Indianapolis – Indiana University Health and St. Vincent Health jointly announced the selection of Daniel B. Woloszyn, Psy.D., as the new chief executive officer of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI). Woloszyn takes over for Sidney Norton, chief financial officer for RHI, who has been serving as RHI’s interim chief executive officer since September 2010.

“Dan brings the organizational leadership expertise and clinical experience needed to help RHI ensure the best rehabilitation care is here in Indiana,” said Flora Hammond, M.D., chief of Medical Affairs, RHI.

“Having just celebrated 20 years of providing a full range of rehabilitation services to patients, we are very pleased to enhance RHI’s ability to serve our community with Dan’s proven health care leadership, and strong clinical and research expertise in brain injury and stroke,” said Samuel Odle, FACHE, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Indianapolis Operations,  Indiana University Health.

“Dan’s extensive rehabilitation medicine knowledge, leadership and experience aligns with the mission, vision and values of RHI,” said Ian Worden, chief operating officer of St.Vincent Health. “We welcome Dan to the RHI family, as his insight and strategic direction will ensure we continue to deliver the highest level of rehabilitation services for patients and families throughout Indiana.”

Dr. Woloszyn comes to RHI from Van Matre HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Rockford, Illinois, where he served as chief executive officer since 2003. He has been active in Washington D.C. advocating for post acute rehabilitation services legislation, and providing consultative work around rehabilitation medicine in hospital systems across the United States.

From 1992 to 2002, Dr. Woloszyn served as the clinical chief and manager of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology at Rockford Memorial Hospital’s Van Matre Rehabilitation Center. During this time, he also worked as director of therapy operations and neuropsychological consultant at Midwestern University’s Institute for Forensic Psychiatry in Chicago. Relevant to RHI, he has 20 years of extensive clinical background as a clinical neuropsychologist with a focus on brain injury and other neurologic conditions. He also has conducted research in the areas of stroke and has been a frequent speaker on the areas of brain injury and hospital operations and leadership.

Daniel Woloszyn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Pre-Medicine from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and a Doctorial degree in Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. He completed a clinical psychology internship and neuropsychology residency at West Side V.A. Medical Center in Chicago, and was a postdoctoral neuropsychology fellow at the Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital & Clinics in Wheaton, Illinois.

Date: Friday, January 6, 2012
Time: 1:00pm
Location: RHI Main Hospital Lobby
Address: 4141 Shore Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46254

(Indianapolis, Ind.) – Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI) is pleased to announce that Dr. Christine C. Groves, M.D., has joined the hospital’s physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) team on Sept. 1.

Groves a native of Indianapolis, Indiana comes to RHI after completing her PM&R residency program at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Prior to her PM&R residency, she was a resident at St. Vincent Hospital and Health Services, one of RHI’s parent partners.

Groves received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine, and her undergraduate degree from Butler University, Indianapolis, IN.  She also completed training in Medical Acupuncture for Physicians at UCLA/Helms Medical Institute.  She is a member of both the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Medical Acupuncture.

Groves is a talented general physiatrist with a special interest in neuro-rehabilitation.  Her research experience and interests include post-stroke shoulder pain and acupuncture in acute and chronic pain conditions.

Outside of work, Groves enjoys outdoor sports, gardening, cooking, and traveling.  Other personal interests are International medicine and community development.

In addition to her role as a physiatrist with RHI, Dr. Groves is assistant clinical professor for the Indiana University Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  To learn more about her extensive medical experience, please click here.

Since 1992, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI) has been a comprehensive source of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services with one inpatient hospital and three outpatient facilities in the Indianapolis area.  We specialize in the treatment of disability to the adult population due to brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, orthopedic conditions, arthritis, chronic and temporary pain, and diverse neurological disorders.  RHI’s Sports Program, which is recognized among the best in the country, serving hundreds of people with disabilities every year.

Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI) is a community collaboration between Indiana University Health and St. Vincent Health.  To learn more about RHI, visit our website www.rhin.com, or follow the hospital on Facebook and Twitter.

(Indianapolis,Ind.) – Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana announced today that Dr. Lisa A. Lombard, M.D., will be the organization’s new medical director.

 Lombard comes to RHI fromCalifornia, where she was the chief of Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Santa ClaraMedicalCenter.  Her experience also includes leadership roles as the medical director for the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship Director for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Lombard received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Mich., and her undergraduate degree from Amherst College in Amherst, Mass.  She is board certified in physical medicine and spinal cord injury medicine and fellowship-trained in brain injury medicine.  She is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Association of Academic Physiatrists, International Brain Injury Association and American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.

“Lisa could have taken a position anywhere in the country, and she chose RHI.  That says a lot about our facility,” said Dr. Flora Hammond, M.D., the hospital’s chief of medical affairs.  “Lisa is passionate about her work and her extensive experience with traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, in particular, makes her a tremendous asset to our team.”

As medical director, Lombard will be responsible for the day-to-day medical operations at RHI.   In addition, she will be involved in the care of individuals with brain injury, ranging in severity from concussion to severe brain injury through consultations in the hospital and through long-term follow up.

In addition to her responsibilities with RHI, Dr. Lombard will be Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Indiana University School of Medicine.

Neumann, who comes to RHI from Carolinas Rehabilitation in Charlotte, N.C., earned her Masters degree in Cognitive Psychology from Rutgers University, and her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science from the University at Buffalo. Neumann’s current research focuses on identifying and treating emotional problems following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and her interests range from learning about the neurophysiological aspects of emotions to understanding how emotions contribute to behavior and interpersonal communication. Neumann’s overarching research goal is to improve social outcomes and quality of life for people with TBI.

At the same time, Kean focuses his research on acute recovery from acquired brain injury, identifying biological and behavioral markers of this period of recovery with the ultimate goal of enhancing patient outcomes. His interests include the contribution of anticholinergic drugs to impairment severity following acquired brain injury; characterizing brain network function during early recovery from brain injury; acquired neurolinguistic communication disorders; computational modeling of stochastic recovery processes in brain injury; and predictive variables in brain injury rehabilitation outcome.

Kean has an M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology and a Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences, both from Indiana University – Bloomington. While an assistant professor in the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, he will concurrently complete a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroimaging at the Indiana University Center for Neuroimaging.

“We are thrilled that these outstanding doctors will be contributing to both the RHI and the School of Medicine’s research programs,” said Dr. Flora Hammond, RHI’s chief of medical affairs and chairman of I.U.’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. “With their assistance, we’ll be able to more rapidly translate research findings into effective clinical care.”

A community collaboration between Clarian Health and St. Vincent Health, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana first opened its doors in January 1992. One of the largest freestanding rehabilitation hospitals in the Midwest, RHI provides inpatient acute services and outpatient and vocational rehabilitation services for adolescents and adults. The RHI Sports Program, which is recognized as among the best in the country, serves hundreds of people with disabilities every year.