For a full list of faculty, clinicians, and staff in the Department, click here.
Overview
The PhD in Rehabilitation Science program includes a diverse cadre of faculty that span a range of scientific disciplines, including: anatomy, neurology, neurological surgery, pediatrics, kinesiology, epidemiology and biostatistics, radiology and biomedical imaging, chronic pain, orthopaedic surgery, physiological nursing, and anesthesia and perioperative care.
The PhD program is governed by an Executive Committee and works in cooperation with a number of other committees to run the program. The Executive Committee includes the following faculty:
- PhD Program Director: Richard Souza, PT, PhD, Professor
- Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Specialization Lead: Richard Souza, PT, PhD, Professor
- Neuroscience Specialization Lead: Myriam Chaumeil, PhD, Associate Professor
- UCSF Department Chair: Amber Fitzsimmons, PT, MS, DPTSc, Associate Professor
- Internal UCSF/SFSU Faculty Member: Diane Allen, PT, PhD, Professor
- Internal UCSF/SFSU Faculty Member: Victor Cheuy, PhD, Assistant Professor
- Internal UCSF/SFSU Faculty Member: Matthew Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor
- External Faculty Member: Karunesh Ganguly, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Faculty
Faculty Name | Title | Department | Research Emphasis |
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Victor Cheuy, PhD | Assistant Professor | Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science |
Lower extremity musculoskeletal complications in diabetes |
Sibel Deviren, MD | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | Chronic low back pain; Degenerative disc disease |
Brian Feeley, MD | Associate Professor |
Orthopaedic Surgery | Knee and shoulder orthopedic injuries and surgical procedures |
Kate Hamel, PhD | Assistant Professor |
Kinesiology, SFSU | Biomechanics and falls in the elderly |
Wendy Katzman, PT, DPTSc, OCS |
Professor (Emeritus) |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science |
Osteoporosis; Kyphosis |
Galateia Kazakia, PhD | Associate Professor |
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging |
Biomechanics of bone failure to load |
Thomas Lang, PhD | Professor | Radiology & Biomedical Imaging |
Biomechanics of bone and muscle adaptations to stimuli |
Xiaojuan Li, PhD | Associate Professor |
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging |
Lower extremity biomechanics in post-traumatic osteoarthritis |
Thomas Link, MD, PhD | Professor | Radiology & Biomedical Imaging |
Imaging of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis |
Anthony Luke, MD, MPH | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | Running overuse injuries and osteoarthritis |
Benjamin Ma, MD | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | Orthopedic post-surgical biomechanics |
Sharmila Majumdar, PhD | Professor | Radiology & Biomedical Imaging |
Osteoporosis; Osteoarthritis |
Robert Matthew, PhD | Assistant Professor | Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science |
Biomechanics; Human Movement |
Richard Souza, PT, PhD | Professor | Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science / Radiology & Biomedical Imaging |
Biomechanics; Osteoarthritis |
Linda Wanek, PT, PhD | Professor | Physical Therapy, SFSU | Musculoskeletal rehabilitation |
Neuroscience Faculty
Faculty Name | Title | Department | Research Emphasis |
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Gary Abrams, MD | Professor | Neurology | Neurorehabilitation; Stroke |
Diane Allen, PT, PhD | Professor | Physical Therapy, SFSU |
Multiple Sclerosis |
Allan Basbaum, PhD | Professor & Chair |
Anatomy | Neurological basis of pain and its control |
Michael Beattie, PhD | Professor | Neurological Surgery |
Spinal cord injury |
Riley Bove, MD | Assistant Professor | Neurology | Multiple Sclerosis |
Jacqueline Bresnahan, PhD | Professor | Neurological Surgery |
Spinal cord injury |
Nancy Byl, PT, MPH, PhD | Professor (Emeritus) |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science |
Focal dystonia; Parkinson's Disease; Stroke |
Myriam Chaumeil, PhD | Associate Professor |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science |
MR metabolic imaging of neurological disorders |
Dena Dubal, MD, PhD | Associate Professor | Neurology | Mechanisms of resilience in aging |
Adam Ferguson, PhD | Assistant Professor |
Neurological Surgery |
Informatics and spinal cord injury |
Donna Ferriero, MD | Professor | Pediatrics | Neonatal hypoxia and ischemia |
Karunesh Ganguly, PhD | Assistant Professor |
Neurology | Neurorehabilitation and machine-brain interface |
Jeffrey Gelfand, MD | Associate Professor | Neurology | Neuroinflammatory disorders and neuroimmunological disease |
Jon Levine, MD, PhD | Professor | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery |
Signaling in pain sensory neurons; Neural-endocrine control of inflammation |
Jialing Liu, PhD | Professor | Neurological Surgery |
Stroke |
Mervyn Maze, MB ChB | Professor & Chair |
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care |
Anesthesia and brain function |
Patrick McQuillen, MD | Associate Professor |
Pediatrics/ Critical Care |
Disorders of brain development |
Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD | Professor | Physiological Nursing |
Pain and symtomatology in oncology |
Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD | Associate Professor |
Radiology & Biomedical Imaging |
Functional brain imaging; Brain plasticity, learning, sensorimotor control |
Susanna Rosi, PhD | Professor | Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science / Neurological Surgery |
Neuroinflammation; The aged brain; Traumatic brain injury |
Mark Schumacher, MD, PhD | Professor | Anesthesia & Perioperative Care |
Treatment of chronic pain |
Raymond Swanson, MD | Professor | Neurology | Neuronal death pathways in Parkinson's disease |
Kimberly Topp, PT, PhD, FAAA | Professor & Chair Emeritus |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science / Anatomy |
Chemotherapy induced neuropathy |
Zena Vexler, PhD | Professor | Neurology | Neonatal stroke |
Doris Wang, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neurosurgery | Human Neurophysiology; Movement Disorders; Parkinson's Disease; Gait Control; Motor Learning |
Midori Yenari, MD | Professor | Neurology | Stroke |
Other Contributing Faculty
Faculty Name | Title | Department | Research Emphasis |
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Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD | Professor & Chair |
Epidemiology & Biostatistics |
Oncology and disease prevention |
Amber Fitzsimmons, PT, MS, DPTSc | Associate Professor & Chair |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science / Anatomy |
Interprofessional education |
Jeannette Lee, PT, PhD, CLT, CSCS | Associate Professor |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science |
Rehabilitation in oncology |
Matthew Miller, PT, DPT, NCS, PhD | Assistant Professor |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science |
Geriatrics; Physical Activity; Health Services Research |
Philip Sabes, PhD | Professor |
Physiology |
Sensorimotor Integration and Learning |
Betty Smoot, PT, DPTSc, MAS | Associate Professor |
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science / Anatomy |
Breast cancer related lymphedema |