The department's attending staff consists of 16 board-certified physiatrists. All ABPMR subspecialties are represented within the PM&R faculty. Many members of this department were previously residents in this program. Some pursued postgraduate opportunities elsewhere and have returned to practice at Corewell Health.
A major strength of this program is the stability and diversity of the faculty, thereby providing an extremely stable environment within which the residents thrive.
Bret Burlingame, DO
Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Fellowship: Sports Medicine/Electromyography – Michigan State University
Susan Weir, MD
Assistant Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Medicine – Indiana University
Lisa Grant, MD
Assistant Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Ronald Taylor, MD
Department Chairman Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Director Inpatient Rehabilitation
Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Ohio State University
Justin Riutta, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Associate Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Medical Director Cancer Rehabilitation Services
Director Wheelchair Clinic
Medical Director Oncology Rehabilitation Unit
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Fellowship: Cancer Rehabilitation – The University of Pennsylvania
John Maltese, Jr., MD
Director, PM&R, Beaumont Hospital, Troy
Associate Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Vikram Narula, MD
Director of Electrodiagnostic Lab
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Sports Medicine/Electromyography – Michigan State University
Annas Aljassem, MD, MHSA
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Hospice and Palliative Medicine – University of Michigan
Neal Alpiner, MD
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
Fellowship: Pediatric – Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Douglas Boven, MD
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Comprehensive Pain Specialist, Flint MI, Interventional Spine Comprehensive Pain Specialists
Christine Chamberlain, MD
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Nancy DeSantis, DO
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Evan Halchishick, DO
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Interventional Spine, University of Michigan
Rajesh Iyer, MD
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Fellowship: Spine & Sports Medicine – Cleveland Clinic
Randi Long, MD
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Amish Patel, DO
Assistant OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital & Care Network
Fellowship: Pain Fellowship - University of Chicago Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology
David Spiteri, MD
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Sherry Viola, MD
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
Julie Ferris, MD
Medical Director, Traumatic Brain Injury
Assistant Professor, OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Fellowship: Brain Injury Medicine, JFK Medical Center
Edward Dabrowski, MD
System Director, Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Medical Director Grosse Pointe Neighborhood Club
Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Wayne State University
Fellowship: Pediatric Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease/Electromyography – Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Gino Sessa, MD
Medical Director, Neuroscience Rehab Unit
Assistant Professor OUWB School of Medicine
Residency: Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak
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