Faculty

Raj Mitra, MD
Professor, Chair and Residency Program Director
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Dr. Mitra's clinical practice is focused on Low Back Pain, Mid Back and Neck Pain, Shoulder Pain, Hip Pain, and Muscle Strain. Dr. Mitra's specialties include Rehabilitation Medicine, Pain Management, Physiatry, and Physical Medicine & Rehab.

PROCEDURES
Pain Intervention for the Spine, Hips and Shoulders Including Epidural Steroid Injections, Lumbar Facet Blocks, Sacro Iliac Joint, Joint Injections, Heat/Ice Therapy, Shoulder Injections, Soft Tissue Injections, Trigger Point Injections

Mojgan Saber, MD
Assistant Professor, Medical Director Inpatient Rehabilitation

Functional recovery and pain management in patients afflicted with spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and other neuromuscular rehabilitation. Dr Saber also manages musculoskeletal dysfunctions such as low back pain, mid back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, hip pain, ankle/foot pain. Dr Saber directs the wheelchair and amputee clinics.

PROCEDURES
Botox injection, joint injection including knee, shoulder, elbow, wrist, ankle, and foot, soft tissue injection, trigger point injection, Baclofen pump management, electromyography and nerve conduction studies.

Sherin Fetouh, MD

Dr. Fetouh's clinical practice is focused on Low Back Pain, Shoulder Pain, Hip Pain, Muscle Strain, Musculoskeletal Diseases, and Physical Medicine & Rehab. Dr. Fetouh's has a sub specialty interest in Oncology Rehabilitation.

PROCEDURES
Botox Injection, Heat/Ice Therapy, Knee Injections, Shoulder Injections, Soft Tissue Injections, Trigger Point Injections, Pain Interventions for the Spine, Hips and Shoulders Including Epidural Steroid Injections, Lumbar Facet Blocks, Sacro Ilac Joint Injections, Joint Injections

George Varghese, M.D.
Professor Emeritus

Clinical Interests: Musculoskeletal Medicine, EMG, Pain, Disability Ratings, non-interventional spine

Tiffany Williams, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Spine Fellowship Director and Medical Director of Comprehensive Spine Center

Dr. Williams' clinical practice is focused on neck pain, mid back pain, low back pain, musculoskeletal diseases including shoulder and hip pain/disorders. Dr. Williams' specialities include Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Management.

PROCEDURES
Pain interventions for the spine, hips and shoulders including epidural injections, facet injections, sacroiliac join injections, intra-articular joint injections, radiofrequency ablation, trigger point injections and neuromodulation.

Monica Kurylo, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor

Dr. Kurylo is the staff neuropsychologist on the KUMC inpatient rehabilitation unit. Additionally, she participates in the monthly faculty-resident meetings, teaches the statistical analysis and research development educational block and is the main faculty advisor for the resident research requirement.

Barbara Semakula, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Sports Rehabilitation

Dr. Semakula’s clinical practice is focused on Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine; Concussions; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscle Strain; Shoulder Pain; Hip pain; Knee pain; Athletic Injuries; Tendonitis; Bursitis; Fitness & Exercise; Hamstring Injury; Repetitive Strain; Rotator Cuff injuries and tendonitis.

Dr. Semakula’s specialties include Sports Medicine; Rehabilitation Medicine; Physiatry; and Physical Medicine & Rehab.

Dr. Semakula provides a whole person care approach to active people of all ages, goals and abilities. Her goal is to help keep her patients safe and active during their injury recovering process.

PROCEDURES
Autologous Blood Injections-ABI; Botox Injection; Electromyography-EMG; Epidural Injections; Impact Concussion Testing; Joint Aspiration and Injection; Knee Injections; Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy-PRP; Shoulder Injections; Trigger Point Injections; Ultrasound Guided Injections; Viscosupplement Injections such as Synvisc and Hyalgan