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Faculty and Leadership

Program Leadership

• Jennifer L. Hankenson, MD
  Program Director
  Dr. Hankenson leads the residency program's educational mission, curriculum development, resident mentorship and program growth. She is committed to developing physicians who are clinically excellent, compassionate and prepared for successful careers in rehabilitation medicine.
• Tina Norrells-Gustavis
  Program Coordinator
  tnorrellsgustavis@umc.edu
  Tina serves as the primary administrative resource for residents, applicants, faculty and visiting students. She coordinates recruitment, onboarding, scheduling, accreditation support, residency events and day-to-day program operations.

Division Leadership

• Hyung W. Kim, MD
  Chief, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  Chief, PM&R Services, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center

Core Faculty

• Joan Hou, MD – Neurorehabilitation and Traumatic Brain Injury
• Jennifer Villacorta, MD – Spinal Cord Injury Medicine and Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Amanda L. Witt, MD – Neuromuscular Medicine and Electrodiagnostics
• Hyung W. Kim, MD – Pain Medicine and Neurorehabilitation
• Philip J. Blount, MD – Sports Medicine and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
• Arturo A. Leis, MD – Clinical Neurophysiology and Neuromuscular Disorders

Community Faculty

• Rahul Vohra, MD
• David Collipp, MD
• Michael Winkelmann, MD

Research Faculty

• Dobrivoje Stokic, DSc
• Matthias Krenn, PhD
• John W. Chow, PhD

Research opportunities include neurorehabilitation, neuromodulation, stroke recovery, gait analysis and spinal cord injury research.