Rehabilitation Medicine

Rehabilitation Medicine is health care focused on restoring or improving patients’ physical function, quality of life, and independence after a disabling medical condition or injury. UAB Rehabilitation Medicine is a part of UAB Spain Rehabilitation Center, one of the leading providers of comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation in the nation. We treat our patients with a multispecialty approach that combines inpatient and outpatient rehab and nursing care with dietary, respiratory, and social services.

Outpatient Clinics and Services

• Adaptive Sports
• Amputee/Limb Loss
• Baclofen Pump
• Burns
• Cancer Rehab
• Cerebral Palsy
• Driver Rehabilitation
• Electrodiagnostics (EMG/NCS)
• Falls Clinic
• Functional Neurological Disorder
• Interventional Pain Management
• Major Multiple Trauma
• Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Neurological Conditions
• Neuropsychology – Neuropsychological assessments
• Occupational Medicine (The Workplace)
• Orthotics and Prosthetics
• Performing Arts Medicine
• Regenerative Medicine/Orthobiologics
• Rehabilitation Psychology – Psychotherapy/Counseling services
• Spasticity Management – Botulinum Toxin
• Spina Bifida
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Sports Medicine
• Stroke Rehab
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Ultrasound Guided Injections/Peripheral Joint Injections
• Women’s Health (for women with disabilities)
• Wound Care

Inpatient Services

• Amputations (Limb Loss & Impairment) with Orthotics & Prosthetics services
• Brain Injury (Traumatic and Non-Traumatic)
• Burns
• Major Multiple Trauma
• Neurological disorders (including transverse myelitis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, polyneuropathy, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and others)
• Orthopedic conditions – (Congenital deformity, Hip Fractures, Arthritis)
• Stroke Recovery
• Rehabilitation Psychology
• Spinal Cord Injury (Traumatic and Non-Traumatic)

Spain Rehabilitation Center (SRC) has treated more than 450,000 patients since opening in 1964. Our care team includes physicians, physician residents, advanced practice providers (APPs), rehabilitation therapists, nurses, patient care technicians (PCTs), case managers, psychologists, and other care providers. Our clinicians have the expertise and compassion necessary to develop comprehensive care plans to help patients overcome difficulties and pursue their goals.

In 2025, we are expanding our rehabilitation medicine services by opening the new UAB Rehabilitation Pavilion. This 78-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital is staffed by professionals from the UAB Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. As part of UAB Medicine, the Rehabilitation Pavilion provides 24/7 access to the specialists and resources of UAB Hospital. From overhead lifts in each room and repositioners in each bed to special amenities such as private therapy suites, rooftop courtyard, dedicated speech therapy areas, basketball court, and golf putting green, the new facility was designed from the ground up to enhance the experience for patients and better support their physical, mental, and emotional recovery.

Care Providers

Casey Azuero, PhD, MPH Psychology Dylan Baas Orthotics and Prosthetics Fedora Biney, PhD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Bobby Brunner, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Cassandra Buchanan Renfro, DO Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Antwaun Burroughs Orthotics and Prosthetics Conley Carr, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Mark Carter, DO Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sheena Champion, CRNP Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dale Colorado, DO, MPH Non-Operative Orthopedics, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine Brandy Crawford Orthotics and Prosthetics Stephanie Hammond, CRNP Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Megan Hays, PhD Psychology Lisa Humphries, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johan Latorre, MD, MS Non-Operative Orthopedics, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sarah Lopes, DO Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Emma Lucas, PhD Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology Victor Mark, MD Neurology Mary McGuire, PA-C Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Andre McShan, MD Occupational-Environmental Medicine Jennifer Mezick, PA-C Occupational-Environmental Medicine Brian Mueller Orthotics and Prosthetics Vu Nguyen, MBA, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Adam Pitts, Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics Orthotics and Prosthetics Neha Patel, CRNP Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Danielle Powell, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Elizabeth Richardson, PhD Psychology, Rehabilitation Psychology Radhika Sharma, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Rachel Teranishi, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Michelle Turnley, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Elizabeth Twist, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Karion Waites, CRNP Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Julie Wamble, CRNP Occupational-Environmental Medicine Xiaohua Zhou, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Videos

Resources

• UAB Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation
• Traumatic Brain Injury Patient Resources

Related Specialties

• Occupational Medicine
• Physical Therapy
• Pulmonary Services
• Wound Care