, MD*
	Chair, Division of Pediatric Rehab		VCU	Administration
	Director, Peds PM&R Fellowship		VCU	Education
	Clinician – PM&R		CHoR	Peds PM&R, EMG, Spasticity
*Douglas Murphy, MD*
	Director, Regional Amputation Ctr		VA	Administration
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	Amputation, EMG, U/S
*Michelle Nichols, MSN, RN*
	Research Faculty		VA	Polytrauma, BI
*Janet Niemeier, PhD*
	Director, Inpatient Psychology		MCVH	Administration
	Clinician – Psychology		MCVH	BI
*Melissa Oliver, MS*
	Clinician – OT		VA	Assistive Technology
*Ajit Pai, MD*
	Director, PRC		VA	Administration
	Director, Polytrauma Fellowship		VA	Education
	Clinician – PM&R		VA	BI, Polytrauma
*Treven Pickett, PsyD*
	Assoc Chief of Mental Health		VA	PTSD, BI
*Abu Qutubuddin, MD***
	Director, Community Rehabilitation		VCU	Administration
	Clinician – PM&R		MCVH/VA	Cancer, Pain, Parkinsons dz
*Cynthia Rolston, PhD*
	Clinician – Psychology		MCVH	Stroke, Orthopedic, General
*Benjamin Salatin, M.Sc*
	Clinician - Biomedical Engineering		VA	Assistive Technology
*Macon* *Sizemore, MHA, LPT***
	Administrator, RRC		MCVH	Administration
*Karen Steidle, MD***
	Clinician – PM&R		Spine Center	EMG
*Harriet Straus, RN, MS*
	Nurse Manager, RRC		MCVH	Administration
*William Walker, MD*
	Vice Chairman for Clinical Care		VCU	Administration
	Director, RRC		MCVH	Administration
	Director, DVBIC site		VA	BI
	Clinician – PM&R			BI
*Joseph Webster, Jr., MD*
	Director of Amputation Care		VA	Administration
	Clinician – PM&R			Amputation, EMG
*Paul Wehman, PhD*
	Chair, Division of Rehab Research		VCU	Administration
	Vice Chairman for Research			Administration
	Clinician – Supported Employment			Return to Work, BI
*Steve West, PhD*
	Associate Director		CERSE	Administration
	Research Faculty		VCU	Substance Use, Research Methodology

Key:	VCU = Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
	MCVH = Medical College of Virginia Hospital/Clinics
	VA = Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Medical Center
	CHoR = Childrens Hospital of Richmond campus
	RRC = Rehabilitation and Research Center at VCU
	CERSE = VCU Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering
	BI = Brain Injury (traumatic BI, encephalopathy, stroke)
	SCI = Spinal Cord Injury medicine
	PTSD = Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
	EMG = Electrodiagnostics
	U/S = Musculoskeletal U/S
	PT = Physical Therapy
	OT = Occupational Therapy
	SLP = Speech and Language and Pathology

Secondary Appointment in PM&R

*Faculty*
	Primary Appointment	Site(s)	Area of Specialty

*Pasquale Accardo, MD*
	Pediatrics	VCU	Developmental Pediatrics
*Edmund Acevedo, PhD*
	Health and Human Performance	VCU	Exercise Physiology
*Brent Arnold, PhD*
	Health and Human Performance	VCU	Exercise Physiology
*Ou Bai, PhD*
	Biomedical Engineering	VCU	Human-Computer Interface
*Robert Franco, PhD*
	Health and Human Performance	VCU	Exercise Physiology
*Ronald Evans, PhD*
	Health and Human Performance	VCU	Exercise Physiology
*Tony Gentry, PhD*
	Occupation Therapy	VCU	Assistive Technology, BI
*Steven Gudas, LPT, PhD*
	Neuroanatomy	VCU	Gross Anatomy, Cancer
*Carolyn Hawley, PhD, CRC*
	Rehabilitation Psychology	VCU	Resiliency, BI
*Lydia Kernitzky, MD*
	Pediatrics	CHoR	Pediatrics
*Satish Mahajan, MD*
	Pediatrics	CHoR	Pediatrics
*George Masiello, MS*
	Pediatrics	CHoR	Biomedical Engineering
*Jessica McKinney-Ketchum, PhD*
	Biostatistics	CERSE	Biostatistics, Neurorehab
*David Leszczyszyn, MD, PhD*
	Neurology	VCU	Sleep Medicine
*Robert Litwack, MD*
	Anesthesiology	VCU	Pain, Intervention
*Thomas Loughran, MD*
	Orthopedics	VCU/MCVH	Sports Medicine
*Diane Lowman, MD*
	Rehabilitation Counseling	VCU/MCVH	Research
*Peter Lum, MD*
	Biomedical Engineering	VCU	Human-Computer Interface
*Brian McMahon, Ph.D., CRC*
	Rehabilitation Counseling	VCU	Research, BI
*Lori Michener, PhD*
	Physical Therapy	VCU/MCVH	Rehabilitation Sciences
*John Speich, PhD*
	Mechanical Engineering	VCU	Robotics
*John Ward, MD*
	Neurosurgery	VCU/MCVH	BI, Spasticity
*Beverly Warren, PhD*
	Office of the President	VCU	Peds Obesity Exercise
*Michael West, PhD*
	Education	VCU	Research, Employment
*Paul Wetzel, PhD*
	Biomedical Engineering	VCU	Diagnostics

*Community Faculty with Appointment in PM&R*
Faculty	Site(s)	Area of Specialty
*Jeffrey Barth, PhD*	UVA	Neurosciences BI, Research
*Roger Giordano, MD*	Richmond	General Rehab, EMG
*David Groopman, MD*	Richmond	Acupuncture, CAM
*Hillary Hawkins, MD*	SAHR	Administration, General PM&R
*Albert Jones, MD*	SAHR	General PM&R
*Gregory Leghart, MD*	SAHR	General PM&R
*Linda McKinley, RN, CLCP*	Richmond	Case Management
*Rick Parente, PhD*	Towson State (Md)	BI, Psychology
*Rick Placide, MD, PT*	Richmond	Orthopedics
*Leon Reinstein, MD*	Sinai Hospital (Md)	Advocacy
*Scott Ross, MD*	Richmond	BI
*Scott Schimpff, MD*	SAHR	Pain, Intervention
*Timothy Silver, MD*	SAHR	Administration, General PM&R
*John Snyder, MD*	Petersburg	Pain, Intervention
*Hans Robert Tuten, MD*	Richmond	Peds Orthopedics
*Mary Wells, PhD*	SAHR	Pain, Psychology
*Jane Wootton, MD*	Richmond	General PM &R
*Nathan Zasler, MD*	Richmond	BI

PM&R Emeritus Faculty

Herman J. Flax, M.D. - Professor Emeritus

Herbert Park, MD (Deceased – 2004) – Professor Emeritus

Henry Stonnington, MD (Deceased 2008) Professor Emeritus