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Nneka L. Ifejika, MD, MPH, FAAPMR

Stroke Rehabilitation Section Chief
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Nneka Ifejika, M.D., M.P.H., is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UT Southwestern Medical Center, with secondary appointments in the departments of Neurology and Populsation and Data Sciences. She is also the Section Chief of Stroke Rehabilitation.
Dr. Ifejika earned her medical degree at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and completed her residency in PM&R at Baylor College of Medicine. Her research focuses on transitions of care after stroke using machine learning, stroke outcomes and health disparities.

Dr. Ifejika's research training was chiefly with neurologist James Grotta, M.D., at the UTHealth McGovern Medical School, with whom she completed a National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) supplement to promote diversity in health-related research. Also at McGovern, she served as Director of Neurorehabilitation and led an integrated Stroke Rehabilitation/Vascular Neurology program. Among her many honors and accolades, Dr. Ifejika received a three-year NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Institutional Career Development Award through the UTHealth Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences.

Currently, Dr. Ifejika chairs the AAPM&R Health Policy and Legislation Committee. She received two United States Congressional commendations for her innovative work with underserved populations affected by cerebrovascular disease.

In 2019, Dr. Ifejika became the first UT Southwestern and first African-American recipient of the Association of Academic Physiatrists Early Career Academician Award.

Dr. Ifejika is the only female physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who is a Fellow of the American Heart Association’s Stroke Council, and she is an Assistant Editor of the peer-reviewed journal Stroke.

No financial relationships to disclose.

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