Professor of PM&R and Neurology
University of Rochester Medical Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Central Florida
Pittsford, New York
K. Rao Poduri, MD, FAAPMR, Past Chair and Professor of PM&R and Professor of Neurology. University of Rochester Medical center, Rochester, NY. Adjunct Professor of PM&R Department of PM&R at UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC and Professor of PM&R at University of Central Florida, Residency Program Director,
UCF/HCA Graduate Medical Education Consortium at West Florida Hospital, Pensacola, FL
She is boarded in PM&R and in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. She served as the residency program director for 19 years from 1998 until 2017 and the chair of the Division of PM&R for 4 years, established the Academic department of PMR at the University of Rochester in 2008 and served as the Chair for 10 years.
Poduri is an active member of AAPMR for more than 25 years, served as the Chair of the Geriatric Forum of the Medical Rehabilitation council. She was the AAPMR Liaison and subject matter expert to the American Academy of Neurology in 2014 and the AAPMR liaison for the CMS Technical Advisory Panels for Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). Was the Chair or Med rehab council. Currently, she serves on the Clinical Practice guidelines committee and is the Chair of Geriatric Rehabilitation Community.
She is a member of AAP and past member of ASIA ISPRM and ASCIP.
She won The Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement award in 2018, Leadership Award by the ASIA in 2017and the Outstanding Service Award of the General &Medical Rehabilitation by the AAPMR in 2016. She was included in Top Doctors of USA and America’s Best Doctors in 2003 to current and International Who's Who in Medicine in 1988,
Dr. Poduri published in many journals and book chapters and edited a book on Geriatric Rehabilitation from Bedside to curbside published in March 2017 by Taylor and Francis.
https://www.crcpress.com/Geriatric-Rehabilitation-From-Bedside-to-Curbside/Poduri/p/book/9781482211221
No financial relationships to disclose.
Dementia and Mobility in Older Adults
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
9:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
Geriatric Rehabilitation Member Community Meet Up
Friday, November 17, 2023
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM CT