Prof. Bruce M. Gans
Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA
United States
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Prof. Bruce M. Gans is a senior physiatrist and health-policy leader with over five decades of experience in neurorehabilitation, pediatric-to-adult transition care, spasticity management, and electrodiagnostic medicine. He served as Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation and National Medical Director for Rehabilitation at Select Medical. He is Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA, and Senior Health Policy Advisor at Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, Washington, United States, with longstanding leadership in the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Association of Academic Physiatrists. His work includes the development of adult programs for individuals with childhood-onset disabilities (e.g., spina bifida, cerebral palsy) and scholarship in outcomes, ethics, and rehabilitation systems of care.
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Prof. Bruce M. Gans is an American physiatrist renowned for clinical leadership, education, and national health-policy work in rehabilitation medicine. After earning his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and completing Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency at the University of Washington, USA, he built distinguished academic departments and programs at Tufts, Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, and Long Island Jewish/Northwell, before moving to New Jersey to lead at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation.
He served as Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of Kessler Institute and National Medical Director for Rehabilitation at Select Medical, overseeing clinical quality and program development across one of the largest rehabilitation networks in the United States. He concurrently held the rank of Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA.
Clinically, Prof. Bruce M. Gans developed and directed services for adults with childhood-onset disabilities, including spina bifida and cerebral palsy programs, and has extensive experience in neurorehabilitation (TBI/SCI/stroke), spasticity management, and electrodiagnostic medicine.
He is a past President of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and of the Association of Academic Physiatrists, a Life Director of the Foundation for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and an advisor for the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association. He currently serves as Senior Health Policy Advisor at Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC.
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Senior Health Policy Advisor
2021 - TodayPowers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC, Washington, USA
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Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2013 - TodayRutgers New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA
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National Medical Director for Rehabilitation
2009 - 2021Select Medical, Pennsylvania, USA
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Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
2003 - 2021Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, New Jersey, USA
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Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
1999 - 2001Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Northwell Health, NewYork, USA
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President & CEO
1996 - 1999Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit, USA
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Board Certified
American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
1977
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Masters in Rehabilitation
University of Washington
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Past President of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (2005)
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Past President of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (1990)
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Life Director – Foundation for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Member of the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association
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