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Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (she/her/hers)

Chair of Rehab Medicine
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR, is an accomplished academic Physiatrist, and Professor and Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health in San Antonio, TX. She previously was the Medical Director of the Brain Injury and Stroke Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital, a top US News and World Report Best Hospital for Rehabilitation. She is currently the Clinical Chief of PM&R at the University Hospital System, and the Medical Director of Critical Illness Recovery and Neurorehabilitation at Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospitals in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Gutierrez moved to San Antonio to lead the distinguished Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2020. Her area of clinical expertise is the care of patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke rehabilitation, interventional spasticity management, and Long COVID. She directs a COVID-19 Recovery Clinic, the first in South Texas, which aligns with her mission to increase access to interdisciplinary care, optimize function, and improve quality of life for survivors with Long COVID and has an AHRQ grant to expand these services to underserved areas. Furthermore, she is considered a leader in the field of interventional spasticity and serves as Co-Director of AAPM&R’s Interventional STEP Spasticity course, as well as recently published her first book, "The Handbook of Spasticity."

Dr. Gutierrez is a passionate advocate for physiatry and for underrepresented groups in medicine. She is an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 2019, she received the Top 25 Women in Healthcare Award from the National Diversity Council and Healthcare Diversity Council, which recognizes the top women leaders in the city of Houston. She won the Distinguished Member Award from AAPM&R in 2021.

No financial relationships to disclose.

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