Our Experts at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation team includes both physicians and neuro-behavioral psychologists dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities.

Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Director, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute

Brain injury

• Kevin Franzese, DO 
• Gary Galang, MD
• Maria Twichell, MD
• Amy Wagner, MD

Cancer Rehabilitation

• Maryanne Henderson, DO
• Romer Orada, DO

Consultation Services

• Kerry DeLuca, MD
• Shaun Darrah, MD
• Amanda Harrington, MD
• Maryanne Henderson, DO
• Maria Christina Littaua, MD
• Jennifer Shen, MD
• Maria Twichell, MD
• Kali Webb, DO

General Deconditioning

• Shaun Darrah, MD
• Dawn Rider, MD
• Maria Twichell, MD
• Kali Webb, DO

Neuropsychological Testing and Treatment

• Tad Gorske, PhD 
• Christine Paul, PysD
• Hillel Rubinsky, PhD

Prosthetic Ambulation Training

• Michael Munin, MD
• Maria Twichell, MD

Spinal Cord Medicine

• Jessica Berry, MD
• Amanda Harrington, MD
• John Horton, MD

Stroke Rehabilitation

• Jessica Berry, MD
• Shaun Darrah, MD
• Kerry DeLuca, MD
• Kevin Franzese, DO
• Gary Galang, MD
• Maryanne Henderson, DO
• Maria Christina Littaua, MD
• Natasa Miljkovic, MD
• Michael Munin, MD
• Jennifer Shen, MD
• Maria Twichell, MD
• Kali Webb, DO

Transplant Rehabilitation Medicine

• Maria Christina Littaua, MD

Learn more about the comprehensive team of experts at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute.