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 and Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Executive Director Office of the Chief Medical Officer, and Co-Director Division of Informatics, Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, CA
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PRESIDENT-ELECT
Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM
Director of Research and Clinical Outcomes
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network
Allentown, PA
Director, National Traumatic Brain Injury Registry Coalition
Washington, DC
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PAST PRESIDENT
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
Vice President of Research & Innovation
Shepherd Center
Atlanta, GA
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SECRETARY
Fofi Constantinidou, 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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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
Virginia Mills, MS, PT, Lic. NHA, FACRM
Retired, President and Consultant
Community Rehab Care, Inc. and Neurologic Rehab Associates
Wellesley, MA
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MEMBER-AT-LARGE INTERNATIONAL
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
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Dawn Neumann, PhD, FACRM
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
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EARLY CAREER MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Brooks C. Wingo, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
SPINAL CORD INJURY ISIG LIAISON
Denise Fyffe, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Spinal Cord/Outcomes & Assessment Research
Kessler Foundation
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
New Jersey Medical School Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
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STROKE ISIG LIAISON
Veronica T. Rowe, PhD, OTR/L
CHAIR, Stroke Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group
Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Department of Occupational Therapy, Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing & Health Professions
Atlanta, GA
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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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MEASUREMENT ISIG LIAISON
Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN
Associate Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE LIAISON
Megan Mitchell, PhD
CHAIR, Program Committee
Senior Human Factors Researcher
Oracle Health
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INTERNATIONAL ISIG LIAISON
Kristine T. Kingsley, PsyD, ABPP
Founder & Managing Director
Institute of Cognitive & Emotional Wellness
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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
