Elizabeth Sandel
Elizabeth Sandel, MD has been providing medical care to patients with brain injuries for more than 30 years. Specializing in brain injury medicine, she currently serves as Medical Director for Paradigm Management Services, an organization that provides medical case management throughout the U.S. to catastrophically injured workers, including those with concussions and other brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and multiple trauma. She also serves as Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California Davis School of Medicine.
Dr. Sandel is Board-certified in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Brain Injury Medicine (BIM). She is an active member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), the largest organization of physicians specializing in PM&R in the world. She served this organization on the Board of Governors for 8 years and as President from 2009–2010. She was a member of the Brain Injury Medicine Examination Committee of the American Board of PM&R from 2011 to 2015 and was one of the first 321 physicians certified in this new medical subspecialty in November 2014.
Education
Fellowship, Brain Injury Rehabilitation 1984-1985
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Additional rotations:
Braintree Hospital, Braintree, MA
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1981-1984
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
M.D. Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1977-1981
(now Drexel College of Medicine)
Humanities Scholar
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 1975-1977
Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program
B.A. Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 1967-1971
Source: elizabethsandelmd.com
