RIC Patient Stories

Eric Edmundson

Eric Edumundson

Eric, a military veteran, received a complex combination of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and anoxic brain injury (ABI) due to a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq.

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Michele Lee

Michele Lee

Michele Lee found a career and an aptitude for art through RIC's Second Look program.

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Eric Weil

Eric Weil

Eric, a pediatrician working in Chicago, participated in RIC's prime-of-life program to recover the abilities that drive his life.

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Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis took part in rehabilitation including robot-assisted therapy to advance her ability.

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Omar Al-Dhafiri

Omar and his father traveled from Kuwait to Chicago for Omar's care after he sustained a traumatic brain injury.

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Photograph of Todd Kuiken

Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Director of Center for Bionic Medicine
  • Director of Amputee Services, RIC
  • Professor, PM&R, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
  • Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Research Interests

Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD is currently researching amputation, prosthetics, electrodiagnosis, prosthetic control systems, using nerve-muscle grafts to obtain additional myoelectric control signal, bioelectromagnetics modeling, prosthetic design, human gait, and care of the amputee Clinical Interests Dr. Kuiken is a practicing Physiatrist and Director of Amputee Services at RIC. His clinical interests include care of people with limb loss, amputee pain, phantom limb pain, gait disorders, spinal cord injury, fitting of orthotic devices and patient emotional well being.

Clinical Expertise

Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, has expertise providing care to patients with:

Awards & Recognition

2005 - Present: Assistant Professor, Deptartment of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
2004 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2004 - Present: Director of the Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
2003 - Present: Associate Dean, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
2002 - Present: Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine
1999 - Present: Director of Amputee Services, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
1997 - Present: Director of Amputee Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
2007: Named one of Scientific American 50
2007: Selected as one of Chicago Magazine's "Top Doctors"
2005: Da Vinci Award for Innovated Engineering, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
2004: Best Doctor in Chicago, Chicago Magazine
2004: Top Doctor in Chicago, Chicago Hospital News
2003: Breakthrough Doctors, Chicago Magazine
2001-2003: Chief of Staff, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
2000-2001: Vice Chief of Staff, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Research Studies

Education & Training

Education

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering , 1989
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Doctor of Medicine , 1990
Duke University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering , 1983

Residencies

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University Medical School
Resident , 1992-1995
Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois
Intern , 1991

Fellowships

Frankel Research Fellow at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
1992