Our Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, staffed by board-certified specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation, focuses on restoring function for people with problems ranging from musculoskeletal disorders to stroke and brain injury. Musculoskeletal disorders can include acute and chronic back, neck and myofascial pain.

Our staff provides a full array of consultative, diagnostic, treatment and case management services for outpatients and inpatients. Specialized services of this clinic include electromyography, acupuncture and therapeutic injections. To be referred, a patient should:

• Have a physically disabling or painful condition that affects daily function
• Need comprehensive non-surgical assessment, treatment and/or service coordination

Rehabilitation Psychology and pain management services are also provided. Services are available at the following locations in addition to Meriter Hospital: Upland Hills Health, Fort Health Care, Watertown Regional Medical Center and Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital.

Our rehabilitation medicine providers include:

• Archana P. Bhatt, MD
• Gretchen Byfield, PhD 
• Lisa Keillor Collins, AP, NP
• Jared Greenberg, MD
• Courtney Hogendorn, MD
• William Shannon, MD
• Joanne Snow, MD

What Role Do Rehabilitation Physicians Play in Patient Care?

   
Rehabilitation Physicians care for patients with acute and chronic pain related to conditions such as tendonitis, fibromyalgia and musculoskeletal problems that cause back and neck pain.

They also treat people who have experienced catastrophic events resulting in paraplegia, quadriplegia or traumatic brain injury, and individuals who have had strokes, other neurological disorders and orthopedic injuries.

Rehabilitation Physicians are trained to focus on the whole person, and strive to help patients improve not just their health, but also their daily functioning and quality of life.