ACRM Board of Governors
ACRM is led by members elected to serve on the board of governors. Supporting the board are volunteer standing committees as well as a business team led by the Chief Executive Officer.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT
Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
Executive Director, Office of Chief Medical Officer; Executive Director and Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Co-Director, Division of Informatics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai; Sr. Director, Quality, Outcomes, and Research, California Rehabilitation Institute, Los Angeles, CA
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PRESIDENT-ELECT
Fofi Constantindou, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS, FACRM, FASHA
Professor of Language Disorders & Clinical Neuropsychology, Director Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus
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SECRETARY
Rachel Proffitt, OTD, OTR/L
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
Vice President of Research & Innovation
Shepherd Center
Atlanta, GA
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Twitter: @DrBackus
TREASURER
Brad Kurowski, MD, MS, FACRM
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
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MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD, FACRM
Professor, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
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MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Claire Kalpakjian, PhD, MS, FACRM
Associate Professor
University of Michigan, Dept. of Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ann Arbor, MI
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MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Christina Papadimitriou, PhD
Oakland University
Rochester, MI
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MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Terrence Pugh, MD
Carolinas Rehabilitation and Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
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MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Brian Downer, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
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MEMBER-AT-LARGE EARLY CAREER
Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
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EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
PROGRAM COMMITTEE LIAISON
Anne Deutsch, PhD, RN, CRRN, FACRM, FARN
Clinical Research Scientist
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, IL
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SCI ISIG LIAISON
Catherine VanDerwerker, PT, DPT, PhD
Research Health Scientist
Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Charleston, SC
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BRAIN INJURY ISIG LIAISON
Angelle M. Sander, PhD, FACRM
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Brain Injury Research Center
TIRR Memorial HermannFICER
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STROKE ISIG LIAISON
Maria Cecilia Alpasan, PhD, OTR/L, CPHQ
Quality and Education Coordinator
Cedars-Sinai Medical Ctr
Los Angeles, CA
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INTERNATIONAL ISIG LIAISON
Chetan Phadke, BPhT, PhD
Manager of Research and Library Services
Providence Care Centre
Kingston, ON
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MEASUREMENT ISIG LIAISON
Alex Wong, PhD, DPhil
Research Associate Professor
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab/ Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
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CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Leighton Chan, MD, MPH, FACRM
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
*Dr. Chan is serving in his personal capacity
Bethesda, MD
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CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Allen W. Heinemann, PhD, ABPP (RP), FACRM
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, IL
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Jeffrey R. Basford, MD, PhD, FACRM
Editor-in-Chief, Archives of Rehabilitation Research & Clinical Translation
Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN