{"id":2195,"date":"2016-02-02T18:51:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T23:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/phyrehab\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T12:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:15:20","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/phyrehab\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- portlet_header --><\/p>\n<p><!-- portlet_above --><\/p>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Our department was founded in 1995 by Michael Y. Lee, MD, MHA and our current Chair is Joshua J. Alexander, MD. Our mission is to improve the health, function, and well-being 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\u2019s 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. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/phyrehab\/other-programs\/wellness-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wellness<\/a> committee meets monthly for faculty, staff, and resident\/fellows. In addition, our department partners with professional colleagues to increase both our local and global <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/phyrehab\/other-programs\/local-global-outreach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outreach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to learn more about our department by clicking on the links in the left-hand navigation panel and at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Our department was founded in 1995 by Michael Y. Lee, MD, MHA and our current Chair is Joshua J. Alexander, MD. 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