Dr. Kerry Maher is a physiatrist at Brooks Rehabilitation, Medical Director of Admissions and Senior Vice President of PM&R Consulting and Education.

In this video, she answers the question: What is a physical medicine & rehabilitation (PM&R) physician?

Primary care physicians normally are pediatricians, internal medicine trained physicians, or family practice physicians. You have your primary care physician from birth to the end of life. They treat acute and chronic illnesses.

A physical medicine and rehabilitation physician normally takes care of patients with musculoskeletal illnesses, but also catastrophic illnesses such as a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, where the patient may be left disabled with a significant impairment.

We are really working on function.

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