Improving Health, Function, and Well-Being.
Welcome to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Our mission is to improve the health, function, and wellbeing of people across North Carolina and beyond through excellence in patient care, education, research, and innovation. Our rehabilitation medicine physicians, called physiatrists, manage the care of patients through an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team of colleagues within UNC Health Care system. Our department’s research faculty and neuropsychologists further develop our holistic approach, ensuring well-being, maximum functional abilities, and cognitive and psychological health for patients with physical impairment and cognitive dysfunction. Physiatry is becoming more critical as the population ages and desires ideal states of wellness, quality of life, and function over a lifetime.
Approximately 53 million US adults provide unpaid care to a spouse, older parent or relative, or child with special health care needs. Caregivers report poorer physical, mental and emotional well-being compared to non-caregivers. Self-compassion is a promising and practical skill for caregivers, as it involves noticing when we are struggling and being supportive towards ourselves …
Faculty and residents presented in sessions and posters at the 2024 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) Annual Assembly. Session Presentations Sports Medicine in Action: Improving Health Through Community Collaboration Hagar Elgendy, MD Too Fragile for Rehab? Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation Programs for by Hematological Cancer Patients Undergoing Cellular Therapies Across the U.S. Sasha …
Daisy Zamora, PhD, and Keturah (Kim) Faurot, PhD, MPH, PA, Associate Professors in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation were recently awarded an R34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant from the NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Collaborators on this project include Anastasia Ivanova, PhD, Professor, in the Department of Biostatistics, …
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Derek Bui, DO to the UNC Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as a Clinical Assistant Professor specializing in Interventional Physiatry. Dr. Bui earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UCLA, followed …
