Alumni
“The Case Western SCI fellowship was a fantastic one-year experience that provided me with sound subspecialty training. The variety of hospital settings is where Case shines. At MetroHealth, the roar of the Life Flight helicopter outside the ICU is a frequent reminder that you are at an active Level 1 trauma center, and with that comes management of truly acute spinal cord injuries.
The months at Cleveland Clinic provide rotations with renowned neurosurgeons and physiatrists specializing in multiple sclerosis.
Here you can scrub into interesting surgical cases and hone your techniques in spasticity management with botulinum toxin injections and plenty of baclofen pump refills. The rotation at the Cleveland VA, one of the nation's SCI hubs, complements the acute training with chronic management of SCI.
Many of the Case faculty you work with are part of the world-famous Cleveland FES Center, which actively leads the research, design, and clinical implementation of FES systems for those with spinal cord injuries.”
– From a recent SCI fellow
2023-2024
Gretchen Ferber, MD
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Attending Physician, SCI/D Service, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH
SCI Inpatient/Outpatient/Consults
Aubree Fairfull, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Attending Physician, UR Medicine Faculty, Rochester, NY
SCI Inpatient/Consults
2022-2023
David Balser, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Attending Physician, University of Minnesota Physicians, Minneapolis, MN
Research and SCI Outpatient/Consults
2021-2022
Elizabeth Twist, MD
Attending Physician, UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center, Birmingham, AL
Inpatient/Outpatient/Consults for majority SCI
2019-2020
Ashley de Padua, MD
Attending Physician, St. Luke’s University Hospital Network, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Inpatient/Outpatient/Consults for majority SCI
2018-2019
George Marzloff, MD
Attending physician, SCI/D, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Inpatient/Outpatient/Telehealth for exclusively SCI/D including MS and ALS
Cassandra Buchanan Renfro, DO
Assistant Prof, Dept of PM&R, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Inpatient/Outpatient/Consults for majority SCI/D
2017-2018
James Wilson, DO
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve – SOM, Dept of PM&R
Director of SCIM and SCI Fellowship, Co-Director of NORSCIS Model System,
MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH
Inpatient/Outpatient/Consults for majority SCI/D
Niña Tamayo, DO, MS, MPH
Staff Physician, Edwin Shaw Rehabilitation Hospital, Akron, OH
Inpatient Acute/Subacute Rehabilitation
2016-2017
George Macrinici, MD
Attending Physician, Advanced Pain and Spine Management and Cancer Center CTCA Chicago, Il
Pain and Spine Physician specializing in SCI related pain
2015-2016
Anna Sophia Del Fabro, MD
Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
Medical Director of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, The University of Kansas Health System
Inpatient/Outpatient/Consults for SCI and Botulinum toxin injections for spasticity
2014-2015
Fadeel Mahmood, MD
Staff Physician, Dallas VA Medical Center
Assistant Professor UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Inpatient/Outpatient/Telehealth for exclusively SCI/D including MS and ALS
2011-2012
M. Kristi Henzel, MD, PhD
Assistant Chief, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders Center
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve – SOM, Dept of PM&R
Inpatient/Outpatient/Consults, Research, Administrative
Deborah Mowery, MD
Attending Physician, Dayton Children’s Hospital
Wright State University Boonshoft SOM, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, Division of PM&R
Outpatient
2010-2011
Geoffrey R. Smith, MD
Associate Professor, University of Virginia SOM, Dept. of PM&R
Medical Director of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation at UVA Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Inpatient/Outpatient/Research
2009-2010
Melissa Michaluk, DO
Medical Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
UPMC North Central PA, Williamsport
Inpatient Rehabilitation on Neurorehabilitation Unit, Outpatient SCI and Neurorehabilitation clinic
2008-2009
Amanda Harrington, MD
Medical Director of Spinal Cord Injury Services, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Program Director, SCIM Fellowship
Assistant Program Director, PM&R Residency
Director of Clinical Scheduling, Department of PM&R
Heather Asthagiri, MD
Director, PM&R Consultation Service
Associate Professor, University of Virginia SOM, Department of PM&R
Consults
2007-2008
Tova Johnson, DO
Private Practice, Orlando, FL
2006-2007
Melanie Boulet, MD
Director of SCI Rehabilitation, Hopital de l’Enfant-Jesus, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
